Ryan-Boro

just a random Q but what is the most pathetic training tip you have been given?

gr81

"don't squat past parallel, its bad for your knees and overall its dangerous" is probably at the top of any list. In fact that reminds me, I was doin some goodmornings one time and this guy next to me thought in his retarded little mind that I was trying to squat and was just fuckin up the form, of course he had never heard of goodmornings in teh first place so he had no place to even open his lips. So he told me I should not squat like that, I proceeded to explain what I was doin, and I was warned to never place that much stress on my lower back, in fact I should never even train it directly cuz I might just break. "thats dangerous man, don't you know"... the guy was like 30 and looked like he never lifted a weight in his life. needless to say when we were finished he knew his role and shut his mouth.

99hawkins

That shoulder presses do your abs.....

Triple Threat

One time I was deadlifting and some guy told me that "those are bad for your back".

gr81

^^if I had a dollar for everytime I heard that captain... I'd have quite a few dollars..

TJ Cline

When I first started working out some dude in the gym said holding your breath when benching would expand your chest. I tried it once and then never listened to him again.

DOMS

It's a good thing you didn't listen to him. That's a great way passing out, among other things.

asiansensation

When i first started lifting weights back in the late 80's , i remembered one pretty big dude in the gym told me the purpose of wearing a lifting belt was to make your waist smaller. That belt never came off his waist. He was wearing it tightly in his entire workout. I only saw him once in that gym. Crazy, huh???!!!

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Ryan-Boro

heres 1.i was doin shrugs n this big lanky mo fo says to me,if u hold ur arms out wide wen u do shrugs u will get huge lats lmfao

BiggerNstronger

The dumbest Ive heard lately is that you can get the best tricep developement/excercise by just doing benchpress.

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drew.haynes

Makin fun of P-Funk...

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drew.haynes

Yeah I have actually heard that the increased intrathoracic pressure can in some cases increase maximal power, but... it will also cause a Valsalva Maneuver, wherein your major veins are pressurized and cannot properly return blood to the heart... upon releasing the blood is forced into the heart and a faster rate, causing an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, and sometimes cardiac arrest... hence the reason lots of old people have died on the TOILET... straining hard while holding breath.

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gr81

and you disagree with this because....?

drew.haynes

Debatable, tho my 143lb roommate could bench 250... never did direct tricep work. One time I had him do skulls and he could do an easy 117.5lbs for about 4 or 5 reps.

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gr81

its not at all debatable, if you understood basic biomechanics and kinesiology, there is just no question. There are several ways top bench, regarding form, but keeping your elbows inward as a powerlifter does, the bench is a tricep movement, period. The function of the chest is not a pressing movement, its to seperate like a fly motion. Even a "bodybuilder" bench recruits more choulders and tris. The importance of triceps to the bench is in no way debatable. Who was it, I think Antony Clark, that reverse grip benched over 700, all triceps..

drew.haynes

That's not what I meant is debatable. Sorry. I just meant people can debate whether or not it is really necessary to do direct tricep work beyond bench.

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gr81

ahh, gotcha

min0 lee

I have to agree with Gr81 on this.

min0 lee

The worst tip I ever heard was "lifting weights is bad for you, you'll get hurt."

seven11

" if u love to lift heavy, then u must be doing something wrong"

WilliamB

I find it hard to believe this is the worst tip you have ever been given by someone.