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I mean if you want to do some exercise instead of p90x or watching aerobics on the TV I guess these are OK, but it is only exercise rather than training, and de
by gadders 5y ago
I mean if you want to do some exercise instead of p90x or watching aerobics on the TV I guess these are OK, but it is only exercise rather than training, and despite them having "strength programs" you won't get properly strong doing them.
- throwaway984393 5y agoProperly strong for what? I never understood the obsession with arbitrary strength. Oh look, that guy can lift a car over his head, that's cool. He can barely jump over a paint can, but if one day somebody's trapped under a car, and he's nearby, it'll all have been worth it.
- gadders 5y agoI wish I could lift a car over my head! Like anything in life, if you push something too far, you get diminishing returns and I wouldn't advise the super-heavyweight powerlifter life. However, I would say most people don't even realise how strong they could possibly get with a few years training without PEDs or becoming fat. Not "I can carry all my shopping in one trip" but "I could carry my own bodyweight in each hand". I think being that level of strong is just what, say, our great-grandfathers (or even great grandmothers) who grew up on a farm would think is normal.
- irrational 5y agoI'm already strong enough to do everything I want to do - and that is without exercise. I'm more interested in things that promote general health than some arbitrary strength goal.