Which exercises feel the most "un-natural" to you?

[db2012]

For me I cannot do DB shoulder presses I never have been able to get a good set with them, I can kill my shoulders on any other exercise. Also standing ex bar curls/cable curls, I just cannot get a good pump, my lower back gives out before my biceps so I need to lie down. Also the Machine preacher, it feels extremely un-natural and I cannot get a pump.

On the other hand my training partners and clients have their own. My favorite exercises some of my clients/training partners cannot do because of the "feel". What about you guys?

[essential222]

Any flat bench movement feels terribly unnatural to me,

Deadlifting is by far the most natural for me

[CookieFactory]

Barbell bench press. Just feels wrong for me.

[OmniscientCause]

spider curls...but i do like doing them

also hack squats

[mybody001]

probably lunges at first, oly lifts at first, anything at first.

[spot_skater]

Flat barbell bench press and barbell rows.

[SquatDeadPress]

Flat BB bench... it's very unnatural to me. That's why I don't do it.

Deadlift is natural to me because picking something heavy or anything off the ground is like a deadlift movement.

[Blindead]

barbell OHP

incline bench above 45 degrees

squats

[void0308]

Squats. BB Rows.

[brandonx21]

heavy good mornings

[HudsonHicks]

Good mornings and hypers always feel a bit strange, probably due to weak hamstrings. Flat barbell bench feels unnatural as well. Whereas deadlifts, rows and pullups all feel really natural to me.

I think to make it feel natural you really need to develop the MMC. Rows always felt wierd to me until I learnt how to pull with my back more than my arms.

[Phil2009]

Hack squats, behind the neck exercises, upright rows and t-bar rows.


EDIT: oh and dips, I get a shooting pain in my neck with bar dips.

[dn27]

BB bench. I lift a TON more with DBs than I do with BB... I think my form is way off though...

[Blindead]

Oh yeah. Skullcrushers. They're okay, but super overrated. They're basically tricep extensions, which everyone rips on, but with a curl bar.

Can't do upright rows either. Doesn't feel good andk inda hurts.

[billet_works]

When I started...it all felt pretty un-natural. I mean it felt as if I was trying to rip one body part from another, and technically, with exception of the more common compound lifts, we are opposing nature with what we put ourselves through. Only real tough one for me anymore is Hacks...only because they make me light headed and nauseous. All the more reason to keep them in my routine though...prolly means they are doin me some good

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[golfone]

bb row

[MuscleManxx]

front sqauts

forget it i wont do em

[Keeptryin]

Good mornings!

[thebasil]

BB rows...i need to fix it, but they kill my lower back. just from the static holding, not much cheating.

front squats aren't unnatural persay but they ****ing feel uncomfortable as ****. holding it up is harder than using your lower body

[-Jaws-]

What are good mornings?

[RichL1982]

For me I cannot do DB shoulder presses I never have been able to get a good set with them, I can kill my shoulders on any other exercise. Also standing ex bar curls/cable curls, I just cannot get a good pump, my lower back gives out before my biceps so I need to lie down. Also the Machine preacher, it feels extremely un-natural and I cannot get a pump.

On the other hand my training partners and clients have their own. My favorite exercises some of my clients/training partners cannot do because of the "feel". What about you guys?

I don't really have a "un-natural" feeling to any of my workouts, I just do it as it says. But the Machine preachers give me the biggest pump out of any bicep workout. Do you sit down while doing yours? If so try to just lean on the part where your arm-pits go, and let your legs out. This works out great.



BTW- HUGE ARMS man...

Rich

[buffgrk]

What are good mornings?

they are the opposites of good nights,




wait wut?









lol nah they are an exercise for the lower back and hammies, search button bruhz.

[RichL1982]

Hack squats, behind the neck exercises, upright rows and t-bar rows.

Why the T-Bar rows? Just wondering because I had trouble with these when I first started doing them because the bar would sway and throw me all off. But now I have my brother if he goes to the gym with me hold it between his feet, and if hes not there I put it on a corner of one of the machines.

Rich

[morbid8desire]

behind the neck press and upright row

[-Jaws-]

Reverse Curls and Skull Crushers for me..

[JoeyDaFool]

good mornings, stiff-legged deadlifts, incline bb/db press. these exercises are incredibly hard to feel hamstrings working once you add a bit more weight. as for incline press, it just wrecks and overload my delts more than working chest. hell, i shoulder press the same weight as incline

[thebasil]

good mornings, stiff-legged deadlifts, incline bb/db press. these exercises are incredibly hard to feel hamstrings working once you add a bit more weight. as for incline press, it just wrecks and overload my delts more than working chest. hell, i shoulder press the same weight as incline

have you tried pinching your shoulder blades back and holding them back before doing incline presses? helps take delts out for me

[bingpwr]

Overhead squats

[Colossal Spoons]

BB Military Press

[Kiwi_Kid]

BB bench

Weird that this seems to be a common answer since it seems to be the reference lift for so many guys.