My ass off the couch on some days ;)...some days need extra motivation!
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My ass off the couch on some days ;)...some days need extra motivation!
Hey bro bench press is not necessarily the best or only way to train chest. This guy is kind of a clown but check out his chest development. He does not bench at all ever!
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...48340889,d.aWc
Bench has screwed my shoulders so all I do now is flys, incline and flat. Also do floor presses with elbows at 45° out from bod. Check it out, maybe some help for you.
Squats and deads.
Just to let you know I have had multipls kness surgeries on both knees and I know that I will never a gr8 squatter or prolly dlifter.
But...on DL I have found that if I modify the height of the weight by 3" my knees dont hurt at all afterwards. So thats what I do. I will not compete so I dont think it really matters too much.
Back squat, I think I lean too far forward but if I dont lean I feel like Im gonna fall over. I do use the low bar wide stance and I know that I keep my back very slightly concave. I have taught myself to break at the hips first.
But it still feels like Im doing a good morning while squatting down to just below parallel....
Front Squat, same thing, leaning forward but not nearly as bad as in back squat.
But I see pics of guy holding their arms out str8 in front of them with some pretty dam big weights and the bar not moving...def not me.
Ft squats does not hurt my knees btw, back squats def does afterwards.
On Ft squats my back remains slightly concave.
Any help appreciated.
Zed, have you tried working on your hip mobility? Leaning forward to compensate is usually an idicator that you're immobile in your hips. I'd also work on knee and ankle mobility to.
Here's a trick to get more glute involvement in your conventional deadlifts.... duck your feet out just a lil bit. That will open the hips and make it easier to activate the gluts.
Something you should also try OldGoat to strengthen your hips.... glute bridges from the floor and you can also do them off a bench. Dimels aren't bad but I feel I got more from glute bridges.
This is exactly how I DL except that I start from the floor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnBREGM7pE0
Unfortunatly this is pretty much how (I think or at least I feel like I look) doing squats too.
Deads.......I'm a short squaty guy with short arms (think T-Rex ;)) anyway I love them I just can't pull......tried sumos also.....still just sorry :(
You need to work on your hip mobility. When you're pulling conventional you want your shoulders behind the bar and to accomplish that you have ot drop your hips.
Another thing that is often overlooked when pulling conventional is how to properly finish a pull. You don't pull back extending your lower back. You shoot your hips forward. I see many people doing this incorrectly and they miss the top of the lift when in fact that shouldn't happen if they have strong hips.