4
Absolutely Useless And Idiotic Exercises People Do In The Gym
When you go to the gym and do an exercise, it serves a specific
purpose. You bench press to build a stronger bench and develop your chest. You
squat to grow your quadriceps . Every exercise has some application and
they fulfill a function. there are
some exercises that are useless, stupid,
and serve no purpose. The funnier part is that you see many gym bros doing it
or even trainers suggesting it to their clients.
1. Bosu Ball Anything
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Bosu ball squat, Bosu
ball bicep curls, Bosu ball overhead press. Basically, Bosu ball anything is
practically useless. Why? Because you would never be overloading yourself on a
bouncy surface in your actual life, ever! When was the last time you tried to
hit a squat PR in a bouncy house? Umm, never, right? I thought so too.
And when you are doing anything on a Bosu ball, you are constantly juggling
between balancing yourself vs. moving the weight. You do not get better at
anything.
Those who'd debate
saying 'core stabilization', there are hundreds of different ways to stabilize
the core which do not involve a Bosu ball. The high risk of injury while moving
those weights and wiggling is totally not worth it.
2. Dumbbell Side Bends
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We have all seen those people who at the end of the workout
would hold two dumbbells on their sides and set rep records for the same
thinking that they are reducing the 'side fat' or building abs with it. Nah,
that does not do anything.
This is mainly because your core is built to counter resist or
stabilize a load and not assist it. This is exactly what it is doing when you
do side bends!
3. Dumbbell Shadow Boxing
These folks literally make me cringe in the gym. Holding a pair
of 2 lbs and dancing around near the weight rack creating an injury prone area
not only for themselves but also for those around them. And when you look at it
biomechanically, you are moving horizontally (punching the air) against a
resistance (the dumbbell) that is acting vertically, i.e. towards the gravity.
Usually, adding resistance also slows you down. Compare a bodyweight squat vs.
a loaded barbell squat, which one would you move faster in?
You got it right!
If you are actually practicing boxing, the goal would ideally be
throwing punches as fast as you could, not actively slowing it down.
4. Squat/Lunge Combined With An Upper Body
Movement
A lot of trainers make their clients do this weird combo of a
lunge or a squat coupled with bicep curls or overhead presses or lateral
raises, basically with an upper body movement.
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