The Top 10 Most Outrageous Exercises I've Ever Seen

In the course of my experience working and training in gyms,
I’ve seen people doing some incredibly "interesting" exercises.
Unfortunately, it’s usually because these people have not been
properly instructed in exercise technique. Here are some of the
top winners. Remember, these are actual exercises that I’ve seen
people do. I made the names of the exercises up to match the
lunacy of how they look. 

DO NOT TRY THESE AT HOME! OR AT THE GYM! OR ANYWHERE!!! 

1. Dumbell Hair Combs - Start by holding a dumbell in front of
you. Do a front raise with it then whip the dumbell back and
over the top of your head like you’re combing your hair with it.
Make sure to just miss your skull. 

2. Hog-tied Face-Rubs - Lie on your stomach on the floor. Grasp
your ankles behind your back and rub your face back and forth on
the ground repeatedly. Continue until you’ve had enough. 

3. Abdominal Earthquakes - Lie on the floor on your back in the
classic start position of a crunch. Now yank as hard as you can
on the back of your head up and down and thrash your legs around
in the air like you’re fending off starving dogs. This evidently
works your abs. You will resemble Jello that has just been
dropped on the floor. Your face should be as red as a tomato by
the time you’re done. 

4. The Arm Wrecker - Do one cheating, momentum-filled rep of an
arm exercise with ridiculously heavy weight then swing your arms
around as fast as you can in a circle to get blood to the
muscle. This technique will either help your arm grow or will
smack the person waiting to use the machine/weights next. 

5. Pelvic Demolisher - Stand with your fingers interlocked
behind your head. Do a pelvic thrust forward and drop your
spinal column down and backwards about 6 inches. This exercise
is best done in front of a large group of people. 

6. Dumbell Doggy Digs - Bend over at the waist so that your back
is rounded completely over like an arch. Your legs should be
completely straight and locked out. You should look like you are
trying hard to touch your toes but not really succeeding. Hold
two dumbells down at arms-length. Now spin them round and round
repeatedly just off the floor so that you resemble a dog digging
a hole. 

7. Pec Rockets - Set the pec deck machine with far too much
weight for you to handle safely. Make sure you are very sweaty
and slippery before attempting this one. First, use your entire
bodyweight to get one arm pad up to the front. Then, throw
yourself at the other one to get it to the front. Hold them
there for a half-second then get shot four feet out across the
floor as you squirt from the machine like a greased banana. 

8. Rush-Hour Bench Press - This exercise is done on the vertical
seated chest press machine that has a foot pedal to help raise
the weight to the starting position. Use this pedal at the
bottom of every single rep to bounce the weight back up. Your
footwork will resemble that of someone in rush-hour traffic
going from 0 to 60 to 0 every 3 seconds. 

9. Close-Grip, Behind-The-Neck Shoulder Press - Sit in a
shoulder press station, gripping the bar overhead with about 6
inches between your hands. Bring the bar down directly behind
your head. Be sure to lean forward 45 degrees and round your
back over so that your shoulder joints and lower back each get
their fair share of trauma. 

10. C.P.R. Bench Press - Start by loading your safe maximum
bench press weight onto the bar. Now add 20 more pounds just to
be safer. Have your spotter lift the bar off the rack for you.
Lower it 2 inches on your own power then allow it to drop and
cave in your rib cage. Be sure your spotter is a strong
deadlifter before attempting this exercise as you will need them
to pull the bar off you at the bottom of every rep. When your
spotter has pulled the bar off you after the first rep and is
trying to put it back on the racks, yell out "I’ve got six more
reps!" 

Remember that this is just a small sample of things I have
actually seen people doing. Please be sure when you do your
exercises that you take the time to learn proper form and, if
you do see someone performing an exercise that is potentially
harmful, tactfully assist them. 

For more information about exercise technique and errors, go to 

http://www.fitstep.com/Library/Exercises/Exercises.htm