The Top Ten Most Outrageous Exercises I’ve
Ever Seen
In the course of my experience working and
training in gyms, I’ve seen people doing some
incredibly "interesting" exercises.
Unfortunately, it’s usually because these
people have not been properly instructed in
exercise technique.
Here are some of the top winners. Remember,
these are actual exercises that I’ve seen
people do. I made the names of the exercises
up to match the lunacy of how they look.
DO NOT TRY THESE AT HOME! OR AT THE GYM!
OR ANYWHERE!!!
1. Dumbell Hair Combs -
Start by holding a dumbell in front of you.
Do a front raise with it then whip the dumbell
back and over the top of your head like you’re
combing your hair with it. Make sure to just
miss your skull.
2. Hog-tied Face-Rubs -
Lie on your stomach on the floor. Grasp your
ankles behind your back and rub your face
back and forth on the ground repeatedly. Continue
until you’ve had enough.
3. Abdominal Earthquakes -
Lie on the floor on your back in the classic
start position of a crunch. Now yank as hard
as you can on the back of your head up and
down and thrash your legs around in the air
like you’re fending off starving dogs. This
evidently works your abs. You will resemble
Jello that has just been dropped on the floor.
Your face should be as red as a tomato by
the time you’re done.
4. The Arm Wrecker - Do
one cheating, momentum-filled rep of an arm
exercise with ridiculously heavy weight then
swing your arms around as fast as you can
in a circle to get blood to the muscle. This
technique will either help your arm grow or
will smack the person waiting to use the machine/weights
next.
5. Pelvic Demolisher - Stand
with your fingers interlocked behind your
head. Do a pelvic thrust forward and drop
your spinal column down and backwards about
6 inches. This exercise is best done in front
of a large group of people.
6. Dumbell Doggy Digs -
Bend over at the waist so that your back is
rounded completely over like an arch. Your
legs should be completely straight and locked
out. You should look like you are trying hard
to touch your toes but not really succeeding.
Hold two dumbells down at arms-length. Now
spin them round and round repeatedly just
off the floor so that you resemble a dog digging
a hole.
7. Pec Rockets - Set the
pec deck machine with far too much weight
for you to handle safely. Make sure you are
very sweaty and slippery before attempting
this one. First, use your entire bodyweight
to get one arm pad up to the front. Then,
throw yourself at the other one to get it
to the front. Hold them there for a half-second
then get shot four feet out across the floor
as you squirt from the machine like a greased
banana.
8. Rush-Hour Bench Press
- This exercise is done on the vertical seated
chest press machine that has a foot pedal
to help raise the weight to the starting position.
Use this pedal at the bottom of every single
rep to bounce the weight back up. Your footwork
will resemble that of someone in rush-hour
traffic going from 0 to 60 to 0 every 3 seconds.
9. Close-Grip, Behind-The-Neck Shoulder
Press - Sit in a shoulder press station,
gripping the bar overhead with about 6 inches
between your hands. Bring the bar down directly
behind your head. Be sure to lean forward
45 degrees and round your back over so that
your shoulder joints and lower back each get
their fair share of trauma.
10. C.P.R. Bench Press -
Start by loading your safe maximum bench press
weight onto the bar. Now add 20 more pounds
just to be safer. Have your spotter lift the
bar off the rack for you. Lower it 2 inches
on your own power then allow it to drop and
cave in your rib cage. Be sure your spotter
is a strong deadlifter before attempting this
exercise as you will need them to pull the
bar off you at the bottom of every rep. When
your spotter has pulled the bar off you after
the first rep and is trying to put it back
on the racks, yell out "I’ve got six
more reps!"
Remember that this is just a small sample
of things I have actually seen people doing.
Please be sure when you do your exercises
that you take the time to learn proper form
and, if you do see someone performing an exercise
that is potentially harmful, tactfully assist
them.
Nick Nilsson is Vice President of BetterU,
Inc., an online fitness and personal training
company. Check out his latest eBook "The
Best Exercises Youve Never Heard Of"
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