Alternatives For 15 Common Exercises You Should NEVER DO! (By Popular Demand)

[@ultramarinetoo]

2:00 toe-touching: lie down, knee to chest or raise leg straight up 2:42 cervical flexion: chin-tuck 3:19 v-sit-ups: double crunch 4:07 tricep dips: pull on bands 5:11 running on tilt: swap sides or on flat 6:00 sit-ups: partial sit-up 7:05 military press: do reclined at 45° angle 7:57 upright rolls: with bands and not so high 8:41 bent-over rolls: with bands 9:45 a-to-the-grass squats: posture squats arms lifted, knees behind toes; don't go beyond knee level (depends on anatomy of hip socket) 11:25 long-arm quads: lunges, poss. put free foot higher 12:32 windmills: windshield wipers 13:28 lateral flexion with weights: side planks (may also be bad for back) 14:40 wide-based push-ups: with bands or normal push-ups 15:58 moving weights horizontally: with bands

[@JohnSmithAnythingChannel]

Thanks.

[@marijabukurov]

Thanks you :)

[@maxime1432]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@itwasmewasntit2448]

Eyy,a fellow ultramarine,thanks friend! "The Emperor Protects" From doing harmful excersises

[@davidlowe7217]

Thanks

[@roseshayer4608]

My coaches always yelled at me for "cheating" when I put my hand below my back doing crunches! It just naturally feels so much better to me.

[@IzunaDestruction]

Hands below the lower back helps to keep good posture and changes nothing about the intensity of the exercise. No cheating. Hands below the glutes/hamstrings help you to pull yourself up with your arms instead of your abs. That's cheating.

[@smallfootprint2961]

That's terrible. My PE teachers were actually the ones that taught me to slide my hands under my hips. Glad they did. I always do it.

[@domluthens1027]

Same here and I think it caused problems for me in the long run that coulda been being resolved by not digging my back into the ground. Swear it caused me to start overcompensating to just get done with the exercises instead of doing them correctly and having them be effective

[@madronaspm]

I don't mind giving up 17 minutes to learn how to do better exercises for my body. I'll soon be turning another year older and ALL you guys do do us Bob & Brad is such a blessing. Thank you for helping me correct all those exercises that I was doing wrong....I just saved this video to my favorites....I watch you guys everyday....thank you again FOR CARING...

[@christinavonrassler941]

I started CrossFit when I was 38, now I am 54. I LOVED CrossFit, still do, HOWEVER, now I have knee and shoulder problems. I can't do what I used to. Sad. You're absolutely right when you say you may get away with it when you're younger, but as someone in my 50's it has caught up. Listen to these guys now. Your older self will thank you.

[@sage1ish]

I have done soo many of those “don’t do” exercises WITH A TRAINER. Happy I found this so I can use these alternatives now that I’m on my 40s

[@Just_another_shadow]

You guys have helped me far more than any doctor, physical therapist or so called professional I've ever seen here in Canada! Thank you! You guys are body heros!

[@gonzalosevilla9140]

You guys know sooo much and you’re so humble. You guys NEED to be in TV. All this should be taught in school so people don’t develop pain and pain medication 🤮

[@manala.r.m.y6412]

I'm obsessed with this intro

[@luisfbjunqueira5837]

It is really mesmerising!

[@imarockstarification]

Aren't we all!

[@41-siddharthabehera6]

Bob and Brad... Ummm hmm hmm umm hum hum.... On the internet 🙂🙂

[@suejuede525]

I love Bob &Brad, they are so kind and helpful

[@rinowx5]

The way so many commenters are entitled and forget that this content is free. Be more thankful, you might find your heath improving if you do.

[@margopeery1860]

I really appreciate you guys with your humor and brevity with some really helpful information

[@seanomight5401]

Sweet. Ask and you shall receive. Thanks.

