Comment on Coming out of my depression and starting to exercise again because an evil tool just ate floor

• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 😆

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    • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If rapid circular movements with the elbows were that dangerous, we couldn’t play tennis.

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      • Derpenheim@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        [Well…](Tennis elbow share.google/8u52GTiqQ8ZBAsZEn)

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• crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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  • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, that is what I was thinking of. Are those not what we call power lifters?

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    • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Bodybuilders

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    • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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      • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I mean, the category you’re thinking of is bodybuilders - specifically bodybuilders from the 80s when machines became popular.

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