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IMHO "body weight" should be preselected in the "equipment I have available" input. Not sure of a situation where I would be capable of working out, but not have access to my own body weight.
Actually what would be more useful than pre-selecting body weight, would be a setting to mark certain groups/muscles/appendages as injured, missing, disabled, or weakened.
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source? I do muay thai and it's essential for clinching and is part of my training anyway.
Search on sleep apnea and neck size. Your neck can be strong, actually, it's just that past a certain size your risk increases. That may not be a problem for you.
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Variety can make the difference in motivation. If that's what you lack, then so be it. But it's detrimental to a progressive/scienctific-like approach to lifting. We want to know that over time we're getting progressive overload. That means you need consistency to watch that 1) The weight goes up for the same reps, or 2) the reps go up for the same weight (or 3, both). Unfortunately exercises are not direct replaceme…
Post proof that exercise variety is detrimental to achieving lifting goals. I'll concede that if you are competing in a strength sport, it is best to focus on the movements in that sport.
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As humans we squat and dead lift all day. Every single person should learn how to do those two movements with some proficiency and intention. They should be part of basis of any weight program focused on health and longevity. And while progressive overload is needed, no one is going from the bar to massive weight overnight. Also, not everyone needs to have the goal of being a power lifter. Peter Attia talks about wan…
Not with weight on their back. You should seek professional advice for weight training. I learned that trainers don't even let people touch a bar for a year as they repair and strengthen their core. It's all body weight and PVC pipes to develop form.
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>For a beginner, they won't know it's dumb, so this is kind of harmful. Oh please its not harmful to do deadlifts with a bar and then kettlebells or whatever. > What I find most useful is deep dive discussion by an expert for most effective exercises and how to get the most of out of them with subtleties about grips and cues to increase mind-muscle-connection etc. Suggestions for how to swap out exercises to work aro…
Harmful as in giving bad advice.
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You can figure out the basics in a couple of hours of reading. You don't need to process it all at once. I started lifting with some dumbbells I found on the street and just practiced moving them around slowly with light weights attached while figuring out which muscles different movements activated, then searched for simple terms like 'dumbbell shoulder exercises'.
Absolute waste of time unless you are able to do dragon flags and hold a horse stance for more than a minute. People's hips and core are jelly and you are suggesting they start lifting weights?
As someone completely inexperienced with exercise, the biggest drawback about this app is asking what muscles I want to focus on. _I don't know_. I want to lose weight and be in just a better physical condition. Maybe then I'm not a target user, which is totally fine! But wanted to add that feedback in case I was.
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I agree. OP made a nice site for exploring different types of movements for a muscle group. That being said the simplicity seems geared towards those just starting out with training but the site surfaces too many (in my experience) accessory exercises and movements I wouldn't try without a PT guiding me. If you are a true beginner and you are drawn to a site like OP's you're probably looking for a training program. Y…
I don't really think compounds save all that much time because the rest period required for them is so much longer than for isolation movements. If you prefer compounds, great (so do I), but there's been so much gospel online about them and I don't think it's substantiated.
Rest matters a lot less when you‘re estimating rep x weight combos rather than dialed into rep counts that bring you within one of failure. An untrained lifter should be seeing gains so fast that the weight changes every week, in some cases they may not even be able to adjust in sufficiently small increments — for example progressing a 10lb bicep curl to 12lbs is only possible if you have a 12lb weight or +2lb accessory but jumping to 15 would be too much.
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It's not actually bad, it's just not the current Internet fad. If you like to work out that way, you should do it.
Maybe, although do people have success doing strength training individual muscle groups? I've only heard of this for bodybuilding. I don't think I'd put a beginner on a bodybuilding program. Not to mention, compounds mean learning the correct form for 4 lifts, where isolation means learning the form for ~30 lifts.