question for us old fogies

Georg

Whatever happened to the old exercises like the fire hydrant & sit ups & stuff like that?
Is there something wrong with doing those old style exercises?
You never hear about them very often any more.

lreed

not sure about fire hydrants, but I do sit ups in boot camp every morning!

skywalker

Nothing wrong with old school. Those hydrants are killers!!!

mamaturner

I don't know hydrants either, but I do the 200 sit ups challenge and that's 3 days a week!

FireMonkey

I do sit-ups, squats and push-ups. What are hydrants?:huh:

sara_m83

There's nothing wrong with traditional strengthening exercises (only make sure to protect your back while doing them), but to lose weight we need to be doing exercise that gets our heart rates up.

Iceprincessk25

There's nothing wrong with traditional strengthening exercises (only make sure to protect your back while doing them), but to lose weight we need to be doing exercise that gets our heart rates up.

You don't need your heart rate up to lose weight. Strength training DEFINITELY has it's place in weight loss.

Georg

Remember deep knee bends?
Now they're slightly modified & called squats!

SHBoss1673

well, t as to sit ups, not really a great exercise for you orthopedically
, you have to be careful with your back, and have strong lower back and core muscles to do them properly. There are other ways to strengthen your abs that pose less danger to your back.

fire hydrant is also called a side leg raise, and is still used in many pilates moves, it's an ok move, but again, there are other, more targeted exercises that work better.

As to deep knee bends, again, another orthopedic no no. Bending your knees for multiple repetitions past 90 degrees is bad on the knee cartilage over the long term, it's also not really good for the ligaments either. You'll notice that most trainers, when demonstrating squats, do not bend past a 90 degree angle.