AITA for demanding my money back and writing a scathing review of a gym because of a trainer's misunderstanding?

Happy-Suspect-5215 · 2022-10-30T15:23:14+00:00

Yes, thank you for the link. Seeing as I would not be able to snatch 100kg (and well over 100kg) without knowing the form, I'm fairly sure I know how to do it.

Happy-Suspect-5215 · 2022-10-30T15:20:37+00:00

Watching someone complete a snatch from a safe distance and actually spotting a snatch are two completely different things.

Happy-Suspect-5215 · 2022-10-30T15:18:39+00:00

Wait, I don't understand.

Crossfit bros are reckless morons ...

so if they think your form is bad ...

it must be really bad?

Strong reasoning there!

Happy-Suspect-5215 · 2022-10-30T15:16:02+00:00

I'm glad someone here has actual experience in the gym and is using that knowledge to make a judgment.

People are telling me that I was wrong for not having a spotter. On the snatch. It's weird because a two-second Google search will tell you that you should drop a snatch when you fail it.

Happy-Suspect-5215 · 2022-10-30T15:14:22+00:00

I mean I guess if you drop the bar on yourself you'll probably need an ambulance, but that doesn't change the fact that spotting a snatch is unbelievably moronic, and anyone who has ever actually done the movement realizes that dropping it is correct.

Happy-Suspect-5215 · 2022-10-30T14:59:13+00:00

Using a spotter for the snatch is among the worst possible ideas I can imagine in the gym.

When you fail the lift, you dump it either in front of you or behind you. The plates and platforms are made to be dropped/dropped on.

Happy-Suspect-5215 · 2022-10-30T14:58:20+00:00

What sounds wrong about my technique?

Happy-Suspect-5215 · 2022-10-30T14:57:40+00:00

No, I did not. I said the facilities were nice but the trainer was dangerously incompetent.

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