IDIOTIC EXERCISE

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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