[@Boxxxxxxxxx]

Grateful I ran into Bob and Brad’s videos. At 26, the amount of young KZbin Fitness “Gurus” that promote so many compromising exercises and stretches is astounding. They have free reign to lead millions to mediocre workouts that focus more on aesthetics than sustainable healthy movement. Just recently I started doing a workout with one KZbinr who uses workout routines that put the lower back/disks at risk and something was not right. She had millions of subscribers. When I researched for good stretches I learned through their videos why her workout routine was causing me pain. Finally learned my lesson. And that is to avoid taking exercise advice from inexperienced internet Gurus unless they have EXTENSIVE years and the credentials to teach. Too many put “fitness” before health. Thank you for leading others to focus on health and for the experience you both share! You guys are funny and carry great energy.

[@jessicaclara572]

Do you have any examples? I watch Chloe Ting for my workouts.

[@HeartlessKnave]

2:42 Chin tuck. I found out I likely have TMJ/TMD issues by trying this and feeling sharp pain in/below my ear on the right side. Whoo! Another thing to see a doctor about getting fixed.

[@jesusiskingofmyheart]

I wish I found their channel sooner 🥺😭 Better late than never! 👏🏼

[@skyejacques]

Same!! I didn't find this video.

[@teresacrowley4076]

Hi Bob hi Brad. I watch your videos every day. I have RA and ye have taught me alot on helping me manage my condition. Thank you Could ye do a video on exercises for knee arthritis. Thanks again

[@rameshbandekar1557]

Thank you very much Bob&Brad.

[@louannhuber2651]

No pain IS a good day! Thank you for your instructions on how to do these common exercise correctly.

[@AtypicalPaul]

You guys are awesome! In my opinion of course Bob

[@HeartlessKnave]

13:28 Instead of lateral flexion with weights would a farmer's carry/walk with weight on one side work instead? As a farmer's walk is reccomended by a lot of other professionals, including other PT's. Is it the flexion that causes the issues or just the imbalance of weight distribution? As personally I find planks, including a side plank, too easy and would need variations, resistance or stability altering equipment.

[@nancystockman9719]

I'm thrilled to see an alternative for triceps as I have huge wing spans and every attempt to get rid of those injures my shoulders. Please direct me to the bands and handles you use....please!

[@annanicholson5309]

Literally just talked about the last vid with my hubby today and he wants to know what to do instead. So do I. Thanks

[@MrEvey10]

These guys are both entertaining and informative. Good job guys.

[@norokelt]

thanks alot! I am just getting back after a looong time to exercising, you saved my alot of trouble *thumbs up* kudos!

[@BobandBrad]

Thank you!

[@samanthafitzgibbon8597]

Thanks for the follow up

[@4womanway]

Really like you guys and appreciate your humor. I just learned about the toxic off gasing of formaldahyde in foam (pillows and mattresses etc) re: your free gift of this mattress and pillows.

[@kellyblaxton3189]

You guys are so awesome! Thanks so much! Talk about a quick response to our wanting alternative exercises!!

[@driver1ne38]

Wow that must be the best tuitional excercise video on you tube, the right way to do the Excercises you two are just great.especially up right rows,.Well done bob &brad, London, Uk.

[@dinamonster00]

Thanks for the alternatives!

[@jonhart4563]

Love the dry honest humor, I need these products.

[@marlymae1]

I love watching your videos! Even the ones that don't pertain to my specific issues. You guys are hilarious and informative, keep it up!

[@pzpz2135]

Excellent information per usual. Thank you for keeping us safe and healthy!

[@rrrooo6489]

I can't wake up in the morning and just get on with my day. I need a warm up and a 30 min stretch before I can wear my socks or tie my shoes. I'm in my 20s! Can't imagine what all this working out with the wrong exercises will do when I'm 60.

[@hannahmakingrivendell4347]

great resistence band exercises triceps4:25 upper back 9:00 pectorals 15:15

[@rays7437]

I'm glad you guys did this "long" follow-up video

[@brendsglisson4002]

Thank you guys for showing these alternatives. I love your videos.

