What’s the Single Best Exercise?

[mmmsteak]

Or, the NYT attempts to try to think about exercise

But there’s something undignified and boring about a squats-only routine. And the science supporting weight training as an all-purpose exercise approach, while provocative, remains inconclusive. Is there a single activity that has proved to be, at once, more strenuous than walking while building power like the squat?

Sigh...

[Marotta]

Pretty sure if you had to do only one exercise, the best would be a full snatch or a full clean and jerk/press.

[hbriem]

Yeah. If one were artificially reduced to one (how could that happen anyway?) something like the clean and press or clean and jerk would be the best.

Squatting isn't bad and as someone in that article said, brisk walking isn't awful. I do it every day, but more for enjoyment than "exercise".

[sedition]

deathlifts

[David_G]

A full ROM clean and jerk

[Kje_simen]

Probably one of the olympic lifts, yes. But a muscle-up wouldn't be bad either. If you are strong enoug to do them slow, it is basically a workout of the entire upperbody in one exercise.

[ColoWayno]

Bicept curlz, duh.

[mstrofbass]

Probably one of the olympic lifts, yes. But a muscle-up wouldn't be bad either. If you are strong enoug to do them slow, it is basically a workout of the entire upperbody in one exercise.

Sounds good...no need to include the lower body in there.

[Kje_simen]

Sounds good...no need to include the lower body in there.

I have to admit, I would rather have a big upperbody and chicken legs, than big legs and no upperbody at all.

Not sure if I will get shot now though.

[Carlos Daniel]

I have to admit, I would rather have a big upperbody and chicken legs, than big legs and no upperbody at all.

Not sure if I will get shot now though.

You do know that Rip can have you killed, right?