Wasteful Exercises in The Gym

[Brosef]

The stuff you see people are clearly wasting their time/ energy on...

Doing squats on the Smith Machine

Trying to get rid of off your huge gut by spending half a session on ab machines

Loading up 6 plates in the rack then doing 1/4 squats

The breh that stretches for 45 minutes

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[HHR]

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Nothing wrong with stretching for a long ass time tho.

 

[XxBboyxX]

The stuff you see people are clearly wasting their time/ energy on...

Doing squats on the Smith Machine

Trying to get rid of off your huge gut by spending half a session on ab machines

Loading up 6 plates in the rack then doing 1/4 squats

The breh that stretches for 45 minutes

Add on

Stretching is just as important as the work out itself. before and after.



but 45 mins is too extreme.

 

[Blackout]

Stretching is just as important as the work out itself. before and after.



but 45 mins is too extreme.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

I've read that wrist curls are pointless if you do heavy deadlifts.

 

[Brosef]

Stretching is just as important as the work out itself. before and after.



but 45 mins is too extreme.

Stretching is a must

But 45 minutes only if there's an injury

 

[HHR]

I've read that wrist curls are pointless if you do heavy deadlifts.

It's part of grip strength....which you work alot more directly simply by holding and moving heavy shyt. Deadlifts, rows, etc.

 

[Adam3000]

Nothing is a waste as long as you are progressively overloading. But we know that isnt happening with the average gym-goer

I dislike seeing fat people doing bodybuilder style routines, but it aint their fault they are victims of too much fitness industry BS

 

[Jesus]

Thought stretching was a no-no before lifting...cardio to get the blood flowing was preferred.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Thought stretching was a no-no before lifting...cardio to get the blood flowing was preferred.

I've always heard conflicting things about this: always stretch before, only stretch after, only stretch the buddy parts you aren't lifting that day, etc.

 

[XxBboyxX]

I've read that wrist curls are pointless if you do heavy deadlifts.

I used to do them shyts back in high school and I can personally vouch that they are not useless at all.

 

[XxBboyxX]

Thought stretching was a no-no before lifting...cardio to get the blood flowing was preferred.

U don't wanna over do it but stretching before lifting is very good for your muscles. I would say don't hold a stretch for more then 7 seconds


Elastic stretches are the main ones u wanna do. Static, not so much(more so after ur done working out)

 

[USSInsiders]

I've read that wrist curls are pointless if you do heavy deadlifts.

I used to think they were horse shyt but honestly I think hand grippers are super underrated. Already noticed an increase in grip strength from using them and a bit more size in my forearms. I'd say they're superior to wrist curls tbh

 

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[Adam3000]

Not wasteful at all

This guy is a professional arm wrestler. He has zero concern for ideas such as time under tension. He trains for power, so accelerating weight quickly is his main tool

Awkward? Yes. Silly? Yes. Inefficient? Possibly. But not wasteful.

Everybody has different goals.