Squats because they feel good when I can barely walk over to my glass of water after a set. I don’t get the same feeling from any other movement.
Bench, never fails at overall upper body growth. I attribute a lot (not all) of my delt, chest, and tricep size to it.
Squat…bench…shoulder press…curls…BB row…
Austin - Looking thick in that new avatar dude! : )
I absolutely love sets of 20 rep leg press. Since I don’t have to worry about stabilizing anything I just close my eyes and send my mind into the muscle. The pump is so intense it feels like my quad is going to rip off the bone. Not to mention, 20 reps of anything heavy is generally going to push you to your limits, which is obviously awesome. LUV LUV LUV this!
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
Austin - Looking thick in that new avatar dude! : ) [/quote]
Seriously. It blows me away how old some of the young guys on here actually are compared to your pics.
[quote]debraD wrote:
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
Austin - Looking thick in that new avatar dude! : ) [/quote]
Seriously. It blows me away how old some of the young guys on here actually are compared to your pics. [/quote]
Awe, thanks guys <333
[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Incline Fly
Nule Kick
IDL
Leg Press
Smith Machine bb row
WA Latpulldown
zottman curls
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*cracks whip
WRONG ROCKULA, TRY AGAIN![/quote]
cries
Scott Curl
Rope Lat Pressdown
Decline Pullover
Rope Front Raise
DB Laterals
braces for impact
T-bar rows with 45 lb plates, absolutely tears my lats apart. For some reason, it doesn’t feel the same with smaller plates (35 lbs, 25 lbs) even with the increased range of motion.
Incline dumbbells, don’t know why but they hit my chest great.
close stance squats all the way down, i haven’t found another exercise that can mimic what I feel with this exercise
Kroc rows have really taken over for lat work. Nothing hits my lats the way Kroc rows do, plus the weight has gone up almost 60lbs in 4-5 months which always makes for a good ego lift.
I’ve also taken a liking to box squats over normal squats, I can stay tighter throughout the exercise and hold much better form.
[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
Front squats, every variation known to man. My quads are one of my best body parts, and I attribute that to these. Wide front squats to parallel, narrow front squats ATG, with or without plates under heels, paused ATG front squats, oly grip, no hands, BBer grip, they’re all awesome and fun, and make people look at you with their “WTF?” face. They also are an excellent way to work legs without stressing the spine as much as back squats, and give you cool calluses on your shoulders. I think if everyone could front squat double bodyweight or more, the world would be a better place :)[/quote]
Excellent! thats what these posts should look like. Wicked looking Medialis’s in your avatar there, H4M[/quote]
Why thank you sir…and what can I say, I’m madly in love with front squats, I’ve had to end multiple relationship because the women didn’t understand my burning passion for them.
wide grip ezbar skulls, nothing else seems to rock my tris as good as this one and no elbow pain to speak of.
Pull ups for me. I guess since I have been doing them since gym in kindergarten that my body just “gels” with them. No other exercise gives me the same pump and I have no where near the MMC as I get with pull ups.
1/BP ; because it hits not just chest but delts&triceps,all pushing muscles of upperbody…
2/squatlift with trapbar; legs,biceps femoralis,buttock and low back
3/tbar row
add to this three any biceps curl and a neck excercise and you have worked all body woithout too much mental masturbations.
Mike
“There are select exercises that we perform daily that we absolutely love.”
Masterbation?
My Favs
Chest - DB flat bench - Chest is a imbalance of mine and my triceps like to take over, but if I go heavy and stick to the bottom half of the lift I feel like these are really helping.
Back - BB Bent over row - Like to go heavy with these to kick off my back day. Form is a little loose, but it helps get me in the zone for the rest of my workout.
Legs - Leg Press - Like the above loading up a bunch of 45s really kicks off a workout for me.
Shoulders - Seated mili press in the smith machine - Don’t have to worry about those silly stabilizer muscles getting in the way of lifting heavy weights.
Arms - DB curl
Tris - Cable pushdowns
Right now it’s scarecrows. It keeps my shoulder healthy.
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
I absolutely love sets of 20 rep leg press. Since I don’t have to worry about stabilizing anything I just close my eyes and send my mind into the muscle. The pump is so intense it feels like my quad is going to rip off the bone. Not to mention, 20 reps of anything heavy is generally going to push you to your limits, which is obviously awesome. LUV LUV LUV this![/quote]
Did i ever tell you about the exercise “2 Minutes” ? It was leg pressing, constantly, no breaks, for 2 minutes. That was the most pumping thing i have ever done. literally felt like my legs were gonna A-splode
Front squats for sure. I really feel like I can perform them much better then back squats. 20 reppers on front squats are insane. I also like overhead press and push press because something about pushing weight above your head is awesome. Especially when it is your own bodyweight. Pull-ups because they really seperate a lot of people. It is not so easy to squat or deadlift a ton of weight AND be good at pull-ups.
Chest= weighted dips. Elbows flared out slightly, leaning forward, going up 3/4 of the way up into a nice slow negative. They are also a phenomenal triceps builder but are better for me for chest than any bar or dumbbell work.
Triceps= reverse grip smith presses in an angled smith machine. A lot of you guys do these now, grip is a little outside shoulder width and you push up and “towards your feet” which with the angled version you are able to do slightly.
Back= rack chins for width and rack deads for thickness. These are pretty self explanatory. I try and use a 2-3 second negative for the deads these days which is a long ass time for that kind of move but seems a little more effective than just lifting and letting it free fall.
Hamstrings= Incline GHR. Setup in a 45 degree hyper extension, lower slowly down to a full stretch with the back still arched… pull up under control using primarily the hamstrings and when your body straightens out violently contract the hamstrings to lift the upper body(like a bodyweight leg curl). These make my hamstrings more sore than any movement ever has. Anyone who has trouble “feeling” the hamstrings do work on a compound movement will be feeling them for 3-5 days afterwards.
Quads= Cybex Squat press. Yeah yeah, a machine. It fits very nicely with my body mechanics and I’m able to grind out reps better on this machine than the traditional 45 degree sleds.
SRQ’s
Quarter Squats and partner BP/Row