Forgotten & Unorthodox exercises

Keto_Vampire
Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Out of sheer boredom, I'm interested in starting a discussion on not-so-common exercises that yous guys/y'all perform on a consistent basis.

Some of mine: barbell hack squat (gym lacks a machine, most machines feel like they were made for someone who is 5'4''), sissy squats, dumbbell lat pullover (making a comeback?), reverse grip bench press (still new to this one), GHR (because leg curl machines @ my gym suck! They are missing an attachment to really lock in the legs), & lastly, serratus dips on a captain's chair

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  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    When I still could lift I did the ever so weird and stare worthy Jefferson deadlift.
  • Silkysausage
    Silkysausage Posts: 502 Member
    edited April 2018
    Watched a barbell hack on YouTube yesterday, looks pretty awesome.
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    It probably isn't that odd but I will do Zercher Squats instead of Front Squats.
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
    edited April 2018
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    When I still could lift I did the ever so weird and stare worthy Jefferson deadlift.

    Lol, tried doing that once in a public gym...too awkward. Same stance on a leg press is somewhat close to this movement & less eye appealing (although it can look like one is giving birth)
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    edited April 2018
    Cannonball squats, W press, Scott press, Viking press, Z press, floor dumbbell fly, Bradford press, Peterson and Poliquin step ups, American deadlift, Tate press, and there are some other things that I'm not sure they have names for them.
  • CJ_Holmes
    CJ_Holmes Posts: 759 Member
    The program I just started includes the Kang Squat.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    bioklutz wrote: »
    It probably isn't that odd but I will do Zercher Squats instead of Front Squats.

    I do Zercher squats instead of back squats :p
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
    edited April 2018
    CJ_Holmes wrote: »
    The program I just started includes the Kang Squat.

    Reminds me of how Layne Norton "squats"
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Cannonball squats, W press, Scott press, Viking press, Z press, floor dumbbell fly, Bradford press, Peterson and Poliquin step ups, American deadlift, Tate press, and there are some other things that I'm not sure they have names for them.

    Viking press is awsome - use to do this on a squat machine (sadly, I am too tall/arms too long for my squat machine @ my current gym). Use to do W press regularly. Z press seems redundant when doing presses in a bodybuilder style (not using leg drive); it's alright
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    My sister and I swear by Callanetics. Started in 1986. Used the Callan Pinkney videos which we both know by heart. We turn on any genre of music (intrumentals) we're feeling, and off we go.
  • Davidsdottir
    Davidsdottir Posts: 1,285 Member
    I do DB single-arm floor presses. I'm sure I look like an idiot laying on a mat beside a perfectly good bench.
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    777Gemma888 wrote: »
    My sister and I swear by Callanetics. Started in 1986. Used the Callan Pinkney videos which we both know by heart. We turn on any genre of music (intrumentals) we're feeling, and off we go.
    My MIL introduced me to those. They are great workouts! I had a DVD too, but I'm not sure where it went...
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I thought about pulling sumo with gloves once.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Gosh, my workout sounds boring after reading this thread. :laugh:

    Cambered bar squats and seal rows are about as unorthodox as I get.
  • jseams1234
    jseams1234 Posts: 1,219 Member
    In my gym that would be weighted pull-ups... any pull-ups really. I never see anybody doing them and when I do them I get odd looks. Back exercises in general seem to be considered an oddity. ;)
  • flowerhorsey
    flowerhorsey Posts: 154 Member
    I'm pretty new at lifting but some unorthodox things I do: made lifting gloves by cutting fingers out of rubber garden gloves (they work very well btw), zercher squats, pullovers with ez bar, and the latest that I was made fun of for ( all in fun) is doing abduction work at the top of a weighted hip thrust with bands.
  • jamesakrobinson
    jamesakrobinson Posts: 2,149 Member
    Well... I like to use my old school arm blaster for curls, rope hammer curls, and rope triceps pulldowns.
    Back in the 80s pretty much every gym rat had one but when I started bringing mine to the gym for arm days last year I actually drew a crowd of young guys asking what it was, how it worked, is it a new invention.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    Davidsdottir wrote: »
    I do DB single-arm floor presses. I'm sure I look like an idiot laying on a mat beside a perfectly good bench.

    I like these too
  • ricka1962
    ricka1962 Posts: 84 Member
    Lat pull overs, dumbbell kick backs for triceps, GHRs, Land Mine Viking press, leg press on smith machine, good ole dumbbell hammer curls, dumbbell tricep extensions on the floor. Nobody notices since I have my own gym at home.
  • jamesakrobinson
    jamesakrobinson Posts: 2,149 Member
    ricka1962 wrote: »
    Lat pull overs, dumbbell kick backs for triceps, GHRs, Land Mine Viking press, leg press on smith machine, good ole dumbbell hammer curls, dumbbell tricep extensions on the floor. Nobody notices since I have my own gym at home.

    I don't think any of those are forgotten or unorthodox? ... With the possible exception of smith machine leg press... and then only because most commercial gyms have a sled or two... even then I have even seen it done a few times when both sleds at my gym are in use. I'm not familiar with GHR but all the rest are in my rotation. All good basics.
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
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    Feeling like a total millenial right now...I am familiar with what they do/purpose, just never knew the proper name. Reverse preacher curl stand essentially
  • jamesakrobinson
    jamesakrobinson Posts: 2,149 Member
    Keto_Vampire wrote: »
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    Feeling like a total millenial right now...I am familiar with what they do/purpose, just never knew the proper name. Reverse preacher curl stand essentially

    Yup. One of my favorite portable gym toys. Works great for pulldowns too.
  • Riff1970
    Riff1970 Posts: 136 Member
    Dumbbell High pulls and 3D Crossovers.

    Check out Jeff Cavalier at Athlean X on YouTube. He does those and a bunch of other exercises that are unorthodox.
  • pbryd
    pbryd Posts: 364 Member
    I've incorporated the 1 arm dumbbell OHP and I think it's a great movement.

    Great for going heavy with, because you can use two hands to get the dumbbell up.

    Haven't seen it promoted at all as a viable option.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    I am a huge fan of spider curls, cable tricep kickbacks and incline cable flies.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    aerial conditioning during the aerial yoga i teach and the lyra i play with
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Two Hands Anyhow, even if it is more of a test than an exercise. Pretty sure that Arthur Saxon still holds the record for it, and it was set in the really early 1900s.

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