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Justin Hurley
03-14-2005, 12:00 PM
Maybe it's me, but this looks a ridiculous exercise!!!!
yank
03-14-2005, 02:37 PM
That is insane. Serious injury waiting to happen.
Mike
03-14-2005, 03:18 PM
WTF!
FairDo
03-22-2005, 03:40 PM
I'd say "typical personal training session" and what's worse, a spoter, surely PT would not be able to do it himself.
I hate these moron fads :x
Justin Hurley
03-22-2005, 03:52 PM
I'm sure they just try to find something to do with the ball because it's just sitting in the corner taking up space.
JohnOvManchester
03-22-2005, 08:55 PM
The PT's at my gym have some of the members benching off a fit-ball thing sometimes.
Rob Thomas
03-22-2005, 09:02 PM
A couple of guys use them in the gym that I go to - they think they look good doing dumbell presses with their 15kg dumbells on it and screaming while they try not to sweat on their designer clothes. Perhaps I should get a pair of 65kg dumbells and plonk my 22.5 stone bulk on it and see what happens to the ball - my guess is I'll bust it!
Alex Gold
03-23-2005, 12:17 AM
I doubt it. And I also doubt you'd be able to use 65's.

Swiss ball DB press is used by westside as an assistance exercise, and is very good for core and stabilisers.
Robert
03-23-2005, 12:34 AM
The swiss balls at my old gym were reputedly rated to 600lb.
Justin Hurley
03-23-2005, 10:50 AM
A couple of guys use them in the gym that I go to - they think they look good doing dumbell presses with their 15kg dumbells on it and screaming while they try not to sweat on their designer clothes. Perhaps I should get a pair of 65kg dumbells and plonk my 22.5 stone bulk on it and see what happens to the ball - my guess is I'll bust it!

Be well funny if you did pop one though... :D
FairDo
03-23-2005, 10:57 AM
the thing is that there are really NO bad exercises (with some obviouse exeptions, which are :wink: ), however I do not think these folks really know what they are doing?!?!
I do not mind breaking the rules. however, I hate this narrow mindness and attempts to convience everybody that THIS is THE only way to train now. Because it is NOT.
for some reason, when you go to commercial gym, you'll find PT's rushing to Swiss balls, "bosu", ocupy cable puleys doing arm curls, stand on one leg.... list goes on...
WTF, pls, do not tell me that the only way to be "functional" and have strong "core" (I started to hate this "core" word thanks to PTs) and at the same time look ok, and maybe lift some weight(if you wish to) you need to do all these, let's be honest, Awkward variations of the exercises. In my pesonal opinion.... I do not think so!

Best Regards,
Garry8472
03-23-2005, 02:48 PM
people try and make training way more complicated than it needs to be, as far as the pic goes......words fail me :lol:
JohnOvManchester
03-23-2005, 07:04 PM
I will stick to beching off the bench no matter what westside do.
If westside wore a pink tutu to (3 too's in 1 sentance!!!) the gym, would you also?
esvux
03-24-2005, 11:18 AM
He may be a tit, but hes got a lot of bottle. Just one of those things you do to see if you can, doubt its training or done regularly. Funny though.
Rob Thomas
03-24-2005, 11:59 AM
At least he had the sense to put some collars on the bar!
Justin Hurley
03-24-2005, 01:11 PM
LOL... Imagine he never, and one plate slid off, that would be funny to watch.