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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Training Q&A => Topic started by: loco on May 31, 2006, 05:43:56 AM
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The Barbell Squat...
http://www.ast-ss.com/dev/qa_search/full_text.asp?ID=3043
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Sorry if I'm not understand this, but would the question be: If there was just one exercise to do as the ultimate exercise for the whole body, what would it be? My view would be the Squat Clean & push Press. That is one complete compound exercise for the whole body. Working up to higher rep's, it becomes a true mass and power builder. Good Luck.
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JPM,
I am not the one who asked this question. I am more interested in the answer and that's what I'm sharing. What's most interesting is the quote below. And this is something I have known for a while. I can attest to this from personal experience. Squats don't work your biceps and shoulders directly, for example. But if you squat, you'll create a greater anabolic response which will make you get the most out of the other exercises you might have performed the day before and the day after you squat. All compound exercises(Squat Clean & push Press, bench press, etc.) trigger a greater anabolic response than isolation exercises. And of all compound exercises, squats triggers the highest anabolic response.
"Another reason why squats seem to be so effective for packing on sheer size and lean mass is their ability to trigger the highest anabolic hormonal responses during training. A number of studies have demonstrated the barbell squat’s remarkable ability to stimulate an increase in the circulation of growth hormone, IGF-1 and testosterone, more effectively than other exercises."
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the bi curl..everybody does it regardless of goals and for some reason people think its more important to have bi's than anything else.
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I dont think there could be just one. Maybe two squat and Bench
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Squating is not the only way to call upon the highest anabolic hormonal responces during training. Can apply a higher rep scheme to the DL, cleans, etc with equal results. A higher quality test & GH release, among other chemicals functions in the body, give the opportunity for muscle mass growth and strength advancements. As far as the squat & push-press goes, that has to be right up there with a select few other superior growing movements. Even in a program without any squating at all, but with exercises like the C&P, DL's, cleans, etc, a subject could expect to make alarming gains. For the sake of experiment, try a set of 12 to 18 reps of the clean & push-press, starting each rep from the floor. Around the 6th or 8th rep, the important of this exercise should become clean as a whole body and gaining exercise. And very much coupled to the affects that higher rep squats have on the body.
As you stated about the squat,I can witness to the fact that I gained 30lbs in 6 weeks with doing the breathing squats, pullovers,bench & rows as my only exercises in that period. I'm sure also I could have gained muscle mass on the upper part of my body if I had only done the squat it's self, as you suggested. I was 16 at the time and an easy gainer, but never the less, just about anyone could gain pure muscle to some degree. I work with athletes and some have to slap on 10 to 20 lbs in a rather short period of time. The do a squats (heavy breathing style), chest, shoulders, back & abs exercises also. Good Luck.
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if i could only do one thing... it would be deadlifts...
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There are a few, no one in particular. Squats & chins among the best of simple compounds, best of all would be multiple-movements while standing, like clean & jerk for example.
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clean and press
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1. Squats.
2. Deadlifts.
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no such thing....for bbing you have to do a variety of excersises...if your wondering the best powerlifting excersise then ya i'd say deads or squats, where you can go super heavy for a max rep. but when it comes to bbing the excersises just work different muscles and it just depends on what order you did that day so i think 10 reps of deads aren't better than 10 reps of rows, but maybe they are if you do the 10 reps of deads after the 10 reps of rows because now there is blood in the muscle. so it all depends, but i don't see a superior excersise in anything that i do.
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nothing brings up the whole body like deadlifts so that would be it
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if i could only do one thing... it would be deadlifts...
I agree, if I had to pick one it'd be deadlifts.
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The Deadlifts have it! ;D
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cable crossovers
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Deadlifts from the floor.
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squat
and not sissy squats real squats
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cable kickbacks
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The Ab-Doer ;D
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Clean n' Press
That and the thigh master.Monster mass ;D
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Deadlifts from the floor.
I concur...regular stance with the hips low.
8)
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C&J.
YIP
Zack
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if i could only do one it would be pulldowns
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cable crossovers
hahahaha
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Definitely the squat or clean and press. If done correctly, both hit a variety of muscles in a single rep and help stabilize the core at the same time. I love 'em!
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Another vote for deadlifts from the floor.
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toe extensions,
put little weights on ur toes and extend them as far as you can
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Deadlifts from the ground....over squats, because really, we're talking about ONE exercise that will affect the way you look....bodybuilding, right? Can't be just squats cause you'll have great legs, lower back, but not much else over time. Deads will hit the thighs as well as the overall back, shoulders and arms indirectly, forearms.....for that reason, deadlifts are the ultimate 'one' lift....for BODYBUILDING.
Clean and jerk is great for upper body....CRAP.....now come to think of it, if you clean, jerk and press the thing then THAT would have to be the ultimate bodybuilding move.....hits everything!
Hmmmm.....Cleans with a pressing movement win....I think! Since I'd never do just one, that's my choice.
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The Barbell Squat...
http://www.ast-ss.com/dev/qa_search/full_text.asp?ID=3043
I think one person cant say, what the ultimate exercise it. I think it's different with everybody.
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if i could only do one it would be pulldowns
knowing you,you probably would. ::) It has to be the squat or deadlift..maybe a clean and jerk.
candidate have you ever done "real" squats or deads consistantly for any period of time? If you do them right NOTHING will make your overall strength and size increase more than the basic,heavy compound movements.
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Best move, heavy, competitive ruled, deadlift!!!!
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1. Squats.
2. Deadlifts.
Totally agree, squats, nuts to the floor, and deadlifts from the floor(unless you have back problems then in a power rack.
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Totally agree, squats, nuts to the floor, and deadlifts from the floor(unless you have back problems then in a power rack.
I think power rack deads increase the risk of back problems....i just don't like the feeling of pulling weight from that partial position.
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Squats deep and controlled exhaust the whole body and IMO are the BEST 8)
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The ultimate BODYBUILDING exercise...as in stimulates the most muscles and creates an anabolic environment...deadlifts.
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The ultimate BODYBUILDING exercise...as in stimulates the most muscles and creates an anabolic environment...deadlifts.
Agreed but your body can take more sets of squats relatively easier then deadlifts because it mainly focuses on your biggest group of muscles (the quads and hamstrings/Glutes).
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sleep.
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sex with a woman that you have something to prove. ;D