5 Exercises You're Doing Wrong

Training comic · April 10, 2026 · 6 slides

This comic highlights common mistakes in five popular gym exercises, including lat pulldowns, bicep curls, bench presses, and squats. It provides clear visual corrections to help lifters improve their form, prevent injury, and maximize muscle gains.

The GainFrame mascot stands in a gym looking stressed and pointing to another mascot struggling with a heavy barbell squat in the background, introducing the topic of common exercise mistakes.
GainFrame Guy. 5 Exercises You're Doing Wrong.
The GainFrame mascot demonstrates the incorrect way to do a lat pulldown by leaning back excessively, contrasted with the correct way of sitting upright and pulling the bar to the chest.
1. Lat Pulldown. Stop leaning back. Sit upright. Pull to your chest.
The GainFrame mascot shows the wrong way to do bicep curls by swinging a heavy barbell, compared to the correct form of keeping elbows pinned and controlling dumbbells.
2. Bicep Curls. Pin your elbows. Stop swinging. Control the weight.
The GainFrame mascot illustrates the incorrect bench press technique of bouncing the barbell off the chest, contrasted with the correct method of a controlled descent and a brief pause at the bottom.
3. Bench Press. Stop bouncing. Controlled descent. Pause at the bottom.
The GainFrame mascot demonstrates the wrong squat form with knees caving inward and heels lifted, next to the correct form of keeping knees out, heels down, and hitting proper depth.
4. Squats. Knees out. Heels down. Hit depth.
The GainFrame mascot holds a smartphone displaying a progress tracker app in one hand and a dumbbell in the other, emphasizing that better form leads to better results.
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