I guess I could add in an alternating lateral/forward lunge, high knee to hip rotation, and curl and press, but at least it’s a start.
A little older a little more broken down but still trying to get as big and strong as possible… Full house yo lol
matty - change your handle to MattyXXXL -
just a suggestion…
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
Nothing special, but I was meaning to catch this on video anyhow. A tweaked version of the basic farmer’s walk, deliberately exaggerating each step for increased calf work. You end up going a bit lighter than a “regular” farmer’s, but you can still push the distance.
The ROM of calf flexion ends up being more than a normal step but less than a full (contract and stretch) raise on a calf machine. I’ve really become a fan of relatively-heavy, flatfooted/no super-deep stretch calf work.[/quote]
This raised my curiosity. You being a contributor and all.
What made you decide to do this? Just experimenting?
Wouldn’t doing a traditional farmers walk with a much heavier weight hit your calves just as hard as that did, but still hit everything else better?
[quote]mbdix wrote:
Wouldn’t doing a traditional farmers walk with a much heavier weight hit your calves just as hard as that did, but still hit everything else better?[/quote]
DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE IS ALWAYS BETTER!!!
Okay, no, that’s not true. 
It’s just something I kinda stumbled upon and ended up playing around with on purpose. I think I was doing standard farmer’s once and, while walking quickly, I ended up getting a little bit of a bounce going and coming onto my toes. The burn soon told me, ‘Wait a tick, this could be something’ and the subsequent soreness confirmed it.
“Poor form”, technically, but when done deliberately it can definitely be used to shift the focus from “total body conditioning with a grip emphasis” to “total body conditioning with a calf/ankle support emphasis”. The calf raise, which like I said isn’t as full a ROM as you’d get with a calf raise machine, does definitely bring the lower leg much more into play than a heavy basic farmer’s walk.
The concept isn’t all that different from doing rack walks holding dumbbells in the rack/mid-hammer curl position for a little more ab/core emphasis or overhead walks for a shoulder emphasis. Just a variation, certainly not claiming it’s necessarily superior to basic farmer’s.
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
[quote]mbdix wrote:
Wouldn’t doing a traditional farmers walk with a much heavier weight hit your calves just as hard as that did, but still hit everything else better?[/quote]
DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE IS ALWAYS BETTER!!!
Okay, no, that’s not true. It’s just something I kinda stumbled upon and ended up playing around with on purpose. I think I was doing standard farmer’s once and, while walking quickly, I ended up getting a little bit of a bounce going and coming onto my toes. The burn soon told me, ‘Wait a tick, this could be something’ and the subsequent soreness confirmed it.
“Poor form”, technically, but when done deliberately it can definitely be used to shift the focus from “total body conditioning with a grip emphasis” to “total body conditioning with a calf/ankle support emphasis”. The calf raise, which like I said isn’t as full a ROM as you’d get with a calf raise machine, does definitely bring the lower leg much more into play than a heavy basic farmer’s walk.
The concept isn’t all that different from doing rack walks holding dumbbells in the rack/mid-hammer curl position for a little more ab/core emphasis or overhead walks for a shoulder emphasis. Just a variation, certainly not claiming it’s necessarily superior to basic farmer’s.[/quote]
I see. I always just add an additional set of farmers walk using lifting straps and a little increase of the weight used.
I’ve avoid farmers walks with straps… Obviously you can load more, but thought straps are pretty much a crutch and will negatively impact grip.
[quote]Edgy wrote:
matty - change your handle to MattyXXXL -
just a suggestion…[/quote]
Thanks you secksey viking
So I need to either pick ripping license plates in half, or having giant slabs of beef falling of my back and shoulders? Damn it!
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
I’ve avoid farmers walks with straps… Obviously you can load more, but thought straps are pretty much a crutch and will negatively impact grip.[/quote]
Depends on your goals. Some have goals that place a strong grip at the top of the heap. Others would rather have the additional muscle and strength that comes with the heavier weights that can be borne because of the straps.[/quote]
[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
So I need to either pick ripping license plates in half, or having giant slabs of beef falling of my back and shoulders? Damn it![/quote]
Sometimes it doesn’t even matter. For me personally, I was blessed I guess with a good enough grip. It wouldn’t actually make a difference whether I used straps or not, because I can already hold on to more weight than my back can handle. I tried a 300lb per hand farmer’s walk once and I only made it a few feet. Not because my grip gave out, but because the weight pulled my back down like a boat anchor lol.
[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
So I need to either pick ripping license plates in half, or having giant slabs of beef falling of my back and shoulders? Damn it![/quote]
No man. I personally add the straps and heavier weight after the typical farmers walk work. It’s done extra, since my grip is the weakest link, I add that set afterwards to fuck with everything else a little more.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Did some Farmer’s Walks with and without straps right here in farm country tonight with the trap bar.[/quote]
Looks about as good as it gets for a place to do them
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
I’ve avoid farmers walks with straps… Obviously you can load more, but thought straps are pretty much a crutch and will negatively impact grip.[/quote]
Depends on your goals. Some have goals that place a strong grip at the top of the heap. Others would rather have the additional muscle and strength that comes with the heavier weights that can be borne because of the straps.[/quote]
[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
So I need to either pick ripping license plates in half, or having giant slabs of beef falling of my back and shoulders? Damn it![/quote]
Sometimes it doesn’t even matter. For me personally, I was blessed I guess with a good enough grip. It wouldn’t actually make a difference whether I used straps or not, because I can already hold on to more weight than my back can handle. I tried a 300lb per hand farmer’s walk once and I only made it a few feet. Not because my grip gave out, but because the weight pulled my back down like a boat anchor lol.[/quote]
300lbs per hand… Using mopeds?
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]crotheater wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Hit 366x4 on conventional deads a few weeks ago. I’ve managed to lose a whooping 5 pounds too… >_<
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Boom! Nice set-up by they way…[/quote]
Thanks man. It’s starting to come along nicely. [/quote]
Amazing setup! Very jealous. [/quote]
Thanks! If you have the space I say go for it. I love it! It’s a bit of an investment up front, but it’s really not that bad. I sunk about $2,500 in it initially and am probably close to 4k now (not counting the treadmill). Break even is like 5-7 years depending on your membership fee. You could easily spend less though. The oly bar and bumpers weren’t cheap (Although they were on sale). You could build a cheap platform too. [/quote]
I recently switched over to a home gym. With the lady of the house and I not spending money on membership fees or the commute (20 mins one-way), we figure the break even for our current set up will be one year. We are going to be adding a few items soon.
[quote]Will207 wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]crotheater wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Hit 366x4 on conventional deads a few weeks ago. I’ve managed to lose a whooping 5 pounds too… >_<
[/quote]
Boom! Nice set-up by they way…[/quote]
Thanks man. It’s starting to come along nicely. [/quote]
Amazing setup! Very jealous. [/quote]
Thanks! If you have the space I say go for it. I love it! It’s a bit of an investment up front, but it’s really not that bad. I sunk about $2,500 in it initially and am probably close to 4k now (not counting the treadmill). Break even is like 5-7 years depending on your membership fee. You could easily spend less though. The oly bar and bumpers weren’t cheap (Although they were on sale). You could build a cheap platform too. [/quote]
I recently switched over to a home gym. With the lady of the house and I not spending money on membership fees or the commute (20 mins one-way), we figure the break even for our current set up will be one year. We are going to be adding a few items soon. [/quote]
Nice, a home gym definitely pays for itself and pretty quickly.
[quote]gregron wrote:
Ok, a more legit photo this time
Dat public bathroom lighting doe[/quote]