*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

Thanks guys, yea im thinking about my chest gains, im managing to loose all kinds of fat with some serious cardio tho, somehow i haven't lost to much muscle, training in calorie deficit. Need to find out whats going on, because i thought id loose a lot more strength
 
Freefaller said:
You should always try and do an antagonist movement IMO especially with shoulders. However, I've always been of the view you should try and do more pulling movements than pushing.
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I think I do more push than pulling, as well most compound moves are pushing aren't they?

I work my workouts round

Bench
Squat
Deads
OHP

All are push exercises, unless I'm wrong?
 
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Delvis said:
I love that guys everything :(...Especially his deadlift



It's more relating to one exercise the push/pull debate. ie you do OHP for shoulders, you need to do something for shoulders as a pulling movement, so face pulls for instance.
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Fair one, but how does that work in regards to weight?

As I certainly do more weight overall on OHP then I do for pulling exercises.

Is this a bad thing? Or something I really don't need to be concerned about?

I don't even do pulling exercises for chest or legs, I don't think. (If even possible)
 
It is, I get all tingly in my special place :D.

Lovely bloke as well. He has a ton of videos on youtube to satisfy my needs :p.

Ok that was quite gay, but his training videos are awesome, definitely worth a watch.
 
Delvis said:
It's more relating to one exercise the push/pull debate. ie you do OHP for shoulders, you need to do something for shoulders as a pulling movement, so face pulls for instance.
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No, 'cause you don't do a pulling movement for your chest or a pushing movement for your back to balance it out :confused: You should do more pulling than pushing because your back is a massive set of muscles that needs a lot of volume. Your chest and shoulders are much smaller.

Begbie said:
I think I do more push than pulling, as well most compound moves are pushing aren't they?

I work my workouts round

Bench
Squat
Deads
OHP

All are push exercises, unless I'm wrong?
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Deadlifts are a pulling exercise.

Your typical push compound are:
Bench
OHP
Squats

Your typical pulling compounds are:
Deadlifts
Pull Ups
Rows
 
Djdom56 said:
It is, I get all tingly in my special place :D.

Lovely bloke as well. He has a ton of videos on youtube to satisfy my needs :p.

Ok that was quite gay, but his training videos are awesome, definitely worth a watch.
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:D:D:D

MoNkeE said:
No, 'cause you don't do a pulling movement for your chest or a pushing movement for your back to balance it out :confused: You should do more pulling than pushing because your back is a massive set of muscles that needs a lot of volume. Your chest and shoulders are much smaller.



Deadlifts are a pulling exercise.

Your typical push compound are:
Bench
OHP
Squats

Your typical pulling compounds are:
Deadlifts
Pull Ups
Rows
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Yeah just realised that reading it back. Will edit the post
 
Djdom56 said:
It is, I get all tingly in my special place :D.

Lovely bloke as well. He has a ton of videos on youtube to satisfy my needs :p.

Ok that was quite gay, but his training videos are awesome, definitely worth a watch.
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A post like this normally requires a /nohomo at the end of it :p

How did I never think about push/pull from a leg perspective... I guess it's because I don't really count them in a push/pull balance. Every day is Leg day at the moment on SL anyway...

kd
 
Begbie said:
Fair one, but how does that work in regards to weight?

As I certainly do more weight overall on OHP then I do for pulling exercises.

Is this a bad thing? Or something I really don't need to be concerned about?

I don't even do pulling exercises for chest or legs, I don't think. (If even possible)
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Then you're doing a lot of neglecting. Start incorporating the following:
Straight Legged Deadlifts (SLDL) (hamstring / legs)
Pull Ups (or Chin Ups if you're a weakling) (lats / back)
Deadlifts (all over, back)
Bent Over Rows (lats / back)
Lat Pull Down (Lats / back)
Hamstring Curls (hamstring / legs)
 
Begbie said:
Fair one, but how does that work in regards to weight?

As I certainly do more weight overall on OHP then I do for pulling exercises.

Is this a bad thing? Or something I really don't need to be concerned about?

I don't even do pulling exercises for chest or legs, I don't think. (If even possible)
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Yes you should be doing more pulling.

MoNkeE said:
No, 'cause you don't do a pulling movement for your chest or a pushing movement for your back to balance it out :confused: You should do more pulling than pushing because your back is a massive set of muscles that needs a lot of volume. Your chest and shoulders are much smaller.



Deadlifts are a pulling exercise.

Your typical push compound are:
Bench
OHP
Squats

Your typical pulling compounds are:
Deadlifts
Pull Ups
Rows
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Word.
 
Djdom56 said:
He's only like 5'7" :p

He wore super man sock with a cape and ballerina shoes for deadlift at Nationals in September, and just ran around the room screaming to get himself psyched up :D.
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What a beast, I was going to say he's only manlet status in height as well. Gives us all hope :)

Lol superman socks, ballerina shoes, cape, strong :D
 
Nope. Bulk cook sweet potato and chicken, but not rice.

The other day I didn't heat my sweet potato all the way through until I poured gravy on it. It was cold :( too late :(

kd
 
Cross post from my log for those interested. 3 lifts done tonight up to my planned comp opener weights.

 
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