Strange equipment/exercise combos

**I Are Baboon** · 10-11-2002, 06:46 AM

Just wondering what kind of odd combinations you've seen at the gym, as far as people doing exercises on machines meant for something else.

For example, there is a guy at my gym that uses the hack squat machine to work his neck. Don't ask me to describe what he does because it's just too odd to describe.

There is another guy that does flat bench presses using a Smith machine. Nothing unusal about that, but this guy lies on the floor when he does it.

**mick01** · 10-11-2002, 06:51 AM

I've seen smith bench presses on a Swiss ball.

Where is the logic in that?

**Twin Peak** · 10-11-2002, 07:41 AM

One mag talked about a guy using the leg curls for preachers.

**Triple Threat** · 10-11-2002, 10:15 AM

We have a seated shoulder press machine. I once saw someone stand on the seat and do shrugs.

**Fade** · 10-11-2002, 10:19 AM

I like the newbies that do all kinds of funky moves with the DBs.

**seyone** · 10-11-2002, 10:45 AM

I've seen people do bench presses with wrist staps.

**Scotty the Body** · 10-11-2002, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by seyone
I've seen people do bench presses with wrist staps.

I've seen that to, I asked about this once a long time ago on the forums and the two answers I got were:
-It helps reduce the angle on the wrists
-Its unsed to help control the bar for thumbless grips.

**seyone** · 10-11-2002, 11:05 AM

Originally posted by Scotty the Body

I've seen that to, I asked about this once a long time ago on the forums and the two answers I got were:
-It helps reduce the angle on the wrists
-Its unsed to help control the bar for thumbless grips.

thats interesting

**Fit Freak** · 10-11-2002, 11:11 AM

Gotta love the guys that use the standing calf raise machine for shrugs....just use some DBs and leave the calf machine for those of thus that actually train the other half of our bodies

**I Are Baboon** · 10-11-2002, 11:31 AM

I don't know guys......I think the dude I saw doing neck exercises on the hack squat machine has got you all beat.

**seyone** · 10-11-2002, 12:04 PM

Originally posted by I Are Baboon
I don't know guys......I think the dude I saw doing neck exercises on the hack squat machine has got you all beat.

you are probably right, I would love to see it though.

**I Are Baboon** · 10-11-2002, 12:08 PM

Originally posted by seyone

you are probably right, I would love to see it though.

He actually mounts the machine front first so his chest is to the back rest, and rests his forehead on the shoulder harness, using a foam mat as a cusion. His forehead is the only part of his body that touches the machine. He then rolls his head up and down in what I am assuming is some kind of neck exercise.

**Scotty the Body** · 10-11-2002, 12:24 PM

yeah, that must be somthing to see.

**twarrior** · 10-14-2002, 04:39 AM

I've seen people lie on the floor using the smith machine for benches as well. This is to keep the arms from extending past the horizontal position

**Mudge** · 10-14-2002, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by I Are Baboon

He actually mounts the machine front first so his chest is to the back rest, and rests his forehead on the shoulder harness, using a foam mat as a cusion. His forehead is the only part of his body that touches the machine. He then rolls his head up and down in what I am assuming is some kind of neck exercise.

Sounds like a nice way to develop a rash

**Rob_NC** · 10-16-2002, 07:56 AM

I use a trap bar for my finishing sets of squats. I load it up just like I would for shrugs, only I squat with the weight. I find it recruits more muscle fibers than the traditional back squat. Plus, you don't have all that weight on you shoulders. Talk about a skin splitting pump!

**ShaqFu** · 10-16-2002, 05:54 PM

This thread was the first thing I thought of at the gym today!

Some little old man came to work in with me on the standing calf raises.. Only I think he was trying to use them to Squat! He'd get about 1/3 of the way down with his ass hanging out, and then pop back straight up.

I swear it looked like the dude was humping the plates!

I tried not to laugh but I think he heard me chuckling and took off after just 1 set.

**Trap-isaurus** · 10-17-2002, 02:17 AM

I saw a fellow ( a rather large fellow, not that it mattered as I praise him for making the effort)on the bench press the other day, he had two forty fives one per side on the BB, what I found odd is that the fellow would push the 45's up and down a few times (4 at most) and then he would start sitting up, swinging with his feet and arms in order to gain momentum, he would swing out and sit up, lay back down on the bench, swing out and sit up, he did like 50 of these for each set of 2-4 benches, looked very odd!

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