[quote]Sxio wrote:
The real answer? The one you can do consistently. For many this is leg press. But I would have to say lunges. Back squats if you can get to parallel or lower are great but nothing gets my legs feeling pumped faster than lunges. Geeez I hate lunges. But they’re very good.
Toss up between deadlifts and seated row.
Incline Db Press supersetted with Cable press.
Arnold Press supersetted with Lat Raises.
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Couldn’t agree more…
[quote]SteinJorgen wrote:
What do you think is the absolute best excercises for:
Legs
Back
Chest
Shoulders[/quote]
ATG Paused Squats
Progressive Pulls
Dips
Behind the Neck Press
2 lists, ones I like cause the way they feel, and ones I have a love/hate thing going on because they kick my ass.
The ones I like:
The ones I love to hate:
I see a lot of deadlifters for the back. Are we talking just regular deadlifts or their variations as well
[quote]SteinJorgen wrote:
What do you think is the absolute best excercises for:
Legs
Back
Chest
Shoulders[/quote]
Olympic Back Squats
If Squats are done in this style, this is the closest you can get to working all the muscles in your legs without having any imbalances.
Chin-Ups
Use a Neutral Grip. That’s what I would use because thats where I’m the strongest and that’s also where you won’t have to compromise between developing the midback or the lats - you get both pretty well.
Dips
Heavy Dips may not make your bench go up, but they will put slabs of muscle on your upper body. Heavy Dips will also allow you to handle the most weight.
Clean and Jerk
This is the choice I’m most comfortable with. When people think shoulders, they usually think about big medial delts. The best exercises for these is probably wide-grip high-pulls. But we want the entire shoulder area to be huge. The clean portion will hit the rear delt somewhat and will really hit the middle portion of the delt and all will really get the upper traps. The Jerk Portion will again hit the medial delt, will get the front delt good, and will give the triceps a good workout as well. The Clean and Jerk will also allow for a large load to be used. I think the snatch is the Olympic Lift that is more demanding of jumping ability that shoulder strength.
NOW FOR FUN lets look at the exercises people choose most of the time in the gym
I didn’t put Deadlifts in my list because deadlifts are the best everythingbuttricepsandpecs exercise.
As of right now my favs are:
ATG/Olympic Back squats
Rack deads, “Flite” Pulldowns (I like these because they provide a better range of motion than do traditional pulldowns, or even chins/pullups)
DB Bench, either flat or incline (once again better range of motion than BB)
Seated military/upright rows
Alright Sentoguy you know you can’t get away with saying flite pulldowns without an explanation. I’m always hungry for good lat exercises so GIMME!!haha, please?
[quote]SteinJorgen wrote:
What do you think is the absolute best excercises for:
toe touches, with a twist.
Isometric hand squeezing.
Over head hand clapping.
Enjoy all the new muscle. Remember, you heard it here first.
Oh yea, do all of the exercises explosively. 
[quote]pat36 wrote:
SteinJorgen wrote:
What do you think is the absolute best excercises for:
Extensions.
toe touches, with a twist.
Isometric hand squeezing.
Over head hand clapping.
Enjoy all the new muscle. Remember, you heard it here first.
Oh yea, do all of the exercises explosively.
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Explosively on a bosu ball holding a kettlebell between your asscheeks.
[quote]B.b. in stress! wrote:
it all depends on ur goals
if ur an athlete, then back squatting and deadlifting may aggravate ur back
however, if ur a bber then those may b the most important lifts to practice.
again it all depends on ur goals[/quote]
i have to ask why you say this? (about athlete–squat/dl)
[quote]douglas16 wrote:
B.b. in stress! wrote:
it all depends on ur goals
if ur an athlete, then back squatting and deadlifting may aggravate ur back
however, if ur a bber then those may b the most important lifts to practice.
again it all depends on ur goals
i have to ask why you say this? (about athlete–squat/dl)[/quote]
hes ignurunt. dont u lissen to him
Its all bosu ball kickbacks guys… all…bosu…
[quote]scottiscool wrote:
Alright Sentoguy you know you can’t get away with saying flite pulldowns without an explanation. I’m always hungry for good lat exercises so GIMME!!haha, please?[/quote]
Haha, I was wondering who would ask about those first.
Sadly though it’s not some secretive exercise. It’s just pulldowns done on a lat pulldown machine made by “Flite”. It’s similar to a Hammer Strentgh pull down, but it’s not unilateral.
I really like this pulldown variation because at the fully stretched position the hands are almost together, but in the fully contracted position the handles are down outside the shoulders, giving it superior ROM compared to other pulldown variations, or even pull-up variations ,unless perhaps you have a set of rings (which I also really like, along with muscle-ups, but I don’t really have a place to hang my rings at the gym, so that exercise isn’t feasible at the moment). You also can’t really cheat on these like you see a lot of guys do on regular pulldowns, so it forces the lats to do the majority of the work.
Good training,
Sentoguy
[quote]Sentoguy wrote:
scottiscool wrote:
Alright Sentoguy you know you can’t get away with saying flite pulldowns without an explanation. I’m always hungry for good lat exercises so GIMME!!haha, please?
Haha, I was wondering who would ask about those first.
Sadly though it’s not some secretive exercise. It’s just pulldowns done on a lat pulldown machine made by “Flite”. It’s similar to a Hammer Strentgh pull down, but it’s not unilateral.
I really like this pulldown variation because at the fully stretched position the hands are almost together, but in the fully contracted position the handles are down outside the shoulders, giving it superior ROM compared to other pulldown variations, or even pull-up variations ,unless perhaps you have a set of rings (which I also really like, along with muscle-ups, but I don’t really have a place to hang my rings at the gym, so that exercise isn’t feasible at the moment). You also can’t really cheat on these like you see a lot of guys do on regular pulldowns, so it forces the lats to do the majority of the work.
Good training,
Sentoguy[/quote]
Can you give us a picture of that machine?
[quote]SteinJorgen wrote:
No, I want to know your favourite excercises…[/quote]
Favourite does not equal best.
But if you’re really intersted, my fave’s are:
[quote]undeadlift wrote:
Sentoguy wrote:
scottiscool wrote:
Alright Sentoguy you know you can’t get away with saying flite pulldowns without an explanation. I’m always hungry for good lat exercises so GIMME!!haha, please?
Haha, I was wondering who would ask about those first.
Sadly though it’s not some secretive exercise. It’s just pulldowns done on a lat pulldown machine made by “Flite”. It’s similar to a Hammer Strentgh pull down, but it’s not unilateral.
I really like this pulldown variation because at the fully stretched position the hands are almost together, but in the fully contracted position the handles are down outside the shoulders, giving it superior ROM compared to other pulldown variations, or even pull-up variations ,unless perhaps you have a set of rings (which I also really like, along with muscle-ups, but I don’t really have a place to hang my rings at the gym, so that exercise isn’t feasible at the moment). You also can’t really cheat on these like you see a lot of guys do on regular pulldowns, so it forces the lats to do the majority of the work.
Good training,
Sentoguy
Can you give us a picture of that machine?[/quote]
This is the only one I can find at the moment. I’ll try to find a bigger one when I have time to really look.
If this machine is anything like the Magnum Pulldown Machines, then it’s pretty legit.
[quote]FightingScott wrote:
If this machine is anything like the Magnum Pulldown Machines, then it’s pretty legit. [/quote]
Don’t know, never used a Magnum Pulldown Machine. It hits the lats though, that much I know.