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sassassin posted:I'm not american kneeling needle crunches and vodka curls
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Idk who I want to be more: the old guy using every machine in the gym, or the skinny guy doing 10 lbs curls with cosmic yoga pants on.
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Homestar Runner posted:sure, since you asked DB flies are a tried n true exercise that have worked for most people, but if all you get out of them is a hypertrophied "coracobrachialis" (lol) yeah I'd suggest trying a different alternative. As far as the loss of tension at the top, believe it or not but you don't have to use full ROM to work a muscle. In fact, you may even experience better results by limiting your ROM to the portion of the exercise where the tension on your muscle is greatest! if a particular exercise isn't working for you, find a better alternative. I thought this was common sense but maybe not
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You can always just flex the poo poo out of your pecs at the top of a db fly if you're not feeling the burn. After all your brain is what ultimately controls how hard your meat works, not the dumbbell.
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notZaar posted:It's called being lean. How else will people know at a glance that I'm wealthy enough to never go hungry?
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Dum Cumpster posted:How else will people know at a glance that I'm wealthy enough to never go hungry? bling
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Profondo Rosso posted:any tips for isolating pecs? even on flys I feel like my shoulders/arms are doing most of the work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqPhWI5BRs I like these.
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Mar 30, 2016 15:13
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Just loving bench 400lbs to work your chest this poo poo isn't that hard, bros
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Booties posted:Idk who I want to be more: the old guy using every machine in the gym, or the skinny guy doing 10 lbs curls with cosmic yoga pants on. Old guy using every machine in the gym while wearing cosmic yoga pants.
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Mar 30, 2016 15:36
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i smell like gunpowder
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Zahgaegun posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqPhWI5BRs Oh cool I had never seen these until yesterday some guy was doing em in the corner next to the water fountain
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Fallows posted:Oh cool I had never seen these until yesterday some guy was doing em in the corner next to the water fountain You can also do one-armed side raises with an empty (at least for me) Bar. Face sideways, keep your arm straight. Those things are crazy.
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Zahgaegun posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqPhWI5BRs i gotta try dis
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SpeedyCow posted:Just loving bench 400lbs to work your chest this poo poo isn't that hard, bros Some of us have long arms bro
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Mar 30, 2016 17:28
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FizFashizzle posted:Some of us have long arms bro So lift 300 and build up to 400 you can do it!!!
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My bench relative to my deadlift and squats is embarrassing. Hell I can snatch more than my bench
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Well you're strong as hell so that's okay and you could build your bench up if you focused on it. But not being able to bench at least 1.5x body weight and then wondering what chest exercises you can do to get a bigger one is dumb. Just build your bench up and then if your chest is still tiny then do isolation stuff but also get steroids.
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SpeedyCow posted:Well you're strong as hell so that's okay and you could build your bench up if you focused on it. I'm not quite at 1.5 bw bench (although hopefully in a few more months) but this seems like a dumb approach. if I already have a bad habit of using my triceps/delts more in a bench focusing purely on the bench and ignoring isolation will only cause further imbalance. could be wrong here I admit on a side note, thanks for the recommendations. gotta try em out next time
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since i never have a spot I am just working my bench from my max weight of 5 reps up to 10. Is there a better way to increase my max without a spot?
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if you got one of those racks with a safety pin thing you could always do that
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Zzulu posted:if you got one of those racks with a safety pin thing you could always do that no dice. i miss my old gyms power rack. 
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Mar 30, 2016 18:19
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lol if you do any exercise that arnold didnt do
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FogHelmut posted:lol if you do any exercise that arnold didnt do 
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Profondo Rosso posted:I'm not quite at 1.5 bw bench (although hopefully in a few more months) but this seems like a dumb approach. if I already have a bad habit of using my triceps/delts more in a bench focusing purely on the bench and ignoring isolation will only cause further imbalance. could be wrong here I admit I don't see how doing a full ROM with heavier weight and proper form can build muscle imbalances, but I also admit I could be wrong
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SpeedyCow posted:I don't see how doing a full ROM with heavier weight and proper form can build muscle imbalances, but I also admit I could be wrong Well, it's easier with a barbell to continue current imbalances because one arm can make up for the other to a certain extent since the weight is all connected. This is why it's important to work dumbbells too, because each arm has to lift the weight completely.
