OFFERING ADVICE

291. OFFERING ADVICE VS BEING A KNOW-IT-ALL
It won't be long before you'll be seen as once of the "regulars" at your gym. Remember how you sought out more experienced bodybuilders for advice? Now you're one of those more experienced bodybuilders. With this new status comes responsibility. If someone asks for advice, then by all means offer it. Likewise if some new guy looks like he's about to hang himself from a cable machine, intervene. Don't, however, rush around the gym like some world-famous consultant after memorizing a passage from the latest issue of MuscleMag International. The regulars will think you're an idiot; the owner may or may not ask you to leave; and you run the risk of a lawsuit if someone takes your advice to heart and injures him- or herself. There is a fine line between being helpful and being a nuisance. The truth is, many people resent being told how to exercise.