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Sais, I feel like you should put Legs on wednesday/thursday. Let your arms take a break for a day. Then hit them on friday.
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what are y'all listening to in the gym? I need some new workout music
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Originally Posted by keepzdasneakz
Guess who just made it to the triple digit dumbbell press club?
repped out 7 (@100lb) with a spotter.
Originally Posted by JordanPP30
Sais, I feel like you should put Legs on wednesday/thursday. Let your arms take a break for a day. Then hit them on friday.
How much do you weigh? Do you get help getting the first rep up on DB presses? What's your poundage lay out like for sets ( more like 80, 90, 100 or 90, 95, 100?).Originally Posted by JBSB1989
wawaweewa wrote:
JBSB1989 wrote:
Yo! I need some help.
Ive been working out for a little over 2 years and in the recent months I have finally been able to bench press 100lb. dumbbells.
Problem is Ive hit a plateau and cant push 105lb. dumbbells. I started to rep 100's 4x a set now im up to 12x a set but I cant hit 105's. Is it to much strain on my wrists?
Im starting to have the same problem with my regular bench press im stuck maxing out at 275(i can add 5lb plates but not 10lb)
Insight?
Originally Posted by JordanPP30
Sais, I feel like you should put Legs on wednesday/thursday. Let your arms take a break for a day. Then hit them on friday.
That is a good idea. I might try that
I'm going to do a full week this way first.
Actually tomorrow will be leg day if i make it because i started on Tuesday
Some advice I always give to less experienced lifters is not to have a day solely dedicated to arms. It is a waste of time and could be used for better purposes (speed day/recovery day). The biceps and triceps aren't big muscle groupings and don't require their own day.
I think I mentioned it in the first thread but have you ever seen a lifter with a strong back and biceps? Or a strong presser with small triceps? However, you always see it the other way around and most of the time it looks funny.
Originally Posted by JOE CAMEL SMOOTH
thats true but ive always had a disproportionately strong back/small biceps. even now they're lagging a little.
Strong upper or lower back? Biceps have a lot more to do with the upper back but either way your biceps are prob relatively strong for their size. Some people naturally have smaller/ larger muscle bellies and the bicep is one of those muscles where it can look big and be piss poor weak or look small and relatively strong.Originally Posted by JOE CAMEL SMOOTH
thats true but ive always had a disproportionately strong back/small biceps. even now they're lagging a little.
Originally Posted by JOE CAMEL SMOOTH
upper back has always been pretty strong, i guess lower back might be stronger as i can deadlift a lot but i dunno how much of a role it plays compared to hams/glutes/traps etc
biceps i guess were never weak just always lagging in terms of size, tris and chest pretty much have gone hand in hand in terms of strength+development.
probably just genetics in terms of muscle shape, i also have long arms so that might make the biceps longer and thus look skinnier
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Can somebody school me on Whey protein? What exactly does this do?
ill try to dig it up but i found a couple articles about how the damage comes gradually over time no matter how good your form isOriginally Posted by wawaweewa
Originally Posted by JOE CAMEL SMOOTH
upper back has always been pretty strong, i guess lower back might be stronger as i can deadlift a lot but i dunno how much of a role it plays compared to hams/glutes/traps etc
biceps i guess were never weak just always lagging in terms of size, tris and chest pretty much have gone hand in hand in terms of strength+development.
probably just genetics in terms of muscle shape, i also have long arms so that might make the biceps longer and thus look skinnier
Most likey the culprit. I'm not a tall guy but I have relatively long arms for my height.
btw, you should try upright rows unless you know for a fact that they;ll lead to an injury in your case. I don't buy the argument that uprights in general lead to shoulder injuries.
I have ridiculously poor flexibility (genetically; my brother has pretty sick flexibility though) and I'v enever had any serious problems with upright rows. Once every 3 or 4 months I' ll get a middle deltoid strain but it usually heals by the next workout.
It's such a good compound exercise. Deltoids, traps, forearms, and biceps. Lateral or front DB raises don't even come close to producing the same results.
I think the problem lies in the fact that a lot of people who try it start out doing it wrong.
I certainly don't do them. Evidence being: I had an inflamed shoulder as a result of the massive amounts of serving I did while on the tennis team (4 years high school). Once I started lifting, my right shoulder would always feel a bit off and had this slight pain. That led me to believe that upright rows weren't really that safe, because my tendons were inflamed, the nerves were pinching more than normal.Originally Posted by JOE CAMEL SMOOTH
ill try to dig it up but i found a couple articles about how the damage comes gradually over time no matter how good your form isOriginally Posted by wawaweewa
Originally Posted by JOE CAMEL SMOOTH
upper back has always been pretty strong, i guess lower back might be stronger as i can deadlift a lot but i dunno how much of a role it plays compared to hams/glutes/traps etc
biceps i guess were never weak just always lagging in terms of size, tris and chest pretty much have gone hand in hand in terms of strength+development.
probably just genetics in terms of muscle shape, i also have long arms so that might make the biceps longer and thus look skinnier
Most likey the culprit. I'm not a tall guy but I have relatively long arms for my height.
btw, you should try upright rows unless you know for a fact that they;ll lead to an injury in your case. I don't buy the argument that uprights in general lead to shoulder injuries.
I have ridiculously poor flexibility (genetically; my brother has pretty sick flexibility though) and I'v enever had any serious problems with upright rows. Once every 3 or 4 months I' ll get a middle deltoid strain but it usually heals by the next workout.
It's such a good compound exercise. Deltoids, traps, forearms, and biceps. Lateral or front DB raises don't even come close to producing the same results.
I think the problem lies in the fact that a lot of people who try it start out doing it wrong.
you feel fine but 8 years down the road you get problems
not sure how valid it is though, but it was enough to scare me off.
Also wondering this, except i'm at 180 at about 5'11"-6'0" trying to get down to like 160.Originally Posted by Vietishi
If I wanted to slim down around 10-15lbs whats the best way to do it? Cardio + Eating right? Currently I'm 5"8 168lbs and I wanna get around the 150 range, I also lift a decent amount.