TOP 5 WORST EXERCISES (Stop Doing These)
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Date: 2022-04-22
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Nirjhar
Jeff, I appreciate your attempt to link exercises with science. I'm a physician scientist and have been in sports since my teenage. I'd like to slightly differ regarding your comments on dumbbell-fly. According to most anatomy-textbooks, the function of the pectoralis major muscle is abduction of shoulder joint while arms crossing over or in simple terms, hugging motion. Fly, pec-deck or cable cross over mimics that function better than the bench presses or push ups. So, you are right that the stretch at the bottom is not important in a dumbbell-fly but the peak contraction is one of the best exercises for chest. So, if you don't have any shoulder-problems, you should use it with other exercises. Flies give me a better pump compared to perfect wide push ups.
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Jeff, I appreciate your attempt to link exercises with science. I'm a physician scientist and have been in sports since my teenage. I'd like to slightly differ regarding your comments on dumbbell-fly. According to most anatomy-textbooks, the function of the pectoralis major muscle is abduction of shoulder joint while arms crossing over or in simple terms, hugging motion. Fly, pec-deck or cable cross over mimics that function better than the bench presses or push ups. So, you are right that the stretch at the bottom is not important in a dumbbell-fly but the peak contraction is one of the best exercises for chest. So, if you don't have any shoulder-problems, you should use it with other exercises. Flies give me a better pump compared to perfect wide push ups.
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Brad
nah u got the flys wrong man. it might not increase the stretch much but the main thing that it's isolating the pectoral muscle and acts as a good range of motion to stimulate the whole pec. I didn't used to do flys right and with incorrect technique I can understand why u say flys are really bad for injury. but if u don't overload in weight and go for purely the correct technique before u move up weight then flys are great. as long as on the decent of ur arms u bring them down very slowly and controlled they're fine and u don't need to straighten ur arms they should have a slight bend. people Arnold Schwarzenegger say their favourite chest excersises is flys so it clearly works well, and it does with correct technique.
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nah u got the flys wrong man. it might not increase the stretch much but the main thing that it's isolating the pectoral muscle and acts as a good range of motion to stimulate the whole pec. I didn't used to do flys right and with incorrect technique I can understand why u say flys are really bad for injury. but if u don't overload in weight and go for purely the correct technique before u move up weight then flys are great. as long as on the decent of ur arms u bring them down very slowly and controlled they're fine and u don't need to straighten ur arms they should have a slight bend. people Arnold Schwarzenegger say their favourite chest excersises is flys so it clearly works well, and it does with correct technique.
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sport
I've watched many of your videos and one thing you have helped me keep my eye on is -does the body naturally function this way? - I came here because of dumbbell goodmornings which are included in a guide I bought from a baddie on IG, thinking -But when does my body really ever do that? -. at the very least I'm not in the field of carrying anything on my back. AND it's my back, and I want to protect it. I'll save this move for the experts, as I know you approve of it with very proper form. Thank you for giving us the knowledge!
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I've watched many of your videos and one thing you have helped me keep my eye on is -does the body naturally function this way? - I came here because of dumbbell goodmornings which are included in a guide I bought from a baddie on IG, thinking -But when does my body really ever do that? -. at the very least I'm not in the field of carrying anything on my back. AND it's my back, and I want to protect it. I'll save this move for the experts, as I know you approve of it with very proper form. Thank you for giving us the knowledge!
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Shorty
One of my knees started popping every time I walked last January. Coincidentally, I'd just started doing leg extensions again, after a long period of ditching them from all my routines.
I'm ditching them again. Don't want to risk it now that my knee has finally stopped popping like that. Took literal months to get rid of, and I'm simply relieved it didn't lead to long-term injury.
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One of my knees started popping every time I walked last January. Coincidentally, I'd just started doing leg extensions again, after a long period of ditching them from all my routines.
I'm ditching them again. Don't want to risk it now that my knee has finally stopped popping like that. Took literal months to get rid of, and I'm simply relieved it didn't lead to long-term injury.
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Stephen
Just can't get behind the upright row, literally this movement is done every day (unless you sit behind a desk. In my line of work which is construction I must do that movement dozens of times a day. It's a natural movement and it's done practically every time you pick up something. Sorry, 63 years old, lifting all day, will continue upright rows, oh. my shoulders are fine.
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Just can't get behind the upright row, literally this movement is done every day (unless you sit behind a desk. In my line of work which is construction I must do that movement dozens of times a day. It's a natural movement and it's done practically every time you pick up something. Sorry, 63 years old, lifting all day, will continue upright rows, oh. my shoulders are fine.
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Dan
My first shoulder dislocation was a result of one bad rep doing behind the neck shoulder press. Not a good look, didn't feel too nice either. Persistent chronic instability and repeated dislocations finally corrected with surgery and rehabilitation several years later. Also not a good look; i'll never forget waking up in recovery after that one.
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My first shoulder dislocation was a result of one bad rep doing behind the neck shoulder press. Not a good look, didn't feel too nice either. Persistent chronic instability and repeated dislocations finally corrected with surgery and rehabilitation several years later. Also not a good look; i'll never forget waking up in recovery after that one.
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Nile
I-ve had a bad experience with pull ups, I find that when you-re about to max out it-s very tempting to turn your head on the side, and that-s when a sort of rip happened on my upper back and neck. This exercise isn-t worth it if you can-t even carry a decent amount of weight before you start carrying your whole body-s weight.
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I-ve had a bad experience with pull ups, I find that when you-re about to max out it-s very tempting to turn your head on the side, and that-s when a sort of rip happened on my upper back and neck. This exercise isn-t worth it if you can-t even carry a decent amount of weight before you start carrying your whole body-s weight.
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Michael
Jeez! I literally did every single one of these exercises starting in high school. Sadly I did suffer from a lot of misinformation in those early years. I wish Jeff had all this going on back then. Athlean is by far the best training system (exercise, science, nutrition) etc, etc. Absolutely worth the price of admission.
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Jeez! I literally did every single one of these exercises starting in high school. Sadly I did suffer from a lot of misinformation in those early years. I wish Jeff had all this going on back then. Athlean is by far the best training system (exercise, science, nutrition) etc, etc. Absolutely worth the price of admission.
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Majestic
I been doing fly's for years and it gives me the full pectoral pump and I have stretch marks from doing so because of how much my pecs have grown. If you want your chest to grow do NOT do bench press as this only builds strength and not size it's simple really just do fly's for growth. You are talking rubbish.
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I been doing fly's for years and it gives me the full pectoral pump and I have stretch marks from doing so because of how much my pecs have grown. If you want your chest to grow do NOT do bench press as this only builds strength and not size it's simple really just do fly's for growth. You are talking rubbish.
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Igor
About 17 years ago my clavicle bone and left shoulder popped during a behind the neck military press. I was about 19 so I didn't even took it too seriously but I noticed loss of strength, constant pain and tightness since then in my left shoulder. Never became better. Does any of you experienced the same?
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About 17 years ago my clavicle bone and left shoulder popped during a behind the neck military press. I was about 19 so I didn't even took it too seriously but I noticed loss of strength, constant pain and tightness since then in my left shoulder. Never became better. Does any of you experienced the same?
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