Exercises That Fitness Trainers Would Never Do

Regardless of your current fitness level, everyone has been in the position of not knowing what to do in the gym. Wandering among the machines, free weights and other more experienced gym-goers, maybe you chose a piece of equipment at random and started doing your interpretation of what you thought the exercise should look like. Chances are your form wasn't exactly right, but hopefully you made it through without injury.

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Flash forward and you might have a better idea of what you're doing now. After a while of getting to know the equipment and learning, you might even consider yourself an expert, but unless you're a trained professional, you still might be doing exercises that are either dangerous, ineffective or both.

A major part of any exercise is body mechanics -- fitness professionals know that better than anyone -- and that's the reason there are some exercises they avoid (and advise others to avoid). From injury-provoking moves to ineffective exercises, fitness trainers outlined 11 exercises that just aren't worth it.

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- Diana Gerstacker, The Active Times

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