[@smallfootprint2961]

You guys are a hoot. So glad to have this info. Thanks for showing us how you do these exercises.

[@MsOLWYNN]

This is the BEST. Thank you guys from Australia🇦🇺😎🔥

[@CarolinaCanada]

Hi there. I was hoping that you could tell me if the alternative windmills would be safe for someone with osteoporosis in the spine...or should any such twisting be avoided. Thank you for your amazing channel and SO MUCH content!

[@KuzisNe]

Thank you so much for sharing it with us. We appreciate your expertise and time you spend making these videos for us. I always learn something new. You guys are great!

[@zobothehobo]

"this is a long video" me: NO IT ISN'T I WANT MORE this is my fave content. show me what to do to safely stretch and work my muscles. I wanna be safe, healthy, and STRONG!! also brad is selling me hard on those bands man

[@msesheta]

@Sandy Third it!!

[@biblicalgodisonlytruegod]

I anchored the wall mounts to a pillar next to the pool. You can use any brand of bands. Great invention!

[@sherjack7283]

Thank you ❤

[@icu2morrow]

Thank you guys 💖🙏!

[@bradleyamor8854]

excellent exercises thanks a lot guy , s

[@StitchingtoHealMary]

Great video. Love your bantering and alternatives.

[@NotAshamedOfficial]

Awesome info this help me a lot! Thanks for posting!

[@treasureslayer3049]

I think you may have helped me figure out what’s going on with my right knee. I run/walk in a park on a asphalt trail which definitely has one side higher than the other because of drainage. I always go one way because I go up the larger hill these way. I couldn’t figure out why my right knee has started hurting when doing this. I’m going to see what happens this week when I change directions. Happy Easter! Love all the info you two provide.

[@MightyPuff]

How did it go?

[@querenabreu1025]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@marielg9143]

Thanks Guys

[@gsahara8405]

I just love your sense of humor! You guys are great

[@ashtar3876]

i was just messing around while stretching and the double crunch actually relieves my back ache

[@4saken404]

The thing that always wrecks me with sit-ups isn't the lower back it's the upper back and neck.

[@wendysimmons5906]

Thanks guys! Your vids are AWESOME! Theyre helping switch things up as I age!

[@TinekeWilliams]

Thank you Guys, great advice. Love from sunny Auckland New Zealand

[@dg7546]

Would a good alternative to barbell military press be a dumbbell press? It seems to allow freer and more natural movement for the arms/shoulders. Also, fantastic video!

[@GPenn-ln2fh]

I love you guys, so educational and you crack me up love your humor so much

[@ellenspear50]

Your bent-over row form is totally different from what we're taught in BodyPump. Our knees are bent, back straight, shoulders engaged and a weighted bar is kept very close to the body -- it slides up and down the thighs. Even with a shoulder injury, I still do bent-over rows.

[@johnzemetra6106]

I do bent over rows with kettle bells and a bench. Body is supported by the knee and extended arm on the bench, no strain at all on the back.

[@1deaver]

You guys are awesome. Great personality

[@sanjaydath4227]

This channel deserves billion subscribers & views

[@I.A20]

Hi Bob and Brad, you are my favourite internet physical therapists. The ab alternatives may strain the neck. What do you suggest for someone with both lumbar and cervical disc history plus cervical spondylosis please? Thanks

[@rick-nv7im]

You guy s are freaking awesome!!!!!,

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

Hi Bob and Brad, First off, thanks for the videos. So, you've said that you don't suggest military press, by which I think you mean shoulder presses in general. Do you have exercises which you DO recommend in order to grow shoulders, or are you generally against doing shoulder work? If you find what working the shoulders is ok, could you please suggest some exercises which are safe to do? Thank you guys again. Best and most famous PTs on the internet!!

[@williamdavis4553]

Watch that extension on the banded rows at min 9:38. That can really hurt that thoracic spine.

