The coffee shop guy who critiqued my hammer swing was oddly spot on
This dude at a shop in Austin watched me lay a 2 inch bevel on a railroad spike and said "you're fighting the metal instead of riding it," and after I slowed down my tempo by 30%, the whole move felt smoother, has anyone else had random strangers nail a critique like that or is it just me?
Just sounds like someone repeating a line they heard in a gym once, honestly. Slowing down 30% fixes most sloppy form anyway, so the advice wasn't that deep. Glad it worked for you, but I wouldn't read too much into it.