I haven’t been a coach in a long time, but I still feel like my brain wants to go there.

Our hot water tank died this weekend and it’s being replaced tomorrow. But today I decided to go to the local community center for a workout, swim, hot tub, and then shower and shave so I didn’t have to have a freezing shower at home.

My gym workout was probably a total of 45 minutes. There were a couple really fit people in there doing hard workouts. There were also a lot of guys in their late teens or early 20’s working out. They weren’t doing anything wrong or dangerous, but I found myself wanting to coach them.

“You are swinging your body and cheating, using momentum rather than your muscle, lower the weight and go for better technique.”

“Your elbows are flaring out, keep them tucked in.”

“That weight is too light, you’re doing sets of 12 and it looks like you can do 20. Maybe try a bit heavier weight.”

This was my first time in this gym, and of course I didn’t say anything. And the reality is that I might have been doing something where someone else could have given me feedback to improve… I’m in no way an expert. But I really felt like helping out. I just didn’t know how it would be taken, and I’m the newbie that just showed up for the first time.

I guess once a coach, always a coach. Sometimes I just feel the urge to help out, and it’s hard not to.