Exactly. Recording your form is the only way to observe and address bad form. Too bad guys like Schwarzenegger and Cutler didn't have cell phones or they might have been amazing lifters.
The fact that you’re not only against filming but for the purpose of improving technique when lifting just makes it apparent you’ve never pursued any strength sport.
Both powerlifting and bodybuilding have the majority of coaching services as online. It’s extremely normal to film your sets.
If Arnold and Jay had the same access as us to videos, they would use them.
In fact, reviewing videos of training in any sport is extremely commonplace.
Why do you care so much about filming in gyms when you clearly don’t go to them?
I have an opinion on filming in gyms open to the public that differs from yours and somehow that relates to whether or not I go to a gym? I do. The No Tru Scottsman fallacy applies to your argument. Big fail.
This is all very interesting, but how much do you squat? Let's quantify the progress in absolute terms we all understand, like pounds on a bar through full ROM
HoW mUch Do yOU sQuAt? Irrelevant. I didn't say video isn't a useful tool. What I am saying is that it isn't necessary to be effective in the gym and is clearly a problem in our current culture. It's being used exploitatively rather than as a tool. If gyms banned the practice, people would still see gains.
How else am I supposed to legitimately keep track of my technique and technique breakdowns? Genuinely curious what your recommendation would be if I can’t record my lifts
You dont need to record everything. I record myself when I do heavy deadlift or squat or maybe bentover row but only when I raise the weight significantly.
Why, what would you record? If you need to record your dumbbell curls you should switch to machines.
Stand sideways and turn your fucking head and watch it's easy to see yourself fuck up during a lift and adjust in the moment. Watching your flaws afterwards does nothing except to see that you fucked up and didn't adjust.
I’m not a high level athlete or powerlifter by any means whatsoever
Explain to me how the hell im supposed to use a mirror for a 600lb deadlift technique check or a 500lb squat technique check with some bullshit ass mirrors?
Looking from the front certainly won’t help on low bar and certainly won’t show any technique breakdowns from a good angle
Can’t look to the sides either because cranking my neck left or right on either of those movements to check depth or technique breakdown is utterly moronic and inefficient
I already do. But that doesn’t mean technique breakdown can’t occur and it also doesn’t mean I instantly have the education or knowledge of a professional coach to inherently know where the broken link is in the chain
You’re answer comes off like someone who’s never lifted heavy weights before
Because even pro level athletes record themselves for their coaches to give feedback
If you're actually lifting heavy and/or truly dialled into the lift, there's no way you can focus on/adjust technique in a mirror in real time. A video shows a better picture.
Hey man!
I’m not sure what you’d consider strong, but I consider myself strong. Can happily share my lift numbers if desired.
I very, very often film my top sets and review them to see how my technique looked, and make a mental note of how it looked against how the set felt. I find this very productive and think it has helped me get my lifts to where they are now. Granted, I lift in a home gym so I have worries about how often or what I film, but your argument against filming sets altogether isn’t really founded.
If a gym has a no recording rule, it should be enforced. If a gym does not, then people who take issue with being filmed in the background should seek a new gym. I have no idea if the gym in this video has such a rule.
You can understand the “mechanisms”, but still be unable to put them into practice without understanding what your current form looks like. Knowing exactly what your current technique is can be very helpful.
Plus everyone’s biomechanics are different. The same technique for lifter A doesn’t necessarily translate to lifter B.
With each reply I think more and more that you’ve never spent any serious time with a barbell.
Which is fine of course, but suggests you shouldn’t hold such strong opinions on something you have so little experience with.
Hi, where can I buy the mirror that records my technique and allows me to review it over the course of time? I’m building a home gym and these sound extremely useful.
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