I also hate machines. Give me a set of dumbells and a stand-alone bench and I'm set. But then again, I'm not as serious about it as Shrekzianowski over here

by Q. » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:54 am
by boozehound » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:34 am
by The Big Shrek » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:39 am
mypaddock wrote:The Big Shrek wrote:Hit everyone's favourite today, the bench press. Weighed in at 90.5kg
100kgx5
105x5
110x4 spotter had to touch the bar through my sticking point on rep number 5 so it doesn't count. Bar went up easy after that. I screwed up on the last set though, set myself upwrong and my head was off the edge of the bench.
One arm Arnold press(shoulder press)
30kgx7 each arm
32.5x5
32.5x5
T-bar row
60kgx5
62.5x5
65x4
dumbell pullover
50kgx5
Hadn't benched for a while but while use today as a benchmark. Since the goal is to get my front squat stronger than my bench I'll set the goal as 110 for 5 reps. Gotta get there before the first game.
Hamstrings and glutes are twitching randomly after yesterday's effort. I'm not sure if that is a good thing. Will do plenty of stretching and foam rolling tonight.
Love how everyone always asks- how much do you bench? I always tell them it's not how much you can bench, but how much you look like you can bench. I'd say 70% of people who do bench press have incorrect form/technique. It is a pet hate of mine seeing young blokes trying to bench 100kg and bouncing it off their chests or being helped through every single repitition!
by Iron Fist » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:40 am
mypaddock wrote:The Big Shrek wrote:Hit everyone's favourite today, the bench press. Weighed in at 90.5kg
100kgx5
105x5
110x4 spotter had to touch the bar through my sticking point on rep number 5 so it doesn't count. Bar went up easy after that. I screwed up on the last set though, set myself upwrong and my head was off the edge of the bench.
One arm Arnold press(shoulder press)
30kgx7 each arm
32.5x5
32.5x5
T-bar row
60kgx5
62.5x5
65x4
dumbell pullover
50kgx5
Hadn't benched for a while but while use today as a benchmark. Since the goal is to get my front squat stronger than my bench I'll set the goal as 110 for 5 reps. Gotta get there before the first game.
Hamstrings and glutes are twitching randomly after yesterday's effort. I'm not sure if that is a good thing. Will do plenty of stretching and foam rolling tonight.
Love how everyone always asks- how much do you bench? I always tell them it's not how much you can bench, but how much you look like you can bench. I'd say 70% of people who do bench press have incorrect form/technique. It is a pet hate of mine seeing young blokes trying to bench 100kg and bouncing it off their chests or being helped through every single repitition!
by Q. » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:49 am
The Big Shrek wrote:What are butterfly curls Quichey? Flyes?
by piccachu » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:52 am
by The Big Shrek » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:55 am
by The Big Shrek » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:57 am
piccachu wrote:personal favourite of mine is the chin up were you grab the bar like you grab a bench press not the curl grip, i was told by a personal trainer they are the best exercise you can do, half way through last year i could barely do one now i can do 3x10 reasonably comfortably.
when you starting out on chin up if you can only get 5 the best thing to do is stop jump up so your chin is just over the bar then lower your self down as slowly as possible and repeat till it =10
by piccachu » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:02 am
sorry big guyPalms facing away = pull up.
Palms facing towards you = chin up.
by The Big Shrek » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:07 am
piccachu wrote:sorry big guyPalms facing away = pull up.
Palms facing towards you = chin up.
by Iron Fist » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:08 am
The Big Shrek wrote:I'm not a fan of using spotters to help you get out reps at all. Missing reps and getting someone to help you past the point of failure **** with your central nervous system too much and makes you weaker for subsequent set. There have been studies which show doing forced reps(going past failure and getting help to do reps) does nothing for strength increases. They way people do forced reps all the time actually does more harm than good. It's OK to do occassionally as a method for increasing muscle but shouldn't be done all the time.
Lowering speed depends on your goal. If you are lifting for maximum strength then lowering the bar slowly is a bad idea(unless you want to increase eccentric(lowering) strength). If you are lifting for purely for muscle gain then it's probably not a bad idea.
by The Ash Man » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:09 am
by Iron Fist » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:11 am
The Ash Man wrote:Anyone know some good weights exercises I can do after 3 reco's on the same shoulder?
I have a limited range of motion so cant do anything above my head or anyhing that goes behind my torso
by The Ash Man » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:17 am
Iron Fist wrote:The Ash Man wrote:Anyone know some good weights exercises I can do after 3 reco's on the same shoulder?
I have a limited range of motion so cant do anything above my head or anyhing that goes behind my torso
that makes it a little hard
only thing ic an think of and i dunno if it would be right would be using those elastic things for strngthening!! just et a thicker less elastic one to make it harder!
most shoulder weights are above the head arent they?
by The Big Shrek » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:23 am
The Ash Man wrote:Anyone know some good weights exercises I can do after 3 reco's on the same shoulder?
I have a limited range of motion so cant do anything above my head or anyhing that goes behind my torso
by piccachu » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:27 am
medicine balls excercises could be benerficial,I know thats my problem!!
I have those elastics but im a bit past that stage now and just need to build some muscle around the joint
by The Ash Man » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:16 am
piccachu wrote:medicine balls excercises could be benerficial,I know thats my problem!!
I have those elastics but im a bit past that stage now and just need to build some muscle around the joint
not sure if it would help you or not but that excercise were you lay on bench press on your stomach and pull up the bar from the floor to your chestand eas it down and repeat
by The Ash Man » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:21 am
The Big Shrek wrote:The Ash Man wrote:Anyone know some good weights exercises I can do after 3 reco's on the same shoulder?
I have a limited range of motion so cant do anything above my head or anyhing that goes behind my torso
What do you want Ash. Just weight exercises in general or one's to strengthen your shoulder. I imagine after a reco you would have been given external, internal rotation and scapular retraction exercises to do with a cable or bands. It would be important to strengthen these movements with isolation exercises before using compound exercises as they would be weak and your form on the compounds wouldn't be right.
What do you mean can't do stuff that goes behind your torso? Is it your elbows or hands that can't go behind your torso?
by The Big Shrek » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:24 am
by Iron Fist » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:31 am
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