You're fooling yourself

One of my pet peeves at the gym is when I see people using poor form on exercises. I am particularly irritated by those people that use a very short range of motion (partial reps) on squats, bench presses, and overhead presses. There is a part of me that wants to tell them they're doing it wrong....what with me being an expert on everything and all.

I was wondering why. Why do I care? What difference does it make to me? I think it's about competition. People, more specifically men, are competitive in nature. If someone is loading up a bar with weight they can't handle for a full ROM rep, they aren't playing fair. In comparison, I'm using less weight but going ass to the grass. I'm at a disadvantage in the amount of weight being used. Yes, we all need to check the ego at the door and focus on our own goals. Blah, blah. The truth is that we all want to be the baddest badass in the gym.

I can take solace in the fact that I am, in fact, more badass then they are. They are afraid to go full ROM; I'm not. Their ego won't let them, and their performance will suffer because of it. I'm going to just snicker when they do their lame workouts, knowing they are fooling themselves and will eventually fall way behind.