Thank you for this. I'm 62 and I haven't been doing these anyway but the only thing that would have made this video better would be if you offered more alternatives excercises for each one not to do.

Thanks for this useful video Gary! Thanks a million!

Awesome Video as usual Coach. Keep up the great work and information. 👍👍💪💪

Thank you Gary for this useful advice, it's a valuable reminder to save our old joints🙂

Great info

Amazing information Gary I’m 65 and I don’t do any of them. I’m like you a dumb bell and machines only.

Great video Brother keep them coming I am 56 I do one body part per day using dumbells and multigym machine works for me my weekends are off do what you feel is more comfortable to you God Bless

As usual, another super informative and educating video from Gary...thanks Gary for watching out for us "older" guys. I'm 66 and have stopped all of these, haven't done them in years.

Thanks Gary

Thank Gary I love your videos you have help me alot with my trading at 71 have to be careful not to hurt myself

Great video it alternative exercises would be great

Great video. What is your diet like?

Good tip related to no tricep dips. Thx.

I’m a 44 year old mom with arthritis and I love your videos and have done some of your tricon workouts (the ones that can be done at home with little equipment).

Thanks

Great video Gary. Never been a fan of the upright rows or bench dips either. Would you recommend doing the barbell skull crushers with an ez bar as you can keep your hands in a more supinated position?

I've never done box jumps because I used to have problems with my knees, but all those other shoulder exercises I've thought were pretty stupid except for the dips, and they don't seem to bother me if I don't go past my upper arm being horizontal, but still don't do them anymore. I'm 73 and find exercise does a wonderful job of keeping me mobile and making me stronger than most guys my age

I'm a 50yo man that has been working out at the gym for more than 25 years now and I'm glad to say that I haven't done any of these for ages.

Thanks for the info Gary. Because of you I stopped using straight bars period, All of my workouts are done using dumbbells and I can feel the difference. Thanks Gary! I have a question, I have a bad back, are there any ab exercises that are effective besides crunches?

Eat clean, push-ups, planks, leg raises, squats. No injuries, hard body 3 months

Hi Gary I totally agree with you these excercise's especially the use of barbells. I'm an 82 year old guy that works my body three times a week. I do a full body workout. I work legs shoulders chest arms and back using light to medium weights. One more excercise' that I don't do is a one arm dumbbell row from a flat bench, one leg kneeling on the bench. I raise the bench 30 degrees and row with a dumbbell for each side. What do you think?

Trust In The Lord. Love that Gary! Thanks for your videos and your practical, down to earth way of explaining things. You have helped me gain confidence in myself as I'm such a novice to this stuff.

I've done everyone of those excerise back in the day following Arnold Schwarzenegger's routine I'm 68 now and my shoulders are fried now I try just using dumbbells and machines thanks for the presentation

I totally agreed with Gary about the barbells shoulder presses. It would stress your neck and shoulders. Dumbells and machine are better options.

Well done, Gary. Thank you. What are your thoughts about the safety of dips? I'm in my late 60's and I'm able to position myself so that my triceps are comfortably at work. Admittedly, there's some shoulder involvement, even though I try to minimize it.

I live in Greece and most trainers in the gyms here from the 90s (when i start training) till now gave me all these crap exercises!!!Thats why i have issues many years now with my shoulders.The last years when i found out your channel im in the best shape !!!I am 53 years old!!!

Nice contraction!

Hey Gary great video! It did come to mine in the fit after 50 phase 1 on the Friday exercises, a bench dip is listed. Might want to update that with a different tricep exercise. Love your videos keep up the great work. Blessings on you.

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Nothing wrong with bench dips as long as you have your palms facing outward According to jeff cavalier. Would like to hear gary's thoughts on that!

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That is the way I do then with no problem.And a really good pump in the tricep , but everyone is different

Great video. I don't do most of those exercise anyway. The only one I have is the tricep dip. I thought that rotating your hands outward, or perpendicular instead of parallel to your body, takes the load off your shoulders. I found them a lot more comfortable. Is this not the case? Does it still load the shoulders incorrectly?

These are of course your opinion. There are many degreed trainers out there who would disagree with you. I believe every individual should decide for themselves which exercises work for them comfortably.

I been exercise since grade school I’m over 50 now and only do 3 exercises when it came to lifting weights the arms curl, chest, leg squats but very light weights

Great video Gary. I think the bosu ball should be avoided. I see guys standing on them and doing resistance training. In theory they are working on their balance.

