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Originally Posted by Yankeephan87
what weight dumbbell do you guys curl?
35
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Originally Posted by Yankeephan87
what weight dumbbell do you guys curl?
Im just surprised you do them. Theyre not a good exercise at all.
They're a great warmup or pre-exhaust. They're not good when guys who never train their legs overhear someone in the gym talking aboutsomeone else who has a big upper body and no legs, so they'll go and say "OK, I'm gonna do legs today" and they head straight to the nautilusroom for 3 sets of seated leg curls, and then 3-4 sets of leg extensions and they max out on leg extensions. Then they complain that doing legs hurts theirknees and they go back to decline bench presses and really bad preacher curls for the next few weeks.
Leg extensions are fine when you don't go heavy. At a light weight, it's the same as just doing a tricep cable pressdown.
It always kills me when I walk up to the leg extension and the pin is down at the bottom of the stack. That's the way most people get hurt by putting toomuch pressure and strain across the ACL, but if you keep it light, do like 15-30 reps a set, and keep the movement controlled instead of kicking it up andcatching it at the top, they're perfectly safe and a good warmup. It's one of those exercises that's always debated, but there's also plentyof professionals in the industry that will tell you the squats are bad for your knees.
They're a great warmup or pre-exhaust. They're not good when guys who never train their legs overhear someone in the gym talking about someone else who has a big upper body and no legs, so they'll go and say "OK, I'm gonna do legs today" and they head straight to the nautilus room for 3 sets of seated leg curls, and then 3-4 sets of leg extensions and they max out on leg extensions. Then they complain that doing legs hurts their knees and they go back to decline bench presses and really bad preacher curls for the next few weeks.
Leg extensions are fine when you don't go heavy. At a light weight, it's the same as just doing a tricep cable pressdown.
It always kills me when I walk up to the leg extension and the pin is down at the bottom of the stack. That's the way most people get hurt by putting too much pressure and strain across the ACL, but if you keep it light, do like 15-30 reps a set, and keep the movement controlled instead of kicking it up and catching it at the top, they're perfectly safe and a good warmup. It's one of those exercises that's always debated, but there's also plenty of professionals in the industry that will tell you the squats are bad for your knees.
Well personally I think pre-exhausting is silly, but thats not the point.
I really see no purpose for them at all. Theres better exercises, theres more functional exercises and it just takes up space.
I do leg extensions too, but just on warming up, I dont even put the pins in lol...
I like to warm up on leg days by just doing a few mins of skipping, some bodyweight lunges, squats.. then after a cool sweat i'll just squat the bar a couple of times, add some weight, then add weight.
Long process, but its vital your legs are warm and ready.
So you do 10 lb leg extensions? Thats not even a warm up. That doesnt count
that's quite a jump in weight, nice work.Originally Posted by Matt53
3 rep bench max at 225 today, up from 165 ten weeks ago
Will post progress pics this week. Keep it up everyone
EDIT: can someone recommend me a Kre-Alkalyn?
Originally Posted by Matt53
3 rep bench max at 225 today, up from 165 ten weeks ago
Will post progress pics this week. Keep it up everyone
EDIT: can someone recommend me a Kre-Alkalyn?
Originally Posted by Brilliant Overlord
My main concern is losing weight, but gaining strength is another goal. So I think I'll do rippetoe on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays, and then do circuit training on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. How does that sound?Originally Posted by Carlos Tevez
Brilliant Over, the Rippetoe workout is designed for beginners who want to gain strength and muscle.
In your case, you want to lose weight. I recommend that you do whole-body workouts every time you lift weights in order to burn more calories. Look up
"circuit training". Basically you do a bunch of different exercises that workout every single muscle in your body. You lift lighter weights for
around 10 reps each. You'll burn way more calories this way and lose weight quicker as long as your diet is pretty good.
Maybe you could lift every other day (3x a week) and do cardio 2-3x a week on the days you arent lifting.
Originally Posted by ninjallamafromhell
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Al Audi wrote:
i hate how at the gym i see people do that same @#%# every single week in and week out then they look at me like why isnt he lifting that much but looks bigger than me? i dont train to be a power lifter though.
QFT...i hate this.
-waystinthyme
Well personally I think pre-exhausting is silly, but thats not the point.Originally Posted by Durden7
They're a great warmup or pre-exhaust. They're not good when guys who never train their legs overhear someone in the gym talking about someone else who has a big upper body and no legs, so they'll go and say "OK, I'm gonna do legs today" and they head straight to the nautilus room for 3 sets of seated leg curls, and then 3-4 sets of leg extensions and they max out on leg extensions. Then they complain that doing legs hurts their knees and they go back to decline bench presses and really bad preacher curls for the next few weeks.
Leg extensions are fine when you don't go heavy. At a light weight, it's the same as just doing a tricep cable pressdown.
It always kills me when I walk up to the leg extension and the pin is down at the bottom of the stack. That's the way most people get hurt by putting too much pressure and strain across the ACL, but if you keep it light, do like 15-30 reps a set, and keep the movement controlled instead of kicking it up and catching it at the top, they're perfectly safe and a good warmup. It's one of those exercises that's always debated, but there's also plenty of professionals in the industry that will tell you the squats are bad for your knees.
I do leg extensions too, but just on warming up, I dont even put the pins in lol...
I like to warm up on leg days by just doing a few mins of skipping, some bodyweight lunges, squats.. then after a cool sweat i'll just squat the bar a couple of times, add some weight, then add weight.
Long process, but its vital your legs are warm and ready.
So you do 10 lb leg extensions? Thats not even a warm up. That doesnt count
Does it matter to you? It gets my legs a little warm enough for me to do squatting
Did that dude just say penis reduction.Originally Posted by AirPhilippines
Originally Posted by ninjallamafromhell
Not really in the spirit of the thread, but I figure y'all can appreciate this
http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1923810&fullscreen=1http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1923810&fullscreen=1
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The old naked guys is unfortunately on point.
So you do 10 lb leg extensions? Thats not even a warm up. That doesnt countOriginally Posted by I3
Well personally I think pre-exhausting is silly, but thats not the point.Originally Posted by Durden7
They're a great warmup or pre-exhaust. They're not good when guys who never train their legs overhear someone in the gym talking about someone else who has a big upper body and no legs, so they'll go and say "OK, I'm gonna do legs today" and they head straight to the nautilus room for 3 sets of seated leg curls, and then 3-4 sets of leg extensions and they max out on leg extensions. Then they complain that doing legs hurts their knees and they go back to decline bench presses and really bad preacher curls for the next few weeks.
Leg extensions are fine when you don't go heavy. At a light weight, it's the same as just doing a tricep cable pressdown.
It always kills me when I walk up to the leg extension and the pin is down at the bottom of the stack. That's the way most people get hurt by putting too much pressure and strain across the ACL, but if you keep it light, do like 15-30 reps a set, and keep the movement controlled instead of kicking it up and catching it at the top, they're perfectly safe and a good warmup. It's one of those exercises that's always debated, but there's also plenty of professionals in the industry that will tell you the squats are bad for your knees.
I really see no purpose for them at all. Theres better exercises, theres more functional exercises and it just takes up space.
I do leg extensions too, but just on warming up, I dont even put the pins in lol...
I like to warm up on leg days by just doing a few mins of skipping, some bodyweight lunges, squats.. then after a cool sweat i'll just squat the bar a couple of times, add some weight, then add weight.
Long process, but its vital your legs are warm and ready.