Shoulder Press On The Calf Raise Machine

Last night I witnessed some pretty horrific personal training.

1 out of 10 personal trainers were wearing their name name badge.

None of them cared for their personal appearance and all of them were wearing non regulation shorts with their uniform.

Maybe this ticks me off because I used to be a PT and held high standards but one thing really got me.

One of the PT's brought his client over to the calf raise machine.

Fair enough, finishing the session with some calves is a great way to tie up a workout.

So the PT begins to demonstrate to the client what his form should be and then he starts shoulder pressing the bloody shoulder pads.

Those pads should be on your shoulders when you're calf raising, not your grip for a shoulder press.

So his client started shoulder pressing the calf raise.

I couldn't help but laugh internally.

Sure, it could be seen as creative but machines were created for a purpose.

There's a reason why a calf raise machine was created... for the calves.

There's also a reason why the shoulder press machine was created... for the shoulders.

Although, technically it can be used to shoulder press it's not efficient.

We use spoons to eat cereal with, not forks.
Think about it.

You can diet by eliminating bread, pasta, ice cream and donuts if you wish to.

But you can also continue to eat the foods you may love in smaller portions and get the same desired result.

Just like using a calf raise as a shoulder press is a bad way of doing business for the shoulders, making unrealistic limitations like totally eliminating carbs is a bad way of doing business for your diet.

You could maintain it for a week, a month, hell even a year, but eventually you'll need to create healthy habits with food and also develop a healthy relationship food too, in order to get long term sustainable results.

So stop wasting your time on the calf raise and make the most of your time that is becoming rarer and rarer by the day.