Comments on: What the…? Cool exercises you’ve probably never seen before http://www.stumptuous.com/cool-exercises-youve-probably-never-seen-before Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:41:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/cool-exercises-youve-probably-never-seen-before/comment-page-1#comment-3064 Mistress Krista Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:11:04 +0000 #comment-3064 Jenn: Dumbbells and barbells are just ways to add resistance. DBs are less stable than BBs and for things like presses, often better because they require you to work harder to stabilize your shoulder joint. Re: Boyfriend -- unless he exercises AND trains clients AND gets results he has no authority. When it comes to exercise everyone has an opinion; usually wrong. I have observed that "mansplaining" is certainly a problem phenomenon. Research shows that men more than women have incorrect delusions of authority (although there are plenty of women out there who are also full of shit). The other day I saw a male orange belt in judo (i.e. newbie) trying to correct a black belt who'd been training longer than the orange belt had been alive. Change the subject. Jenn: Dumbbells and barbells are just ways to add resistance. DBs are less stable than BBs and for things like presses, often better because they require you to work harder to stabilize your shoulder joint.

Re: Boyfriend — unless he exercises AND trains clients AND gets results he has no authority. When it comes to exercise everyone has an opinion; usually wrong.

I have observed that “mansplaining” is certainly a problem phenomenon. Research shows that men more than women have incorrect delusions of authority (although there are plenty of women out there who are also full of shit). The other day I saw a male orange belt in judo (i.e. newbie) trying to correct a black belt who’d been training longer than the orange belt had been alive.

Change the subject.

]]> By: Jenn http://www.stumptuous.com/cool-exercises-youve-probably-never-seen-before/comment-page-1#comment-2854 Jenn Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:55:36 +0000 #comment-2854 Hey Krista! I love your site. I first heard of you in your interview with Bitch magazine a few issues ago and I was pretty much hooked from that point. I've been getting serious about lifting recently and Stumptuous has been a great resource. OK, a few questions. One - I tend to use dumbbells more than barbells. For example, I have been pressing dumbbells (65 lbs 3 x 8) and recently did a bit of benching with a barbell and it was waaaay different, and I could only handle about 55lbs. What are the pros and cons of dumbbells vs barbells? Are there certain exercises where I should choose barbells instead for whatever reason? Two - my boyfriend is under the misapprehension that he knows things about weight lifting and tends to mansplain all kinds of things to me (like the other day he imparted the wisdom that barbells "inhibit your range of motion" so that you don't learn to stabilize and balance the weight). Almost every time the topic of fitness comes up, he starts telling me that all I need to do is follow Harley Pasternak's Five Factor Fitness plan. The irony is that he himself doesn't exercise at all, despite having dropped $100 on a bench that sits unused in his apartment. What is your opinion of Five Factor Fitness? How can I get him to shut the hell up? Hey Krista! I love your site. I first heard of you in your interview with Bitch magazine a few issues ago and I was pretty much hooked from that point. I’ve been getting serious about lifting recently and Stumptuous has been a great resource.

OK, a few questions.

One – I tend to use dumbbells more than barbells. For example, I have been pressing dumbbells (65 lbs 3 x 8) and recently did a bit of benching with a barbell and it was waaaay different, and I could only handle about 55lbs. What are the pros and cons of dumbbells vs barbells? Are there certain exercises where I should choose barbells instead for whatever reason?

Two – my boyfriend is under the misapprehension that he knows things about weight lifting and tends to mansplain all kinds of things to me (like the other day he imparted the wisdom that barbells “inhibit your range of motion” so that you don’t learn to stabilize and balance the weight). Almost every time the topic of fitness comes up, he starts telling me that all I need to do is follow Harley Pasternak’s Five Factor Fitness plan. The irony is that he himself doesn’t exercise at all, despite having dropped $100 on a bench that sits unused in his apartment.

What is your opinion of Five Factor Fitness? How can I get him to shut the hell up?

]]> By: Greg http://www.stumptuous.com/cool-exercises-youve-probably-never-seen-before/comment-page-1#comment-2740 Greg Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:31:33 +0000 #comment-2740 Great stuff... this seems a lot like cross-fit. There is something to be said about mixing up the traditional weighlifting with some more ballastic exercises with a higher degree of balance and stability needed. Great stuff… this seems a lot like cross-fit. There is something to be said about mixing up the traditional weighlifting with some more ballastic exercises with a higher degree of balance and stability needed.

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