Does anyone here think that the straight legged deadlift is a gay looking exercise?

[absolute hardgainer]

A while ago curling started a thread that said doing squats with a spotter is a gay looking exercise.

It got me thinking...

Does anybody else here think straight legged deadlifts or donkey calf raises are gay looking exercises?

I only do standard deads and standing calf raises, btw. Not that I think the other two exercises look gay, nor that there is anything wrong with that...

hardgainer (just wondering)

 

[Athlete]

These exercises might look gay for those doing them but trust me straight-leg deadlift and spotter assisted squats are the real deal and are great exercises to include in your program.

 

[Welsh power house]

na they dont look gay, they just suck!
I think regualr deads and squats are the best for the hammies........compound shit rules, issolation sucks...imo

 

[Garza]

I just started doing stiff legged deadlifts last week and I don't care if anyone thinks its gay. My hamstrings are taking a beating.

I do not care if squats look gay. I like squats. If you like to look at my rear end while I am doing these exercises, then you are gay.

 

[njmuscle]

Yeah, the stiff-legs may look a little strange, but they're great for the hamstrings and if you have flat glutes. Unless your gym has a Butt Blaster (mine doesn't, and any guy who uses one of those is gonna get flamed like there's no tomorrow anyway!), what can you do if you don't get any glute development from squats? I know most guys have, if anything, the opposite problem from squats, but I get almost no glute development from squatting.

Besides, a hot babe could be scoping you out while you're doing them - what's wrong with that?

I use a donkey squat machine, and just don't care if anyone's looking. Have to admit doing donkeys with one (or more) guys sitting on your back looks strange. Now if I could get a couple of the aforementioned hot babes to help me with those...

 

[gymtime]

a.h. - I remember that spotter thread, one of the funniest ones I've read on here!!!

Stiff legged deads aren't the toughest looking excercises out there for sure. But gay looking? Don't know about that.

 

[Liberator]

I just started doing stiff legged deadlifts last week and I don't care if anyone thinks its gay. My hamstrings are taking a beating.

I do not care if squats look gay. I like squats. If you like to look at my rear end while I am doing these exercises, then you are gay.

Very good point

Personally I dont think of exercises like this I just get on with it and grow

 

[Balls of Steel]

They hurt my lower back.

 

[the People's Champ]

I love oding squats. I also do s/l deadlifts and I dont care if I look gay. if you wanna hit me up, what the hell are you waiting for then? this aint no club, its a freaking GYM!!! so, get your freak on on your own g*ddamn time, not when I am working out...

 

[bigrand]

I love SLD's, i feel them in more places than my hams, glutes, and lower back, i also feelem in my tris, shoulders, middle upper traps and back. I love them, ive grown more since ive incorperated them.