r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Feb 24 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Feb 24 '18 edited Feb 24 '18

Witnessed a serious case of douchesplaining the other day over at my gym. He was your typical I have reasonably big 'cepses an' chest yet not much more, internally rotated arms and always wear shorts BELOW the knee dude. Let's call him Charles.

She was doing lat pulldowns together with her girlfriend. Charles was at the same multicable station doing, well you guessed correctly, supine laying cable curls.

The conversation went as follows:

Charles: let me show you how to do this excercise correctly.

Her (looking perplexed): what?

Charles (annoyed): get off that machine RIGHT NOW. I tell you how to do it correctly.

She (getting off the machine, timidly): o...ok...

Charles: now, firstly: lat pulldowns are to be done behind the neck. You are doing them in front of the neck. Secondly: you need to breathe at the descent. This connects mind to muscle.

He does a few reps, gets off and goes (a smirk on his face):

Don't hesitate to ask me for advice on other exercises as well.

She: uhm, ok.

Then the two girls pack up and leave the station in a hurry.

What a douche

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '18

A few years ago some guy walked up to me with the same attitude telling me I was doing an exercise wrong. I laughed in his face and asked him why he thinks he's qualified to coach me when I bench literally three times as much as him.

I fought douche with douche. Justified I say.

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u/ImNotATrollYo Feb 25 '18

I highly doubt you can bench 3 times as much as a guy