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Originally Posted by silver book View Post
I was talking to a salesrep/trainer at Bally's (gym in washington, dunno if its elsewhere) who was trying to get me to get a membership ( i opted for the 2 week free trial). He said a few things that I had never really heard before:
1) You should flex whatever muscle you targeting all the way through the movement i.e. Flex your pects when bench pressing
.. lol wut? The muscles involved in benching (ie the pec's) should contract on their own. As a beginner though you'll have to learn the movements properly before you start being able to full contract your pecs (since most people are used to just using their triceps/anterior delts). Even so, barbell bench is not much of a pec workout for some people due to their anatomical measurements (ie a short humerus will mean more work is done at the elbow, not the shoulder).
2) Your muscles will recover doing ab exercises with a medicine ball, 3 sets of 10 reps with a 6 pound ball on a steepish incline was the example used, if you do these exercises every day.
lol wut again. Abs are like any other muscle and can be worked directly 2-3x times a week depending on other stuff in the routine.
Their is something called Active Recovery though, which is just doing low intensity work to get blood into the recovering area. This is not it though
What are other people's thoughts on the two statements made above?
Also, I was talking to one of the other trainers who said that when you are working out you want your muscles to be in the same position/alignment as they will be when you are not working out. The example she used was that posture I should have when doing biceps curl is ideally the posture I would have all the time. I thought this was helpful, is it something I can use as a general rule of thumb when working out and deciding what position by body should be in? It seems like their could be exceptions
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^^^ yep, you should always try to maintain ideal posture during your workouts. I actually read that many lower back injuries in the gym come from people just picking up weights wrong rather then direct lower back work.
As for being in the same "alignment"...thats a bit misleading...since most multi-joint exercises require you to move through space. I think a better statement would be you should do the exercises with the correct form.

This advice while wrong is harmless. However, it is indicative that the trainer is a moron. You'll learn more reading the FAQ than a million sessions learning how to properly flex your muscles.

I do workout for 3 hrs on daily basis. I'm on Acomplia by emedoutlet from 3 months.. also I'm on strict diet to maintain my self in proper shape