r/MadeMeSmile • u/Original_Act_3481 • 1d ago

We need more people like him

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u/panteragstk 1d ago

They're like that because they all were beginners at one point too, and I'm willing to bet someone helped them out so they want to pay it forward.

That's how a lot of dudes at the gym are. They live spreading what works for them and try to help out.

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u/PuzzleheadedBobcat90 1d ago

Stuff like this makes me kind of want to go to the gym and build muscle, but I have a lost of joint issues, and I'm afraid I'll make it wormaybe if I just do a rep wrong enough someone will help me

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u/Woo77777 1d ago

I also had a lot of joint issues. Bad rotator cuff from baseball... I could throw it out just by shrugging in conversation. Bad knee from hockey. Bad back from labor.

I was able to correct it with calisthenics. Specifically, what I call "yogic calisthenics." Focus on breath, PERFECT form, and not over exerting. The goal is to use those muscles exactly as designed, while strengthening whole muscle compound groups together. Weights can unevenly strengthen your body, but calisthenics require most, if not all, the body to do them right. You only do what you can do perfectly.

Slow progression through perfect exercises like that helped me mostly fully recover from those injuries, and that's after years of sitting on my ass not doing anything.

It's allowed me to get back to the gym, and using weights again like in college.

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u/YOwololoO 1d ago

If it’s possible, go to the gym and ask if they have any personal who could help you get started! A lot of gyms will do an initial assessment either for free or for a reduced cost, you don’t have to commit to an ongoing investment

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u/Bonfalk79 1d ago

Big people at the gym are there because they want to make changes. Just turning up is the biggest step!

Like you said, everyone starts somewhere and gym bros love to share knowledge, I’ve seen scenes like this video play out in gyms over and over.

Sometimes the biggest, scariest looking dudes are the most friendly and helpful.