Worst exercise thread?
I'll start: Barbell rows
>>37598550
Barbell rows (horizontal or 30°, overhand or underhand, constantly holding the bar in the air or pausing on the floor or touch and go)
Upright rows
Any kipping lift (pullups, lat raises, curls, etc)
Any lift for time/max reps (xfit)
Any geared lift outside of competition or competition prep
>>37598550
Itt: faggots who dont know shit
>>37598550
Front squats
>>37598550
>Barbell rows
literallly explain why
>>37598792
because they're fucking gay
>>37598816
wouldn't that make them great?
>>37598792
People say you break form too easily because of lower back and hamstring tiredness, so don't get to exercise upper back, arms and chest as much as intended.
I think.
>>37598845
True, especially for lats
>>37598845
>>37598850
oh well, what are some good exercises that replace BR
>>37598862
>Replace
If you do chinups and deadlifts, there is literally zero reason to do rows. Price me wrong.
>>37598845
How about u do rows and... you know... do not break form?
>>37598550
h ah ah ah a ha ha ha ah aha ha ah aha h haha hah ahha h ah ahah ah ahhah a haha
you should stop lifting asap
>>37598550
Barbell rows give you amazing lats. If your an idiot and can't engage your Lat on a barbell row then don't come near a barbell.
>>37598898
yeah just use lower weight with Prosper form and get your lower back swole
>>37598882
Deadlifts and chins do not involve scapular retraction, which is real damn useful for getting your rhomboids and mid traps trained. Also kind of important for benching.
>>37598550
squats you dont need to do them, there are other exercise that work the same muscle but a lot safe
>>37598862
long bar rows
>>37598550
That retarded kind of overhead press where you put the bar behind your head.
Just asking to fuck up your shoulder with no advantage over regular OHP.
>>37598998
Get away summerfag
>good mornings
>>37598862
seated rows
>>37598845
>people say
>not weak beta manlet pussies
Barbell rows are godtier for lats pussys dont do them cuz pussys
The memelift
>>37598845
barbell row isnt supposed to isolate the back and arms, it's a strength exercise which also works deadlift muscles
>>37598550
If you can't row at least 1pl8 with strict form for reps you're not even a man so stop talking shit
Hang cleans and bench press.
They're good and all, but not when children solely rely on them thinking they're the best shit in the world senpai + e-statting on Facebook.
>>37598705
Holy shit yes they feel so fucking terrible
>>37598845
i did only bb row for my back, my form is probably not the best and people on fit said my back looks great so i guess what you are saying is not true
deadlift is worst lift
>>37598550
>donkey kicks
If only because I always use heavy ass weight and feel like my ass has been obliterated every time after
But them joocy flutes though
The exercise I really hate is OHP, sometimes my muscles just plain want to give up and it feels like shit literally forcing myself to complete the reps, like with other workouts its hard but not "I'm gonna pop a fucking blood vessel" hard, it mostly has to do with me running out of breath mid set, I think it might be because I clean the weight off the ground first instead of just ohping in the squat rack or something
>hate barbell rows
>do one arm dumbbell rows
>hate deadlifts
>do trapbar
:^) my least favorite lift now is actually curls
>>37601402
>hate deadlifts
literally admitting you're a pussy
>>37601474
Epic Xd
>>37599323
Military press is fucking retarded mate
>>37601511
>behind-the-neck
>military press
Kill yourself
>>37601394
Failure just comes out of nowhere on OHP for me. I'll be in my third set a few reps in feeling good, last rep felt perfectly fine, and then suddenly the next rep is just impossible. Ibut that feeling when I get my head through the window on one of those reps is amazing.
>>37601474
>I'm a big boy because I like internet meme lifts :)
>>37598705
>hur dur i don't have the morphology nor the mobility to do front squats so they're bad for everyone
>>37598550
235-250 is where my bb rows started looking like bar-humps so i quit them
They're atill viable this way as a dl accessory, but there are better things (rdl, sldl, etc.)
For lats/lowtraps and grip, db row is best (especially kroc rows)
>>37598550
reverse bench press underhanded calf raises
tyson rising weighted card chinup squats
incline reverse-gripped overhead rotating hamstring kickbacks
lateral planking squats
stiff-leg squats
overhead deadlift
front wrist double bicep squat
kneeling kettlebell crossover reverse ankle hyperextension pronation lunge with bands
>>37601490
>>37601530
Everyone laugh at the pussies who can't diddly.
>>37601530
There is no reason to be alive if you can't deadlift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWUcHKAj_tc
>>37601580
>>37601657
>can't
I do them
they're still a shit exercise and you're still a massive memelord if you pretend to like them.
