The Most Under- & Over-Rated Exercises?

[M.J.H.]

Which exercises are the most over-rated, and which are the most under-rated, in your opinion?

Over-rated: bench
Under-rated: bentover rows

 

[brogers]

Underrated: Weighted Dips

 

[CursedOne]

i agree on the bent rows, i see someone doing them at my gym maybe once a week or less, and i go almost every day.
over-rated: bicep curls. not that we dont need to do them, but i see guys come in the gym with pencil sized arms, spend an hour doing various types of bicep curls with crappy form, then leave.

 

[ihateschoolmt]

Over rated: Bench, some people don't even do that exercise and have a big chest.

Under rated: Dead lifts, no one does these at my gym.

 

[musclepump]

Over rated: Leg press - It's good, but when people come in and it's the only thing they do, that says something.

Under: Deads

 

[M.J.H.]

Agreed about deadlifts.

Bench, some people don't even do that exercise and have a big chest.

 

[Rocco32]

Under- Face pulls and Incline Prone DB Rows

Oh, and this is due to Patrick (me knowing these exercises now)

 

[LAM]

Over-rated - Arnold Press
Under-rated: Bentover Rows

 

[Leatherface]

Overrated: Barbell Bench
Underrated: Bentover Rows

 

[shiznit2169]

Overrated: Barbell Bench/Barbell Curls
Underrated: Deadlifts/bentover rows ...my brother and I are the only ones at our gym to do these exercises and people look at us as if they are thinking "What the hell are they doing"

 

[min0 lee]

Thigh master

 

[ChrisROCK]

Overrated: Barbell Bench Press
Underrated: Weighted Dips

 

[Duncans Donuts]

Underrated of all time:
Deadlifts

Overrated: Curls or Bench

 

[Tommy]

Overrated:Kickbacks
Underratedecline bench

 

[Lord_of_the_GYM]

It seems Bentover Rows seems to be the popular choice .. one question how do you do them? I am guessing since 'Row' is involved it is meant for the Back

 

[goal_500_bench]

How can bench press be overrated. That's probably because you're not lifting enough weight.

 

[min0 lee]

It seems Bentover Rows seems to be the popular choice .. one question how do you do them? I am guessing since 'Row' is involved it is meant for the Back

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[maniclion]

Over Rated: Rocking, swinging bicep curls in the squat rack (if you want to do a full body workout do the below exercise VVVVVVVVVVVV)

Under Rated: Deadlifts

 

[sternumchinner]

under-rated: chinupschinupschinupschinupschinupschinupschinupschinups
chinupschinupschinupschinupschinupschinupschinupschinupschinupschinups.
(also a bit of straight leg deadlifting/good mornings thrown in)

At peak times the ONLY equipment you can GUARANTEE being unused is the bar in the sky. If anything, chinning is the ONLY exercise there is - same way that physics is the only 'true' science.

Over-rated: doing 25% incline bench press on the smith machine. What the feck is that all about? In fact, just about anything done on the smith machine. ----i've seen bi curls being done on good ol' smithy before now.

 

[soxmuscle]

pull-ups are definitly underrated to its counterpart the lat pulldown.

 

[sternumchinner]

"pull-ups are definitly underrated to its counterpart the lat pulldown"


no no no! SUPINATED chinups as wide as possible......not pull ups (which are palm pronated).


(he he he, my mistake)

 

[Stu]

How can bench press be overrated. That's probably because you're not lifting enough weight.

bench press is over rated because its the only excercise that some people do. that and bicep curls

 

[BiggerNstronger]

OVER rated? I cant see how the flat barbell bench-press could be over-rated when it works so many different body parts at the same time but what do I know. Under-rated? Those are usually the ones that are the toughest: bent over rows, deadlifts, squats. The guys who ask me how to increase their benchpress all get the same answer: deadlifts. Dont believe me? Try it.

 

[soxmuscle]

It's overrated in the sense that every single common person flat benches solely because of how talked about it is when the incline, decline, and even dumbell work is just as beneficial if not more.

 

[BiggerNstronger]

It's overrated in the sense that every single common person flat benches solely because of how talked about it is when the incline, decline, and even dumbell work is just as beneficial if not more.

I see what your saying. Its kind of like in baseball: The NYYankees are the pinnacle of baseball greatness because of ALL the world championships the outstanding tradition and because Boston didnt have one in A LOOOOONNNGGGGG time all Sox fans said "championships" were over-rated.....right? Now that they have the championship how do they feel?

The guys I know that think the bench press is over-rated cant bench very much. Is it MORE effective than other chest/back/shoulder/tricep excercise? Probably not. Is it cooler to incline 200lbs or to flat bench 350?

 

[Maynard Keenan]

flat bench overrated
front squats underrated
stiff legged underrated
incline bench underrated
tri extensions overrated
reverse grip tri extensions underrated

 

[min0 lee]

reverse grip tri extensions underrated

I agree with you on that, they are never done and to me very effective.

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

Over-rated: Squat
Under-rated: Ab machines ( )

 

[min0 lee]

Over-rated: Squat

Really?

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

Really?

I was hoping a retard wouldn't pop in and think i was serious...
No, it was a joke, that's why I put
at the end of the post