Comment on Coming out of my depression and starting to exercise again because an evil tool just ate floor
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 week agoEquipment misuse aside, that’s gotta be pretty good for all the little stabilizing muscles that power lifters ignore
What are you talking about? Powerlifters primarily do compound barbell movements, the ones that use the most stablizing muscles. Are you thinking of the people that only do isolation movements with machines?
Regardless, while it’s harmless silly fun, I’d the weight in those cables is light enough for him to be able to do a Fortnite dance, then it’s not really creating enough of a stimulus for strength gain or muscle growth.
Yeah, that is what I was thinking of. Are those not what we call power lifters?
Bodybuilders
Powerlifting is a sport where participants compete to lift the most weight across the bench press, barbell back squat, and deadlift. The typical training regimen includes those exercises and similar secondary movement patterns. Machines have a place in isolating weak spots.
The type of gymgoer you’re referring to doesn’t really fit into a “category,” but “gym bro” is close enough.
I mean, the category you’re thinking of is bodybuilders - specifically bodybuilders from the 80s when machines became popular.
If you do something enough, it’ll give you muscles even if it isn’t hard to do it once. Sure, you won’t get big and buff, but you will train your muscles- not everyone works out to get huge, many just want to feel physically better in their bodies. Just look at people who swim or dance as their only sport, or even those who do ‘light’ manual labour such as gardening. They look more muscular than those who don’t engage their muscles much at all.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 week ago
He’s not really even misusing it, it’s his form that’s the problem. It doesn’t even really look like there’s much weight on it. It almost seems like he’s just trying increase his dancing muscles to increase his stamina for long dancing sessions at music festivals. That’s dedication.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Really? I guess I find myself worrying and circular movements on the elbows or moving any equipment rapidly.
But you’re right, those muscles are mega important. The ones we can’t really isolate but are holding our whole body together. Those are the ones I used to fuck up dancing 😆
blarghly@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If rapid circular movements with the elbows were that dangerous, we couldn’t play tennis.
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
[Well…](Tennis elbow share.google/8u52GTiqQ8ZBAsZEn)