Training this morning at my gym, we had a dude who is sporadic in his schedule. He’s a really nice dude, just life gets in the way and he doesn’t make an effort to show up often.
He is a white belt but has been training for a while, his inconsistency just doesn’t help his skill. He today, felt the need to say that if he had more time like me (I’m a PhD student who is working as well, I have zero time lol) that he’d be a purple like I am or at least a blue. Just talking himself up, saying he’s way better than his white belt says he is, which sure man - if it makes you feel any better then go for it.
But we roll towards the end of the session, and I absolutely fucking put it on him. Like, smashed him for 5 minutes. I didn’t hold back, just to kind of ego check him, to remind him that he should focus on improving rather than running his mouth.
But I thought about it at my office today and then I started to feel bad. I didn’t need to put it on him, and he doesn’t train that often. I usually let the lower level guys work a little bit. Just the egotistical talk irked me today.
So. Am I an asshole?