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Darn bench monkey!!!!
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Believe me, if anything i'm a bicep monkey at the moment
My chest is pitiful, migbht hit it twice a week
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Darn bench monkey!!!!
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Believe me, if anything i'm a bicep monkey at the moment
My chest is pitiful, migbht hit it twice a week![]()
![]()
Believe me, if anything i'm a bicep monkey at the moment
My chest is pitiful, migbht hit it twice a week![]()
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I was going to do a tenth rep as I felt I had plenty left, but I put this down to the belt and didn't want to scew my figures for the cycle.
Speaking of Goblet squats, could someone explain these to me (How they help flexibility etc). To a rookie like me, they look a bit like front squats but holding a dumbbell![]()
Probably should have just gone for it. Strength is strength and I would be surprised if the belt added that much.
Actually just saw the video and you had a few reps left in the tank from the looks of it.
I think they help with flexibility as your able to go lower, and with strict form you can get a good stretch on your hams. As your using a dumbbell the weight is further forward then a front squat.
Wearing a belt doesn't necessarily make you reliant on a belt. Your core doesn't 'go to sleep' when wearing a belt. Your unbelted squat will go right along with your belted squat, just at a certain percentage lower.
The hamstring should be nice and short during the lift with your ass between your ankles, so if you are getting a stretch when you are doing them you are probably doing them incorrectly.
Deception: My brother (Icecold) will be putting Goblet squats in the form thread any day now.
As we are talking about goblet squats here's how I've been progressing with mine
First week of doing them - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqGDwmwbnFI
4 weeks later - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFDQi4Qi5DY
I think they look much better.
The hamstring should be nice and short during the lift with your ass between your ankles, so if you are getting a stretch when you are doing them you are probably doing them incorrectly.
You should never "have to" IMO.