Basic/popular exercises you don't do (or haven't done often).

[Pump Freak 86]

I recently switched to chinups after nearly a decade of pullup/pull downs only and realized there are a handful of popular exercises that I just don't do, some if which are actually decent lifts. I know I'm not the only one, but my list is as follows:

Chinups
Concentration curls
Tricep kickbacks

Those are lifts that I didn't do for really superficial reasons, that they are not the greatest "mass gainers." However, I learned in my time that it's about hitting the muscle from all angles that makes them grow evenly. If you're stressing about your inner this or upper that, you probably aren't using enough angles in your routines (assuming you've been at it long enough to handle the volume).

What lifts have you guys done without for arbitrary reasons (pain during execution/injury doesn't count)?

[DJAuto]

I don't perform conventional flat BB press...but it's primarily due to shoulder discomfort. I've tried almost everything over the years though (except certain olympic movements).

[Xuaxace]

Shrugs.... I hate them.

Bad deal that I can not deadlift (back problems) so trap work is mainly from facepulls and farmer walks. Probably should do them... my traps suck

[-Lucifer]

I don't perform conventional flat BB press.

Same here, except I don't have any shoulder problems. It's just that the movement feels so unnatural to me that I've started loathing it again. Will be doing incline presses from now on. The other one is the conventional deadlift. I now prefer the stiff legged deadlift, despite the fact that I have to use less weight.

[Cohaku]

Shrugs.... I hate them.

Bad deal that I can not deadlift (back problems) so trap work is mainly from facepulls and farmer walks. Probably should do them... my traps suck

Shrugs rate just below Squats/Deadlifts (tied) as my favourite exercises :P

Try 'em with a hex bar. I've known a few guys who hated shrugs until I converted them to these.

[davidpdorsey]

I haven't done regular barbell bench press in a very long time. Just enjoy dumbbells a lot more.

[Retoaded]

I haven't done regular barbell bench press in a very long time. Just enjoy dumbbells a lot more.

as with you and a couple other folks here, I am about to retire the flat BB bench press in favor of close grip at a slight incline. shoulder issues on and off since teenage years, but also agree with Lu it just doesn't feel right to me.

[Cohaku]

as with you and a couple other folks here, I am about to retire the flat BB bench press in favor of close grip at a slight incline. shoulder issues on and off since teenage years, but also agree with Lu it just doesn't feel right to me.

Add me to this group. I'm probably not going to retire them completely, but...it'd be like a guilty pleasure every now and again.

[jwagz]

"arms" day

[IDrinkBloodLOL]

Squats.

Reasons: No squat rack, feel like I get the same benefits from deadlifting, it just works for me

[-Lucifer]

Squats.
Reasons: No squat rack, feel like I get the same benefits from deadlifting, it just works for me

Do you have a home gym? If so, you can do concentric squats by keeping the barbell on two strong chairs. I don't have access to a squat rack as well; I use the Captain's chair to load the bar.

[ArmstrongBrah]

Only exercises I really care to do next to the olympic lifts are shoulder presses, power cleans, and maybe pull ups or rows.

[IDrinkBloodLOL]

Do you have a home gym? If so, you can do concentric squats by keeping the barbell on two strong chairs. I don't have access to a squat rack as well; I use the Captain's chair to load the bar.

TBH, I don't really like squats that much even when I have a squat rack. I was decent at them, I got to 4 plates fairly easily, but I always felt it in my back and glutes more than my legs. I have legs of peace but I actually didn't get them from squatting, I got it from doing the kind of stuff that people on this forum say is a waste of time. Since squats really feel like a no-hands deadlift to me and don't really do a lot for my leg development, I just deadlift and stick to the training that gave me big legs in the first place.

I do like the idea of using home brew supports though, I figure sawhorses might work pretty well for that too. That's what I do weighted dips on. The only thing is that I only have 3 plates' worth of weight, which at my current level of conditioning isn't worth squatting unless it's for an assload of reps.

[-rEvolvEr-]

Flat BB bench
Squats
Deadlifts

[Pump Freak 86]

Flat BB bench
Squats
Deadlifts

But how will your biceps ever grow?

[-Lucifer]

But how will your biceps ever grow?

The leg press. The hyoooooooooooooge testosterone release will make your arms grow.

[Djaye]

Overhead dumbbell extensions for triceps...I get way more results from doing lying ez bar extensions

[Jasonk282]

Curl and pressdown...haven't done them since I got back in the game in Feb. and probably won't go back to doing them.

Benching, pressing, rowing, chin and pull ups have my arms looking better then when I had a dedicated arm day.

[miamibodybuilder]

the only exercise i dont really do much any more is full deadlifts. i hurt my back a few years ago and strayed away from them for a long time. but then i saw David Henry doing quarter deadlifts and tried them out and man do i love this exercise. it puts all focus on the back and no pain at all on my lower back. i pull from just below the knee inside a power rack and that has really seemed to help my back development since i implemented those back a few years ago.

[DanielBeauchamp]

Bench press.

I like dips a heck of a lot better.

[jd2967]

I don't leg press and I don't use dumbbells for anything other than hammer curls.

[PLJSocka]

Incline BB and flat DB presses. Dunno why really, just can't do them.

[-rEvolvEr-]

But how will your biceps ever grow?

Just a genetic freak son. 18.5" biceps without ever even doing a curl nomsayin.

[Pump Freak 86]

Just a genetic freak son. 18.5" biceps without ever even doing a curl nomsayin.

Does not compute. Powerlifting training is better than bodybuilding training for bodybuilding training. Look at how big (SOME) powerlifters are. Melting down...going back to t-nation.

[-rEvolvEr-]

Does not compute. Powerlifting training is better than bodybuilding training for bodybuilding training. Look at how big (SOME) powerlifters are. Melting down...going back to t-nation.

Dude why do you think I don't do any of the big three. I was getting so huge so fast I just couldn't deal with it. I had to step back and just progress a little like everyone else.

[genepool]

Dead lifts and preacher curls. Neither have served me at all

[Epilerik]

Flat BB Bench-No need when I do dumbbell incline press and pec deck

Shoulder press-Incline DB press works the front delts, face pulls/hang cleans work the rear delts, then I do lateral raises.

Typical rows-No need with hang cleans, chinups and pulldowns

Back squat-Had a pinched nerve in my neck, left shoulder area so putting a heavy bar on my traps hurts. I do front squats

Shrugs-No need with facepulls and hangcleans

Deadlifts-Hang cleans, squats, leg pres and reverse hypers are all in my routine so no need for the deadlift

[terman1]

I haven't done seated rows in a really long time. Once I started doing them from the floor with the barbell I never went back to doing them seated.