thse fucking stand on and twist bollocks things
van- hoist are the ones that move
Thanks. I liked one seated leg curl of theirs because it really locked you in and the loading curve was great. It's a quality that can be hard to get just right where you're really stable. But they generally feel like kiddie machines, not really heavy duty stuff that's meant to be loaded real heavy, at least that was my impression a few years back.
For me, the following:
1. Seated calf raises; why do an exercise that takes out the gastrocs? Standing calf raises work the soleus just as hard as seated, and also work the gastrocs. Has anyone working calves ever looked at their calves and thought, "my god, my gastrocs are perfectly developed. But my soleus...
4. the back extension machine. You can't build to any appreciable resistance without the machine trying to catapult you out of the chair.
5. side lateral shoulder machines. The ones with the pads that sit on your upper arms. Why move the torque on the movement so near the fulcrum, thus requiring a massive weight stack? Just a margin grab for machine manufacturers?
I've made that point about seated calf raise a few times recently. However to me the machine
feels oddly therapeutic as a stretching implement mostly
I tried doing one leg at a time recently and got a weird very hard contraction in my gastroc too with resulting DOMS
I have a nice side raise machine at my current gym. Most machines don't seem to offer resistance from the very start; this one is hard to squeeze into and I feel a nice stretch.
Feels good at least
Another positive is not loading the wrists and elbows. But yeah I do like 30 reps with 90lbs on this plate loaded one... even stronger if I do one arm at a time.
