Would you offer to help somebody at the gym with their technique?

Id offer, sure

Nope. I keep to myself

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I'm talking about swimming laps and this guy was struggling with obviously no swimming training. I wanted to give him a few pointers but didn't want to impose.

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people usually ask me, and I do. Most people suck because they dont swim enough, but I wouldnt stop someone to correct them. Hell youd be there all day coaching ppl

I have maybe two or three times

To people who look like they are going to throw their back out doing deadlifts or going to kill themselves doing powercleans.

Dude he can stand up anytime. It's not like he's swimming the English Chanel and improper techniqe is fatal.

I never offer unsolicited advice at the gym.

Who the frick cares how he swims. As long as he doesn't drown then he's fine.

[quote]I have maybe two or three times

To people who look like they are going to throw their back out doing deadlifts or going to

Yea I've said a couple things to regulars before when they're doing awful deadlifts or squats. I wouldn't do it to some random person, but a guy that you see everyday and he knows you're not being a doucebag, I'd say something to keep him from hurting himself.

There's one guy at our gym who is decently strong in the upper body, but I don't think anyone has ever shown him a thing about working out his lower body. He was:

1. Squatting using the Smith Machine (mistake number one)

2. Had his feet directly beneath him (mistake number two if using a Smith Machine)

3. Had his heels so close together they were almost touching

When he would squat he would come so far up on his toes and his knees would come so far forward I thought for sure he was going to blowout his entire lower body.

I just showed him a couple quick pointers about shifting his feet forward so he could sit into the squat and drive through his hips and he was really thankful. Some will be pricks about it, some won't.