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What is your favourite weights exercise?

Select as many of your favourite exercises from the list as you want (apologies if I have forgotten any of your favourites).

Deadlift		23%

Clean		41%

Shoulder Press		23%

Bench Pull		50%

Bench Press		59%

Incline Bench Press		5%

Leg Press		59%

Leg Extension		36%

Leg Curl		27%

Calf Raise		9%

Squat		41%

Hack Squat		9%

Forward Lunge		14%

Backward Lunge		9%

Diagonal Lunge		9%

Plie Lunge		9%

Pelvic Lifts		14%

Other core exercises		32%

Hip Flexor		5%

Hip Abduction		5%

Side Leg Raises		5%

Toe Press		9%

Bicep Curl		32%

Lat Pull		27%

Cable cross-over		18%

Tricep Dip		14%

Triceps Extension		23%

Wrist Curl		5%

Press up		32%

Chin ups		50%

Sit up		50%

Dumbbell Fly		23%

Incline Dumbbell Fly		14%

Shoulder Shrug		9%

Seated Row		32%

Back Extension		14%

Overhead Press		9%

Rear Deltoid Raise		5%

Military Press		5%

Upright Row		9%

Back Butterfly		9%

Leg Pull-In		5%

Total: 22 members' votes

by Tom C - Sun 18th Jul 2004, 9:56pm

It seems that someone has gone for everything except incline bench press and hip abduction.

what is hip abduction?

by jpd - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 3:03am

Tom C said: what is hip abduction?

Start in a sitting position with legs together. Work is done opening the legs. The exercise is most commonly performed using a machine, although there are variants which look less... dubious.

by jpd - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 3:03am

P.S. There are far too many options on this poll.

by RTT - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 8:06am

jpd said: P.S. There are far too many options on this poll.

Indeed. I think there should be an upper limit of 10 options. Hasn't anyone ever read any of those "How to write good surveys" type sheets?!

Also, where is the CowboyNeal option?

by jpd - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 11:28am

RTT said: Indeed. I think there should be an upper limit of 10 options. Hasn't anyone ever read any of those "How to write good surveys" type sheets?!

Yeah - the following poll would have been much better (although it does contain 11 options):

What muscle(s)/muscle group(s) do you most enjoy working during weights?

* calves
* quads
* hamstrings
* glutes
* back
* abs
* chest
* shoulders
* biceps
* triceps
* the ones on your elbow that go egg shaped when you flex your forearms in that certain way

by Simon - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 2:56pm

jpd said: Yeah - the following poll would have been much better (although it does contain 11 options):

Nah - you need to have a "none of the above" or "not applicable" option...

by Martin - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 5:34pm

Simon said: Nah - you need to have a "none of the above" or "not applicable" option...

Guidelines are agreed on this. However, what advice is there re: number of options? I can't find any.

by no idea about these new-fangled training regimes - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 5:42pm

jpd said: P.S. There are far too many options on this poll.

It does seem rather silly at first glance... but actually seems to work ok? 57% of people liking situps?! eh?

And I can't believe there's more than the one person who, for example, knows what a 'Dumbbell Fly' is... let alone an 'Incline'd one. Blimey.

by Kerniggit - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 8:11pm

Yeah - my poll created more discussion about the poll than about weights!

by Tom C - Mon 19th Jul 2004, 10:50pm

Dumbell fly is kinda self-explantory, you fly like a bird. But some of them I really have no idea.
Toe press- is that like a thumb screw?

by dw229 - Tue 20th Jul 2004, 12:22am

It must have taken a long time to type all those in...