# Your favorite body part to work out? (Exercise that is.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010 "2016-08-26T13:56:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/1 "2016-08-26T13:56:32Z")
Love working out my arms. HATE working out the legs! (Unless it’s running) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/2 "2016-08-26T14:04:02Z")
You forgot chest. I’m a leg man. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/3 "2016-08-26T14:07:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You forgot chest. > . Dang it! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/4 "2016-08-26T14:14:45Z")
I hit everything hard, but I really like working abs. My partner and I will stop traffic in the gym when we do our hanging abs routine. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/5 "2016-08-26T14:18:46Z")
Penis. I always get results right away, but I inevitably lose any progress before long. I’ll just have to keep at it! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/6 "2016-08-26T14:20:40Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I hit everything hard, but I really like working abs. My partner and I will stop traffic in the gym when we do our hanging abs routine. Those exposed pipes in the hallway were not made for that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/7 "2016-08-26T14:20:43Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Penis. I always get results right away, but I inevitably lose any progress before long. I’ll just have to keep at it! The professionals use supplements. I can point you to a website if you want. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/8 "2016-08-26T14:31:37Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > The professionals use supplements. I can point you to a website if you want. I have a feeling this is one of those times the journey is more important than the destination. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/9 "2016-08-26T14:32:33Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Dang it! Fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/10 "2016-08-26T14:46:41Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Fixed. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/11 "2016-08-26T15:04:56Z")
I’m healing from a knee injury right now, so at the gym I’m working arms and abs/core, under the direction of my trainers. It’s been a few months, and I can see the results in my arms! The abs are still covered by a protective layer of fat, so no visible results there but I know I’m getting stronger in my abs/core as well. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/12 "2016-08-26T15:54:00Z")
As the expression goes, you can’t spell LEGenDArY without LEG DAY! Seriously, though, I’ve always had somewhat proportionately stronger legs than the rest of my major muscle groups , and there’s just something really… primal about being able to move so much weight using so much of my body. Yes, it’s hard work, but that’s the point. I feel thoroughly exhausted, but I also get such a great pump from it. Hell, even though core is more important–THE most important–and I do plenty of work on that too, proper squats and dead lifts are also among the best core exercises there are. Hell, I didn’t realize how useless isolating core was until I got back into dead lifts less than a year ago and realized that, it didn’t matter how strong each of the individual muscles in my posterior chain is, if they don’t work together, I have a glaring weakness. And, for what it’s worth, I’m the rare guy who specifically loves doing calves, my absolute favorite muscle to work. On a related note, arms are the worst. Yeah, they’re great if you want to look good in a t-shirt or tank top, but I always roll my eyes when I find out someone is doing an arm day. Unless you’re in the gym 5-6 days a week, you’re wasting your time and probably over-training them. I get plenty of arm work incidentally–triceps from chest and shoulders, biceps from back, grip from back and legs–that I just need to do a few sets of isolation, not a whole day. And, opposite like how I like how hard it is to do legs, my arms definitely get fatigued, but it’s not hard in the same way, they’re just too small relative to major muscles like quads, glutes, calves, pecs, delts, lats, etc. to get the same kind of pump, so I just feel tired without that same sense of satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/13 "2016-08-26T18:07:47Z")
I prefer whole-body weight-bearing exercises that follow natural ranges of movement, like the [Turkish Get-Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Q9mxjhMy8). In fact TGUs are my favorite type of exercise. One of the problems is it’s currently not safe for me to do TGUs due to the possibility of seizures and dropping the weight on my head. I’m hoping in a few months I’ll be able to do that stuff, but until then, does anybody have any suggestions for whole-body strength exercises that do NOT require holding a weight over your head? I should maybe ask in the diet & healthy eating thread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/14 "2016-08-26T18:22:24Z")
I cannot BELIEVE legs are in first place. Seriously?? Do y’all work out legs differently than me or something? When my legs are so burned out I cannot stand up, that is not an enjoyable experience. Nowhere close!! I voted for back, because that’s the muscle group where I can show off the most, and who doesn’t like to show off? I can do nine overhand pullups in one shot, which for a woman is pretty damn good. I can also kick ass at rope climbs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/15 "2016-08-26T18:23:36Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > One of the problems is it’s currently not safe for me to do TGUs due to the possibility of seizures and dropping the weight on my head. I’m hoping in a few months I’ll be able to do that stuff, but until then, does anybody have any suggestions for whole-body strength exercises that do NOT require holding a weight over your head? I keep responding to this, and my response keeps not posting, so if it eventually goes through and this has been posted three times, then my apologies. I keep trying to say that you can do burpees. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/16 "2016-08-26T20:40:31Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > I keep responding to this, and my response keeps not posting, so if it eventually goes through and this has been posted three times, then my apologies. I keep trying to say that you can do burpees. _groan_ Thanks. :o ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/17 "2016-08-26T20:47:30Z")
I do all the things + cardio. i’m in the gym for 1.5 - 2.0 hours. Used to take me 3.0 hours. I’ve calmed down some. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/18 "2016-08-26T22:06:47Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I prefer whole-body weight-bearing exercises that follow natural ranges of movement, like the [Turkish Get-Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Q9mxjhMy8). In fact TGUs are my favorite type of exercise. > > One of the problems is it’s currently not safe for me to do TGUs due to the possibility of seizures and dropping the weight on my head. I’m hoping in a few months I’ll be able to do that stuff, but until then, does anybody have any suggestions for whole-body strength exercises that do NOT require holding a weight over your head? > > I should maybe ask in the diet & healthy eating thread. TGU’s with no weight or a small weight (like a one-pound “Barbie” weight or other small object, balancing it on your hand rather than grasping it) are still a pretty darn good workout. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/19 "2016-08-26T23:28:59Z")
Currently, shoulders are my favorite. I include traps in my shoulder workout. I really enjoy the complexity of the deltoid muscles. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010/20 "2016-08-27T01:37:11Z")
I do walking/hiking, so pretty much had to vote “all of the above.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-body-part-to-work-out-exercise-that-is/764010.md?page=2)