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Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by jason0597 »

At first I upvoted this site because I was impressed by the concept.

But then I thought about it a bit more... and I have to say that it's not really a good piece of information for beginners. When I saw that under the "shoulders" section the Overhead Press was never mentioned, I was stunned! And the deadlift form [1] is wrong. Your head shouldn't be looking straight forward, you should be looking at a slight angle down to the floor in order to keep your spine in better form. [2]

For one, beginners should begin with routines revolving around the main 4 lifts (Overhead press, Bench press, Squat, Deadlift). They should not begin by doing a fuckarounditis (yes it's a real term that's used) routine they make themselves by thinking "what muscle do I want to grow today?".

Secondly, beginners need to understand the importance of sleep, diet and protein intake. These are vital factors that aren't immediately addressed by this website.

There's already lots of good advice here about how to get into weightlifting (/r/fitness, /fit/ sticky, Starting Strength, etc.). I highly recommend you buy the book Starting Strength and read it cover to cover. It goes into detail about everything.

[1]: https://musclewiki.com/Exercises/Male/Lowerback/#Deadlift

[2]: https://startingstrength.com/training/looking-up-in-the-dead...

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by Afton »

sharadov wrote: post #290
dkarl wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A great niche to target would be assistance for people who have a muscle group they don't use because of long-time postural issues or simply never having learned to use it. For an issue like this, it doesn't work to simply do an exercise that supposedly works the muscle. Even if the muscle is the limiting link in the lift, if your body isn't using it, it won't get stronger. For example, my mid-upper-back was lax beca…

Do you really need exercises to target niche muscles ( can understand if you are doing rehab post injury or actually bodybuilding to enter a contest)? Most folks who want to be fit, only need to focus on compound movements ( bench/incline presses, squats, deadlifts, pushups, pullups) which target all muscle groups.

The comment you are replying to explicitly gives an example where compound movements weren't generating results, because of compensation by other muscles. This is the sort of thing a real trainer would provide (but a big-box 'trainer' might well never notice, even if they had you doing compound lifts).

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by NicoJuicy »

w0ts0n wrote: post #32

Thanks OP for sharing my website! Please be gentle with me. This is a project website that I built out of frustration a few years ago. I know there are things that need improving and a lot of things that could be adjusted. I work full time at Brave Software (brave.com) and simply don't have time to put a ton of effort into MuslceWiki. I do however have a big backlog of videos to add and I've slowly been working on an…

Just an idea for the photomarking to add a small white border around the logo so the site of origin is more clear

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by andrepd »

jason0597 wrote: post #298
andrepd wrote: post #297

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The /fit/ sticky is actually a pretty good overview: http://liamrosen.com/fitness.html

/fit/ is a crap board most of the time, but sometimes golden nuggets of information crop up. That sticky is one such gold nugget (permanently pinned to the top)

Agreed, most boards there are a total cesspit. However the stickies and the wikis often have good information (installgentoo.com for instance).

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by Afton »

Phlogistique wrote: post #289
dkarl wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A great niche to target would be assistance for people who have a muscle group they don't use because of long-time postural issues or simply never having learned to use it. For an issue like this, it doesn't work to simply do an exercise that supposedly works the muscle. Even if the muscle is the limiting link in the lift, if your body isn't using it, it won't get stronger. For example, my mid-upper-back was lax beca…

The thing is - there would not be a one-size-fit-all exercise for each muscle group; you would rather need an exercise for each combination of A, B in "muscle A is weak but surrounding muscle B is strong"

I think that there are fewer likely culprits than you might think. Most lifting coaches end up heavily relying on only a few cues per exercise, because there aren't that many common pathologies. So something like this could be useful if couched in the normal "not medical advice" sort of way. Yeah, this might not apply to you, but if you find that you e.g. squat with too much forward lean, here is a small set of exercises to augment your workout that you should try for 6 weeks and see if it helps.

Something like that would seem useful to a lot of lower-mid weightlifters who don't have a real lifting coach.

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by sternsio »

npunt wrote: post #51
w0ts0n wrote: post #32

Thanks OP for sharing my website! Please be gentle with me. This is a project website that I built out of frustration a few years ago. I know there are things that need improving and a lot of things that could be adjusted. I work full time at Brave Software (brave.com) and simply don't have time to put a ton of effort into MuslceWiki. I do however have a big backlog of videos to add and I've slowly been working on an…

Thanks for building this! I love that this exists, and want to encourage you to continue. Like a lot of people working in tech, I've had persistent neck and posture issues for years. I'd love to see you expand to cover those, focusing on the many smaller muscles in the neck like SCM/Scalenes/Occipitals/etc. Another great area to expand is 'click where you have pain' and it would recommend certain stretches, weights,…

Gravity boots have fixed all of my back/neck/posture problems from sitting at a computer.

Inversion is the key to decompressing the spine/hips/neck and you only need to do it a few times a week for ~10min each time. I go to a local park and hang upside down from a sturdy pull-up bar for 2-4min three times.

You could also do it at home with a pull-up bar, or get even fancier and buy an inversion table for ~$200.

I know I'm sounding like an infomercial here, but it really works.

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by com2kid »

sjtgraham wrote: post #260
npunt wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for building this! I love that this exists, and want to encourage you to continue. Like a lot of people working in tech, I've had persistent neck and posture issues for years. I'd love to see you expand to cover those, focusing on the many smaller muscles in the neck like SCM/Scalenes/Occipitals/etc. Another great area to expand is 'click where you have pain' and it would recommend certain stretches, weights,…

Smart people tend to overthink things, i.e. looking for exercises that isolate smaller muscles. If you have neck, back, or posture issues the chances are you will benefit greatly from just lifting weights. Before I started training I had terrible back pains and spontaneous spasms in the neck, which went away within weeks of regular training. Moreover, if I ever miss training for too long the pain returns. Focus on bu…

I train regularly (5 days a week), back still hurts.

It is super possible to have imbalances even with regular training. Muscles that are weak will not be engaged during compound lifts unless specifically made to engage, either through isolation exercises, or through awareness. A personal trainer or physical therapist can help with either path.

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by mitjak »

w0ts0n wrote: post #32

Thanks OP for sharing my website! Please be gentle with me. This is a project website that I built out of frustration a few years ago. I know there are things that need improving and a lot of things that could be adjusted. I work full time at Brave Software (brave.com) and simply don't have time to put a ton of effort into MuslceWiki. I do however have a big backlog of videos to add and I've slowly been working on an…

Very appreciative of the site. thank you :). reminds me of exrx.net but much easier to navigate

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by jelliclesfarm »

w0ts0n wrote: post #32

Thanks OP for sharing my website! Please be gentle with me. This is a project website that I built out of frustration a few years ago. I know there are things that need improving and a lot of things that could be adjusted. I work full time at Brave Software (brave.com) and simply don't have time to put a ton of effort into MuslceWiki. I do however have a big backlog of videos to add and I've slowly been working on an…

Thank you for creating this. Due to lack of access to my gym, I am moving exclusively to kettlebell routines at home. It’s new to me and this is very helpful.

Only category missing is yoga.

Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by Diesel555 »

w0ts0n wrote: post #32

Thanks OP for sharing my website! Please be gentle with me. This is a project website that I built out of frustration a few years ago. I know there are things that need improving and a lot of things that could be adjusted. I work full time at Brave Software (brave.com) and simply don't have time to put a ton of effort into MuslceWiki. I do however have a big backlog of videos to add and I've slowly been working on an…

It's in my favorites. Great resource, thanks!
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