>>37598862
dumbbell rows
>>37598600
>I'm a pussy: the Post
>>37601537
calm your autistic dick down not everyone's gonna have the same preference for exercises.
>>37601686
or maybe, just maybe, you're forms fucked up and you're weak as shit. I love em and purposely base my weeks around deadlifting as no.1 priority
>>37601686
why can't you accept that some people like to deadlift you dumbass
>>37598705
Goddamnit I just can't do front squats. It hurts my right shoulder, every time. I've tried nearly suffocting myself with that bar to really get it in position, but I just can't. Hurts like a fucking bitch.
>>37598550
People that roll their shoulders when doing shrugs.
>>37601950
Stop being a faggot and try again
>>37601686
Deadlifts are the most fun exercise to me, how can you hate such a perfect exercise?
>>37598550
Why does /fit/ hate barbell rows so much? I love them. I do a
vertical/arms/horizontal/vertical/rear delt/horizontal
routine for my back and they fit in great.
Worst lifts would be:
Incline DB Flys
Straight bar tricep pushdowns
Dumbell shrugs
I really hate Close grip Bench press, my wrists always feel akward when doing it.
>>37598998
What is snatch press. Getting shoulder strength for doing oly lifts
>>37602392
Personally, I find the form to be draining. If I'm looking for a horizontal pull to counter the bench press, why not a chest supported row or cable row?
The deadlift can work the posterior chain fine on its own.
>>37602026
>[CURRENT YEAR]
>people still falling for the trap meme
Have fun being an unaesthetic fuck
>>37602477
Get stronger forearms?
>>37602477
I kinda understand. I just lowered the weight some and fixed my positioning a little
>>37601291
I row 185 for 5 with perfect form and a lovely lat stretch but can't even bench 165 for 5. What gives? My shoulders are kinda fucked tho
>>37602774
Retract your scalpula
>>37602774
Do you arch your back and tuck in your shoulders when you bench? A lot of people fuck their shoulders up benching because they don't use the right form
>>37602940
I think you mean tuck your elbows not shoulders
>>37601511
I use a kettlebell for one thing: the clean press. Excellent exercise, only worthwhile thing a kettlebell is good for. Totally worth getting a heavier one.
>>37601333
only tryhard oly and strongmen lifters do hang clean, not the curlbroy children
>>37601925
why can't you accept that some people don't like to deadlift you dumbass
>>37602973
I think you are either dyel, stupid, or both.
Tucking in elbows when benching takes the pecs out of the lift, isolating the front delts and triceps and makes you lift LESS.
Tucking in your shoulders makes you lift MORE because it makes the shoulder girdle more stable and decreases ROM
>>37603138
>Tucking in elbows when benching takes the pecs out of the lift
No it doesn't, it just decreases the workload on them. They are still hit significantly. I bench more with my elbows tucked in than flared. I also find I get a better squeeze at the top when my grip is a little closer and I prefer that.
>>37603160
>No it doesn't, it just decreases the workload on them. They are still hit significantly.
No it doesn't, it just decreases the workload on them significantly*
ftfy
>I bench more with my elbows tucked in than flared.
1) not tucked in ≠ flared
2) no you don't.
3) post form check vid from the bottom (camera on balls and towards barbell) and from side with what you think is close and wide or tucked in vs flared elbows so that we can laugh at your terrible kinaesthetic sense
>I also find I get a better squeeze at the top when my grip is a little closer and I prefer that.
>Muh squeeze
>Muh burn
Of course you do, closer grip = longer ROM. But close grip ≠ tucked in elbows. And prefer ≠ more efficient lift
>>37602937
>>37602940
I retract pretty well and keep my elbows nice and tucked. But yeah my form used to be shit and now it's better. I'll keep working I just feel like I have a terrible bench.
>>37603110
Not him.
You imbecile it is not about liking it is about being efficient you trash
Jefferson curl
>>37603239
Not him.
You imbecile disliking something does not mean you don't do it you trash
>>37603237
>No it doesn't, it just decreases the workload on them significantly
Then why do I feel it in my pecs more, you faggot?
>But close grip ≠ tucked in elbows
Why the fuck wouldn't you keep your forearms perpendicular to the floor?
>no you don't.
I get more leg drive and my lats come into play more if my elbows are closer to my sides, yes I do. If my elbows hit 45 or greater it feels awkward as fuck and kills my left rotator cuff. Maybe I have a shoulder problem but that doesn't change the fact that:
>I lift more with my elbows tucked
>It still hits your chest significantly
this whole thread is full of retard fucks
>>37598862
Facepulls.