How is it that Mark has Bench Dips in his FA50 program ?? It is in Phase1, Day 5. I’ve been doing that for years now and it’s not good for you ?!? Should I do diamond press ups instead ?

Im 58, use dumbbells and machines for chest, shoulders, triceps and biceps. I workout about an hour everyday, chest/ shoulders/ tri's one day, legs/back/ bi's the next. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Btw, I'm 6'3 245

What about skull crushers with an ez bar??

Where were you 45 years ago when i was regularly doing six of these seven exercises...LOL...I'm 70 now and a few years ago i dropped the dips and upright rows due to shoulder pain...great advice Gary...thanks

Dip: what about positioning your hands facing out, not towards the back?

I don't use any of these 7 exercises either. I'm 52, not on TRT, not on any supplements other than creatine. My training is 100% barbell based, so I guess I'm not your targeted audience. My goals are strength, not aesthetics. Good presentation though.

I am 68 and cannot do a pullup. What muscles can I train to achieve a pullup?

I wouldn't recommend dips period. Even on a dip bar, it hurts my shoulders.

What if you’re using a machine that’s called BNP or “Behind the Neck Press.” There’s one at my gym, and from what I know that brand is a very reputable manufacturer of workout machines. I’ve compared the exercise on the machine with doing a behind the neck press with an empty barbell. The stress from the machine is nothing like the barbell. Is the name of the machine maybe slightly misleading? It seems a whole lot safer. P.S. I can mention the brand if you don’t mind.

52. Bench dip messed my arm up for 5 months. Went with diamond pushups More importantly, were you wearing Crock or Crocks lookalikes on the box jump. That should also be on your avoid list!

I slowly squat with back straight and my weight on my heels until my knees are completely bent and I butt almost reaches my heels. I took a deep breath before I started, my arms in the air, then a big sweeping sideward down motion, and at the bottom of the squad I wrapped my arms around my knees and I squeezed briefly while I puffed out the air. I then slowly came to the top, looking up and keeping the gut tight and my back straight. Then I took another deep breath with a vertical arm sweeping my hands to the side and around to the back to place directly on my kidneys as I exhaled. My Chinese doctor showed me this exercise. It's to clear the kidneys as well as physical conditioning for the aesthetic look, as you say. I can tell you, as a guy turning 70 with weak kidneys, and I think a lot of guys have undiagnosed weak kidneys, it has helped clear my kidneys, apparently, so my sleep is better and my energy level and feeling of well-being is better. I have to be careful about chest exercises because I had a cornea placement not long ago

RUssian twists are probably one of the best movements one can do for obliques ... other than that i agree on everything else, but russian twist make obliques so much more pronounced when u shed the fat its crazy. I train more than 20 years .. ive been lean under 10 % many times, but when i started doing russian twists on my bulks it was a game changer. Once the fat is off ur core looks totally different compared to strong abs and mediocre obliques. The bigger and more pronounced obliques the fattier u can be while they are still visible. Same goes for abs. Ppl forget to train them on a bulk, but that is the exact time u want to hit them super hard. As for upright rows... i wont do them anymore with ANY equipment , done them with barbels , dumbbells , ropes... its a recipe for bursae injury ( got swollen bursitis like egg size on my delt and wasnt able to do even 50% ROM on lateral raises .. hurt like hell and heal very slowly ) and they are not needed at all to have capped 3d deltoids. Inb4 someone comes " boo hoo u dont knwo how to do them with proper form " .... yes i do and u should listen ur own anatomy. Upright rows are the biggest offender for bursitis and ruptured rotator cuffs along with the " behind the neck" bs exercises period.

I tell people that teach classes not to do upright rows, but they think I am wrong about that.

No behind the neck pulldowns or shoulder presses? Don't tell Mike O'hearn that

I see old dudes doing box jumps all the time and I've never understood why..lol

While I understand you don't want to build more muscle on your waste, the idea that you are "looking Healthier" by not building muscle is idiotic at best! EVERYONE should be building as much muscle as they can! It is beyond contestation that the more muscle you have the better off you will be as you age! Not having core muscle weakens your overall core! I am not going to forsake a single inch of muscle that I can build just because I may not look as aesthetically pleasing as I may otherwise, my health and longevity depend on it too much for looks to be a limiting factor!