What are the dumbest things you have heard people say about exercise?

[wrastler163]

creatine is anabolic

it is...

[AWillis]

Like I said...You have the lower body and you have no upper body, you got a problem building...wait a minute. You have the upper body, and you have no legs, you got a problem building your legs. You have the upper...you have the lower body and you don't have the upper body, the upper body, it is easier to build. So if you have the lower body and you don't have the upper body, it is easier to build the upper body. You have the upper body and you don't have the legs, you got a problem building the lower body... No, YOU don't understand. You have the upper body, but you don't have the lower body, you got a problem building downstairs. You got the up- legs on the bottom, it is easier to build on the top, so you don't have much as a problem. Yeah.

[DueceWaters]

Nope. Doing sets of 8 is the least efficient way you could possibly go from 185x8 to 225x8.

And that's why you don't have an AVI and I do.

rofl doing sets of 8 the least efficient way at getting better at sets of 8.....i don't know science TooAnabolic knows science.

[splattenburgers]

of course you dont find muscular women attractive, you are 6 ft and 150 lb skeleton status lol

This is what people will never understand about being skinny fat. You would ASSUME that I wasn't fat. But I still have a potbelly. I would not be shocked if I was still inbetween 15-20% bodyfat even at my current weight. Having skinnyfat genetics is total crap.

[TooAnabolic]

rofl doing sets of 8 the least efficient way at getting better at sets of 8.....i don't know science TooAnabolic knows science.

Post a picture of yourself.

We'll see who knows more about training. Post some videos of yourself, we'll see who's stronger.

Until then shut the **** up. You look like **** and know nothing.

[TaterSaladJr]

Post a picture of yourself.

We'll see who knows more about training. Post some videos of yourself, we'll see who's stronger.

Until then shut the **** up. You look like **** and know nothing.

I dont know why you guys are arguing with TooAnabolic, he's not preaching anything ridiculous. I've been training the big 3 consistently since 2014, which is when I started taking nutrition and lifting a lot more serious than just going through the motions.

Literally once I started getting serious about adding weight in my workouts (while focusing on technique/form and always getting better at technique) also with proper warmup/stretches my physique and strength have gone to a whole new level.

I see people in my gym doing nothing but accessory work with some bench thrown in and their physiques are chit, for years I've been going to the same gym and see the same people they look all the same. Meanwhile I started going heavy on compounds and doing accessory work too (free weights + machines) and my physique gets better everyday. as well as my strength.

[juvefan]

being fat is genetic

srs, raged so hard

[immune18]

When I was younger n went to the doctors for extreme stomach bloating when I ate food, he told me to do lots of sit ups and it will burn the fat on my stomach.

To this day still can't understand how he was a doctor

[immune18]

being fat is genetic

srs, raged so hard

Can't really see why you'd rage at this? For me it's fairly simple to understand, people's bodies are different, one persons caloric maintenance will be 1600 while another's will be 3000. It's fairly common nowadays in mainstream society to have a low caloric maintenance but people just don't realise it, thyroid medications are gonna be a big thing in 50 years trust me.

[Andy517]

"whats the point of working out if i dont keep the gains for ever"

[DueceWaters]

Post a picture of yourself.

We'll see who knows more about training. Post some videos of yourself, we'll see who's stronger.

Until then shut the **** up. You look like **** and know nothing.

thanks for the laugh little man.

[JesusGreen]

women shouldt lift weights or they will bulk up like arnold.

In a similar vein, people not squatting from the beginning because they don't want "huge legs". Almost as if they expect that if they do squats, one day they'll wake up, finding their jeans a torn up mess on the floor, their legs 3x their previous size, because it's not like you can squat until your legs are the size you want and then maintain or anything like that, no you're just going to accidentally get Olympia size legs.

Of course there's the classic stuff that I'm sure has already been mentioned in this thread too:
- Don't eat carbs or you'll get fat
- If you want to lose belly fat, you have to do ab exercises

etc etc.

One that particularly amused me was when someone tried to explain that it's cardio that causes muscle growth, and resistance training just gets you used to "using your muscles right".