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Mar 30, 2016 20:23
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Chinatown posted:since i never have a spot I am just working my bench from my max weight of 5 reps up to 10. Is there a better way to increase my max without a spot? you dont have to lift maximally to get stronger
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Skim Milk posted:you dont have to lift maximally to get stronger but the more weight you have on the bar the cooler you look so.... 
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Chinatown posted:but the more weight you have on the bar the cooler you look so....
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Homestar Runner posted:that's because they are ---> http://athleanx.com/best-workout-program-videos/chest-fly-fallacy This dude isn't saying Flys don't work, he's saying that a lot of people get injured from them and there are less injurious ways to work that muscle. Which he would. Because he's a physical therapist and deals with them all the time. And that's all he deals with, are the injured.
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Injuries are due to three possibilities: 1. You're not strong enough 2. You're not taking steroids 3. You're over 30
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FogHelmut posted:Injuries are due to three possibilities: Hat trick!
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You should be stretching.
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notZaar posted:Hat trick! Same Hit 425x5 deadlift tonight 
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last nights carne asada burrito has fully left my system leaving me filled with protein and feeling light and refreshed. time to lift.
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SpeedyCow posted:I don't see how doing a full ROM with heavier weight and proper form can build muscle imbalances, but I also admit I could be wrong Everybody has muscular imbalances, save for like a blessed 5%. Ex: most people will have peaked biceps or hanging triceps, p much nobody has both. So it's not unusual, but there's also pretty much no way to correct it. It's all based on innate stuff like limb lengths, muscle attachments, etc Just try and do the best you can...a lean developed physique will look impressive, period.
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I'm excited to see how this double Chicken w/black beans burrito will leave me feeling.
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BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:Everybody has muscular imbalances, save for like a blessed 5%. Ex: most people will have peaked biceps or hanging triceps, p much nobody has both. So it's not unusual, but there's also pretty much no way to correct it. It's all based on innate stuff like limb lengths, muscle attachments, etc I agree with all that but you'd have to be pretty jacked to legit bench 400 - 500 lbs. genetics/insertions/limbs be damned. I've seen a couple people I've lifted with get swamped in the details of the perfect accessory work when really all they should worry about is adding 5 pounds to their heavy lifts consistently. Bros don't let Bros curl (until they've PR'd their squats)
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:I'm excited to see how this double Chicken w/black beans burrito will leave me feeling. Repeat after me: Carne. Asada. Pssh, Chicken.
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Chinatown posted:but the more weight you have on the bar the cooler you look so.... gently caress you, buddy. you'll lift those 5lbs pink dumbbells and you'll like it effort post: most strong dudes say you should catch a ton of volume doing a bunch of sets @ an RPE of 7-8 instead of blowing out your butthole on one heavy set @ RPE 10. jim wendler/chad wesley smith always talk about leaving a rep or two in the tank and accumulating a ton of submaximal volume if you gotta go crazy dont put the clips on the bar and dump the weights off to the side one at a time. it works. source: my poo poo lifts skimothy milkerson fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Mar 31, 2016 |
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SpeedyCow posted:I agree with all that but you'd have to be pretty jacked to legit bench 400 - 500 lbs. genetics/insertions/limbs be damned. I've seen a couple people I've lifted with get swamped in the details of the perfect accessory work when really all they should worry about is adding 5 pounds to their heavy lifts consistently. Bros don't let Bros curl (until they've PR'd their squats) A) yeah I think we agree, jacked is jacked B) A legit bench press of 3 plates is rare enough, very few people will ever bench 400lbs no matter how much juice they take Benching 400/squatting 500 is elite unless you train at SuperTraining or Elite FTS
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