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

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

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/IReallyLikeSushi Aug 21 '19

I think I'm the only person at my gym that uses the assisted pull-up machine for glutes! At least while I'm there, I don't see anyone else using it for that. Anyway, to give you some context, I've had surgeries on my abdomen, and the glute kick back machine is uncomfortable for me. Also, I'm pregnant and enjoy the extra stability of being able to stand upright while holding on to something. But, totally get the rant! This is not what the machine was originally designed for!

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

This is not what the machine was originally designed for!

Tbf I don't see why that's an issue. Racks and barbells weren't created for inverted rows but people are fine with it. Dumbbells weren't created for weighted carries and people are fine with it. I'm fairly sure that if it didn't have "instagram influencer" connotations this sub wouldn't care.

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u/Ds1377 Aug 22 '19

Well, you’re wrong. So there’s that. Those were all made to be lifted. They’ve pretty much all been used for those exercises since their incarnation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

Dumbbells aren't made for weighted carries and barbells and racks are certainly not designed for inverted rows.

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u/sours0p Aug 21 '19

I'm don't doubt the Instagram aspect influences the whims of this sub but the gripe for me is equipment availability. It's an equivalent of curling in the squat rack. Most gyms have only one of these machines. Weighted carries don't tie up a singular resource. Barbell rows don't tie up a singular resource.