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post 10000156438 05-07-2026, 12:47 PM
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How have you reacted in the past to people in a gym correcting your form?

Like if you were using dumbbells that were too heavy for side laterals and a bro pointed that out to you, did you get angry, or were you polite to him?
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post 10000156442 05-07-2026, 12:50 PM
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No one has ever tried to correct my form.


One guy apologized to me after he responded to me correcting his form lol.
“The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.“

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post 10000156445 05-07-2026, 12:52 PM
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Assert dominance by pulling his pants down and spanking him right there in the middle of the gym
post 10000156485 05-07-2026, 01:14 PM
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This would be my reaction.



srs
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
post 10000156489 05-07-2026, 01:16 PM
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post 10000156491 05-07-2026, 01:18 PM
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Told this fat schizo he was using too much weight on lateral raises the other day.
post 10000156515 05-07-2026, 01:36 PM
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Some lady came up to correct my son's form and told him to do it like his dad was doing. I just bert stared at her, what the fuck did she think I was telling him. mind your business lady.
post 10000156518 05-07-2026, 01:38 PM
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Yeah back in university I was doing squats and some guy from the university football team who was working out near me corrected my form.

Nice guy and I appreciated it.

That was the only time in 18 years of off and on lifting.
post 10000156520 05-07-2026, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad⏩
Yeah back in university I was doing squats and some guy from the university football team who was working out near me corrected my form.

Nice guy and I appreciated it.
Nice now your 10 low stress bodyweight squats are probably perfect
post 10000156529 05-07-2026, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted By Ironmanlet⏩
No one has ever tried to correct my form.
This
"One day I won't be able to lift any more. Not I won't want to lift. I mean physically unable. That day could be decades from now or it could be tomorrow. All I know is that's the day I'll wish I could lift more than ever. The day I'd give anything for one more workout, one more set, or one more cardio session. So go hard and enjoy every workout, every set, every rep. Because one day you will wake up and you will never get it back."
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post 10000156530 05-07-2026, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
Nice now your 10 low stress bodyweight squats are probably perfect
At the time I was on a ton of gear and doing a lot more than body weight squats.

This was 15 years ago.
post 10000156535 05-07-2026, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad⏩
Yeah back in university I was doing squats and some guy from the university football team who was working out near me corrected my form.

Nice guy and I appreciated it.

That was the only time in 18 years of off and on lifting.
My buddy was a manager for the football team at Notre Dame, and had access to their workout facility, general students like me didn't. He got me in and we were benching, and the players started filing in. The star defensive tackle walked up to us and said, it's about time for you boys to leave. Totally mogged.
post 10000156546 05-07-2026, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking⏩
My buddy was a manager for the football team at Notre Dame, and had access to their workout facility, general students like me didn't. He got me in and we were benching, and the players started filing in. The star defensive tackle walked up to us and said, it's about time for you boys to leave. Totally mogged.
Hahaha brutal

I’ve accompanied one of my siblings on a few official recruiting visits to US power 4 schools and I’m blown away by the facilities and just the sheer amount of money they invest in athletics down there. Pretty cool imo.

At my university in Canada the football team didn’t even get their own gym, they simply shut down the university gym at certain times of the week. Actually I don’t even think the entire gym they would just section off a few power racks.
post 10000156551 05-07-2026, 01:53 PM
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Never had anyone correct my form.
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post 10000156553 05-07-2026, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking⏩
Some lady came up to correct my son's form and told him to do it like his dad was doing. I just bert stared at her, what the fuck did she think I was telling him. mind your business lady.
She was trying to slide bru.
“The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.“

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post 10000156572 05-07-2026, 02:07 PM
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I once apologized as a response to a guy correcting my form.
post 10000156576 05-07-2026, 02:11 PM
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One perk of having a home gym.
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post 10000156580 05-07-2026, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted By johnvee73⏩
One perk of having a home gym.
https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showthread.php?t=1000009708
post 10000156585 05-07-2026, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted By tripod29⏩
https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showthread.php?t=1000009708
Buddy never mentioned it again so I still have it, lol.
Favourite users

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post 10000156595 05-07-2026, 02:25 PM
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Depends on a lot. I'm not above taking advice. When I was 18 and just starting, a bodybuilder guy and his wife spent some of their own time offering me some tips. I appreciated it. Now if some fat dude started offering up advice, I'd tell him to eat a dick. Want me to be open to fitness advice, better be fit yourself.
post 10000156623 05-07-2026, 02:47 PM
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i bert stare hard

hasn’t happened since 2017

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post 10000156629 05-07-2026, 02:50 PM
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"yay this boomer dude wants to be friendly but fukk that man, I hope he never speaks to me again nothing personal"
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post 10000156673 05-07-2026, 03:18 PM
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I just politely say thank you. Hypothetically of course, I have top tier form and avoid ego lifting. Being taller and decent shape people assume you know what you are doing so they leave you the heck alone.
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post 10000156741 05-07-2026, 03:55 PM
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Some older dude came to our uni dorms and gave me free ectasy

Bumped into him later in the gym and he was correcting my cable row form lol
post 10000156762 05-07-2026, 04:05 PM
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post 10000156767 05-07-2026, 04:06 PM
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I was just nod, smile, agree, and then think about it. If they have a point, ok fair enough. If it was idiotic, I would try to avoid them
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post 10000156793 05-07-2026, 04:17 PM
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This queer at my gym at work tried to tell me not to drop the dumbbells doing db press (I wasn’t, but I eased them down kind of hard, they were 110 lb dbs. The floor is rubber, it happens when you’re lifting hard).

I told him to mind his own fucking business and he says well I don’t drop weights and I reply that’s bc you db press with 35s, gtfoh.

This was like 10 years ago and dude still won’t even make eye contact when we cross paths in the hall lol
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Originally Posted By ezmac31⏩
This queer at my gym at work tried to tell me not to drop the dumbbells doing db press (I wasn’t, but I eased them down kind of hard, they were 110 lb dbs. The floor is rubber, it happens when you’re lifting hard).

I told him to mind his own fucking business and he says well I don’t drop weights and I reply that’s bc you db press with 35s, gtfoh.

This was like 10 years ago and dude still won’t even make eye contact when we cross paths in the hall lol
We all know he was 5'10 and mogged ur small 5'5 stature
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Originally Posted By PrimarisIn⏩
We all know he was 5'10 and mogged ur small 5'5 stature
I’m 6’1 you ugly mongloid lol
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