Most underrated/overrated exercises?

[nobull]

What do you guys think is the most underrated? Overrated?

[amusclehead]

overrated- curl
underated- chains

i'm talking IRL; most people havn't even heard of chains in a regular gym

[Here_s johnny]

By far the most over-rated is the Bench press. Most under rated would be things like turkish get-ups, or overhead squat-presas.

[J.S.B.]

Originally posted by amusclehead
overrated- curl
underated- chains

i'm talking IRL; most people havn't even heard of chains in a regular gym

Chains and bands are normal at my place. If you're not too lazy to set them up....lol....

overrated- lat raises

[amusclehead]

Originally posted by J.S.B.
Chains and bands are normal at my place. If you're not too lazy to set them up....lol....

overrated- lat raises

lucky you; few times i've been bored and gone for walkthroughs in gyms around here, i ask them if i could bring my chains with me and they look at me w/ the strangest look, lol

[PROSA]

Maybe "underrated" isn't quite the right term, but most all lower-body exercises fail to get the respect they deserve. Consider all the guys you'll see in any gym with large biceps and pecs on top of skinny chicken legs.

[acumenjay]

Over- Curls (more specifically, preacher curls)
Under- At the gym I go to Squats are very underated (on this board people seem to realize the importance of them for the most part)

[6_2_/215lbs]

underrated - dips, PC's
overrated - flat bb bench

[scott_donald]

over - flyes...
under - the big three in every routine....

[Jesus_Christ]

Overrated- lat pulldowns

underrated- any rear delt exercise

[AMG]

Underrated: Power Cleans
Overrated: Anything on machines.

[PSUPOWER]

Originally posted by AMG
Underrated: Power Cleans
Overrated: Anything on machines.

I Agree w/ you..

[midian]

underrated: olympic lifts for size, chest dips (still), eccentric exercises, reverse grip floor press

overrated: flat Bb bench press, leg extensions, skull crushers

[Supreme]

Overrated: benchpress, leg press(when squats arent being performed), EZ Curl

Underrated: squats(at my gym), staright bar db curls, hammer curls(again, at my gym)

[Ulyanov]

Underrated - chinups, at least at my gym. It's one of the best upper body exercises you can do, and there's barely even anything to learn like in more complex lifts, yet everybody at my gym does pulldowns and seated rows.

Overrated - smith machine bench press, at least at my gym. I mean, if bench press is all you're going to do, that's one thing, but at least do it the right way.

[degrat38]

Over- Preacher curls
Under- Dips

[lucubration]

hell in my gym I'd say preacher curls are underrated.

[cramron]

SUPER OVERRATED: CRUNCHES, humans have naturally dense and strong upper abdominal areas and naturally VERY weak lower abdominal areas yet most of us dont even work our lower abs but we do set after set after set of crunches. but crunches wont build muscles, make them tighter, harder or make them more cut, but we just keep doing them....any compound exercise will annihilate the abs(especially pull ups)

[Ashford]

At my gym:

overrated:
Bench Press
Curls
Super slow reps (I know, not an exercise but still)
Tricep Pushdowns
anything with smith machine

underrated:
squat
deadlift

I am one of three guys at my gym that squats and deadlifts. One of them lifts much more, the other has a huge upper body but can't even squat 300lbs. <sigh>

[nosliw]

overrated- flat barbell bench press
underrated- squat

[RippedGuitarist]

Overrated- Curls, Flat Bench Press(The weird thing is most people have bad form on both of these)

Underrated-Deadlifts, Squats and Barbell Rows

[Mobius]

Originally posted by amusclehead
overrated- curl
underated- chains

i'm talking IRL; most people havn't even heard of chains in a regular gym

[AUSSIE PRIDE]

under- dips and incline db benchpress

over- concentration curls

[entweichen]

Over:
flat BB bench, curls, ab work

Prettyboy workouts disgust me.

Under:
deads, forearm work, dips, chins. The thought of doing chins scares the hell out of some people. They assume "if it's a machine, it must be better".

[SloopJB]

Over - I know most people swear by them but Skullcrushers have never hit the spot for me.

Under - weighted Pull ups & Dips. A lot of people do pull ups or dips but I seem to be the only one to do them weighted, the rest just seem happy to bang out the same reps each week.

[lucubration]

Originally posted by SloopJB
Over - I know most people swear by them but Skullcrushers have never hit the spot for me.

Under - weighted Pull ups & Dips. A lot of people do pull ups or dips but I seem to be the only one to do them weighted, the rest just seem happy to bang out the same reps each week.

over: I did skullcrushers yesterday after not doing them for a while, what a waste of time.
lat pull downs

under: squats, bent over bb rows, yates rows, deadlifts, db incline,
weighted sit up on a steep decline, leg curls, pull ups, chin ups, dips (all weighted or not...) db pullovers

[cramron]

Originally posted by SloopJB
Over - I know most people swear by them but Skullcrushers have never hit the spot for me.

Under - weighted Pull ups & Dips. A lot of people do pull ups or dips but I seem to be the only one to do them weighted, the rest just seem happy to bang out the same reps each week.

bump on weighted pull-ups and dips......one could build a massive upper body with just dips and pullups, combined, they work every single muscle of the upper body(except lower back)

[holyshinto63]

Originally posted by lucubration
db pullovers

how are they underrated? there not that great...

[lucubration]

Originally posted by holyshinto63
how are they underrated? there not that great...

why not. You can do them quick, they don't affect your workout, and they expand your ribcage....and yet no one does them......

[holyshinto63]

Originally posted by lucubration
and they expand your ribcage....

Expand the ribcage

...pullovers DO NOT expand the ribcage...