*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

LOL I have to say, I hate that style of bench press. It looks so far removed from a bench press.
 
is it wrong that I just don't find it that impressive?
The ROM is less than what I get with my t-rex arms and with some training even a young little girl can press 100kg without issue.
 
LiE said:
LOL I have to say, I hate that style of bench press. It looks so far removed from a bench press.
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Where do you stop though? Personally I think you should be able to get your hand flat between your lower back and bench. Anything else is just trying to make the lift easier. I mean, surely it's akin to partial squats, rack pull instead of a deadlift, pull ups without a dead hang.....
 
MoNkeE said:
Where do you stop though? Personally I think you should be able to get your hand flat between your lower back and bench. Anything else is just trying to make the lift easier. I mean, surely it's akin to partial squats, rack pull instead of a deadlift, pull ups without a dead hang.....
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Totally agree

Except for the rack pull instead of a deadlift bit, as they are two different exercises entirely. But get your point
 
For certain body parts yes, but it leaves it wide open for the "well it doesn't say anything about having a huge back arch" argument. Ideally you should be forced to keep a maximum gap between the bench and your lower back to stop this arching nonsense!
 
Djdom56 said:
A week of being a coach on a training camp in France, but I did manage a few oly sessions. Did 1 snatch session, 1 c&j session and one mixed session. Nothing major happened but I did get a few videos of my first real go at full cleaning. Pretty pleased, especially with the fact that it is in flat shoes and I am normally very weak in ankle flexion.

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MoNkeE said:
For certain body parts yes, but it leaves it wide open for the "well it doesn't say anything about having a huge back arch" argument. Ideally you should be forced to keep a maximum gap between the bench and your lower back to stop this arching nonsense!
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If you look at all the biggest benches the arch isn't that big at all. A very extreme example is this:


The massive arch seems to mostly come in in Russian feds (crazy Russians) and Amercian feds (make up daft rules). If you watch real powerlifting, IPF affiliated feds all the lifts are legit. It is in the silly small federations where the bad stuff comes in.
 
BennyC said:
Leg press, WALKING lunge and hamstring curl (seeing as SLDL/RDL's would be out of the question).

As Morba put it, if you wan't to fix your squat, squat.
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I already do SLDL's. I noticed you have grouped SLDL and RDL together.

I was alittle confused as to what the difference is. I guess SLDL target the hams more than the RDL does?
 
icecold said:
No, it means you have completely disregarded what was said before.

If your legs are as broken as you keep trying to imply, the only leg work I would advise is low step ups. Certainly not lunges, andprobably not leg press (im aware that you do it, which is kind of my point). Post videos of you squatting with just the bar.

Also, when you say that you have knowledge about supplements that will help your knees, you will find that this is a completely inaccurate self assessment. No such supplement exists.
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All I meant regarding supps, is that I have done a little bit of research and recognise ingredients in products now.

Such as turmeric, ginger, bromelin, msm, glucosamine, chondroitin etc...
 
Morba said:
remember this lad is an oly lifter, so depth here isn't especially important..... he's 56kg
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That's only relevant to a certain point. If he's expecting to catch his cleans lower than that I'd have kicked him in the throat. Or, more fairly, kicked his coach in the throat for getting this talented young man to show off for YouTube.
 
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