[@zacmich6472]

Can you please make a video advice on Taekwondo training? I'm often getting pain in the groin area tendon, and it's always on my weaker, less flexible left leg. Can I do something about it, or maybe am I doing anything wrong like inproper or not enough stretching before training?

[@nickatmatzides5230]

Very informative, thank you!

[@anjali0808]

Thanks, Good tips

[@erinrobinson6436]

Don't pull up as far! I do those upright rows for my shoulders but could never quite get how it was better to go up so high. I couldn't feel any kind of muscle play that felt like strengthening to me. So from here on in, I will no longer pull up higher than chest level. It's wonderful to be, kind of like, given permission to do these exercises in a way that feels good and makes better sense.

[@bearfog07]

Most of these I couldn't do and they would have been wrong anyway. Phew, so at least I was on the right track. I've been doing the 'windshield wipers' lying in my bed first thing in the morning and they are fantastic for the back. thanks Bob and Brad! xx

[@tararene]

You mentioned not working out first thing in the morning, can you expand on that?

[@yodan00b]

they did a video on it long ago, here where they talk about it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXe3emWGfcyFf6M

[@xraydelta100]

Super video..thanks.

[@jakobw135]

Is there a way to REVERSE some slight OSTEOARTHRITIS in the knee?

[@ginajonson8796]

Love these too , missed their calling as comedians, the funniest 2 well informed nutbags on the internet, thanks excellent info and I got what I was looking for: a substitute exercise for lunges as I cannot weight bear on one of my big toes/ ball of foot.

[@piob9801]

Thanks for the info guys. These are priceless.

[@judyrobertson9479]

Is it important when you inhale or exhale?

[@snrnsjd]

*Yes*

[@SFRB1187]

What about pressing overhead with a neutral grip, like two dumbbells?

[@hjaltalinator]

how about just involving your clavical bone and sholderblade in whatever press you are doing overhead doing a shrug and sticking your head forward when the bar clears your forehead.

[@snrnsjd]

@@hjaltalinator Gotta destroy those discs to confuse the body ... Right babe ?

[@f.b.l.9813]

good thing the situps was the only thing I needed to change in my routine

[@shirlss7913]

Thank you!!!!

[@gillianwinterton6866]

The printed out links are so wholesome

[@donaldjohnson4634]

Are the windshield with the legs extended good for your back even if you have your legs against the wall?

[@cama5259]

How can I build endurance and strength if I have a curve at 65? I would like to see if I can build muscle and strength before surgery. Should I hire a PT?

[@temitopeshoniyi]

Thanks Bob and Brad. You men are awesome. I have a short question: is it fine doing yoga stretch and ab exercises in the morning? Love from Hamburg ❤❤

[@fittecusa]

Be consistent. In Feb 2019 you stated leg extensions was the best quad exercises. Please address in another video. Also if you are going to site McGill often please suggest the McGill crunch considering the population that watch these videos. Suggested crunches may be problematic. All and all keep up the good work.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

I was hoping you guys would do this video after watching the last one on the 15 bad exercises.. Hey, I made a video this week of my favorite channels I watched in 2019 and reviewed them and you guys are in the video- thanks for all the help you give everybody, you help make YT a great place.

[@Rob-nw5rz]

Any alternatives to fixed wall anchors? I am unable to fit them to my walls etc

[@Kindness-vl8hc]

Thank you guys for the follow up!!! Really appreciate the information that you put out!! And go Packers!!!🧀🏈

[@jimperry4420]

Olga Mares Go Pack Go!

[@wuziq]

thank you for this video!

[@comesoonJesus2]

The wall ankers are great but I live in rental so cannot use them. Could you show other ways with weights? Or bands.

[@chtclimbing]

I began watching about a year ago and have been applying some of these techniques. Since then I have been able to better manage my back pain. I’m a climber so I have no choice, also any advice for people who have had a partial radial meniscectomy, acl and mcl injuries?

