Dumbest "lifts" you see people doing in the gym

[purts]

Dumbbell Triceps Kickbacks.

Forgot to mention close grip bench with hands like 2 inches apart. Lmfao

Welcome to Snap City.

What's wrong with that, brah? Works your obliques.

Most people do them wrong and end up with a messed up spine. And thicker waist, lol.

[ChaoticReignPbt]

What's wrong with that, brah? Works your obliques.

Not seeing the issue there. When it's stupid is when they're holding a weight on both sides and just flailing back and forth.

[Cudabrah]

Saw this one on sunday:



Some bish with like a 25lb bar doing it for god knows how many reps, then jsut with her bodyweight...

People doing retarded **** with a Kettlebell. No idea of hip hinging and correct swinging mechanic always get me

All time favourite is the deadlift with horrible mechanics, just makes me cringe big time

I think if she was doing them, I would approve.

[MajesticBeat]

But who was:











not even done yet...

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[PonkeyDunch]

I can see the use in getting pro at this exercise

[MajesticBeat]

Brb leg pressing the whole machine

[PonkeyDunch]

If he actually did some rows in that position it'd look kewl

[Thai_Clinch]

saw an EDM Miscer in my ****ing gym doing smith machine bench press. Put a 25lb. plate on each side and toss the bar up as high as possible and do some wacky wavy arm flailing thing, catch the bar, and repeat. he was showing his workout partner this manuever, who he repeated after. i literally stopped my workout and left.

imagine someone tossing the bar in the air and going like this:





then catching it and doing it again. on the smith machine. with 25's on each side.

[uzthedentist]

Smith machine squats where when you squat down you move one leg behind you in a cross format. Then when you stand up fully that same leg comes out from behind you to the front and you do a knee up.

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[VinnyPazRules]

Any exercise that's not done with a barbell or dumbell with the exception of lat pulldowns.

[PaiaGrown]

Dunno is this is an exercise or not..
Guy is in an crunch position lying down. Only lifts his head and back down. Shoulder and below stays on ground...

Sounds like he was working out deep neck flexors. Usually people who do that have forward head posture and do that to correct it.

[VitaCrave]

Saw this one on sunday:



Some bish with like a 25lb bar doing it for god knows how many reps, then jsut with her bodyweight...

People doing retarded **** with a Kettlebell. No idea of hip hinging and correct swinging mechanic always get me

All time favourite is the deadlift with horrible mechanics, just makes me cringe big time

Jesus christ saw a woman doing these too, probably did two sets and she was still going

[Auxe]

Squats while standing on ball

Hop Squats (Holding the bar in squat position and jumping up and squating down when you land)


Seated wrist curls in power cage


Clean and press with dumbbells


Shadowboxing with dumbbells



Adding jumping jacks to any set of exercise

[Zoroastres]

Any exercise that's not done with a barbell or dumbell with the exception of lat pulldowns.

Not sure if serious.

[DanielDJ]

Any exercise that's not done with a barbell or dumbell with the exception of lat pulldowns.

i bet you do dips, pull ups, leg press, hack squats, leg curls

[94beastmode]

Smith machine bosu ball squat. Sad thing is dude looked like he actually lifted

[G0S9G]

Hop Squats (Holding the bar in squat position and jumping up and squating down when you land)

I second jump squats... nothing quite like making an exercise more dangerous and difficult for absolutely no reason. Boom, 100+ lbs landing directly in line with your spine... good night sweet prince

[EvertonFC2010]

This thread is for the epic lulz.

My weakest form is on barbell upright rows I'm always on the lookout to improve the form and fo dem natty form gainzzz

[wisdommaster1]

Direct arm work

[TheUniBrah]

Females create the most useless exercises barnone.

