Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

Serious lack of self awareness and kind of judgey comments from someone who makes a living off recording himself.

The worst part was when he makes a snide comment about people recording a 130kg sumo deadlift or girls taking photos of themselves, but then says it’s okay for him to do both of those things because he’s lifting more and gets paid for it.

LSD cardio sounds class

It completed the descent.

Then came the annoyance at bluetooth headphones, which he tells us is a recent phenomenon as he strokes his imaginary beard.

The comments on YouTube are good for a giggle. "I'm watching this between sets" 😂

It all followed the same pattern.

• Makes a broad statement that is loosely true: We are constantly connected to music
• Made a strawmany claim that not true: People think they are unable to lift at high intensity without their favourite song (they actually don't)
• Draw nonsense conclusion: I trained without music and was still strong so you should never-ever use music ever.

He's obviously an absolute outlier in training generally and probably hyper fixates to a degree. Not the best example of normal approach to the gym by a long shot.

You can pick any advancement in technology and go back to a point where we managed without it. In almost all cases, they got by in spite of having the option, rather than because if it. There's a weird mentality out there that suggest that because people were sufficiently able to do something time, that we only need to sue there methods. Obvious some advances are unnecessarily complex, but most are not.

People used to do long hall flights without music/movies. Fk that. I hand a 5 hour flight this week and watch jiu jitsu instructional. That is so much more product than being present in the tech free experience of trans continental flight.

In case you're not aware, he's from Kerry. He's an elite level weight lifter, but doesn't compete. which is insane levels of ability, probably the only recreationally lifter at an elite level in the world.

I just watched the video after reading the above and was expecting it to be a big L from Clarence but, well, i agree with pretty much everything he said. Fight me.

My only gripe is the 130kg sumo deadlift comment. That could easily be put down to someone practicing new technique or any other training related reason, but could also well be a condescending remark to people weaker than Clarence.

He repeatedly said "and I'm also guilty of this" so it's not like he's claiming there should be one set of rules for strong people like Clarence and another for "the plebs". But if a lot if you disagree with him so much, maybe ask yourself if you're also incredibly addicted to your phone and are just in denial.

Guess you isn't for you then, Mellor?

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/raw-dogging-flights-travel-trends-b2570154.html

Not disagreeing with the addiction spectrum, but you're just being facetious by talking about quill and parchment. His point being that if you're looking at your phone for your training program, it's just a few swipes away from mindlessly scrolling through another app. Which is objectively correct. Take away your phone and it removes that ability.

Considering a lot of people with coaches get their programs through Excel or Trainheroic or something, writing everything down on paper (or printing) before going to the gym may seem unnecessary, but it is possible. And if you find yourself unable to open your phone to check your program without finding yourself wasting time in another app immediately afterwards, maybe you could try.

Yeah his critique has the same flavour to it of someone who’s just gone on a restrictive diet after years of eating like shite.

Like processed food, it’s more realistic to learn to moderate phone use than essentially cut it out altogether. I can happily use my phone for just logging my training and listening to a podcast while I’m in the gym.

Just to be clear, I'm not really disagreeing with the fact that there are a lot of people who overuse/are over-reliant on their phones and social media.

I mostly disagree with the tone and tenor of the video, the sweeping generalisations (filing a set doesn't inevitable lead to posting multiple IG stories and doom-scrolling) and the videoing of people in the gym to show them on their phones (especially when he gives out about filming in gyms)

Did he havehis oversized headphone on OVER the hoodie for maximum effect?

Shein has a lot to answer for!

In the gym on Sunday, a group of three dopes next to me in the squat rack. In between a set one of the guys I notice squats down, vape in hand and takes a sneaky drag. Is nowhere off limits for these fcuking vape clowns? I had to laugh at the absurdity of it, vaping one minute to doing a set of deadlifts the next. A bit like taking a bite of a big mac followed by a drink of a weight loss shake…

Agree that's weird. And extremely ignorant obviously.

But also agree with fabhoy, that the analogy makes little sense. It's not like the deadlifts are ineffective due to the vape. Same and working out and vaping on the way home. no like we're dealing with cardio session, and a sneaky smoke mod run.

Big mac and a protein shake. If it fits your macros why not