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>A friend of mine who is very seriously into bodybuilding gets some crazy useful (according to him) exercise technique/regimen videos that are very far from the
by emptyfile 4y ago
>A friend of mine who is very seriously into bodybuilding gets some crazy useful (according to him) exercise technique/regimen videos that are very far from the mainstream "exercise routine/fitness advice" videos.
yeah, getting "non-mainstream" fitness advice from freaking short form videos is just about the dumbest thing I've heard this month
tell your friend to read a book sometimes, there's a reason why they exist and it's not to sell more ads unlike some other media ...
- Spivak 4y agoThe medium doesn’t taint the message. I follow a bunch of non-mainstream professional chefs on TikTok who have taught me so much more than I’ve ever learned from culinary textbooks.
- yosame 4y agoTechnique videos are actually far more useful than a book, you can actually see the exercise being performed and copy that action.
- filoleg 4y agoHe read plenty of books on the topic, and doesn't take TikTok fitness advice as some bible. I have already prefaced that he was seriously into bodybuilding, and I legitimately don't see how one can be serious about it if all they do is just watch TikToks and gain all their knowledge from it. It is more for stuff like "oh, this is an interesting routine, let me look into it on my own later" or "damn, i didn't realize the nutritional benefits of XYZ, let's read up on it and see" or "oh, so this is how you can work lats more efficiently". TikTok isn't the end-all be-all, it is a starting point.