Most stupid exercise thing you ever did

whmscll

Kept hiking toward the summit of an 11,000-foot peak even though I could see a storm blowing in. We were on the summit when the lightning and thunder began. Luckily the lightning didn't last long and we all made it down okay.

Sharon909

Went back to the gym after 2 years of not working out due to ruptured discs. Decided to do kettle bell swings and the next day my shoulder blades hurt so bad I was in tears.

FrancineDesign

I ran around my backyard in a small circle in the dark until I burnt 500 calories haha

V_Keto_V

AlphaCajun wrote: »

150 single leg body weight calf raises (75 ea leg.. positives, negatives, neutrals). Poor decision.

Use to do 75-100 rep sets (2-3 sets) with low weight on a seated calf raise...walking becomes challenging from DOMS

xLyric

FrancineDesign wrote: »

I ran around my backyard in a small circle in the dark until I burnt 500 calories haha

I was trying desperately to get to 10k steps before midnight last night and ended up doing that thing in football movies where they go from foot to foot REALLY fast, in place, in my apartment parking lot at 11:58. Still broke my streak and missed 10k by 35 steps, haha.

That just looked stupid though. My truly bright moment was doing something idiotic on the treadmill and skinning two parts of my leg and getting a friction burn on my hand. Keep the clip on, friends, even if you're walking!

bjess8411

Okay, when I first started working out a long time ago. I did many stupid things! My two stupidest are (1) I did very heavy weights when I didn't even know how to properly squat so I injured myself very badly. I couldn't even move for like a week and was in excruciating pain from something tearing in my right butt/back. I felt it as soon as I squatted and knew I had done something very stupid. The back pain kept coming back every so often after that. I had been doing squats for a while but I definitely didn't build the foundation of strength before increasing the weights! (2) I did weights pretty much every day using a video fitness series, called The Firm, so I burned myself out and got hurt. I did Tae Bo and regular weights on top of it sometimes and that did not help the situation. It wasn't even clear to me what I did wrong until the past few years. I thought I knew more than I did and I did read some books about the topic but obviously I was pretty clueless. They didn't really explain where to place your hips when you are squatting. I didn't know you are supposed to stick your butt out. You also need to focus on the basics if you have basically no background in sports.

Thankfully, I now know to take it easy and build some strength before going hog wild. I also know to give yourself a break when lifting weights and that you can do it every day if different muscles are focused on. I also got a PT for a session who told me how to do some moves properly. Oh, and you can do weights every day, but that should not last very long, 6 weeks is plenty!

elaineamj

A few years back, I fell in love with canoeing. I.e. Paddled round a small lake for 30mins or so a few times over a couple of days. Several months later, I got to go again but this canoe place rented in 6hr blocks. To get my money's worth ...I paddled for 3 hours, pretty much without stopping.

I was in tears that night. I didn't know I had so many muscles in my body - and they were all screaming at the same time!

I have quickly forgotten it though...gone for several other 3hr paddles since (without the painful after effects). Canoeing is awesome!

The stupidest though has been to continue through injury. I have been nursing a bum knee since May 2015 and a bum elbow since August 2015. Every time they start to get better, I overdo it again. Sigh.

chickenpie

Going for a run same day as giving blood. Was ok till i started to feel light headed towards the end.. Crawled in the front door & up the stairs to hug the loo...

BruinsGal_91

rattiemomma wrote: »

Stupidest exercise thing I ever did? This:
https://youtu.be/UqZ7grNqlk8

It was my mom's video. Early 90s? Late 80s? Gawd.

Ah yes. The 80s and 90s. Anyone remember these things?

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-30/news/vw-49_1_new-toning-tables

I've done many stupid exercise things, but these were not one of them. I'm not that dumb.

Mountainbum777

I learned how important safety bars are on power racks years ago when set at the correct height for your squatting. I also learned the front squats are perhaps, the most comfortable exercise to fail on or lose balance.....

KrystinaMTL

In Turbe Fire workout when Chalene tells you to "speedbag"....
Ya
Punched myself in the face and gave myself a nosebleed.

