Ogre717
TID Official Lab Rat
- Jul 22, 2011
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i am a bit closed minded when it comes to certain things. my dad was all about efficiency of movement meaning that one did not waste energy on something that was not directly related to what one was doing. if you picked up a haybale you better be in the position to move it to where it needed to go without setting it down again and having to pick it back up. every movement had to have a reason for it and a good reason. so i look at these youngsters that are about 18% bodyfat and about every lift they do is poor form and too much weight and they dont even look like they lift and i wonder why they are wasting time on an exercise like that instead of concentrating on building some muscle first so that they have a reason to need more core strength. does that make sense? certainly if one is competing in bb they probably like exercises that are different and work things differently so they can improve their overall look but if you are just starting out, to me all these variations are the last thing one should be doing. when your dead is high enough or your are squating enough to need the stronger core or to better your stabilization then by all means, if that is your thing, go for it. but if you are only doing a 4" squat and have never tried to deadlift, you are wasting precious energy IMO. get some mass and strength first and then work on refining.
You do realize you just changed your argument from "Why do this exercise" to "It's stupid for kids to do it." With that being said, let's stick to one debate topic at a time. Probably not the best exercise for that group of people (the ones that are under-developed), but a valid exercise nonetheless, which is the point I was trying to make.
while it may look like a ghey excercise... it is not nearly as gay as benching on a smith machine
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