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On the other hand, it feels to me that the majority of people I see in the gym have poor form and do dangerous stuff but it's not often somebody gets hurt. I think that's sort of the problem....you can get away with something for a long time right until you don't get away with it any more.
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Some lifts are really tough to get right by yourself too, even if you are being coached by someone.
You can sort of do the right movements, but still engage the wrong muscles.
If your proprioception is telling you that this feels like how you were taught, that's what you're going to continue with (and that proprioception is going to drift over time too).
Then it's tough to recognise that you're gong wrong, let alone fix it.
NotThamesWater
Good feels tho! Super nice of you to take the time and to help out like that.
Definitely seen many near misses/V dangerous stuff in the gym. Remember there was a guy squatting who was working up his heavy singles. It was looking more and more dangerous each time he added weight, so I cautiously offered a spot. He must've added another 20kg and proceeded to completely dive bomb it - he dropped to the bottom position with almost no control and even with me spotting him as hard as I could there wasn't much I could do, he basically folded in half until the bar met the safeties. Thank god he had safety bars set up but honestly I think the offer of the spot probably encouraged him to do something more dangerous rather than me making the situation any safer.
I don't offer to spot people I don't know any more. I also don't accept spots from people I don't know either!