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It's lifting not the barbell that is the great thing. Outside of lifting the barbell is an abused piece of equipment in men's fitness. Barbell presses and squat
by lloydde 11y ago
It's lifting not the barbell that is the great thing. Outside of lifting the barbell is an abused piece of equipment in men's fitness. Barbell presses and squats have long been the staple of men's fitness. The first contributes to many shoulder injury and the later to lower back injuries. Then there is also the psychology of our desire to slide on huge plates. As well as lifting, our rediscover of bells and balls and movements that activate our "stabilizer muscles" and more systens is the best thing.
- kejaed 11y agoThere is absolutely nothing inherently dangerous or injury prone in lifting a barbell. It is the second part, the desire to slide on huge plates that gets people in trouble. One could say the same thing about someone who decides they are going to run a marathon, slide on their 5 year old Nikes, and heel strike their way to a knee replacement. I do say, once you have had the experience of 400 pounds loaded on your back, there isn't a muscle in your body, stabilizer or otherwise, that isn't 'activated'. There are not many other movements out there, and none that can be progressively loaded and trained, that will match a back squat to proper depth for engaging more of the body's muscle systems.
- lloydde 11y agoA barbell bench press is not ergonomic. Keeping your hands at a fixed distance throughout the movement is not ergonomic. We'll have to disagree on the progressive loading and training. For most people there are high impact, safer movements than barbell squats. An example being the kettlebell swing.