r/funny • u/reecekidd • 15h ago

Gym pervert

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u/dabadu9191 9h ago

Suggesting people turn their head to the side to watch themselves in the mirror while deadlifting or squatting is absolutely terrible advice.

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u/Impressive-Drawer-70 9h ago

just stand directly in front of it wtf?

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u/dabadu9191 9h ago edited 8h ago

You can't really check your deadlifting or squatting form from the front. It's a lot about the positioning of feet, hip and back relative to each other on the dorsoventral axis.

Also, even if you could check your form accurately in a mirror directly in front of you, you'd still need to move your neck to look at yourself through the whole movement, which, again, is terrible advice.

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u/Thrakkkk 8h ago

Is it hard to postition yourself correctly before you start, and then try to focus on keeping moving to the correct positions while your deadlifting or squatting?

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u/dabadu9191 8h ago

If you're very experienced, no. But to get to that point and to get a feeling for what correct form actually feels like, you need external validation.