Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Interesting Exercises

The other day at the gym a guy I've talked to before said to me, "You do some interesting exercises." Now, I think I do fairly basic exercises. Things like front squats, hang cleans and pull-ups.

On this occasion, I was doing something I hadn't done before, the jackknife push-up. But even that move is hardly exotic.

His statement made me wonder whether many of the basics, many of the moves I use, have simply gotten lost in many gyms amid all the isolation moves likes curls that are more suited to bodybuilders and the silly exercises trainers push like squats on a Bosu ball.

In other words, have the basics become "interesting" again?

5 comments:

Adam Dawdy said...

Being a trainer, I think the basics are often lost for the sake of entertainment. Sometimes, that's ok. As for squats on a Bosu ball, I think it really depends on who you are. Part of what you lose as you get older is fine motor control and the ability to precisely move your body through space. I currently only have one client who does them sometimes (1-leg stiff-leg deadlift, actually), and only on a "light" day to mix things up. He's older, had two left feet to begin with, and races yachts. For him, these types of exercises make sense.

For someone whose goals include hypertrophy or weight loss, I think performing a ground-based, heavier movement makes a lot more sense.

T.Adam Dawdy
trainingtopics.blogspot.com

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