What's going on Nation? I'm Scott from Muscularstrength.com and in today's video
I thought we'd have a little fun and I want to share with you guys ten of the craziest dumbest
exercises that I've seen in my gym since moving down here to Florida
Its pretty hilarious, but before we get started be sure to click that notification bell
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Let's start this off with a bang. Okay, the first exercise is a seated barbell
Biceps curl now guys, I know you can lift more weight by doing half curls
But this is taking it to a whole new level
All right
They're like there is absolutely no benefit to doing a seated barbell curl
During the eccentric portion of the movement if you guys want to do a seated curl. It's very simple
You grab dumbbells and you do it the right way
Number two triceps push down with the elbows flat all the way out to the sides now guys
I know you want to be able to lift the entire stack but hunching over the bar with your shoulders
Pronated forward and your elbows flared out isn't the way to do it
Okay
You are not hitting those triceps as hard as you possibly can but there is a catch to why people do this
Most of the time when I see dudes doing this it's so that they can look in the mirror and they can mire that
Triceps flex on the way down on every single repetition. It's kind of hilarious
But if you want to see triceps gains and not just look at them in the mirror you need to do proper form
which is elbows by your sides chest up and full extension on the way down number three the
uneven benchpress now guys in the video
It might look like this could work
If you have one side of your chest lagging or smaller than the other side
entire side of your body where the heavier weight is on
Mind muscle connection you need in your chest in order to break it down to see growth. Okay?
This doesn't work now there are
exercises where
Maybe you hold the barbell straight up and you just bring one arm down
Bench press that could work to a degree, but doing it this way
Maybe you hold the barbell straight up and you just bring one arm down
Not if you guys want to grow your chest and one side's lagging compared to the other
Bench press that could work to a degree, but doing it this way
It's a it's a bent over row done on a lat
Not if you guys want to grow your chest and one side's lagging compared to the other
You lean all the way back and then you
Consistently and work with progressive overload number four is actually kind of hilarious
It's a it's a bent over row done on a lat
pulldown machine where basically you sit like you're about to do a reverse lat
pulldown and then once you get into position
You lean all the way back and then you
start pulling the bar to your belly button in order to simulate a bent over row
this
Don't try to invent something new just stick with what you know barbell bent over rows
Not to mention that you're never gonna be able to overload
Properly number one probably because the weight doesn't go that high number two
The weight is gonna pull you out of the seat as you start to go heavier and number three
You're not really getting that like nice deep stretch you want in your lats because the position that you're in
Isn't really allowing that to happen. So if you want to grow your lats and you're having a hard time
Don't try to invent something new just stick with what you know barbell bent over rows
Next is quarter crunches on the ab crunch
Machine and I'm willing to bet that quite a few of you watching this video right now are guilty of this
Go to the ab crunch machine
You'll load as much weight as you can on it because you want to build some big blocky abs
But then when it comes time to doing the reps, all you're doing is quarter crunches at the top of the movement
Let me explain something to you guys
The machine has a range of motion that forces you to arch your back in the beginning and crunch at the top
Because that's the range of motion you need to do to work your abs
If you only had to do a quarter crunch, it would be designed to allow you to only do a quarter crunch
Okay, so drop the weight and do full range of motion. Now number six is probably the most hilarious thing
They're like, okay good because you you look really dumb and I'm like,
but like
Did it just because you can bend over and the barbell can fit behind your kneecap
I felt like such a moron like dudes were looking at me
Exercise that nobody's ever thought of before. Okay. All right.
I see in the gym
It's almost like basically doing a triceps kickback
I know that's why I'm putting it in the video
What you need to be doing is an incline Skullcrusher
Did it just because you can bend over and the barbell can fit behind your kneecap
With a lot more weight than doing it bent over with the bar behind your knees
Exercise that nobody's ever thought of before. Okay. All right.
I've seen alright, and we're just gonna call it a barbell shoulder press
You're literally watching the barbell
come down to your face and then pressing it back to the top of the movement
which when it comes to building muscle is pretty much a useless exercise
I had barely any weight and the few times I actually did touch at the top of my nose it frickin hurt
What you need to be doing is an incline Skullcrusher
It's like almost like it's an excuse to not do full range of motion because technically the bar stops at your face
Takes pressure off the elbows as long as you do it on an incline and you'll be able to overload
With a lot more weight than doing it bent over with the bar behind your knees
Now number six was the most ridiculous, but number seven is probably the most dangerous one
I've seen alright, and we're just gonna call it a barbell shoulder press
But it's probably one of the useless movements you can do
You're literally watching the barbell
Where you're stable enough to do as much weight as you probably can do
And I have to admit the guy I saw doing this had a lot of weight on the bar
I can understand that but in order to fully activate your glutes in the flex, you have to be able to push down and
All right, super dangerous. Don't ever do it like this
But you cannot get a full extension with that hard glute flex. Now if you really want to get those glutes on fire
With a similar exercise all you're gonna do is to step up on a bench. It works a lot better
But if you want shoulder gains and you don't want to kill yourself
do it the right way and bring it down to the top of your chest and repeat four reps number eight is the
you will be able to flex those glutes to take full advantage of
But it's probably one of the useless movements you can do
to try to target your glutes for a couple different reasons number one
Pointless and useless exercise to do
Okay?
