Exercises That Make Me Think…………Huh????
I received this e-mail from a friend of mine in Australia that I thought I would share with all of you since I found it pretty comical/absurd/or any adjective you can think of that would warrant my eyes hating me.*
With our certification process in Australia, the institutes all offer online education education assistance through interactive tests and tools. It seems like a good idea at first, however, as I was browsing last night I found the exercise below which I thought you might find amusing. Also according to these guys there are NO barbell lower body movements allowed to be used for beginners OR intermediates.
Exercise: Bicep-Curl w/Deadlift
Difficulty: Highly Advanced
Benefits: This is an excellent movement for power/strength athletes. This more advanced movement used momentum and can usually be loaded with more weight when progressed properly.
First off, how can anything involving a bicep curl be labeled as “highly advanced?” I’ve known people who have been bicep curling since they were a fetus. How hard can it be? Secondly, unless you’re some freak of nature or I don’t know, Paul Bunyan, there is no way you should be able to arm-curl what you deadlift.
And what’s with this whole notion that beginners and intermediates can’t perform any lower body movements with a barbell? What, too dangerous? Oh please! What’s dangerous is telling that same de-conditioned “beginner” who hasn’t seen his penis while standing since 1997 that it’s perfectly okay to go for a 1-2 mile jogs three times per week.
It’s stuff like this that drives me bonkers.
*Dammit, my eyes took the car “to go for a drive.” They always do that when they’re mad at me. Now I’m going to be late for work.
UPDATE (2 Hours Later): Ring Ring Ring Great, just great. That was them calling from the police station. Apparently they got busted for soliciting a prostitute. That’s it, I’m filing for divorce!
UPDATE: Nevermind. We talked things over, and as it turns, she was Asian. Can you blame them trying? It’s like we’re soul mates.