What's the most overrated/or useless exercise?

[P-funk]

ah ha...that explains the masiveness elsewhere! Good deal.

that is why I said no exercise is over rated as long as you know where to fit it into your program or how to use it.

I don't leg press....it serves no purpose for my sport. Others do for hypertrophy reasons.

I might do box jumps for explosiveness. BB'ers wont do that and would call that a useless exercise. I call BB curls a useless exercise because they do nothing for me and my goals......see where I am going?

 

[benverner]

gotcha...see how new I am. I didn't even know you are training that way.

 

[Squaggleboggin]

gotcha...see how new I am. I didn't even know you are training that way.

Actually, you'd be surprised how many old members still can't grasp what he's saying...

 

[benverner]

Squag,

I have to say I'm jealous, reagardless of me agreeing with what you say or not you are so far ahead of the game at 16 knowledge wise. I didn't really have the net to tap into at that age so my "vast knowledge" came from bullshit magazines that lead to me wasting 10 years of lifting. Oh, and don't forget all the crap supplements I had to have because the 50 set routines weren't working!!!

 

[Squaggleboggin]

Squag,

I have to say I'm jealous, reagardless of me agreeing with what you say or not you are so far ahead of the game at 16 knowledge wise. I didn't really have the net to tap into at that age so my "vast knowledge" came from bullshit magazines that lead to me wasting 10 years of lifting. Oh, and don't forget all the crap supplements I had to have because the 50 set routines weren't working!!!

Thanks. I do try my best to assimilate everything I can, especially when it comes to weightlifting. Unfortunately, most of my knowledge lies within strength training, so I'm trying to gather more pieces of information about diet and nutrition as well. Hopefully I can eventually have a career in exercise science and perhaps teach it one day. I love teaching others how to do exercises and explaining to them what each does and why I'm using it instead of something else. I also like being a lot stronger than most would think a dork is.

 

[BigDyl]

These kids are on crack

Your on crack... cracker!

 

[GFR]

Your on crack... cracker!

 

[Stu]

crunches useless ?

personally weighted ab exercises always seem more effective to me

 

[Skate67]

Deadlifts and squats by far. I cant believe these idiots squatting and deadlifting in my gym.... I mean do they realize how useless those exercises are?! I mean they are completely useless, they don't even work anything. Seriously. If they only knew the half of it. Poor guys; 20 minutes of their life they'll never get back....

 

[GFR]

Deadlifts and squats by far. I cant believe these idiots squatting and deadlifting in my gym.... I mean do they realize how useless those exercises are?! I mean they are completely useless, they don't even work anything. Seriously. If they only knew the half of it. Poor guys; 20 minutes of their life they'll never get back....

Finally a good post
I agree with you 100%

 

[CancerNV]

Arent the 3 most important excersizes the Squat, Deadlift, and Bench?

PS: Why are Arnold presses so bad? They sure seem to hit the delts like hell.

 

[Squaggleboggin]

Arent the 3 most important excersizes the Squat, Deadlift, and Bench?

PS: Why are Arnold presses so bad? They sure seem to hit the delts like hell.

It depends on your goals as to whether you consider those the three most important exercises, but he was being sarcastic.

I don't see why they're so terrible, and they're certainly not overrated - very few people even know what they are in my experience.

 

[CancerNV]

Who rates these excersizes? Where can I find them?

 

[TheCurse]

bicep curls. you could do a lot better things with your time.

 

[GFR]

Who rates these exercises? Where can I find them?

I do..
I rate them on a scale of 1 star ( the lowest) to 6 stars ( the highest)..
Just name an exercise and I will tell you its rating.

 

[MyK]

I do..
I rate them on a scale of 1 star ( the lowest) to 6 stars ( the highest)..
Just name an exercise and I will tell you its rating.

ANAL LUNGES!

 

[MyK]

any exercise is useless to the degree that improper form is used!

 

[GFR]

ANAL LUNGES!

