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Overrated Exercises Video

Should I replace these exercises?

nyyanks937
nyyanks937 g Yevgeniy Kruchenetskiy
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Hi Scott. I watched your video about the three overrated exercises that we shouldn't be doing. Two of them, the barbell bench press and seated leg extensions, are featured in your push pull legs routine which I recently started doing. I understand that people have the right to change their minds about a workout...thats perfectly fine.

But if you now think that these aren't the best exercises to do, should I stop doing them in the push pull legs routine? Should I replace the barbell bench press with dumbbells since you said that's better for muscle growth? Should I replace the leg extensions with the bulgarian split squat? Or do the barbell bench press and leg extensions have a specific purpose in that routine so they shouldn't be replaced? Thanks!

Scott_Herman
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Posted By: nyyanks937

Hi Scott. I watched your video about the three overrated exercises that we shouldn't be doing. Two of them, the barbell bench press and seated leg extensions, are featured in your push pull legs routine which I recently started doing. I understand that people have the right to change their minds about a workout...thats perfectly fine.

But if you now think that these aren't the best exercises to do, should I stop doing them in the push pull legs routine? Should I replace the barbell bench press with dumbbells since you said that's better for muscle growth? Should I replace the leg extensions with the bulgarian split squat? Or do the barbell bench press and leg extensions have a specific purpose in that routine so they shouldn't be replaced? Thanks!

You shouldn't replace them. They are there for a reason. The barbell bench press is there because the PPL program is about gaining STRENGTH as well as muscle.. therefore the barbell bench press is the best option when it comes to that goal.

 

The leg extension could be swapped out if you really wanted to, especially if you don't have access to the machine, but if you wanted to replace it with anything I would use the sissy squat rather than the Bulgarian Split squat, because there are already step ups in the routine, and doing step ups and Bulgarian split squats would be doing two similar movements.

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Posted By: nyyanks937

Hi Scott. I watched your video about the three overrated exercises that we shouldn't be doing. Two of them, the barbell bench press and seated leg extensions, are featured in your push pull legs routine which I recently started doing. I understand that people have the right to change their minds about a workout...thats perfectly fine.

But if you now think that these aren't the best exercises to do, should I stop doing them in the push pull legs routine? Should I replace the barbell bench press with dumbbells since you said that's better for muscle growth? Should I replace the leg extensions with the bulgarian split squat? Or do the barbell bench press and leg extensions have a specific purpose in that routine so they shouldn't be replaced? Thanks!

Scott's intent was not to say these particular exercise are worthless and should not be done but rather many people over-emphasize their usefulness. For developing a strong bench press, barbell bench press is a must and must be performed regularly. To achieve maximum muscle size for your chest (hypertrophy), strength is not the end goal and therefore the exercises used should focus on maximal chest growth. In this sense, dumbell chest press is much more effective as it primarily stresses the chest in 2-planes (vertical and horizontal) versus one (vertical) and provides greater range of motion to hit the most amount of chest fibers.

 

Strength training and bodybuilding are 2 different things. While they both require weight training and eating sufficient calories, the types of training modalities used are different. Things like super-sets, drop sets, low rest periods (60 seconds or less), and higher volume are techniques for optimizing muscle growth. Lower reps, longer rest periods (2-5 minutes), heavier weights, and lower volume (5x5s, 5-3-1 reps, etc) are techniques optimized for strength gain.

 

John

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