Single worst exercise?
Discussion
After reading this article I thought I'd bring the discussion here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17e...
In my view it's super-burpees. From a standing position, drop down to your knees, legs out behind you, pushup, legs back in, star jump from the squatted position, repeat.
Also interesting are its notes on hiit
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17e...
In my view it's super-burpees. From a standing position, drop down to your knees, legs out behind you, pushup, legs back in, star jump from the squatted position, repeat.
Also interesting are its notes on hiit
shouldbworking said:
In my view it's super-burpees. From a standing position, drop down to your knees, legs out behind you, pushup, legs back in, star jump from the squatted position, repeat.
Also interesting are its notes on hiit
We do a similar version, but with a little more pizazz....Also interesting are its notes on hiit
From a standing position, drop down to your hands and direclty put your legs out behind you, pushup with a clap, legs back in, tuckjump from the squatted position, upon returning to the ground as soon as your feet make contact, drop onto your back for a sit-up, roll-over into the push-up and start the cycle from there again.
I.e. only ther first one doesn't have a sit up in it.
10 of those and you feel it
996 sps said:
Explain mate, do you mean shoulders?
Basically yes, particularly lat pull downs which I used to do when I first started out (being none the wiser) - they used to make a horrible clicking noise. Also for the life of me I can't think of the name of the exercise, you see so many guys doing it at the gym. The one where you stand up with a dumbell behind your head and work your triceps....ouch!Yep I know there is theory behind the shoulders being in external rotation, but they are with a olympic squat. The lat pull down theory is been knocking around for years.
When I take people through the lat pull down I teach both and just explain to them that there is some theory behind shoulder and elbow injuries with lat pull down behind the neck.
However I have been training for 20 years and still pull the bar behind the neck.
As for smiths machine I teach early stage squats on them as they keep the back in a netural position and lock the bar at 90degree, especially in the rehab world.
I have not seen enough people in my job to state there is research out there to prove shoulder injuries occur due to a lat pull down or smith machine, you could say that if people trained in this position they'd create more shoulder flexibility a la strength and conditioning courses were they state the deeper you squat the more you create flexibility, were as in a rehab world they'd say a deep squat creates injuries.
When I take people through the lat pull down I teach both and just explain to them that there is some theory behind shoulder and elbow injuries with lat pull down behind the neck.
However I have been training for 20 years and still pull the bar behind the neck.
As for smiths machine I teach early stage squats on them as they keep the back in a netural position and lock the bar at 90degree, especially in the rehab world.
I have not seen enough people in my job to state there is research out there to prove shoulder injuries occur due to a lat pull down or smith machine, you could say that if people trained in this position they'd create more shoulder flexibility a la strength and conditioning courses were they state the deeper you squat the more you create flexibility, were as in a rehab world they'd say a deep squat creates injuries.
swerni said:
leg extensions.
Ask any competent physio and they will say avoid like the plague
Yep they do as they are an open chain exercise and expose the ligaments to shear forces, again if the ligaments attached have no form of graded strains/ruptures the you could argue that if quads and hamstrings are strong enough then carry on. Not always a heavy weight though but sports specific a kicking sport has to expose knee exten to a form of open chain exercise.Ask any competent physio and they will say avoid like the plague
Mmm, 45 now. Two that I'm not keen on...
My shoulders hurt after certain activities like press ups or painting high fences. Probably a legacy of too many years doing behind the neck press and lateral raises.
I have a bad back too. Most likely due to Heavy dumbell rows knowing full well I had a slight curvature of the spine. I should have stuck with the bar of the t-bar maybe and used less weight so my form was better.
Luckily, I've never had problems with my knees or ankles.
When you are young, you take it in your stride. I had a good instructor and he drilled warm up, good form and cool down into me. Unfortunately when he left the gym I was at, my ego got in the way and I was less strict with myself. In my case, I paid the price eventually.
My shoulders hurt after certain activities like press ups or painting high fences. Probably a legacy of too many years doing behind the neck press and lateral raises.
I have a bad back too. Most likely due to Heavy dumbell rows knowing full well I had a slight curvature of the spine. I should have stuck with the bar of the t-bar maybe and used less weight so my form was better.
Luckily, I've never had problems with my knees or ankles.
When you are young, you take it in your stride. I had a good instructor and he drilled warm up, good form and cool down into me. Unfortunately when he left the gym I was at, my ego got in the way and I was less strict with myself. In my case, I paid the price eventually.
shouldbworking said:
After reading this article I thought I'd bring the discussion here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17e...
In my view it's super-burpees. From a standing position, drop down to your knees, legs out behind you, pushup, legs back in, star jump from the squatted position, repeat.
Also interesting are its notes on hiit
What a great exercise.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17e...
In my view it's super-burpees. From a standing position, drop down to your knees, legs out behind you, pushup, legs back in, star jump from the squatted position, repeat.
Also interesting are its notes on hiit
I do burpees, they are tough, more so on heavys. I like the variation you can get.
Started doing these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST1MkSJHAOQ&fea...
Man they are tough.
I will also add the bear and bear crawl.
also like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fo9Jaz9xt0
not tried it yet.
Halb said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST1MkSJHAOQ&fea...
Man they are tough.
Looks knackering... worried about putting my back out doing that. Is that a possibility?Man they are tough.
RemainAllHoof said:
Halb said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST1MkSJHAOQ&fea...
Man they are tough.
Looks knackering... worried about putting my back out doing that. Is that a possibility?Man they are tough.
Halb said:
I don't think so with good form and low weight. Practise power snatches a bit, cas after the burpee part it is a real dredge to haul that weight up!
Just that I tried a clean with about 40kg (yes, I know, laughably small compared to what you lot are doing; sized for doing rows without putting my back out) but I didn't feel I had things quite under control (I was at home so didn't have the option of just dumping it on the ground).Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff