Do you suffer from f#$&arounditis?

[wheresmybacon]

Martin Berkhan thinks you probably do:

http://www.leangains.com/2011/09/fuckarounditis.html

Newest article from the dude behind probably one of my favorite diet and fitness related sites. Hilarious and informative.

Fuckarounditis most commonly manifests itself as an intense preoccupation with crunches, curls, cable movements, belts, gloves, balance boards, Swiss Balls and Tyler Durden. Fear of squats and deadlifts is another distinguishing trait. Physical exertion is either completely lacking or misapplied (towards questionable or unproductive training practices).

LOL!!!!

 

[Saint Nick]

i call them curlbros. but no, i do not suffer from waste my time itis.

 

[Wyndru]

I guess partially. While I do squats and deadlifts, I also do curls.

 

[rcpratt]

I guess partially. While I do squats and deadlifts, I also do curls.

He said "intense preoccupation," not "doing" them.

 

[highland145]

Fear of squats and deadlifts is another distinguishing trait.

Given my back and 3 knee surgeries, I'm afraid. Very.

Starting PT for the back soon. The knee is toast for weights.

 

[Cstefan]

Bench press, bent over row, squats, deads. Everything else is gravy!

That picture he has at #4 though makes me think of Dragonball Z.

 

[Pantlegz]

No, not even a little bit. I do however see people in the gym that fall into about every category on that list...

 

[Exodist]

I admit I dont do squats or deadlifts. This is not becuase I dont want to. I can not. Even with high dollar arch supports in some of the best shoes I can afford. I have very bad high arches that barely support my own weight without breaking down. But I do try other back and leg exercises that offer similar results. If anyone has some suggestions, please for gods sake shoot me a hint. I don't have access to a gym and work out in my home on a slant board with dumb bells. When I was in the Navy onboard the ships we had awesome gyms that I could do dead-lifts without screwing with my feet arches, but I don't know any home exercise that I can do now.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

That guy sounds way more reasonable than the must weigh 250 or your "skinny fat", what's the best stuff to dope with, I eat a whole pizza for energy food ATHF croud : p (mostly kidding).

 

[nanaki333]

most certainly not. i put my headphones on and keep to myself my whole workout. very short breaks even when changing to a new exercise. i don't do squats or deadlifts, but that's due to back problems. i have to improvise with other universal machines.

 

[Exodist]

Although I know the importance of leg and back excersises to get the chemicals going to build bigger muscles through out the rest of the body. I really dont like when some one tries to push the attitude towards everyone that says "I look great, so what I do will work for you". Everyone is different, you find me one of those fat asses off Biggest Looser on TV and have him looking like Arnold back in his hay day in less then 2 years, at least that will get my attention.

 

[darkxshade]

I've been on his lean gains protocol for the last couple months... it's been working great. I love it for its simplicity and ease of sticking to it. It's amazing how after a week or two you realize what you use to think was hunger was blown out of proportion. Now that I fast daily, I don't even feel hungry like I used to anymore when I ate small ass meals 6 times a day. It's mind boggling how I actually felt hungrier when I ate more often.

 

[coreyb]

lol everyone has a reason why they can't squat or deadlift. hilarious

 

[Exodist]

lol everyone has a reason why they can't squat or deadlift. hilarious

Ya know thats pretty lame to judge others just because you can squat or dead lift. I used to do them regularly. But age wears each person down differently over the years. Not everyone here is a freaking 20 year old in perfect condition. At least some of us know what has to be done and are looking for alternatives and at least trying. Its not like everyone is sitting on their ass talking about what could have been, or if I wasn't. A real medical condition is real, not make believe. In the end, we may not look like a pro body builder, but its a far cry from sitting on our arsh eating potato chips and watching TV. Give people credit for trying and advice when you can. But don't talk trash about what you don't have a clue about...

 

[wheresmybacon]

I've been on his lean gains protocol for the last couple months... it's been working great. I love it for its simplicity and ease of sticking to it. It's amazing how after a week or two you realize what you use to think was hunger was blown out of proportion. Now that I fast daily, I don't even feel hungry like I used to anymore when I ate small ass meals 6 times a day. It's mind boggling how I actually felt hungrier when I ate more often.

^ Spot on 100% agree

 

[prism]

Ya know thats pretty lame to judge others just because you can squat or dead lift. I used to do them regularly. But age wears each person down differently over the years. Not everyone here is a freaking 20 year old in perfect condition. At least some of us know what has to be done and are looking for alternatives and at least trying. Its not like everyone is sitting on their ass talking about what could have been, or if I wasn't. A real medical condition is real, not make believe. In the end, we may not look like a pro body builder, but its a far cry from sitting on our arsh eating potato chips and watching TV. Give people credit for trying and advice when you can. But don't talk trash about what you don't have a clue about...

Extremely well put. I loves me my squats and deadlifts, but I'm not gonna be a jerk and say someone isn't working out as hard as me because they have a medical condition keeping them from doing said exercises. That's nothing more than immaturity.