and number two in order to activate your glutes
Yes, you might be getting a stretch at the top of the movement
I can understand that but in order to fully activate your glutes in the flex, you have to be able to push down and
Through with your leg and when you're doing it on this machine. Yes, you can push the weight down
But you cannot get a full extension with that hard glute flex. Now if you really want to get those glutes on fire
With a similar exercise all you're gonna do is to step up on a bench. It works a lot better
it's gonna require you to have a bit more stability as you step up and control yourself on the way down and
When you get to the top of the movement
you will be able to flex those glutes to take full advantage of
the flex at the top of the movement number nine is
Lateral for seven reps and then bend over and hit the rear delts for seven reps.
but I am seeing it in my gym and I had to go over to a few different people and explain why it's a pretty
You gotta check out my mercy 30s you do 10 repetitions with your arms really wide on the barbell
You do 10 repetitions with your hands close together on the barbell
And then you do 10 repetitions with a neutral grip on the barbell and then your biceps explode
Regrow and then they get bigger and last but not least. I do have a bonus exercise I'm gonna share with you guys
21 repetitions is gonna cause a pump whether you do it the wrong way or the right way
The only difference is if you do it the right way
You'll actually progress with the movement and you'll see some muscle growth when you do it the wrong way
Repeating for reps and what a lot of people like to do on this
There's absolutely no reason to do a bicep curl from the bottom to halfway
Seven repetitions and then do half way to the top for 7 repetitions
There's no point in doing that you need to do full range of motion
21s were originally designed to basically do a triple a triple set or a
You are gonna see a lot more gains and you're gonna be least likely to hurt yourself
Lateral for seven reps and then bend over and hit the rear delts for seven reps.
That's what it was originally designed for
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You gotta check out my mercy 30s you do 10 repetitions with your arms really wide on the barbell
You do 10 repetitions with your hands close together on the barbell
And then you do 10 repetitions with a neutral grip on the barbell and then your biceps explode
Regrow and then they get bigger and last but not least. I do have a bonus exercise I'm gonna share with you guys
Number 10 the two inch leg press we've all seen it. Some of us may have even done it
you'll load up as much weight as you possibly can and then you literally just do a
so now for the final exercise that I've seen at my gym the dumbest
Repeating for reps and what a lot of people like to do on this
Exercise is put their legs really close together
Alright, and this is what this guy did, this dude
Literally loaded up the leg press with as much weight as he possibly could
and then decided kind of looking around and looking at people looking around whatever
You are gonna see a lot more gains and you're gonna be least likely to hurt yourself
And before we get to the bonus exercise
puts his feet up and then pretends and acts like he's gonna do the movement
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all I could think of and I'm with my workout partner and we're laughing our butts off and all I can think is that he
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All right, guys
so now for the final exercise that I've seen at my gym the dumbest
To make it seem like he may have actually lifted the weight
Seen I've only seen it once that's how rare it is. Okay, but it did happen
All right. This is this is basically gonna be called the fake out leg press
Alright, and this is what this guy did, this dude
Literally loaded up the leg press with as much weight as he possibly could
and then decided kind of looking around and looking at people looking around whatever
Gets down and sits on the leg
press
That's what the update is for so you can expect to see that on
My Android phone it works phenomenally you guys are gonna absolutely love it
Then after he's like done preparing like he's gonna actually do the lift
He puts his feet down and gets up and starts looking around again
and I swear to god he did it like three times in a row and
So we've submitted the app actually three weeks ago.
Then we resubmitted it again last week at the beginning of the week
I don't know what's going on with Apple, but they take forever but it is coming. Okay?
with maybe other people that he thinks were watching him that were
And I really hope you guys like this I put a lot of time and a lot of energy into it
And then he used that lapse of time where they were actually doing their own thing
To make it seem like he may have actually lifted the weight
So go down there and smash that like button if you enjoyed the video
and I wish I was making this stuff up because some of
not even allowing you to properly bench the weight in place all that
at a time kind of like a single arm dumbbell
all you need to do is bench more
pulldown machine where basically you sit like you're about to do a reverse lat
start pulling the bar to your belly button in order to simulate a bent over row
I know that's why I'm putting it in the video
It's almost like somebody's like oh, wow. This feels really natural
which when it comes to building muscle is pretty much a useless exercise
keeps constant tension on the triceps throughout the entire range of motion
to the face because that's what you're doing
to try to target your glutes for a couple different reasons number one
and number two in order to activate your glutes
the flex at the top of the movement number nine is
just because you get a pump doesn't mean that you're getting muscle work
That's what it was originally designed for
go to bodybuilding.com or even amazon they have it there
this is probably the dumbest most ridiculous thing I've ever
and kind of sits there for a little bit and
Monday Tuesday the latest like I actually have it on
Never heard from Apple. We were in queue for the longest time
and as always more good stuff coming soon. See you guys