[quote]K-Man32 wrote:
Very arrogant to say you have no weaknesses.[/quote]
Ohh yeah? I definitely have lifts that outshine others, but the title of the thread is “What Exercises Do You Suck At?” And quite honestly I don’t suck at any.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
[quote]K-Man32 wrote:
Very arrogant to say you have no weaknesses.[/quote]
Ohh yeah? I definitely have lifts that outshine others, but the title of the thread is “What Exercises Do You Suck At?” And quite honestly I don’t suck at any.[/quote]
LOL, I guess I completely misinterpreted this thread.
I thought it was about the ones that don’t shine as bright.
I feel that all my lifts suck. Not a single one of my lifts is as high as I would like it to be. I guess its just a matter of time, but I don’t think my lifts will ever be acceptable.
SLDL/Romanian DL. My hip mobility or whatever, something is just too tight. I bend like steel rebar.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
[quote]K-Man32 wrote:
Very arrogant to say you have no weaknesses.[/quote]
Ohh yeah? I definitely have lifts that outshine others, but the title of the thread is “What Exercises Do You Suck At?” And quite honestly I don’t suck at any.[/quote]
LOL, I guess I completely misinterpreted this thread.
I thought it was about the ones that don’t shine as bright.[/quote]
I gotcha, i was just ranting.
Squats. I’ve pretty much accepted the fact that i can’t correctly squat. Not everybodys bodys are the same some people seem to think everyone should squat.
Also pull ups… I am not progressing and to be honest I feel lat pulldowns so much more in my latsunder the arm pit and I’m able to squeeze my shoulder blades, unlike pull ups. I think I might drop pull ups actually
[quote]mr popular wrote:
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
None[/quote]
Seriously LOL
If you guys truly suck at specific yet basic exercises like this, that should be indicative of an imabalance that needs correcting. [/quote]
YEAH! EVERYONE BE PERFECT RIGHT NOW!!! FROM DAY 1!!!
anyway…yeah, squats feel awkward to me too. Then I tried over-head squats and said fuck them!
I dislike bent over lateral raises. Just awkward for me. Which sucks, cause I really wanna hit my rear delts more. Also, to echo others, upright rows are weird too. getting the elbows up seems to be my biggest issue with that lift though.
If you suck that bad at squats, try single leg variations like Bulgarian split squats. Usually, people with long legs (compared to back) are pretty bad at squats.
Use higher volume too, and concentrate really well on the negative portion.
So if you’re used to doing say 4 sets of 5 reps, do 6 sets of 8 reps (last set being the failure set).
Seated overhead pressing hurts mid back, high incline seems fine though…
Most tricep extension hurt my elbows, PJR pullovers are fine…
Barbell curls hurt my wrists, EZ/DBs and cables are fine…
DB flys aggrevaiate my shoulders, cable crossovers are fine…
Front squats are also a pathletic lift at best for me. If I try going over 225 the bar rolls off mt delts. Not sure if the hip flexors are too tight or if my core just isn’t strong enough but, when I bottom out I lean forward. It sickens me to see guys front squating 3 or 4 plates. I hate you all.
[quote]dnlcdstn wrote:
Front squats are also a pathletic lift at best for me. If I try going over 225 the bar rolls off mt delts. Not sure if the hip flexors are too tight or if my core just isn’t strong enough but, when I bottom out I lean forward. It sickens me to see guys front squating 3 or 4 plates. I hate you all. [/quote]
You may just have poor bar position man. Do you use a clean grip, or do you cross your hands?
Also, a lot of guys don’t realize that to front squat correctly, the bar literally has to be in contact with your neck muscles (which takes getting used to). It isn’t supposed to actually be resting on the deltoids themselves, or else this surely will force you to lean forward.
For me, the bar rolling off my shoulders just isn’t a possibility whether I have 1 plate a side or 3. My positioning wouldn’t allow for that, so my suggestion is to look at your form before trying to correct tight hips or anything like that.
Squats and deadlifts because of 2 bad discs.
I was pretty good at front squats though.
[quote]dnlcdstn wrote:
Front squats are also a pathletic lift at best for me. If I try going over 225 the bar rolls off mt delts. Not sure if the hip flexors are too tight or if my core just isn’t strong enough but, when I bottom out I lean forward. It sickens me to see guys front squating 3 or 4 plates. I hate you all. [/quote]
most the guys you see at the gym doing any squat variation (which is a miracle in itself) are only squating 1/4-1/2 depth. You could move the same or more weight if you did a pussy version too.
