Most overrated exercises.......

[Wizzyman]

SSAlexSS: Show me that you have a solid muscle in your body and I will listen to you. Guys...just let him post his silly comments...we can all figure that he is a troll I do believe. We can not convince him and he can not convince us...so just let him go about his business and ignore him...that way we don't stray too far from the given post that Cornholio posted.

I think that nearly ever exercise that I have ever done (and in any rep/set fashion) has produced some sort of positve result for me...at least for a very short period of time.

Overrated Exercises:
Any kind of machine
Crunches
Anything that says you MUST do reps for size


I really feel that as long as you keep good form on your exercises and change frequently...EVERY exercise will produce some sort of positive result.

B True

I fully agree with B True. Just about everything will work to a degree. I think extensive ab training is over-rated if you are doing heavy weights - especially big heavy compounds

 

[XAX]

Back the original topic.

Most overrated:

- Almost any machine that I can think of
- Pulldowns

-> Lord_Sustanon

btw. I dont agree with the importance of failure when training for size, however I don't wish to clutter up this thread with any more discussion of various non-related issues.

 

[aurelius]

I said pulldowns were a waste of time a while ago and people started getting all defensive. Where were you guys? Should be more specific: "wide grip" pull downs are useless for a strong back. If you can´t do normal pullups at first, regular pulldowns is a place to start.

 

[Imnotdutch]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Most overrated exercises.......

Let me elaborate.

People keep telling how you have to do squat/dead/bench, isolation (pec deck flys etc) dont work they say.

Well exercises have NOTHING to do with growth. They just determine which muscles get worked.

Furthermore, big compound movements are good for strength. But they dont make a certain bodypart grow bigger than an isolation exercise for it.

IF you know how to do stuff you can get lots of mass with isolation movements, sometimes even more than with compound movements. Because compound movements sometimes have a big tendency to involve other parts, thus less direct stimulation to the target muscle (chest, lower back, quads etc).


So in that way compound are being overrated (for mass).

Uh spot the newbie!

I guess that somebody should make the point that Alex has been training for a very short amount of time and hasn't had the chance to figure out how the real world works yet.

Its gotta be said though that this thread is hilarious.....everybody knows that Alex is a dumbass and they still rise to his stupid comments (with a few exceptions). Best laugh I've had in ages......

 

[JOKER47]

Explain then how little women lift CARS to get their trapped children in there?
Obviously women arent as big as Ronster COleman!

Didn't you ever watch The Incredible Hulk when you were young? It's the Gamma rays, everyone knows that..... Jeez.........


Joker

 

[Snatch518]

Most definitly Tri DB Kickbacks...

Most everyone does them wrong, too fast or with way too much weight.

This is my favorite tri exercise. I do them slowly and its works them really well, I can feel the burn.

 

[VicTusDeuS]

Squats on a smith machine. I hear everyone telling each other how that can build a massive amount of mass on you. I dont think they are as good as lunges with weights. I load up my
ez-curlbar with weight and do all differnt types. My legs are killing me after that...Its great.

 

[Imnotdutch]

Squats on a smith machine. I hear everyone telling each other how that can build a massive amount of mass on you. I dont think they are as good as lunges with weights. I load up my
ez-curlbar with weight and do all differnt types. My legs are killing me after that...Its great.

Regular squats work.......never have been a fan of the Smith Machine. Makes life way too easy.....you can load up a heck of alot of weight and still be weak. I guess thats why people like it.

 

[Haz]

The smith machine squat puts me in an uncomfortable position. I can probably do more weight on the free squat. I still don't understand what people see in that machine. But I wouldn't call the exercise overrated because very few people rate the exercise to begin with. At my gym there are about 4 people doing free squats (which is still a rare event), to every 1 person doing smith machine squats (a VERY rare event). 95% of people use the smith machine for shoulder press or inclines.

Talking about rare events, the Deadlift has to be the most under-rated lift. I think I'm one of 3 guys at my gym that ever does them, and I go to big busy gym. I stopped doing them for about a year because of problems (still did light stiff leg deads though). Now am back to 100%, and the regular deads I've added is making huge improvemens in my back. Its really staggering, how good this lift is.

 

[SSAlexSS]

Didn't you ever watch The Incredible Hulk when you were young? It's the Gamma rays, everyone knows that..... Jeez.........


Joker

No. But I guess you werent really into knowledge

THERE WERE incidence when determination overcame some physical proportions. Liek women lifting cars to get their children out.


Your body has mechanisms to protect you from lifting more weight (safety, attitude, etc probelm). When its fight or flight, you can do much more. So what I have said is tru and not fiction.