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    Never offer advice to anyone at the gym, except for two occasions:
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    So the next time you see someone squatting higher than what you deem acceptable, or smashing the bar against their sternum while benching, or using lots of body English on curls, just let it slide. For every person you might "save," there's a million more you can't. It's a losing battle. Also, you may not know what their training goal is. Maybe they're purposefully doing overloaded half-reps on the bench press. That's a legitimate technique many powerlifters use. It's not always "wrong" (though I admit, it usually IS an ego thing when you see it in a commercial gym).
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    I agree, you just can't win and you end up looking like a dick for trying. Unless it's a teenager who obviously doesn't know what they are doing, I just leave it alone. I remember being a teen in the gym and an older guy corrected my friend's form...we took the advice and learned from it...plus we thought it was cool that he was talking to us at all. But, you can't correct an adult.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ox 51 View Post
    I agree, you just can't win and you end up looking like a dick for trying. Unless it's a teenager who obviously doesn't know what they are doing, I just leave it alone. I remember being a teen in the gym and an older guy corrected my friend's form...we took the advice and learned from it...plus we thought it was cool that he was talking to us at all. But, you can't correct an adult.
    I help teenagers from time to time, you can tell by how they hold themselves if it is cool to help them out. Most are very appreciative and then start asking more questions ( I know it can take some time, but we were put here to help others and if it takes an extra 15 minutes out of my day, why not)

    The only other time I have helped is when a mom who is clueless is trying to train her son; they acted relieved when I step in and show them the proper form. You can see from her look that she is in over her head ( and someone might be getting hurt if they up the weights).
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    I have decided that you cannot fix stupid. In or out of the gym.
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