Tough spot for sure. If the book thing doesn't work, teach her how to be a dick lol. GL

Really just sounds like she needs to be more assertive, her being a girl doesn't have much to do with it. If someone interrupts you in the middle of a squat set, tell them off imo. Other than that if she wants to be non confrontational she can just act disinterested and ignore whatever they say and they'll get the idea pretty quickly and leave her alone

http://www.nsca-lift.org/HotTopic/do...at%20Depth.pdf

i can't for the life of me find the article that gives the actual amount of force produced in a squat. it showed some negligible amount of force that, iirc, was only like 1/4 of what the ACL can withstand by itself.

and yea, a simple 'i'm not interested' or '**** off' works amazingly well.

cheers

Anyone who would say a line like:

will never listen to any evidence she presents no matter how logical and correct it is.

It's best to ignore such "helpers" as much as possible. Wearing an ipod/headphones will deter most unwanted conversationalists. For fools who persist, short responses are better than entering debates. Quick response, redo headphones/ear buds, and ignore.

She might enjoy this article. It covers a whole bunch of bs that she's likely to encounter.

Finding a workout partner might be nice in general, but I'm not sure using big men to fight these little battles for her is a great life strategy.

Hopefully, she won't allow stupid people to keep her from doing what she knows is right.

Perhaps she could say something like:

"I already have a boyfriend."

"I wouldn't go out with you.... ever."

"How about no."

"lol @ u"

Option 1: Completely ignore the guy, like he isn't there and you don't hear him, don't look at him or acknowledge him in any way.

Option 2: "F**k you dipsh*t." then do option 1.

This is unfortunately more the norm than the exception, and can be pretty intimidating. A couple of the girls I worked with dealt with this when they lifted alone in different ways.

One just smiled and said something to the effect of "Thanks for the tip!" and continued. Of course, this was after she was confident in her lifts/technique. Another one just mouthed off and laughed at the depthtards.

It's also key to note that PTs are looking for new clients, and once they know you're not looking for a trainer, they usually back off. Like solrit said, headphones work as well.

ETA: logic and reason is probably a waste of time

this stuff always happens to girls or when girls are around. i posted here about the retard PT who called a press a snatch and described a push press as starting at chin height and ending at a significant forward arm angle. but only when i was showing my girlfriend how to press.

i definitely agree with those saying bringing evidence or getting into a discussion is completely pointless if not one of the worst responses. no response (probably ideal) or short statements like "i know what i'm doing" are vastly better.

I remember that post, THE SHOULDERS GET THE FULL BENEFIT.

It's worthless because most of the time they just want to sleep with the girl or show how expert they are in order to pick up a client to pay them monies and don't truly care about the person's form. Or they're just too dense to argue with anyway and you'll spend too much time not exercising and bitching about squat form or whatever.

+1 to the bolded

Solrit et al are correct. It is not worth it and will only cause her more hassle. She will do best to simply ignore them or just say "ok" and continue doing what she was doing.

rape whistle

I agree.

lol, good one