 

[CowPimp]

bicep curls. you could do a lot better things with your time.

That's what I was going to say is the most overrated exercise. You would be hard pressed to find someone that doesn't include 3 variations of bicep curls in their routine. This isn't to say that bicep curling is worthless, but overrated is definitely an accruate description.

I am reluctant to say that any exercise is worthless. I think virtually every exercise has a place in someone's training regimen. However, if I had to pick one, it would be... um... tricep kickbacks? I mean Jesus Christ, there are about 20 better ways to isolate your triceps in my opinon. I never see anyone do these that doesn't cheat to all Hell and you can't use any kind of decent weight because the lever arm distance is too damned long.

 

[Tough Old Man]

Situps

 

[aceshigh]

starjumps lol

 

[P-funk]

starjumps lol

plyometrics are great. what is the problem with start jumps?

 

[GFR]

My top 4 worst exercises

1. running
2. weight lifting
3. swimming
4. Bicycling/spinning

 

[Nate K]

Tricep Kickbacks!!!!!!!

 

[SJ69]

I don't think the bench press can be over rated. What other exercise works your chest, shoulders, triceps, and back (as stabalizers) bettter all at once? If I could just do 2 exercises for my whole body it would be 1. Bench 2. squat

The bench press is the single BEST upper body exercise, no doubt about it.

 

[soxmuscle]

While the bench press and bicep curls are overrated, they are both extremely important excercises in my opinion, but to think people only do these two excercises and expect to be the next Arnold amuses me.

CP might be on to something. I have never done kickbacks for that purpose.

I also like where P-funk went with this thread, where its different for everybody, and thats where it should most likely end.

I guess if I had to choose a useless excercise, it would be bodyweight push-ups for hypertrophy.

 

[hp192003]

While the bench press and bicep curls are overrated, they are both extremely important excercises in my opinion, but to think people only do these two excercises and expect to be the next Arnold amuses me.

CP might be on to something. I have never done kickbacks for that purpose.

I also like where P-funk went with this thread, where its different for everybody, and thats where it should most likely end.

I guess if I had to choose a useless excercise, it would be bodyweight push-ups for hypertrophy.

So many people do this at my gym (and others). Really annoys me because they hog the benches and the smith machines 24/7 then walk around as if they own the place.

Bench press and bicep curl are definitely important but on their own... aaaaggh

 

[benverner]

I have to say bicep curls BTW.

Show me a BW + 75-100 lbs weighted chin and I'll show you some jacked pipes! Not to mention a full back and a balanced look. Ditch the curls and blow yourself up on pullups!

 

[Squaggleboggin]

I have to say bicep curls BTW.

Show me a BW + 75-100 lbs weighted chin and I'll show you some jacked pipes! Not to mention a full back and a balanced look. Ditch the curls and blow yourself up on pullups!

Wait a second, that would take dedication and some knowledge of the human body in order to realize this. No wonder no one thinks of that...

I would be forced to agree with this. It's very difficult to do pull ups (or at least it is for me at 220) and in order to add weight to that you'd have to be pretty strong.

 

[squanto]

Hmm.... I think bench and curls are important exercises, and I usually do some variation of them. I don't think flat bench is necessarily the BEST exercise, but it's certainly one of the best. Maybe it's not the BEST for body building, but I would think that powerlifters would consider it a pretty important exercise.

As far as useless exercises go... it's really useless people. For example, that fat chick on the diet coke diet who's been on the sit up machine for the past 20 minutes. NOONE CAN SEE YOUR ABS ANYWAY. Or the guy who does bicep curls in my gym's ONE SQUAT RACK.

For some reason Smith Squats really annoy me. I just don't see the point. Actually, I think I just hate the smith machine in general. But it could be good for old people who might die if they drop the weight on themselves.... which brings us back to P-funk's "Any exercise is useful if you know how to use it."

So yes, you just read all of this to get the same point someone already said. Yes, reading this successfully made all of you a little bit dumber.