Gym goers: Are any of your workout buddies overbearing?

[Theguyoverthere]

I have worked out with this guy quite a while and noticed that sometimes he's overbearing with his workout criticisms that I feel are unnecessary.

I put up a video of me bench pressing and I use a grip that I feel is safest for my wrists and suddenly I got this huge long post from him insisting I narrow my grip claiming it would excrete more hormones which I never heard of before and all I'm thinking of is how it'd most likely hurt my wrist. I didn't want to get into some debate with him or anything so I kept it simple and politely let him know I'm doing it this way.

This isn't the first time he made criticisms about my workout style though. Another time he mentioned about how I only do squats for my legs and I kept quiet about it because I used to do a "leg day" like a lot of people do but the way I changed my split up I didn't feel like explaining all the reasons behind it. I only workout because it's fun and I change things up as I feel like it. But he's always going on with these theories of exercise science and stuff that's he insisting on.

What should I do?

[ladsin]

Close grip bench is better for triceps, wide grip bench is better for chest so I feel lke he doesn't know exactly what he's talking about (like many "workout enthusiasts" they just cling onto any weird thing they hear)
Besides that not really, when I'm in the gym with my buddies we obviously push each other to do better and try to give each other little tips on workouts to get a better burn etc. But I think that's kind of the point of a gym buddy, not too argue with you over Facebook or something, that's stupid.

[Theguyoverthere]

You heard exactly what I heard. Close-tri and wide-chest. While he was mentioning hitting the triceps more, based off that, I don't know how he could decide what my grip should be. I even mentioned how I used to use a different grip. I would just assume a wanted to hit his triceps if he wanted a close grip like that and assume a wider grip meant that guy liked hitting the chest. Personally, I don't think my wrists would survive a close grip.

I simply just said thanks and all but I'm sticking with the grip. My big thing was not wanting an argument. I personally only give form advice when asked, or if I really really need to say the guy is gonna injure himself. Plus in this situation, I like getting along with people. I don't want to have an awkward moment over something so trivial as to a personal preference.

[ladsin]

ya I've never argued with anybody over form, but I may suggest trying this certain way of doing it (if were working out together if they don't like it so be it.) personally I don't do close grip because it destroys my elbow

[pr3ttybr0wn]

he may be insecure or jealous

I'd tell him that what you do works for you and question him about how effective he is

[Theguyoverthere]

If he's jealous, I don't know what it is about because he weighs more than me and can lift more but I was honestly more of a fan of his leaner build compared to what he is at now. He does have muscle and I think he is trying to cut weight out but I just found it better for me to keep eating cleaner then doing these "bulks" and "cuts" in such extremes like he does.

What I find most odd is that I notice this kinda stuff on many people's YouTube channels who are fitness related. These guys come into their channel criticizing the hell outta these guys.