WOMEN HOGGING MY CHIN UP WALL! LOL

[Top Dog]

Why is your workout more important than hers?

[Sir William Idol]

because women dont need a gym to get into shape, period.  for 99% of them all they need is cardio, and as mentioned before wall squats dont do shit.  might as well do dumbell freestanding squats so you get used to the real motion; when you move to barbell squats you wont have something pressing up against your back / have the flat back like when you're doing wall squats, so im not buying the "helps you get used to it" theory

[HowieW]

Ok, so there's a chin up bar right by a wall, which is often used for women to do their ball squats. I once had a woman ask me how much I have to go for chins because she needed to "squat." I don't watch, but I don't see them there for long, apart from doing maybe a few sets of 12 at bodyweight. How can that help anyone, even a woman, improve quad strength? It's fashionable as hell, but seems pointless if you're only using bodyweight for a few sets of 12.

By standing under the chin bar she was hinting she wanted YOUR balls on HER chin.
You missed the boat on this one Gilligan, better luck next time

[HowieW]

lol...

Okay, From a PT perspective.  Ball squats are for beginners.  Teaches proper form and range of motion.

If you are going to 90 degress, soft knees when you come up and squeezing the glutes, it is an effective workout for beginners.

Add weights when it becomes easier.  Once you are comfortable in your form, you can begin using smith machine squats.  The progession in squats are ball, smith, free weights.

How many times have there been topics of 1 inch range of motion on squats or horrible form?
No one who is new at working out knows how to squat properly.  When you do it right, you don't need a lifting belt.  Your abs and back are your support.

Sandra

The only balls   I want a girl squatting with good form on, is my balls LOL.
Ok, sorry I had to. Now as for those big bouncy balls, they have to be the most retarded pc of traing equipment since those old school belt shake deals LOL.

[Max_Rep]

One is not on top of the ball squatting.

Yet I've seen people doing them that way and "trainers" teaching them that way.

[Top Dog]

She pays the same gym dues as you, Mongo. She can do what she wants.

[GoneAway]

Exactly right, Top Dog. I was more just jokingly venting, as it does frustrate me but it hardly ever happens, and it's not a huge deal when it does.

[DIVISION]

Yet I've seen people doing them that way and "trainers" teaching them that way.

Supposedly the ball helps keep stability, though anyone who knows how to lift can see that the ball is no more than a crutch.

If someone is that out of shape they need to squat their own bodyweight first......sans ball.



DIV