Well I guess he's not entirely wrong, you do have to hop on a bike if you're looking to be Mr Olympia.. I think he overheard someone in the gym lockers talking about cycling and misunderstood.

[ffguitarist14]

rofl doing sets of 8 the least efficient way at getting better at sets of 8.....i don't know science TooAnabolic knows science.

I think he means that if you're trying to get from a 185x8 bench to a 225x8 bench that you'll need to increase your strength first to do so. And if you're looking to increase your strength, you're going to want to use a rep range typically lower than sets of 8 to get there. If you're ONLY doing sets of 8, it would take longer to get up to 225x8 than if you were to drop the reps and work with heavier weights to gain the strength you need to eventually be able to hit that 225x8 goal. The end.

[Lombardment]

Big 3 is enough for a good physique




Fukkin lelelel

[BerserkGrom]

Big 3 is enough for a good physique




Fukkin lelelel

well people with good genetics can get a good physique with just big 3.

I don't think you need a wide selection of exercises to get a good physique even for an average Joe

[GreekyBeth]

A trainer I work with tells all his clients not to eat carbs in the am because they promote visceral fat. Just eat protein and a healthy fat.
He just happens to be the "head" trainer too. Just lol.

[skinny2buff6]

Brother-in-law: why do you bother even lifting? It's all for looks!!!!

5 mins later: he's grabbing his back saying he picked up something funny

[TooAnabolic]

thanks for the laugh little man.

lol k

I think he means that if you're trying to get from a 185x8 bench to a 225x8 bench that you'll need to increase your strength first to do so. And if you're looking to increase your strength, you're going to want to use a rep range typically lower than sets of 8 to get there. If you're ONLY doing sets of 8, it would take longer to get up to 225x8 than if you were to drop the reps and work with heavier weights to gain the strength you need to eventually be able to hit that 225x8 goal. The end.

Exactly. Very simple to understand, ty very much.

If you want to get stronger... lift heavier. Doing sets up 8 to get stronger is retarded.

[Jax05]

"You use creatine?" (literally creatine) "That's cheating. If I'm gonna build muscles, I want them because I earned them."

creatine is anabolic

[devin45k]

Hangout at a campus gym.....you will have a chit ton of things to put on here after just one day.

[xxAchillesxx]

Aw sweet, a thread full of "Well, actually..."

[Dreyth]

Logged in just to say doing 5x5 or 3x5 for a while is the fastest way to get to a 225x8 bench.

Once you get to 200x5 or so, add in some back off sets of 8-12 reps. Studies have shown that mixing rep ranges produces faster strength gains. This will also prep you for 8 rep work.

[Vastusaurus]

I was doing a few muscle ups on a bar in the park one day recently, guy running in the park stops to frantically do 3-4 pullups and asks "what muscle does that work? chest it must be, chest yeah??"

dead srs

took my by surprise

[zknarc]

Me losing weight is way harder than people overcoming anxiety and depression

[CompoundsFTW]

ok i nominate this as the dumbest thing i've ever heard about exercise. you don't get to a 225x8 bench press by doing sets of 8? lmao k den

Logged in just to tell you how ****ing retarded you are.

[Dreyth]

^ He probably also thinks the fastest way to a 315x20 squat is by doing 20 rep squats.

[DueceWaters]

Logged in just to tell you how ****ing retarded you are.

rofl perfect illustration of my point.

totals well over a thousand lbs....looks like a lanky twink. gotta squat 1000lbs to have big legs, right? cute lifting belt btw.

[midcoastking33]

it doesn't matter what you lift but what you look like you lift"

instantly disregarded as a fuk boy

[J1992]

Its quite amazing how in thread about stupid lifting chit we get people saying stupid lifting chit

also lol @ trying to bash dude who actually suggests that heavy working sets once a week will help you get bigger faster than just pure hypertrophy over and over.
Do you *******s even science ?

Lmao this. You have one idiot talking sht on keto/paleo and another idiot unaware of carb cycling and HIIT.

[HungrySkelleton]

When my gf tries to tell me I eat too much/too big of portions when I weigh all my food and I'm not surpassing 1714 calories per day (cutting). pls.