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Training Bodybuilding
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[quote]Elite0423 wrote:
Akuma, mind posting your typical back routine? I know your a volume junkie probably like 12 exercises haha !!
[/quote]

haha you fuckers, just when i get home from the gym and sit make me stand back up and go out to my car to get my journal! UGH

sure. I warn you, last week’s back workout was a bit weird. Whenever I dont workout with my Trainer partner, i take the opportunity to jump around on things and experiment lol:

Lat Pulldowns- 15/100x 2
Pullups- 8/Bodyweight, 8/+25lb, 8/+45lb, 8/+70
Parallel Rows (Pendalay apparently lol)- 8/95, 8/135, 8/185, 8/225
DB Rows- 8/60, 8/80, 8/100, 8/120, 8/140
HS Isolateral row (Pinch and negatives accentuated)- 8/180, 8/270, 8/360, 8/450
Rack Pulls-15/135, 15/185, 15/225, 15/275

And that was the Back portion of my workout =p

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:

[quote]Elite0423 wrote:
Akuma, mind posting your typical back routine? I know your a volume junkie probably like 12 exercises haha !!
[/quote]

haha you fuckers, just when i get home from the gym and sit make me stand back up and go out to my car to get my journal! UGH

sure. I warn you, last week’s back workout was a bit weird. Whenever I dont workout with my Trainer partner, i take the opportunity to jump around on things and experiment lol:

Lat Pulldowns- 15/100x 2
Pullups- 8/Bodyweight, 8/+25lb, 8/+45lb, 8/+70
Parallel Rows (Pendalay apparently lol)- 8/95, 8/135, 8/185, 8/225
DB Rows- 8/60, 8/80, 8/100, 8/120, 8/140
HS Isolateral row (Pinch and negatives accentuated)- 8/180, 8/270, 8/360, 8/450
Rack Pulls-15/135, 15/185, 15/225, 15/275

And that was the Back portion of my workout =p[/quote]

Judging by your numbers on Db rows and Pendlays…you do them pretty strict eh?

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[quote]hungry4more wrote:

[quote]Akuma01 wrote:

[quote]Elite0423 wrote:
Akuma, mind posting your typical back routine? I know your a volume junkie probably like 12 exercises haha !!
[/quote]

haha you fuckers, just when i get home from the gym and sit make me stand back up and go out to my car to get my journal! UGH

sure. I warn you, last week’s back workout was a bit weird. Whenever I dont workout with my Trainer partner, i take the opportunity to jump around on things and experiment lol:

Lat Pulldowns- 15/100x 2
Pullups- 8/Bodyweight, 8/+25lb, 8/+45lb, 8/+70
Parallel Rows (Pendalay apparently lol)- 8/95, 8/135, 8/185, 8/225
DB Rows- 8/60, 8/80, 8/100, 8/120, 8/140
HS Isolateral row (Pinch and negatives accentuated)- 8/180, 8/270, 8/360, 8/450
Rack Pulls-15/135, 15/185, 15/225, 15/275

And that was the Back portion of my workout =p[/quote]

Judging by your numbers on Db rows and Pendlays…you do them pretty strict eh? [/quote]

Well i just recently started doing Pendlays…
I dont really get your approach though, sarcasm isnt too detectable via the internet. So, care to elaborate?

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:

[quote]hungry4more wrote:

[quote]Akuma01 wrote:

[quote]Elite0423 wrote:
Akuma, mind posting your typical back routine? I know your a volume junkie probably like 12 exercises haha !!
[/quote]

haha you fuckers, just when i get home from the gym and sit make me stand back up and go out to my car to get my journal! UGH

sure. I warn you, last week’s back workout was a bit weird. Whenever I dont workout with my Trainer partner, i take the opportunity to jump around on things and experiment lol:

Lat Pulldowns- 15/100x 2
Pullups- 8/Bodyweight, 8/+25lb, 8/+45lb, 8/+70
Parallel Rows (Pendalay apparently lol)- 8/95, 8/135, 8/185, 8/225
DB Rows- 8/60, 8/80, 8/100, 8/120, 8/140
HS Isolateral row (Pinch and negatives accentuated)- 8/180, 8/270, 8/360, 8/450
Rack Pulls-15/135, 15/185, 15/225, 15/275

And that was the Back portion of my workout =p[/quote]

Judging by your numbers on Db rows and Pendlays…you do them pretty strict eh? [/quote]

Well i just recently started doing Pendlays…
I dont really get your approach though, sarcasm isnt too detectable via the internet. So, care to elaborate? [/quote]

Not really sarcasm. A lot of people (H4M included,) like to do their DB rows with fairly loose form - a la Kroc Rows. Can really work wonders… awesome for conditioning and generally just ripping heavy-ass weights.

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Well then yes, i am pretty strict in those movements. Like i said, unfortunately my Dbs cap out at 140lbers. As for the Pendlay Row, I ensure i pinch and focus on the negative rep. if i were doing regular BB rows, id be working w/ 400+ lbs

[edit] dont actually know what kroc rows are. I do my DB rows with a knee on a flat bench, body parallel to the floor.

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Lats : rack chins

nuff said

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
Well then yes, i am pretty strict in those movements. Like i said, unfortunately my Dbs cap out at 140lbers. As for the Pendlay Row, I ensure i pinch and focus on the negative rep. if i were doing regular BB rows, id be working w/ 400+ lbs

[edit] dont actually know what kroc rows are. I do my DB rows with a knee on a flat bench, body parallel to the floor.[/quote]

Nothing too heinous or fancy. Just DB rows + loose form + super stretched lat on the negatives with a shit load of reps.

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Hmm, then thats basically what i do now, except since like i said my Dbs stop at 140, i perform them at a bit slower speed for added effect.