[quote]shicks wrote:
most the guys you see at the gym doing any squat variation (which is a miracle in itself) are only squating 1/4-1/2 depth. You could move the same or more weight if you did a pussy version too. [/quote]
So if I’m building decent mass on my thighs and pushing 5 plates on each side, but not going down 100%, then that’s a pussy version…?
I hate to see someone boast about their lifts if their ROM is terrible, but at the same time I can’t stand the ROM police criticizing ROM just for the sake of it (as if every lifter who limits ROM is an ego lifter).
People act as if the limited ROM in itself is what adds all the strength. If you’re squatting 150lbs for a full ROM, do you honestly think that if you did half squats you’d suddenly be able to squat 500lbs?
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]shicks wrote:
most the guys you see at the gym doing any squat variation (which is a miracle in itself) are only squating 1/4-1/2 depth. You could move the same or more weight if you did a pussy version too. [/quote]
So if I’m building decent mass on my thighs and pushing 5 plates on each side, but not going down 100%, then that’s a pussy version…?
I hate to see someone boast about their lifts if their ROM is terrible, but at the same time I can’t stand the ROM police criticizing ROM just for the sake of it (as if every lifter who limits ROM is an ego lifter).
People act as if it’s the limited ROM in itself that adds all the strength. If you’re squatting 150lbs for a full ROM, do you honestly think that if you did half squats you’d suddenly be able to squat 500lbs?[/quote]
Alright, you’re an exception. clearly you’re doing limited ROM for a specific goal. The people I reference are doing limited ROM because they can’t check their ego and take off a plate. Like you said “i hate to see someone boast about their lifts if their ROM is terrible” which is the group of people i was referencing. sorry.
It’s ok, I was just clarifying it.
For bodybuilding purposes, ROM isn’t THAT important. So long as the muscle is under decent tension for a decent amount of time, and each week you are progressing.
Sometimes, depending on body structure, limiting the ROM to the strongest rang of motion is beneficial (targets main muscle more) - something that lifters learn the more advanced they get.
Given two options; if you were to spend 1 year making little to no progress on the bench press, but all of a sudden you made consistent progress week by week by cutting out a few inches of the lift…which would you chose?
Progressive overload is the key, not moving the weight from A to B
i gave up freeweight squatting…squatting did build a lot of size on my quads and also my lower back, but i injured myself numerous times back squatting…
i have a short torso relative to my legs, and it forces me to have an excessive forward lean…It just puts my back in a dangerous posistion, and I rather keep progressing on machines then stall my progress for months because of an injury…there is a lot of good machines for legs now, so it’s not really an issue…
i also don’t deadlift from the floor for similar reasons…I do partial deadlifts to mid shin …If i go lower than that then I experience rounding…
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]shicks wrote:
most the guys you see at the gym doing any squat variation (which is a miracle in itself) are only squating 1/4-1/2 depth. You could move the same or more weight if you did a pussy version too. [/quote]
So if I’m building decent mass on my thighs and pushing 5 plates on each side, but not going down 100%, then that’s a pussy version…?
I hate to see someone boast about their lifts if their ROM is terrible, but at the same time I can’t stand the ROM police criticizing ROM just for the sake of it (as if every lifter who limits ROM is an ego lifter).
People act as if the limited ROM in itself is what adds all the strength. If you’re squatting 150lbs for a full ROM, do you honestly think that if you did half squats you’d suddenly be able to squat 500lbs?[/quote]
There are people on this website who could see this happen at their gym, and the first thought in their head would be “yeah that’s impressive and all, but I wish he wouldn’t use that pussy neck pad and stopping above parallel…”
[quote]dnlcdstn wrote:
Front squats are also a pathletic lift at best for me. If I try going over 225 the bar rolls off mt delts. Not sure if the hip flexors are too tight or if my core just isn’t strong enough but, when I bottom out I lean forward. It sickens me to see guys front squating 3 or 4 plates. I hate you all. [/quote]
I like to use the cue “choke yourself” with fronts to keep a good bar position. If it helps you can imagine the drill sergeant from full metal jacket yelling it at you haha