Deads.
Squats.
Deadlifts are my favorite lift.
deads, with squats a VERY close 2nd.
Reverse grip bench presses.
Pendlay row
[quote]shizen wrote:
I don’t know how you can like cleans they are very complicated lift, I guess if you have practiced them for a long time they might be awesome. Yet they are incredibly awkward lift, and I have been semi coached on it also.
For me
- Front/back squat-the kings-
- Push press-After the lift you have your hands raised in victory
- Bench press-very beneficial to my sport, throwing, also can’t lie that one of first free weight exercises I did and grew to love it [/quote]
There isnt much better than doing a heavy power clean, But it can be dangerus to do if you make a mistake. I have a bone spur on my wrist/top of my hand from trying to Max on them when I should have walked away.
But in no real order Deads, Squat and Cleans
Squats, deads and leg press.
These are the exercises I can go absolutely all out on, and be completely and absolutely exhausted after. There’s no better feeling than putting the weights down, and getting some hard earned rest after pushing/pulling some serious weight.
Deadlifts and press
If you are strong then a deadlift gives satisfaction with the sheer amount of mass being moved. If you are weaker then the deadlift will be relatively big compared to your other lifts and still satisfy. Most (healthy) men, however new to training, could work up to a modest 225 relatively quickly, even if they can’t get much in other lifts. It can be their first encounter lifting something that weights more than them, their first taste of feeling stronger, and that feeling stays with you and encourages.
Also, if it goes well there is a tingling stimulation all over from the movement and effort, a feeling of having activated everything!
Presses because, well, the weight is over your head. even if the weight isnt that great it’s still up there and feels like an accomplishment.
Heavy ass lockout squats and sumo deadlifts. A tie.
Deadlifts. Even PR squats don’t make me taste vomit and/or blur my vision.
rack pulls
deadlifts
cablerow and romanian deadlift tied for 3rd.
actually i like doing pushdowns too, those are fun.
theres nothing like doing a set of wicked heavy rack pulls and hearing the thud and watching the bar bend and wobble as you set it down or when then collars fly off.
those exercises are my favorite because i can move the most weight with them and they make me feel good about myself. as you can see im a much better puller than pusher.
- any kind of calf raise
- barbell squat
- push press
any and all back exercises!
chinup
db row
deadlift
…
Unilateral presses/Heavy Press Lockouts, Dips (Weighted and BW), Squats of all variations (especially OH and Front), Suitcase Deadlifts + conventional deads, and explosive db/kb lifts (Snatches, Swings, DB Clean + Press) are just some of my favorites.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
rack pulls
deadlifts
cablerow and romanian deadlift tied for 3rd.
actually i like doing pushdowns too, those are fun.
theres nothing like doing a set of wicked heavy rack pulls and hearing the thud and watching the bar bend and wobble as you set it down or when then collars fly off.
those exercises are my favorite because i can move the most weight with them and they make me feel good about myself. as you can see im a much better puller than pusher.[/quote]
That’s true for me also. On back days I feel like a beast, strong as fuck, much stronger than most. On pushing days I feel like I am just slightly above the average, nothing too special.
- Snatch (the explosion just feels natural) 1 arm variation gets an honorable mention nod
- Deadlift: like others have said, just super satisfying to lift incredibly heavy things
- Chins (not for reps, for weight, I’m pretty good at them so they make me feel strong (I’m at a 1.5x bodyweight chin ATM))
I would say I respect the deadlift as an incredible excercise, but I can’t say I jump for joy when I’m getting ready to do them, they absolutely flatten me.
I would say chin-ups, bench, then deadlifts.
[quote]gswork wrote:
Deadlifts and press
If you are strong then a deadlift gives satisfaction with the sheer amount of mass being moved. If you are weaker then the deadlift will be relatively big compared to your other lifts and still satisfy.
Most (healthy) men, however new to training, could work up to a modest 225 relatively quickly, even if they can’t get much in other lifts. It can be their first encounter lifting something that weights more than them, their first taste of feeling stronger, and that feeling stays with you and encourages.
Also, if it goes well there is a tingling stimulation all over from the movement and effort, a feeling of having activated everything!
Presses because, well, the weight is over your head. even if the weight isnt that great it’s still up there and feels like an accomplishment.[/quote]
Holy shit.
You took the words right out of my head. Are you me?