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
Well then yes, i am pretty strict in those movements. Like i said, unfortunately my Dbs cap out at 140lbers. As for the Pendlay Row, I ensure i pinch and focus on the negative rep. if i were doing regular BB rows, id be working w/ 400+ lbs

[edit] dont actually know what kroc rows are. I do my DB rows with a knee on a flat bench, body parallel to the floor.[/quote]

OOPs already posted.

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I suppose we got a lot of perfect backs in here…

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
Btw way, I checked out those pendlay rows, and that’s the movement i call parallel rows (as in upper body parallel to the floor). So yes, i use those.[/quote]

pendlay rows involve resetting, putting bar back onto floor between each rep.

Otherwise you’re just doing parallel bent over rows.

Beastly pull-ups man!

Anyone feel very wide pull-ups don’t seem to hit lats as hard as slightly outside of shoulder width stuff?

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
I suppose we got a lot of perfect backs in here…[/quote]

LOL

Deads gave me a lot of mid and lower back thickness.

Oldschool Tbars are my bread and butter row. But I need to start rowing into my ribs/chest to get some upperback thickness. I can destroy my lower lats and mid back by standing a bit more upright and rowing into my belly.

Close grip pulldowns, best upper lat width exercise ever, lol. Rack chins can kiss my ass.

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
I suppose we got a lot of perfect backs in here…[/quote]

LOL

Deads gave me a lot of mid and lower back thickness.

Oldschool Tbars are my bread and butter row. But I need to start rowing into my ribs/chest to get some upperback thickness. I can destroy my lower lats and mid back by standing a bit more upright and rowing into my belly.

Close grip pulldowns, best upper lat width exercise ever, lol. Rack chins can kiss my ass.[/quote]

You know i dont care for tbars in the slightest now. I used to be fine with em, but that was back when i weighed 180. Now that shit is just a device where i crush my sternum/nuts. When you put your weight on top and add however amount of ridiculous poundage you use = no bueno for your sternum/sack.

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
I suppose we got a lot of perfect backs in here…[/quote]

LOL

Deads gave me a lot of mid and lower back thickness.

Oldschool Tbars are my bread and butter row. But I need to start rowing into my ribs/chest to get some upperback thickness. I can destroy my lower lats and mid back by standing a bit more upright and rowing into my belly.

Close grip pulldowns, best upper lat width exercise ever, lol. Rack chins can kiss my ass.[/quote]

You know i dont care for tbars in the slightest now. I used to be fine with em, but that was back when i weighed 180. Now that shit is just a device where i crush my sternum/nuts. When you put your weight on top and add however amount of ridiculous poundage you use = no bueno for your sternum/sack.[/quote]

How short are your arms, lol?

You could always just take a step back too…

I don’t know, I’ve never hit em before. And I hump the shit out of the bar when I get up to 7 plates.

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[quote]plateau wrote:

[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
Btw way, I checked out those pendlay rows, and that’s the movement i call parallel rows (as in upper body parallel to the floor). So yes, i use those.[/quote]

pendlay rows involve resetting, putting bar back onto floor between each rep.

Otherwise you’re just doing parallel bent over rows.

Beastly pull-ups man!

Anyone feel very wide pull-ups don’t seem to hit lats as hard as slightly outside of shoulder width stuff?[/quote]

Lol when my body is bent at the waist 90degrees and i got 45s on the bar, its gonna be hitting the floor. SO i had been basically resetting each rep. Come to think of it, my gym has a shitty Deadlift platform i could probably use to give myself a couple inches to work with…

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Akuma01 wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
I suppose we got a lot of perfect backs in here…[/quote]

LOL

Deads gave me a lot of mid and lower back thickness.

Oldschool Tbars are my bread and butter row. But I need to start rowing into my ribs/chest to get some upperback thickness. I can destroy my lower lats and mid back by standing a bit more upright and rowing into my belly.

Close grip pulldowns, best upper lat width exercise ever, lol. Rack chins can kiss my ass.[/quote]

You know i dont care for tbars in the slightest now. I used to be fine with em, but that was back when i weighed 180. Now that shit is just a device where i crush my sternum/nuts. When you put your weight on top and add however amount of ridiculous poundage you use = no bueno for your sternum/sack.[/quote]

How short are your arms, lol?

You could always just take a step back too…

I don’t know, I’ve never hit em before. And I hump the shit out of the bar when I get up to 7 plates. [/quote]

Lol yea we’re talking about 2 different tbars. Tbars i was referring to originally are done on kinda like an incline bench, where your chest is on a pad.

Ive also done Old school tbars, and due to my pretty short arms, would “whap Sack” in that movement aswell. Furthermore, Old school Tbars is the ONLY exercise i have ever actually injured myself in, Minor Delt Pull. So we just never really did em again lol

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
So we just never really did em again lol[/quote]

That is me and front squats.

The way I see it, if I hurt myself with 135, I’m never doing it again.

Fair enough.

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
So we just never really did em again lol[/quote]

That is me and front squats.

The way I see it, if I hurt myself with 135, I’m never doing it again.

Fair enough.[/quote]

weaksauce. I love front squats too. Doing em elevated takes such a great toll on the quads. I just caught myself, I was about to get into different leg workouts, but GDI beans, this is a back thread! YOU FUCKING TALK BACK, NOW!

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[quote]plateau wrote:

Anyone feel very wide pull-ups don’t seem to hit lats as hard as slightly outside of shoulder width stuff?[/quote]

You go really wide anything and all your doing to me is decreasing your ability for ROM. It seems Shoulder width is one of the Universal measurements for gripping a bar/handle, whether it be at shoulder width, a smidgen within, or a thumb past lol, ya know?

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Man I love these threads! thanks akuma for taking the time:D