Selecting Exercises at the Gym - What's "Optimal" ?
Exercise selection has become a topic of interest in recent months with the term "optimal" being heavily used to describe different exercises. Although, as a community basing it's merits on evidence we have available, it is important to understand that everything in fitness lies on a broad spectrum. With that being said, we certainly do have evidence, both in the literature and anecdotal, allowing us to regard and disregard certain exercises and movement patterns.