I really did enjoy this little piece on the Five Most Overrated Exercises — usually with things like this I feel there’s not much good information on weight training, but this one is spot on.

Maybe we’ll see an end to people doing those odd static plank positions in the gym – which I only remember seeing fairly recently (perhaps creeping out of the yoga studio?).

I’ve known for a long time that quad extensions weren’t the best exercise, that they are non-effective as well as bad for your knees so it’s nice to get some validation on that. Also with the traditional crunch – I don’t know about you, but after 30 years of doing these, it feels like abs-olutely nothing is going on down there! Best to make the movement more challenging.

As the article says, you can injure your shoulders doing bench presses from the same flat angle all the time. I’ve done that. I’ve also noticed most people doing hanging exercises of any kind have really bad form. Isn’t it great to know we no longer have to concern ourselves with these? What do you think?

 

 

Some local fitness links I like:

InYoga Studio (Valley Village)

Gold’s Gym Hollywood

Bodybuilder’s Gym (Silver Lake)

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