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Sure... You may video me at the gym... but not for free
I do calisthenics and weight lifting and I often get people asking me to teach them certain moves. I dont really want to in honesty, because Im not a PT and I dont want to instruct anybody incorrectly, but I really dont want to deter anyone from exercise and I understand me saying no would be really uncomfortable and discouraging for any new comer.
7/10 the men who ask me are actually interested in learning the move, I have great experiences with them. The other 30% have a habit of asking me to do the exercise in front of them "to learn" and running off or telling me they'll do it "next session". I always assumed they just got nervous, maybe they dont want to fail infront of me until today the reason slapped me square in my face.
A man came to me and asked me to show him how to do a 1 handed elbow lever. I was half way through my hip thrust set and I told him, Ive got my hip thrust set to do I dont know if I have time and he said he'd wait. So im doing my hip thrust set while hes watching me the entire time uncomfortably close, as in so close I initially had to tell him to move because he had pulled up a step to sit on so close my barbell was between his legs and I was worried about his feet.
I finish my set and thought -let me just get this out the way, hes clearly dying to learn. I asked him if he can do 2 hands and he said he could. So I get to showing him how to do 1 and in the peripheral of my eye I see hes filming. He initially tried to gas light me by saying I gave him permission, agreeing to show you and agreeing to let you film me are very different things buddy. I told him to delete the video and upon seeing the video, it was zoomed into my ass.
A trainer at the gym overheard this and came across and tried to intervene and I said "no there's been a misunderstanding, everything is fine"... because I decided at that moment... that I wanted payment from this skinny videographer. Infact I want payment from now on from every man who pressures me into teaching them without intention of actually attempting the move. I want payment in tears, sweat and dignity.
The trainer leaves and I tell him its his turn. And of course he tries to wriggle out of it like they all do. "I'll do it tomorrow." - "I've had a full workout, I've got to get back" : no... Get on your knees... Im going to pressure you exactly how you pressured me to do this 1 armed elbow lever and youre going do it infront of all these tredmillers who's watched this entire debacle. And theyre gonna watch you fail. They're gonna see how much weaker you are compared to a 5ft 2 girl. Im gonna stand over you and watch you shake and attempt while you cant even get your feet off the floor with 2 hands. Im going to pressure you into public failure that you never wanted, make you just as uncomfortable as you made me.