>>37601575
why reverse brench press, feels amazing for upper pecs with dumbels IMO
This will probably garner me some hate but
fuck squats. All of them, I know they're important and I do them but I hate them. If any exercise feels like it's going to injure me someday it's squats.
>>37599364
this is the correct answer but you need some hyper extentions as well.
>Long Ass arms
>Fucking hate Bench Press and Rows
I do OHP & Weighted Chins instead, Fuck BP and Rows.
>>37598705
No core?
>>37598941
Lol what do you think a squat rack is for? Literally the safest, best leg lift if you don't have shit for brains and learn form.
>>37603377
facepull isn't supposed to be a back exercise bro
>>37603412
i agree but i still do them anyways
>Leg curls
>Upright rows
>standing triceps extensions
>leg press
>leg curls
>>37603237
this faggot knows what's up
>>37598845
>chest
>rows
Dude please look at a fucking anatomy chart because you're ignorant as fuck apparently.
Squats.
Worst effort:reward ratio
>>37603268
Not him.
not liking the best option is fucking retarded you trash
>>37598550
Dumbell rows, just as bad as barbell. Works no muscle effectively and is bad on your joints.
Who here hate squats but love deadlifts
>>37598845
>>37598850
>>37598862
Do them on an elevated bench where you're laying on your stomach and pulling the weight off the floor. Takes the legs out of the movement
>>37605281
This, absolutely. It's great. My gym has one of these things (pic related) and I've completely stopped doing rows the other way.
>>37598920
At least I know the difference between "you're" and "your".
Barbell Flys
>>37601474
t. internet lifter
>>37605281
>>37605326
dude was talking about seal rows not t bar rows
>>37605249
Not him.
Pretending you always like the best thing for you is fucking retarded you trash
>>37605358
Oh shiet. I mean, those seem good too. Anything that removes the weak point (the weird stance) is good in my book.
>>37601523
Same here. I don't get it
>>37605326
Why is this guy doing 45lb T bar rows in a room full of computers?
>>37601523
>>37605422
Same. In my own case I think it's because I get tired in ways I don't notice and my form slips a bit. Like normally you keep your chest pushed forward and your core tight, but on rep 3 I might slip up and breath incorrectly and my core goes slack and my chest moves in, so when the bar comes down it's in a poor position and suddenly it's way harder to push it back up.
>>37605360
Not him.
If somebody likes to lifts but won't do top 2 best exercises they are stupid as fuck you trash
>>37598845
>>37598898
>>37598920
>>37599370
I do rows every other workout (I do SL with them instead of cleans).
But I dont ever feel like I'm worling my lats, never got doms or fatigue.
I wish I could do pendlay rows, dont have the flexibility for em.
Should I switch to t bar rows +DB rows for a while?
I'm still a novice
>>37598550
>rows are a bad exercise
autism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99nu3TywFdQ
>>37605724
Do them like this, pull with your elbows and don't use any momentum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99nu3TywFdQ
>>37605725
Rows are an objectively worse lat exercise than chinups or pullups.
>>37605745
mike is that you posting?
>>37598550
Pendlay Rows
I have no idea why Stronglifts has such a hardon for them, considering that entire sections of the world don't even know pendlays exist anymore, because they figured out they're inferior in any way to normal rows like 20 years ago.
A normal row allows you to lift more weight, on a more optimal line, and making it easier to keep your spine straight. Even if you break form, the bar just roll off your knees and onto the floor.
Meanwhile, pendlays may actually be the exercise able to snap your shit with the lowest weight amongst all barbell exercises ever devised by man.
I have no idea whose idea was it to make it a staple of a beginner program, when even an advanced lifter is better off doing normal rows.
>>37605793
>t. I don't understand progressive resistance training
>>37605793
im doing sl 5x5 and i just do regular bent over rows
pendlay always looked rather snappy
>>37605745
I cant start from the floor though, should i stack some plates and do it anyways?
I see he goes only up to his stomach, I do that but thought I was somehow cheating, is it ok?
I admit that I sometimes can use some momentum.
Like some anon said, I will start concentrating on squeezing my scapulae, that's gonna be tough due to my recovering kyphosis
>>37605813
It's maybe the only compound exercise where people seeing you do it will ask you what the hell you're doing and think you're doing rows wrong.
Because it's objectively easy to hurt yourself doing pendlays, and there's no reason to do it when normal rows do the exact same thing without having you need 911 on speed dial while you're doing them.