Brb stand on one foot and curl 5lbs(u wotm8)
Brb the more "complex" it looks the more it works
Brb bosu ball everything
Brb aerobic step-up boxes everything

Makes me lol every time, need to start videoing

Edit: also, some shadow boxing dyel ******* at my gym take 6 clips (caribeeners?) and 2 handles from surrounding machines, attaches them to a resistance band, that already have built in handles, and curls. Making the other machines useless until hes done. Rage.

[mp83]

Saw some dude cleaning up after himself. It had involved a cable machine, two step-up boards, one exercise mat and a leather strap. It looked like he was building a fortress with the boards and the mat.

I am gonna build a fortress at the gym tonight.

[DarGwynn]

Middle age regular guy at my gym. Look like the Asian version of Big Lenny. He's short though (about 5'6).

Decline Sit Up/Crunch:
Swinging arms violently forward but barely crunch up (probably because of his gut blocking the way). He did like 50 reps each set shaking the whole bench (no idea how many set but I always saw him on the sit up benches). The bolts that are used to lock the benches in place were loosen and had to to get maintenance weekly.

Bench Press:
Tried to bench 225 but barely bent his elbows. The bar wasn't balance because his left arm was weaker. So it was mostly his right elbow bending while left one stayed relatively straight. Proceeded to complete 5 reps then rerack.

Bicep Curl??
Used an 130 EZ bar and back curled with it. Swinging his back for the momentum to curl the bar.

Squat?
Unracked the weight onto his back. Bent knee slightly a few times. Reracked. Range of motion: half an inch.

[MasterSensei]

Those are pretty bad.

But about a week ago I witnessed something I am unsure will ever be topped for me in terms of someone wasting a power rack. I saw this old phuck lay a stretching mat down in the middle of one of the gym's only two power racks, and I chit you not, did nothing but crunched and sit ups touching his toes for 45 phucking minutes. In between each set, he'd take a 5 minute break to get a drink from the water fountain, stand around and do a bs stretch here and there, or walk into the cardio room and not return for the 5 minutes. I was tempted to go throw the mat into a heap a few feet across the gym and claim the rack while he was in the cardio room even though I had no plans of using it that day. I swear, next time I'm going to do it regardless, and I hope the prick has the audacity to call me out for it so I can tell him to either perform a lift in it or GTFO.

That's seriously fuced up mane. Reminds me of this time i was squatting in the power rack and this dude in full tracksuit asks how long I'll be. When i finally finish he walks up to the power rack and proceeds to do a series of leg stretches leaning against the upright poles. Does this for about 5 minutes then walks away. u fkn wot

[MasterSensei]

Today I saw someone place a bench in the OHP and set the bar a couple feet above. They then placed their feet on the bench and with their body facing upwards, proceeded to do some weird reverse push up exercise whilst 2 middle aged buddies looked on.

[cannonballdooky]

I've had crap form on some core exercises I've tried because I have no idea what I'm doing, so I can't judge that hard.

Seen a group of 4 kids huddled around bench press doing curls.
Yesterday a guy asked me if I needed 10lb weights that were just laying near me then I seen he was doing smith machine bench with FIVE 10lb weights on each side. uwotm8? His form and everything was fine but so much time and effort racking and unracking.

[imoffg]

Never shrug and have the biggest traps at me gym. But I Deadlift, row, bench, and pretty much do everything way heavier than everyone else. So maybe if you don't wanna lift heavy then shrugs are nice

powerlifting crew <--- dis





stupidest lift is anything that the basic gymster sees in flex or md and does in the gym (incline upside down supinated forearm curls w/ negative = gtfo)

[FNG37]

Direct arm work

Leg day........



lmao

[Jhawth]

Last week I saw a chick doing barbell sumo squats, but she had each foot flat on an aerobics step. I kept waiting for her to change into a different exercise that actually uses the steps, but no, that was it. Dumb broad thinks she's lifting more weight or doing more ROM because she's standing on a raised platform.

Never heard of deficit deads? Son....


it's possible she had no idea what she was doing, and possibly not even doing a deficit DL