 

[nanaki333]

working out after a spinal fusion and having another ruptured disc that requires another fusion operation within another year (treating with cortisone injections right now) does not make for a very comfortable workout. especially when said workouts put a lot of strain right at the point where you had the fusion (l4 l5,)

 

[highland145]

lol everyone has a reason why they can't squat or deadlift. hilarious

QFI

Ya know thats pretty lame to judge others just because you can squat or dead lift. I used to do them regularly. But age wears each person down differently over the years. Not everyone here is a freaking 20 year old in perfect condition. At least some of us know what has to be done and are looking for alternatives and at least trying. Its not like everyone is sitting on their ass talking about what could have been, or if I wasn't. A real medical condition is real, not make believe. In the end, we may not look like a pro body builder, but its a far cry from sitting on our arsh eating potato chips and watching TV. Give people credit for trying and advice when you can. But don't talk trash about what you don't have a clue about...

Good post.

 

[Whisper]

lol everyone has a reason why they can't squat or deadlift. hilarious

I'll chuckle a bit when I hear every third person at the gym say something along the lines of, "yeah, I used to squat 450 back in high school when I was super ripped, but I hurt my knee carrying in the groceries five years ago, so I just haven't been able to squat since then," especially when they then go on to bench press despite also having "injured" their shoulder three years ago back when they were "pressing 350." I don't spend much time judging them, but it is amusing.

That being said, I think it's also important to realize that, as the above posters have mentioned, I'm sure there are legitimate reasons why many people don't/can't complete certain exercises. Beyond that, who am I to actually care even if the only reason someone doesn't squat or deadlift is because they don't like the exercise? It's not like it affects me at all.

 

[tedrodai]

I'll chuckle a bit when I hear every third person at the gym say something along the lines of, "yeah, I used to squat 450 back in high school when I was super ripped, but I hurt my knee carrying in the groceries five years ago, so I just haven't been able to squat since then," especially when they then go on to bench press despite also having "injured" their shoulder three years ago back when they were "pressing 350." I don't spend much time judging them, but it is amusing.

That being said, I think it's also important to realize that, as the above posters have mentioned, I'm sure there are legitimate reasons why many people don't/can't complete certain exercises. Beyond that, who am I to actually care even if the only reason someone doesn't squat or deadlift is because they don't like the exercise? It's not like it affects me at all.

I'm pretty close to falling within that category lol...could squat 450 in HS, but then didn't work out throughout most of college. When I started back, I was getting knee pain when doing squats, but I since decided I should have started back with much lower weight than I did. When I can find time to fit the gym back in the schedule, I'm gonna try squats again as long as I can do it without knee pain.

But I still jog a couple times a week...lol.

 

[Saint Nick]

squatz n oatz

 

[CPA]

Given my back and 3 knee surgeries, I'm afraid. Very.

Starting PT for the back soon. The knee is toast for weights.

Same here. I've started doing light deadlifts, but will not go back to squats.

 

[coreyb]

I'll chuckle a bit when I hear every third person at the gym say something along the lines of, "yeah, I used to squat 450 back in high school when I was super ripped, but I hurt my knee carrying in the groceries five years ago, so I just haven't been able to squat since then," especially when they then go on to bench press despite also having "injured" their shoulder three years ago back when they were "pressing 350." I don't spend much time judging them, but it is amusing.

That being said, I think it's also important to realize that, as the above posters have mentioned, I'm sure there are legitimate reasons why many people don't/can't complete certain exercises. Beyond that, who am I to actually care even if the only reason someone doesn't squat or deadlift is because they don't like the exercise? It's not like it affects me at all.

I'm not argueing that there aren't people that shouldn't be squatting. But there are far too many people that say they can't, when that just can't possibly be the case. I would say, that out of 10 people that say they have "such and such problem" that 8 of them could actually squat and find that squatting properly and regularly would actually help them

now lets watch a 64 year old lady squat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qBDPP_uhkI&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL402D86308797BC3E

 

[Exodist]

I'm not argueing that there aren't people that shouldn't be squatting. But there are far too many people that say they can't, when that just can't possibly be the case. I would say, that out of 10 people that say they have "such and such problem" that 8 of them could actually squat and find that squatting properly and regularly would actually help them

now lets watch a 64 year old lady squat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qBDPP_uhkI&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL402D86308797BC3E

Good post and thank you.

Only Gym is 30 mile drive from where I live and thats one huge reason I do everything I can at home. Some of the leg press and deadlift machines I used while in the Navy had you laying on your back pressing with your legs for the leg press and then could be converted over to let you use your hands to hold and do deadlifts. Its sounds strange but that alone was enough to help me take the pressure off my arches and press/lift my brains out. Mind you most of the pressure was thrown back on my heals, but with good shoes it didnt bother me. Most gyms have these machines but I for the life of me cant remember what they are called. Until I get lucky to move closer to a gym that has these or until then I am on a search for some really REALLY good shoes that have insane arch support for lifting. 100 dollar pair of Nikes and 60 bucks worth of arch supports from the docts office are great for walking but dont do duddly squat for deadlift or squats

 

[Malfeas]

Even pretty girls squat : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15gH76NtdV8&feature=related