Proud moment.

stealthq

elaineamj wrote: »

A few years back, I fell in love with canoeing. I.e. Paddled round a small lake for 30mins or so a few times over a couple of days. Several months later, I got to go again but this canoe place rented in 6hr blocks. To get my money's worth ...I paddled for 3 hours, pretty much without stopping.

I was in tears that night. I didn't know I had so many muscles in my body - and they were all screaming at the same time!

I have quickly forgotten it though...gone for several other 3hr paddles since (without the painful after effects). Canoeing is awesome!

The stupidest though has been to continue through injury. I have been nursing a bum knee since May 2015 and a bum elbow since August 2015. Every time they start to get better, I overdo it again. Sigh.

Me, too. I can never seem to convince myself to rest enough after a strain, etc. I get 80-90% of the way there, and ruin it by going too hard, too early.

missjazminenicole

HIIT everyday for a week. I was so exhausted after that I could hardly workout at all the week after. It took sheer will power to keep working out after I exhausted my body like that. Be sure to do some thing with less intensity every other or every couple of days at least

ald783

I went for a run while on vacation in New Orleans and wandered too far north of the French Quarter, apparently through some really dicey projects, and 3 different people either honked or started screaming at me to get back onto a main road where it was safer. It was daytime too so I wouldn't have thought any area could be THAT bad!

I also tried a piloxing class a couple of months ago that was real dumb, but in a different sense of the word.

giantrobot_powerlifting

Stupidest thing was probably not exercising, lifting, for 5 years.

Stupidest advice I gave, circa 1994, to my then girlfriend "Woman should only do squats because women are better at that kind of thing." (Thank you bodybuilding mags for teaching me that bit of casual sexism. Jerks.)

AmazonMayan

I love to hike the trails in state parks and always pick one that is at least moderate or intermediate.

Early last year when we were still building endurance we set out on a trail that connects to another, then another. ... 11 miles total. We didn't have to keep connecting but on the way out we were still ok. Coming back in was a big nope. I'd done a pretty intense (for me as a beginner) leg day the day before. I seriously thought we'd have to alert the park ranger to come get us in his 4wheeler cart the last few miles. We also hadn't fueled ourselves well and didn't have adequate nourishment with us. It was excruciatingly painful to move anything at all for days and days. My daughter is fit and strong and it about broke her too.

We haven't tried it again lol. We don't even go to that side of the park now. There are lovely trails there but mentally we just can't yet. It's our goal to finish it and a couple more miles (of a more difficult trail) that also connects. Some day.

For now, I'll stick to the 6 mile intermediate trail that is a great workout.

quiksylver296

nakedraygun wrote: »

Stupidest thing was probably not exercising, lifting, for 5 years.

Stupidest advice I gave, circa 1994, to my then girlfriend "Woman should only do squats because women are better at that kind of thing." (Thank you bodybuilding mags for teaching me that bit of casual sexism. Jerks.)

Bwahahahaha! How did that go over?

giantrobot_powerlifting

quiksylver296 wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Stupidest thing was probably not exercising, lifting, for 5 years.

Stupidest advice I gave, circa 1994, to my then girlfriend "Woman should only do squats because women are better at that kind of thing." (Thank you bodybuilding mags for teaching me that bit of casual sexism. Jerks.)

Bwahahahaha! How did that go over?

She accepted it, as I did.

But you have to remember it was a different time, some twenty plus years ago. Internet was only available at libraries -- if at all -- and not a lot of content either. BB mags were all we had and that was the prevailing wisdom at that time, as well as not eating fat (because it made you fat) etc.

We have it so much better now with the tremendous internet resources, smart phones, and access to programming just clicks away. Its breathtaking to be in a gym now and see someone not take advantage of it.

puffbrat

Hiking while unprepared.

The first time was in high school in the late 90s. A friend and I had planned on hanging out by the river in the mountains, so I just wore the cool thick foam flip-flops with cheap plastic thongs. Unfortunately, the parking lot was packed so she said lets go for a walk in another area. After a short, but steep uphill hike my feet had horrible blisters all along the thongs.

