# Exercise questions belong in Game Room? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 25, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121 "2012-12-25T15:57:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/21 "2012-12-26T17:01:06Z")
All pitchforks and torches half off! Limited time offer! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/22 "2012-12-26T17:23:26Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > All pitchforks and torches half off! Limited time offer! Sales belong in Marketplace. Requesting Moderators to move thread. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/23 "2012-12-26T17:48:17Z")
The thread is now in IMHO. > **[Barbell squats to a bench--good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=676690)** > > I have recently added barbell squats to my routine, and started paying more attention to what other folks are doing. I have seen three different guys squat down to a seated position onto a bench then get back up again. This strikes me as a bad idea,... Unused torches and pitchforks may be returned for a full refund. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/24 "2012-12-26T17:52:39Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The thread is now in IMHO. > > [Barbell squats to a bench--good or bad? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=676690) > > Unused torches and pitchforks may be returned for a full refund. Minus postage, handling and restocking fees. Not valid in Hawaii, Alaska, Virgin Islands or where otherwise prohibited by law. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/25 "2012-12-26T17:56:27Z")
OK, just circle the wagons … er … oops … never mind. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/26 "2012-12-26T19:23:43Z")
Hey, if it weren’t for circling the wagons, the mods wouldn’t get any exercise at all. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/27 "2012-12-26T19:54:40Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > Exercise is not a sport. If it was a question about Power Lifting, Strongman competitions, or the like, then I could understand moving it. Oh dear…I just saw this thread…I brought up powerlifting in the other thread… … ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/28 "2012-12-26T23:14:42Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I’ve moved the thread to IMHO. Thank you! > [@twickster](#): > > Hey, if it weren’t for circling the wagons, the mods wouldn’t get any exercise at all. Feel free to start a thread in the game room about circling the wagons.. 🙂 -D/a ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121/29 "2012-12-27T16:31:48Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I’ve moved the thread to IMHO. Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-belong-in-game-room/645121.md?page=1)