Post by stee310 on Jan 7, 2009 20:03:22 GMT -5
You know what really grinds my gears???
The improper use of a squat rack. My fitness friends, 8 out of every 10 squat racks are misused everyday so people can do BICEP CURLS. Now I know I don't have factual information to back up this statistic, however I and many have seen this crime take place multiple times. College girls trying to get their thighs and buns right for spring break, fitness fanatics trying to get ready for fitness competitions, and overall people with fitness/health new years resolutions are all being DEPRIVED of doing squats DAILY. This is unfair....Especially to the people that made strong new years resolutions to come to the gym and make some personal progress. We know how hard it is to get them to join in on the fun. Let's not give them an excuse to not come workout anymore (Excuse: There is always a line at the squat rack. I have to wait behind people doing bicep curls. I don't think this fitness resolution is worth the time.) Professional Bicep Curlers, here are my resolutions....
1) Free weights make excellent tools to strengthen biceps. There are various exercises you can do standing up or on a bench.
2) Free Motion bicep curls give you similar benefits as free weight bicep curls.
3) Curl bar. Yes gyms do have them. Easy to use and a better kung fu grip.
4) If you're not sure what to do with resolutions 1-3, it never hurts to use a Cybex machine.
Hope this helps out.
-Strong Arm
The improper use of a squat rack. My fitness friends, 8 out of every 10 squat racks are misused everyday so people can do BICEP CURLS. Now I know I don't have factual information to back up this statistic, however I and many have seen this crime take place multiple times. College girls trying to get their thighs and buns right for spring break, fitness fanatics trying to get ready for fitness competitions, and overall people with fitness/health new years resolutions are all being DEPRIVED of doing squats DAILY. This is unfair....Especially to the people that made strong new years resolutions to come to the gym and make some personal progress. We know how hard it is to get them to join in on the fun. Let's not give them an excuse to not come workout anymore (Excuse: There is always a line at the squat rack. I have to wait behind people doing bicep curls. I don't think this fitness resolution is worth the time.) Professional Bicep Curlers, here are my resolutions....
1) Free weights make excellent tools to strengthen biceps. There are various exercises you can do standing up or on a bench.
2) Free Motion bicep curls give you similar benefits as free weight bicep curls.
3) Curl bar. Yes gyms do have them. Easy to use and a better kung fu grip.
4) If you're not sure what to do with resolutions 1-3, it never hurts to use a Cybex machine.
Hope this helps out.
-Strong Arm
I love it. The same thing happens to me all the time. I'm going to use the squat rack to squat and there's someone in it doing bicep curls with just the bar. Of course there's usually only one (non smith) squat rack in a gym, but there are 5 open bench press racks with the same bar that can easily be used for those "hardcore" bicep curls. Plus there's two racks of barbells ranging from 10-100lbs that would work just as well.
