Your favourite "weird" or uncommon lift?

singingflutelady
singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
edited November 26 in Fitness and Exercise
I am loving Zercher squats at the moment. Ouchy but love them lol
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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Peterson Step Ups
    Scotts Press
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    edited November 2015
    Oh I also love Jeffersons. They look odd though
  • tcarp8
    tcarp8 Posts: 369 Member
    Lifting myself out of the recliner
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    Arnold Press. Not that weird, but no one does it in our gym.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    Oh I also love Jeffersons. They look odd though

    Do these move you on up? To the east side?
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Haha lol. If you are not careful they can ;)
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    I am loving Zercher squats at the moment. Ouchy but love them lol

    OH! I recently started doing them! I really think it is my favorite squat variation so far!
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Pistol squats
  • Grosen17
    Grosen17 Posts: 56 Member
    Old school barbell hack squats
  • MGarcia0504
    MGarcia0504 Posts: 51 Member
    I love side split squats. I have never seen anyone do them in person and whenever I do them people stop and look at me like I'm a weirdo. lol.
  • Ironandruns
    Ironandruns Posts: 24 Member
    Kneeing squats!
  • ovidnine
    ovidnine Posts: 314 Member
    Svend Press
  • bluefish86
    bluefish86 Posts: 842 Member
    Good mornings.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    I suppose "weird" or "unusual" is a matter of perception, but I've never seen anyone at my gym doing most of the lifts that I do. Probably my 'favorite' is: Arm Dips followed by One Arm T's
  • jkwanda
    jkwanda Posts: 7 Member
    Turkish get ups
  • headofphat
    headofphat Posts: 1,597 Member
    donut curls
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    edited November 2015
    Floor presses, pin presses, Rack Pull to Clean Shrug, Dimmel Deadlifts... those count?
  • ovidnine
    ovidnine Posts: 314 Member
    nakedraygun wrote: »
    Floor presses, pin presses, Rack Pull to Clean Shrug, Dimmel Deadlifts... those count?

    Just looked up what those are, that sounds brutal.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    edited November 2015
    ovidnine wrote: »
    nakedraygun wrote: »
    Floor presses, pin presses, Rack Pull to Clean Shrug, Dimmel Deadlifts... those count?

    Just looked up what those are, that sounds brutal.
    I don't know if brutal, but awesome - being able to break down the deadlift into phases of the lift. I don't have them currently programed, but will probably bring them back next cycle. The Rack Pull to Clean Shrug I really like a lot because its an athletic exercise (which you can overload on) with lots of crossover to the deadlift and other lifts and who doesn't want large trap muscles?
  • ovidnine
    ovidnine Posts: 314 Member
    nakedraygun wrote: »
    ovidnine wrote: »
    nakedraygun wrote: »
    Floor presses, pin presses, Rack Pull to Clean Shrug, Dimmel Deadlifts... those count?

    Just looked up what those are, that sounds brutal.
    I don't know if brutal, but awesome - being able to break down the deadlift into phases of the lift. I don't have them currently programed, but will probably bring them back next cycle. The Rack Pull to Clean Shrug I really like a lot because its an athletic exercise (which you can overload on) with lots of crossover to the deadlift and other lifts and who doesn't want large trap muscles?

    Always looking for new DL variations to add as an auxiliary. The RPtCS sounds interesting too. I want to add some more athletic lifts because well, I'm not athletic or overly mobile, but I always hold because of those facts. lol
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Not really a "lift" but some things i like to do that always get odd looks from people....

    Lemon Squeezers
    Candle Sticks
    Genie Sits
    Skin the Cats (or german hangs)
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Hot potatoes.
    It's where a group of people stand in a circle each holding kettlebells of varying weights. There's a short countdown and then everyone continuously tosses the kettlebells to the person on their right as quickly as possible.







    ...okay maybe that's not a real thing...









    ...I hope... you never know with crossfit...
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    Hot potatoes.
    It's where a group of people stand in a circle each holding kettlebells of varying weights. There's a short countdown and then everyone continuously tosses the kettlebells to the person on their right as quickly as possible.







    ...okay maybe that's not a real thing...









    ...I hope... you never know with crossfit...

    doin%20crossfit.gif
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    edited November 2015
    Log Press, but I haven't done them in several months.... maybe I'll start again.

    https://instagram.com/p/y2mN3GRqf3/embed/
  • luluinca
    luluinca Posts: 2,899 Member
    jkwanda wrote: »
    Turkish get ups

    Me too, I've never seen anyone else at my gym doing them..........and I really like them a lot!
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    LolBroScience wrote: »
    Log Press, but I haven't done them in several months.... maybe I'll start again.

    https://instagram.com/p/y2mN3GRqf3/embed/

    Your gym has all the fun toys. Strongman stones? Thinking about making these for the garage gym of mine.
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    nakedraygun wrote: »
    LolBroScience wrote: »
    Log Press, but I haven't done them in several months.... maybe I'll start again.

    https://instagram.com/p/y2mN3GRqf3/embed/

    Your gym has all the fun toys. Strongman stones? Thinking about making these for the garage gym of mine.

    Allegedly we have Atlas stones, but I've never seen them. We have log, yoke, sleds, tires, farmers, hammers though.

    There aren't too many strongmen at our gym... Mostly bodybuilders/physique and a large amount of powerlifters.
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    Good stuff in here. I don't do anything "different or weird" I guess, although I think I'm considered weird around some of fellow gym members. I squat to parallel, the bar touches my chest with a short pause when I bench, and I fully extend my arms on chin-ups; unfortunately that's weird for some people. LOL
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Snatches and Cleans and Jerks...not really unusual or weird, but when I belonged to open to the public gyms, I rarely saw anyone doing them except for me. I belong to a private gym now that is run by my trainer and since he uses Olympic lifts with everyone he trains, everyone there does them...but they seem to be exceedingly rare in your average gym.
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    I rarely saw anyone doing them except for me.

    When you did see them it was probably even more rare to see them done correctly I bet.
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