One of the most annoying practices I’m seeing on line is the
practice of guys posting lifting videos. Then they ask for someone to evaluate
their form and asking what they need to change.
Part of my issue is, I just find it a stupid practice… Understand my point of view. A person goes
and posts a video on line so that people who for all intensive purposes are nameless
faceless individuals so that they will coach them. I say you better hope they
have your best interests at heart. Who
in their right mind would seriously take advice from people when you have NO clue
what so ever the experience level of the individual that are providing it. It
could be some guy who’s been lifting for
3 months or it might be a seasoned guy
with a shit load of records and years under their belt, Basically it’s a crap shot .
Most of the videos I have seen as of late, it just seem to
me as nothing more than an attempt by novice guys to get complimented on their
form. I say this because it seems that the
weight isn't in all reality something to write home about. Most of the time you
see guys using weight that doesn't look terrible hard for them. If someone
truly wanted their form evaluated they would use a weight in which their form
was actually breaking down or were missing the lift at that weight.
Another thing people forget is they are basically asking a
majority of the time how there form stacks up against an established guidelines.
The fact of the matter is, depending on ones individual body mechanics how ones
form might look will slightly vary from someone else’s. A person could take two different highly
accomplish squatters whom are at the same strength level and their form might
not mirror the other. A person can see
all sorts of variations High bar placement, low bar wide stance narrow which
all boils down to what the individual feels the strongest with and the most comfortable.
I honestly do not feel that watching one single squat on
video can give enough input to accurately coach a person in the first place.
Maybe, I just don’t have a good eye for viewing such things in that way. But if
I’m truly coaching someone on form I want to be able to watch them from their
first warm up rep of the day to their last rep on the final set. So that I can
get a feel for how they actually move and what bad habits they might have. Along
with the fact that I don’t feel just telling someone to do this or that and change
things without being able to get feedback from the individual isn't coaching.
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| I say when you need advice..... get it from the best |
Honestly, in this day and age. How hard is it to find
someone whom can coach someone on form? Seriously, most of the top level guys
can be reached in one fashion by social media. The majority of them are more than
willing to meet and give pointers to anyone, be it for free or even a small
fee. Of course some might say…” But, it’s too far to travel or I don’t want to
travel!” Seriously?.... So you would rather post videos and not take the effort
and opportunity to learn from establish and reliable sources? Then I have to
ask…. How truly serious are you? Well that’s my two cents….
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