Upper Body Workout and a Brief Rant

Here's what went on today:

1a) BB Incline 105x8,7 115x2x2
1b) Chin Up 15lb DB 2x5, 25lb DB 2x2
2a) Palms In DB Overhead Press 30x2x8 25x12
2b) Cable Row 110x2x8 90x12
3a) Top Range Close Grip Bench 100x9, 7
3b) DB Hammer Curl 25x2x7

Finisher: 50 Hindu Squats


Okay. On to my rant. There were a lot of people at the gym today; I assume because it was raining. Every person who was in there (men and women) did the following exercises: leg extensions, leg curls, inner thigh machine, outer thigh machine, crunches or situps, bicep curls, lower back machine, and tricep extensions.

What is wrong with that?

I'm going to tell you right now: if your workout looks like THAT, then you need to change. Those exercises have no place in a program designed to give you fast results. Not to mention, some of them are just plain worthless and have no carryover in the real world.

No one did pushups, squats, deadlifts, lunges, overhead presses, chinups, or rows. Those are the best exercises you can do!!! And NO ONE did any of them!

Another thing a lot of women do: they do 30 minutes of cardio on a machine, and then they do crunches and other ab exercises. Again, not to be mean, but that is a waste of time. If you are doing it, I highly recommend you change, too. Everyone can benefit from lifting weights or doing bodyweight exercises.

Do compound lifts. Make your muscles work. Build lean muscle and you will burn more fat constantly, even while you sleep. Stop doing crunches. The best exercises you can do for your abs are squats, deadlifts, pushups, overhead presses, rows, chinups, and other compound movements.

Think about it: if those popular exercises everyone does on the machines and isolation exercises actually worked, don't you think that everyone who did them would actually look better?

Think about it and tell me your opinion.