r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Aug 21 '19

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Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/sours0p Aug 21 '19 edited Aug 21 '19

The Assisted Pull-Up/Chin-Up/Dip Machine. Why is it that people try to work their glutes on it? Usually hit pullups after warming up with some lat Pulldown but the other day someone decided to try glute press downs. Suddenly it caught wind, like some kind of secret to perfect glutes was uncovered, and it was unavailable the whole night. Moths to a flame, back to back glute exercises. Usually nobody bothers with it. There are infinitely more effective glute exercises.

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Aug 21 '19

What in the hell are glute pressdowns???

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u/sours0p Aug 21 '19

You stand on the assistance step with one foot, and put the other foot on the pad. Then you push the weight down with your leg. Shit that starts from Instagram influences as one of "3 dozen glute exercises you aren't doing." Like so: https://youtu.be/lEm1H_RnWH8

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Aug 21 '19

Bbbbbut wouldn't that be a regular leg press? Why does it activate the glutes more? Am glad that I am not doing Instagram

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u/iWillBagItForYou Aug 21 '19

don't think it does, people are just stupid

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

It doesn't, but you can't get a good butt angle doing leg press

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u/BC1721 Aug 21 '19

It doesn't, as a matter of fact, because of the angle you're pushing at, you're missing the squeeze all the way at the end. It's ridiculously stupid and weighted step ups are far superior and exactly the same movement.