This thread is for stories about you correcting someone, someone correcting you, or witnessing the like. What was the reaction?
I ask this because I finally corrected someone at my college gym. It wasn't a bad reaction, maybe because it was an older guy. It went like this: I was walking over to the free weights on Monday (leg/shoulder day) to do my db lateral raises and noticed a guy doing some db deadlifts. First thing I notice is his right foot is pointed inward and his knees buckling. He finishes his set, and goes to do some other stuff. He comes back for the next set, and I just notice he isnt too knowledgeable about the benefits of proper form. Now he is going all the way to the ground and completely rounding his back out.
I decided I needed to help out this individual. So I say "Excuse me, but I notice when you are doing these, your form is a little bit off. Mainly you shouldnt be bending or rounding your back at any point." He doesnt get upset, but says that he wants to work his back, and hes read that DL's are a great all body exercise. I agree with him, and proceed to try and quickly sum up the difference between agonists, synergists, and stabilizers (not with those terms though). I also recommend to him to place the db's onto an open bench to prevent bending so much and to perhaps use less weight until form is good (75lb db's). He says that he just started this exercise and he was doing 170 on the safety squat machine. The only real thing he seemed to be concerned with was the amount of weight he was using, maybe he was too proud.
Anyways I showed him how to do Romanian DL, which wasnt easy because he was still trying to a regular DL. Well I hope he got out of it that weight isnt important, and form is all important.
Sorry so long, but anyone else got something like this?
I ask this because I finally corrected someone at my college gym. It wasn't a bad reaction, maybe because it was an older guy. It went like this: I was walking over to the free weights on Monday (leg/shoulder day) to do my db lateral raises and noticed a guy doing some db deadlifts. First thing I notice is his right foot is pointed inward and his knees buckling. He finishes his set, and goes to do some other stuff. He comes back for the next set, and I just notice he isnt too knowledgeable about the benefits of proper form. Now he is going all the way to the ground and completely rounding his back out.
I decided I needed to help out this individual. So I say "Excuse me, but I notice when you are doing these, your form is a little bit off. Mainly you shouldnt be bending or rounding your back at any point." He doesnt get upset, but says that he wants to work his back, and hes read that DL's are a great all body exercise. I agree with him, and proceed to try and quickly sum up the difference between agonists, synergists, and stabilizers (not with those terms though). I also recommend to him to place the db's onto an open bench to prevent bending so much and to perhaps use less weight until form is good (75lb db's). He says that he just started this exercise and he was doing 170 on the safety squat machine. The only real thing he seemed to be concerned with was the amount of weight he was using, maybe he was too proud.
Anyways I showed him how to do Romanian DL, which wasnt easy because he was still trying to a regular DL. Well I hope he got out of it that weight isnt important, and form is all important.
Sorry so long, but anyone else got something like this?
