Most underrated and overrated exercises

[-Lucifer]

I have. But its not a lifters gym, its a jungle of treadmills, ellipticals, and bikes.

Find a new gym that has more equipment and weights.

ITT: There are two people I want to neg.

I know one is me. Who's the other one?

[Tyrbolift]

1. Calves are a difficult muscle to grow for many people, and may need to be pummeled significantly before responding.

2. Calves often respond very well to high rep work.

3. This...

if it was people that knew what they're doing i wouldnt be so butt hurt about it. 20 effortless reps with a horrible range of motion doesnt make the calves grow. In my gym people that spend the most time doing calf raises are the ones that lift "low weight, high reps" to get "toned."

Calf response is more genetic than a lot of muscle groups.

Ever seen a fat guy with hyooge calves just from walking around carrying all that weight?

or some high mileage bike riders. That's the epitome of high reps.

[chazzy1864]

Find a new gym that has more equipment and weights.



I know one is me. Who's the other one?

I always want to neg you, it isn't noteworthy enough to bring up anymore.


One is already red. Someone hit him up before i could get to him.

The other is someone who thought this thread was a good idea.

[mmafighter1294]

The other is someone who thought this thread was a good idea.

< This guy

[im2manly]

I always want to neg you

I always wanted to neg you (srs), but I always forget. I negged Lu already and I'll do it again on RC . I am going to place a sticky by my computer screen at work to make sure i neg you on RC.

[chazzy1864]

< This guy

He's relatively astute... but not really. Somehow he managed to think he was the first person in the history of bb.com to ever think up this idiotic question.

[medjen]

Calf response is more genetic than a lot of muscle groups.

Ever seen a fat guy with hyooge calves just from walking around carrying all that weight?

or some high mileage bike riders. That's the epitome of high reps.

Seriously... all the Biggest Loser former fatties have great calves...


brb, gaining 100 lbs then losing it so my calves will be awesome.

[-Lucifer]

I always want to neg you...

Do it, *******. Don't you stretch my screen, though. If you do that, I'll have to put you on ignore so your neg doesn't show up in my CP.

[Xuaxace]

So rear delt isolation is that important? I only recently dropped rear delt isolation as I pretty much dropped most isolation out of my routine. Barbell rows always hit them so hard I thought that was enough?

[brudman]

For big calves:
1. Do starting strength
2. Replace squats with calf raises
3. Progressively Load
4. ???
5. Great excuse to drink gallons upon gallons of milk.

[mmafighter1294]

He's relatively astute... but not really. Somehow he managed to think he was the first person in the history of bb.com to ever think up this idiotic question.

At least it wasnt a SLDL/RDL question

[SquatTilYouDrop]

Rep power is overrated

and

Good trolling is underrated.

[caliprav]

wtf is going on in this thread?

calves are overrated?

[xaltair]

At the gym:

Overrated: bench press

Every single male there, if not at least 90% of them hop on the bench when they go in.

Underrated: any leg exercise also deadlifts

There's probably only 2-3 other guys I see regularly do deadlifts, no one else does it and most don't even do any leg exercises except for squats...using the smith machine.

[chazzy1864]

Do it, *******. Don't you stretch my screen, though. If you do that, I'll have to put you on ignore so your neg doesn't show up in my CP.

well neg d-bag OP and we'll be good.

At least it wasnt a SLDL/RDL question

shut up. Just becuase you know my pet peeve, doesn't mean you aren't a f*cking idiot and doesn't mean I don't f*cking like you.

Rep power is overrated

and

Good trolling is underrated.

Tis true, but you shoudl neg the OP. Srs.