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ThatOxiumYouLack t1_j9t8apg wrote

Cool website. It would be cool if it showed all muscles a selected exercise benefit.

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Luxon31 t1_j9taha4 wrote

Also it doesn't explain differences between the same muscle exercises. Like why would I do Dumbbell Reverse Curl instead of regular Dumbbell Curl.

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OrangeNapalm t1_j9tifol wrote

Big thick meaty forearms

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employeremployee t1_j9u0peb wrote

I just do cross-stitch embroidery for that.

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TwoHearted_ t1_j9ufv49 wrote

I feel like I rarely see meta comments like this anymore.

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clem82 t1_j9ub3em wrote

Reverse masturbation does this x20

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why_rob_y t1_j9udx2k wrote

>Reverse masturbation

I've tried this, but it's too sticky so I couldn't get it to all go back inside.

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DontTreadOnBigfoot t1_j9uk66t wrote

You're supposed to put it in a syringe and jam the needle up your urethra.

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Farn t1_j9ukvpt wrote

So now you've graduated to dick chugging?

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phaemoor t1_j9uqoqm wrote

You can ask around in r/sounding

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ali_rawk t1_j9ve2i5 wrote

This whole thread reminds me that the internet is not beautiful...

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A_Doormat t1_j9uxfvg wrote

KEEP THE BODY GUESSING BRO, MUSCLE CONFUSION BRO, MAX GAINS BRO.

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kgxv t1_j9u0ot5 wrote

Reverse curls target the brachialis, regular curls don’t.

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OrSomeSuch t1_j9uhi7a wrote

For people that don't already know, the brachialis runs from the inside of your elbow to under your biceps (the muscle on top of your arm that you thought of as a kid when someone said show me your muscles)

So if your biceps look like a lonely tennis ball on your upper arm you need to build your brachialis to make them look longer/fuller

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kgxv t1_j9uhuky wrote

Brachialis runs from under the biceps AT the elbow across the top of the forearm, not elbow to under bicep.

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OrSomeSuch t1_j9ujo7w wrote

Fair. Maybe I should have said the brachialis will fill out the part next to the biceps belly towards the elbow

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estofaulty t1_j9w7p2w wrote

This person was saying it’s a shame the website doesn’t say that, not that they wanted some rando to tell them.

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kgxv t1_j9w7rwx wrote

Cry about it some more, why don’t you? You must be fun at parties…

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keenbean2021 t1_j9xa1u0 wrote

Because it doesn't matter for the level of trainee who would be using this website.

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aurashift2 t1_j9utux2 wrote

One reason I've heard is its beneficial to get more variety. I would agree for biceps since the movement is kinda basic.

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MuscleWikiAlex t1_j9uo7if wrote

We're working on adding more granular detail to the website, which will let you know the primary, secondary and tertiary muscles targeted by specific exercises. We'll be releasing that update soon :)

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ValleyDude22 t1_j9uz4hr wrote

How soon? Cool site

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MuscleWikiAlex t1_j9v0icg wrote

We were going to update the app today, but the traffic held us up a bit :) That update will hit the website on Monday.

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somewhoever t1_j9wt2us wrote

Hopefully granular as in:

what flat, incline, and decline bench targets;

ability to individually select anterior, lateral, posterior, and supraspinatus shoulder;

and options to target each muscle while choosing what one has available for use (barbells, cables, dumbbells, band-assisted, body weight...).

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PokebannedGo t1_j9uwnms wrote

Agree. I selected pectoral muscles and assumed it would say pec fly. Yet it says bench press. Yes, bench press is going to work out your chest, but very few people are going to be able to work out their chest with bench press without a lot of time working on the other muscles to get your chest as the limiting factor.

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CaffeinatedGuy t1_j9v20us wrote

Right? It should limit to exercises where that muscle is the primary and others are secondary. I'd like something that lets me target specific muscles, shows me the other muscles used, and gives an approximation for how the load is distributed across all the used muscles.

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ValleyDude22 t1_j9uz9de wrote

Can you explain? I don't understand

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PokebannedGo t1_j9v9402 wrote

I'm 6 ft 135lb and I can pec fly 135lb for 8 reps.

I don't try to bench press, but I very much doubt I could bench 135lbs. It's not because of my chest muscles but because of stabilizer muscles and all the other muscles required to bench press.

A pec fly machine targets your pectoral muscles specifically. Lifting the 135lb is basically all pectoral muscle with the machine.

So if I didn't do the pec fly machine and just benched like 70lbs I'm not going to be pushing my pectoral muscles to their limits. I will be failing to get the weight up because of the other muscles.

Have you ever done a bicep curl machine? You can curl a lot more weight on it rather than trying to free weight curl. It's the same idea.

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ValleyDude22 t1_j9vownn wrote

Ah, ok thanks! Which results in bigger biceps? Bench press or fly?

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IncognitoSoup t1_j9vs4ny wrote

Neither. Bench press and chest fly are chest exercises - they do not train your biceps.

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ValleyDude22 t1_j9vw7mu wrote

Oh that was a typo. I meant chest

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byyourleavesir t1_j9vxdjl wrote

Bigger chest is function of training the whole pectoral. Put the opposite hand over one of your pectorals (left hand right pec).

Now use your hand to push down on a counter top (dip) and feel which part of your pec flexes compared to if you were to push against a wall (push up) compared to closing a door (pec fly).

You need to do multiple different types of exercise to get your pecs bigger and not looking... Weird...

But if you just want a thicc chest go for bench. If you want to look like the rock you need to bench, fly, dip, duck, dodge, and dive your way to mass.

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ValleyDude22 t1_j9vw9sb wrote

Ah, ok thanks! Which results in bigger chest? Bench press or fly?

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PokebannedGo t1_j9vz47v wrote

Muscles are all about work.

If you went to the gym and only did bench or only did pec fly, you'd get a larger chest with pec fly in the same amount of time. Because you're putting more work into your chest.

It's pec fly, big chest small arms, bench, small chest big arms.

But that's not saying that bench can't give you the same chest eventually

Because, when you get good at bench, you can focus on benching more with your chest, working your chest out more than you would if you're a beginner or novice using mostly your arms and shoulders to lift.

Best is to do both if you want a complete body

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ValleyDude22 t1_j9w91ja wrote

Thanks

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PokebannedGo t1_j9wdzvw wrote

No problem

Most people hate on machines, so keep that in mind

Your muscle is only going to get bigger if you push it

If I could bicep curl 100lbs on the bicep machine, my bicep isn't going to grow until I can bicep curl 100lbs+ in free weights. Bicep curling free weights of 75lb is working out other muscles in the arm but not going to make my bicep any bigger because it can already curl 100lb. I wouldn't be able to curl 80lbs not because of my bicep but because of the other muscles required for the free weight.

The debatable part is that you shouldn't be able to bicep curl 100lb and not be able to pick up a 50lb dumbell and curl it with free weights. If you're spending your time working out, doing a complex exercise can be more beneficial. Also you're working your stabilizer muscles which you can't on a machine.

Machines are a tool, and you have to be smart with them.

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vyrelis t1_j9w1j7z wrote

I assume you defaulted to featured? Chest flys are on the featured page if you scroll down, and is featured for most categories other than bodyweight, plate, and barbell (for female at least)

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PokebannedGo t1_j9w7fwp wrote

I just clicked on the chest. It was set to male.

It does have dumbell incline chest flys as the third one.

But once again, that's a compound exercise that works out a lot more than just your chest muscles

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