[@isaactaylor1241]

A good alternative to the sit-up for me is the crunch.All you do is lift your shoulders and upper back off of the floor while keeping everything else motionless.Harder than you think

[@isaactaylor1241]

Also to add to this keep your neck neutral

[@AhanafShahriar]

Hello bob and brad! I am from Banglaesh. I am 22. I have a problem doing push ups..ulnar nerves of my both elbow clicks hard when i go down during push ups. Is there any alternative to push ups?

[@gandrews5411]

Perhaps just pushups with your knees down? if you want to strengthen chest obviously benchpress, butterfly's are good too

[@KrisVic91]

@@gandrews5411 no butterfly

[@caitlinclougherty7559]

My ulnar nerve also clicks. I was told to do pulling exercises instead of pushing, so like I hang from a bar or straps with my feet down (similar angles to the push up but upside down). I also was told to do lighter weights, so I do push ups against a wall or table and mine won't click. Let me know if you need more clarification, I can't remember the name of the pulling exercise.

[@harrymason6654]

All exercises lying down are safe to do it on the naked floor or need a rug for protection?

[@iRockYouRock67]

I have a question. There was some article I read on exercises you should avoid and it included partial situps/crunches, the reason they gave being that they put a lot of stress on the neck and it targeted very few abdominal muscles. Everytime I do them I do feel work in my lower abdomen but I feel way more work and I do... sory my English fails me, the exercise where you lay down face up and lift your legs straight until they for ma 90 degree angle with the floors. And it doesnt hurt my neck. Whereas when I do crunches my neck feels a lot of pressure.

[@maryjacobs7046]

Sounds like you are tucking your chin and pulling your head forward when you crunch. Very bad for you! Try holding one fist between chin and chest, so that your head can't go forward toward your chest.

[@RobBastien]

QUESTION: Do you think the Kettlebell Swing is a safe movement?

[@lorealroache7034]

I'll keep these in mind during my next Chloe Ting exercise

[@meriemlarbi4459]

Duuude riiiight? How about those Russian twists there was no alternative here n chloe has them in her program

[@aychar]

@@meriemlarbi4459 Russian twist is an exercise that targets the obliques. They give the side plank as a alternative in this video.

[@C.C-e4n]

That's crazy that I'm seeing this comment here! I'm doing her workouts right now too

[@monib7083]

Thanks Bob and Brad! Just wanted to ask a question as I live in Australia. Is it worth entering the competitions or is it for people only living in USA?

[@neocor2000]

It says only the USA which is disappointing. I always read the terms. Bob and Brad could be up there with the Biebs if they opened it up to Aussie residents. Then they could be the most famous physical therapists on the internet

[@monib7083]

neocor2000 thanks for replying. I should have read the term and conditions.

[@mokotramp]

Thank you both! 😉

[@smilesmile7330]

“CHIN TUCKS!” Perfect sync

[@smoldtold4238]

Lmfao😂😂😂

[@mariahcraig4762]

Man some of us are so needy. "Do this do that do this" and then when they do it still find more things to complain about. Constructive criticism is good but these men aren't your personal therapists, they aren't going to be able to give every individual everything they need/want.

[@luisparga5707]

Mariah Craig

[@zbridgjpxupzm]

When you say this is wrong, it is logical to follow that with what is right. It's really not asking too much...

[@MrChet407]

It's human nature to want

[@mistywaters7749]

I think. They talking sense coz wen I do those exeexizes I get the tension etc they are talikng about. Very well explained.

[@rinowx5]

Exactly this is free content and it’s so useful

[@pstreech3637]

In your opinion of course Bob 😂✌️💪

[@adonis22_75]

Humbleness 100

[@freshrockpapa-e7799]

I don't get how doing rows with a barbell against gravity is wrong but doing it with resistance bands attached to the wall is fine for some reason. The posture and the forces and their directions are exactly the same, it's exactly the same exercise, there is the same tension going through your lower back. If you want less tension in the lower back, what you have to do is brace your chest against a support, not rotate the exercise by 90º and keep all the mechanics exactly the same.