A lot of people like to be contrarian and do them only because "They're hard so if I do them I'll show them how much of a better lifter I am!", but come on. When every PT in the world stops you to ask what the fuck you're doing, maybe you should ask yourself why you, living in 2016, are doing an exercise that nobody has done since the 80s.
Cable row is the best row exercise.
>>37605263
What? I think they're comfy as fuck.
Or my ego just likes them, because I can move like 130 lbs dumbbells for reps. And it trains my hook grip.
>>37598862
It was said already but Seated Rows, I got tired from barb rows even though my squat is double my row. Just do seated rows
>>37598882
retard alert
My worst exercise is Shrugs, there is literally no reason to them or else you will like a turtle
The one that I've upped the weight on a little too much in the past couple weeks, and know I should deload.
I've literally gone through hating every single lift for this reason and I've only been lifting 4 months.
I will say this: The main benefit of deadlifts is they make the other lifts seem way less intense by comparison.
>>37605757
But rows retract your scapula and work your rhomboid.
>>37605839
Not the guy you're responding to, but my advice is this:
1. Pull from a block and work on flexiblity until you can pull from the floor.
2.So long as the bar touches your torso it counts.
3. For strictly bodybuilding purposes you should not use momentum, but George Leeman has talked about how he incorporates a litte bit of body english when doing rows because it allows him to lift more weight. So I guess it depends on your goals
4. Start doing face pulls (if you're not doing them already) to help with your kyphosis.
>>37598600
>being this pussy
>>37598600
Bruh time lifts are gud, you must not do kettle bells faggot
>>37598550
sure is summer in here
>>37601575
>stiff-leg squats
Lost it at this one...
>>37605498
hackers on steroids
I know a guy who squats the entire time he does his hacking instead of standing or sitting in a chair
>>37605793
I completely agree. Tried doing Pendlay rows for two sessions one time, and my lower back felt like ass.
When doing bb rows I tend to try to get the bar to my chest or as close as possible, this may involve an 'explosive' pulling of the bar up
this bad?
>>37606925 it's this >>37605793
>>37606925
You should pull toward above your abs but right below your chest. You get the most leverage and the least distance travelled by the bar.
>>37605498
kek
>>37598898
>i can't do it correctly so i'll start a thread trashing the lift
/fit/ nutshelled. you expect too much from here.
>>37604086
Umm. What's it for then?
>>37598550
The only lifts you should never do are:
Decline bench
Zerker squats
Lying tricep extensions
Tricep kickbacks
Anything on cables besides flys and tricep work
Anything on the smith machine
>>37601841
>>37606364
>>37606377
this has to be bait, cos its too dumb to be true
>>37605263
But I love these. I feel them much more than I do barbell rows.
>>37605793
Rippetoe considers rows an assistance exercise because they are too easy to cheat.
"Fuck rows... Get your deadlift to 500 lbs"
>you can't do stuff I don't do
>doing cable tricep work
>not doing cable ab work
Wanna know how I know you don't lift?
>>37598705
kek
>>37609633
rippetoe is a fatty and he should go suck a dick.
SS is a joke.no wonder its a meme here.
>>37609732
Yeah I hate rows too. How many fucking variants are there? And why do so many people stand bent at an angle and basically just doing a hybrid of upright row and barbell row?
>>37598550
I 100% agree with you. They fucking suck. I'll take any other compound lift instead.
Fucking leg curls are the worst but it hurts so good!
>>37604033
I have long arms, is that why bench press feels like absolute death? I much prefer dumbbell press.
>>37601402
wtf is it with getting on SS/SL and hating curls? happened here as well
>inb4 they are towards the end and you are lazy
I ALWAYS did them towards the end.
>>37609868
a post so gay it's too gay for /fit/
>>37598816
Not an argument
>>37610552
I always feel like I'm wasting my time on isolations
>>37601490
>>37601530
>>37605351
either samefags or just fags in general
>>37605724
Do you flair your elbows or keep them tucked? Flaired elbows -> more upper back. Tucked elbows -> more lats. You can also try to "bend" the bar to engage the lats more.
>>37598550
errybody fallin all over for this b8 m8. gr8 jerb
>>37607938
Rear-delts, you retard.
>>37603138
>tucking in your elbows makes you lift less
>flared elbows wont make your elbows explode
Donkey calf raises.
JUST
>>37598550
Do the pendlay row's also i tried ego lifting with too much and my back started rising up form broke. I finally gave up and lowered the weights, its starting to feel good now and starting understand its benefits.
FUCKING DYEL THREAD
