C_C would be proud lol. [/quote] The video doesn’t look quite right to me.
Anyway, don’t bother with that exercise, it’s no good for progression. It’s sort of a special case… Even if you are super-strong, doing that exercise right will only allow for fairly small poundages… It’s more of a shoulder-blade thing… Hard to describe.
Something to keep in mind for when you’re pulling 700 for reps and weighing 270+ and you still don’t have enough backwidth lol [quote]
[quote]MODOK wrote:
Thing is, STB can get away with a lot more spinal erector work simply because he is just starting and isn’t lifting bone-crushing weight (yet…but soon ;)). So my question, STB, is “Are you having lower back issues with the workload?” If you aren’t, you might not until you get stronger. If you are, then absolutely we need to head it off with exercise selection. As far as the exercises mentioned, I agree, they are all solid. I’d like to throw in from my personal collection:
Lats-
Heavy DB Pullovers
Yates Rows
Pullups with jumpstretch band assistance
Straight arm pulldowns
Chest-
DON’T @#$%ing even think about bench pressing to your neck! Seriously… that is a very very advanced technique only used with low loads with trainers using it for a very specific reason. Its NOT for progressive loading. [/quote] Agreed. That’s only for weak little Vince Gironda fans doing 8x8 on it with baby weight to get more cut [quote]
You can also use weighted dips as a chest movement by using a slightly forward body lean. [/quote]
(I’d keep dips out of the rotation in that particular ramp though, enough pressure on the shoulders as it is)
Chest… Low-Incline BB, DB, Smith machine, Other chest machines… Hey, even the pec deck (try gripping the pads if you can do that on your pec deck… Check out intensemuscle for those pec-deck push/power presses).
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Chest… Low-Incline BB, DB, Smith machine, Other chest machines… Hey, even the pec deck (try gripping the pads if you can do that on your pec deck… Check out intensemuscle for those pec-deck push/power presses).[/quote]
I’m interested to see what this pec deck push/power press is all about, although I wouldn’t be able to do them anyway (our pec deck has handles, not pads).
I think if you’re stuggling to think of appropriate exercises then what you’re doing is over-complicated. How about starting with something more like this.
[Monday] Back - deadlifts, chin ups, and barbell rows.
[Wednesday] Chest/ shoulders/ triceps - dumbell or barbell bench press, dips and overhead press.
[Friday] Legs - squats, lunges, and calf raises.
Add in curls and ab exercises (or other isolations) as you see fit, but do them after the 3 compound lifts. Then all you have to worry about is lifting hard and eating big.
[quote]marty. wrote:
I think if you’re stuggling to think of appropriate exercises then what you’re doing is over-complicated. How about starting with something more like this.
[Monday] Back - deadlifts, chin ups, and barbell rows.
[Wednesday] Chest/ shoulders/ triceps - dumbell or barbell bench press, dips and overhead press.
[Friday] Legs - squats, lunges, and calf raises.
Add in curls and ab exercises (or other isolations) as you see fit, but do them after the 3 compound lifts. Then all you have to worry about is lifting hard and eating big.
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He’s working out 6 days a week using the big beyond belief program. Your suggestion wouldn’t apply.
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