Stupid people tricks

gman99 said:

Just when I thought I saw it all...some dumbass at the gym decides he
wants to be different (read STUPID) so gets one of those big exercise
balls that are all the rage these days and places it under a bar at a
smith machine. I watch out of curiosity wondering what this wingnut
could be attempting. Sure enough...he loads a few plates on the bar and
lays, back down, on the ball to do some presses. As soon as he started
pushing the bar up the ball squirted out from under him, he had the bar
off the hooks but managed to turn the bar back in so it caught the next
set of hooks. I laughed my rear off...I blame the trainers more than
the person as it's the trainers who push the use of these balls as if
they got royalties for their use. I see idiots stnading on them doing
curls or raises or all sorts of stupid things.

It certainly made my night !

I see the ball-bench-press all the time at the gym...and our smith
machine has no safety stops and goes all the way down...it's going to
end in tears (or blood or faeces or some other bodilly fluid being
forcibly squirted from the fitness morons doing it when the bar falls on
them).

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Charles said:

gman99 said:

Just when I thought I saw it all...some dumbass at the gym decides

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wants to be different (read STUPID) so gets one of those big

exercise

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balls that are all the rage these days and places it under a bar at

a

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smith machine. I watch out of curiosity wondering what this wingnut
could be attempting. Sure enough...he loads a few plates on the bar

and

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lays, back down, on the ball to do some presses. As soon as he

started

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pushing the bar up the ball squirted out from under him, he had the

bar

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off the hooks but managed to turn the bar back in so it caught the

next

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set of hooks. I laughed my rear off...I blame the trainers more than
the person as it's the trainers who push the use of these balls as

if

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they got royalties for their use. I see idiots stnading on them

doing

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curls or raises or all sorts of stupid things.

It certainly made my night !

While the stunt you saw was high on the 'pratt' scale, and there are
many other instances of inappropriate use of the 'Swiss Ball/Exercise
Ball, we shouldn't overlook the fact that it is a very versatile

piece

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of kit, and really quite useful, particularly in a gym that is not
overly well equipped.

I use them to do abdom crunches, reverse crunches, deep squats, hyper
extensions, reverse hyper extensions, horizontal press ups and

oblique

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curls. The 'ball' is very good for exercising the core muscles,
incorporates all the stabilisers, assists with balance and as an

added

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bonus, is a great deal more comfortable than a hard bench or the
floor.

I use dumbbells with most of the above exercises, as I did with my
abdoms and deep squats during my workout today. I can highly

recommend

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this item of kit, which may be particularly useful to those

exercising

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at home.

Have a great weekend - I intend to!! ;o)

TFIF!!

The latest trend among personal trainers at my gym is to have their
clients do almost every exercise standing on one leg. I watched one
trainer working with someone who was a complete beginner and he had the
client do standing dumbbell press on 1 leg. The client was staggering
around like crazy gradually heading for the large mirrored wall in
front of them!

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The latest trend among personal trainers at my gym is to have their
clients do almost every exercise standing on one leg. I watched one
trainer working with someone who was a complete beginner and he had

the

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client do standing dumbbell press on 1 leg. The client was

staggering

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around like crazy gradually heading for the large mirrored wall in
front of them!

And they wonder why people give up so easily...ever hear of the basics
?? KISS principle ?? Trainers are like new IT people...dime a dozen and
most don't know a thing.