Second time, working part-time as an archaeologist and part-time doing report writing in the office. Archaeology manager texts me on Sunday asking if I could help out on a short survey that week. I tell her yes. Since she provided no other info, I assume she will tell me on Monday where we are going, who I am going with, how big the area is, and what day. NOPE. Turns out she had it planned for first thing Monday morning. I was lucky that I had worn jeans and sneakers instead of business clothes that day as I didn't have any meetings. Also, the survey only took about half a day. But I had to do it with still improper clothing, no sunscreen, no hat, no water, no food.... I was really lucky to avoid heat stress, which I am prone to. At the time I was still scared of this woman and didn't stand up for myself and insist that they let me stop at the store for some supplies, let me go home for supplies, go without me, or delay the survey.

Now, I ask more questions immediately and anytime there is a slight possibility of any hiking, I take EVERYTHING I could ever possibly need to survive in the wilderness the rest of my life

quiksylver296

nakedraygun wrote: »

quiksylver296 wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Stupidest thing was probably not exercising, lifting, for 5 years.

Stupidest advice I gave, circa 1994, to my then girlfriend "Woman should only do squats because women are better at that kind of thing." (Thank you bodybuilding mags for teaching me that bit of casual sexism. Jerks.)

Bwahahahaha! How did that go over?

She accepted it, as I did.

But you have to remember it was a different time, some twenty plus years ago. Internet was only available at libraries -- if at all -- and not a lot of content either. BB mags were all we had and that was the prevailing wisdom at that time, as well as not eating fat (because it made you fat) etc.

We have it so much better now with the tremendous internet resources, smart phones, and access to programming just clicks away. Its breathtaking to be in a gym now and see someone not take advantage of it.

I graduated in 1993 and took weightlifting classes in high school. I remember well.

niamibunni

Rodney Yee power yoga when I was seriously out of shape. My back took forever to recover.

TamzFit777

Had a Personal Trainer coworker talk me into finding my one rep max on squats. As I went down into the squat, I lost balance, tipped sideways used my bicep to pull the barbell back into position, tore my bicep brachii tendon and even after 2 years it still hurts when I do isolated bicep curls.

jesscran815

Prancercise

mike_bold

swung a kettlebell into my knee and fainted.

yirara

mike_bold wrote: »

swung a kettlebell into my knee and fainted.

Just reading thus hurts! Aww! Is your knee still alive?

Most recent stupid thing: Doing my first ever 10 mile race, half of it with tail winds, half against the wind. Only it wasn't windy that day, it stormed with gusts of up to 50mph. Now I'm not tall nor heavy, and neither used to running when it's windy. Was... interesting. I managed to get to the finish, but was completely dead... I only ran just over 5 miles anyway and did a powerwalk for the rest.

kristinegift

One funny, one a warning, both from circa 2009:

First one: I was on a treadmill and instead of pausing it for a breather, I jumped to the side. When I jumped back on... CRASH! BOOM! Skinned knees, arms, hands... and lots of embarassment, as it was in my parents' basement and they rushed in to see what was the matter and then promptly laughed at me.

Second one: In 2009, my family went down to Disney World to run the marathon weekend. I ran the half marathon, and then spent the next week walking around Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World in....... totally unsupportive but undeniably cute flats, because I wanted to look fashionable. I have definitely learned the hard way that comfort > style in this situation. I ended up with knee pain that I (also stupidly) never took time off to heal until five years later.

Danimri84

Started Insanity one week, while very out of shape. Did 3 days of it then did a benefit walk the next day...and walked 20 miles in one day. I literally had to crawl up my front steps that night because I couldn't bend my legs enough to climb a stair. I would have illegally purchased narcotics to relieve the pain if I'd had access.

ASKyle

During clean and press in a bodypump class.... took the "keep the bar close to your body" advice too seriously and hit myself in the nose with the press. Blood, crying, walked out of class, it was super embarrassing lol. It hurt so bad I couldn't play it off!

paulandrachelk

Ok-bought shake weight. Nuf said.

FabianRodriguez94

When I first started lifting, I was a half-repping machine.