"Why would a lifter find it advantageous to intentionally or deliberately avoid using a major group of muscles that obviously make an important contribution to a lift?" Rippetoe 2007
This quote was taken from the article Bad Form we read in class. Explain why the question was asked, and answer the question.
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the only reason i could think of that someone might intentually avoid using a muscle in a lift would be that the muscle is injured. But some might do it on accident with bad form due to useing to much weight or not noing proper form.
It is a rhetorical question posed to show the reader that there aren't any good reasons to avoid using the major contributing muscles of a lift. So the answer is that the only advantages a lifter would find in intentionally avoiding use of the primary muscles of a lift is to cheat or to be able to lift more than they should, hence there are no good reasons.
-V. Peng
the question was asked to make fun of lifters who do not use good form and therefore do not always work the major muscle groups fully.
Alex Castelli
i don't know why they ask that question. there aren't any good reasons why a person would intentionally avoid using a major group of muscles in a lift. although it happens all the time because of bad form. even if the lifter ups the weight he will only injure himself in the future.
-Machine
I think there would be no advantageous point of intentionally using the muscles that are important to a lift. Unfortuantely people try to do more weight than they can and by doing so dont use all the muscles they should be using in a lift.
Zach Firestone
Based on the structure of the question it is clear Rippetoe is trying to point out that no lifter competitive or non-competitive would deliberately avoid using a major group of muscles. The narrator is attempting to emphasize the fact that most who do not get all of what is possible out of a work out do it unkowingly. The reason for this is bad form. Most people come into the weight room with lofty goals and when trying to persue them, they find themselves doing the exercise wrong. They miss out on all that work out has to offer.
-Keegan McDonald
I agree with Victor that "It is a rhetorical question posed to show the reader that there aren't any good reasons to avoid using the major contributing muscles of a lift".So i think someone who intentionally avoid using all the muscle groups is because they are either lazy or they want to lift "heavy" weights using bad form which would later injure them in the long run.
-Leland Tran
I can think of no good reasons why a lifter might do that but it might be a joke, by asking why would a lifter not use perfect form. Or it could mean that they want to prove that there stronger by not using the major group of muscles.
-Kevin Lee
A lifter might intentionally or deliberately avoid using a major group of muscles if he is injured those mucles due to improper form.
-Zach Latter
i agree with Kevin that there are no good reasons to not use your core strength when lifting. But sometimes when you lift for large weights you lose good form which includes your core.
Andrew Van Haren
first of all it would be alot easier for people like me if you just said beneficial insted of advantageous ..... the question is made to make fun of people who lift alot of weight but with terrible form. there is only one reason to not use major muscles is if the person is hurt and cant. if they arent hurt it is point less because they are going to do more weight but with bad form where as if the person was using a challanging but easy weight they could use proper form to lift the weight and work and use all major muscles.
- Jason Senter
The question is asked due to the continual negligence of proper lifting form. Physical inability at a moment to perform a lift properly is acceptable, but choosing not to do it correctly is detrimental to the muscular development. The answer to this question is linked to laziness, and excessive pride/ inflated ego. In the first circumstance, the lifter simply doesn't care about doing the lift right and utilizing the muscle groups he should. In the second example, weights for the lifter is all about numbers, and the higher the better.
-Alex Weaver
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