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i used to do these for up to 600 reps, 3x 200 ::)
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all of them
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Heavy deadlift from the ground. If I ever do it again, it will probably be the rack pull.
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decline presses
bloood rushes to my head!
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I used to do heavy scullcrushers but eventually I got to were I was spending more time rubbing my elbows between sets than I was lifting so I reluctantly gave them up.
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Barbell Bench Press
Chest Flies
Neck Harness
Dips
Preacher Curls
Nordic Hamstring Curl
Overhead Dumbbell Extension
1-Arm Dumbbell Rows
Barbell Back Squats
Mixed Grip Deadlifts
Zercher Squats
Hack Squats
Precor Chest Press / Shoulder Press-Discovered the machines at my gym are not assembled correctly/balanced and 1 side of the machine is heavier.
Barbell Rows
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I used to do heavy scullcrushers but eventually I got to were I was spending more time rubbing my elbows between sets than I was lifting so I reluctantly gave them up.
i found with them that the EZ Bar is the worst thing you can use ..so i switched to a Tri-bar with a parallel grip & no problems.
I think if using a straight bar a slightly wider grip is better ..look at pictures of Bill Pearl who had MASSIVE triceps, he used a wider grip.
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I used to do heavy scullcrushers but eventually I got to were I was spending more time rubbing my elbows between sets than I was lifting so I reluctantly gave them up.
That was my favorite tricep exercise ,at my strongest, I did with with a cambered bar with two 45 plates on each side and my arms grew half an inch while pumped I did this weight for two workouts (2 weeks) and have been suffering from bursitis tendinitis ever since to the point I can't do the damn exercise at all ... (I'm a lifetime natty btw).
WoooSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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all of them
I command you to change your ways!
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;)
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neck harness!
loved it but my neck went to 20.5/21.5 pumped. the sleep apnea increased and quality of sleep was shite so have stopped doing them now at all. great fun though
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over head barbell press.. front laterals...heavy deads...heavy squats...cable curl...hammer curl
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Fuck, it is a long list
Free weight, barbell bench press.
Weighted dips lol
Behind the neck, shoulder press or lat pulled down
deadlifts from the floor
Spider curls on a bench lol
Dumbbell pullovers
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neck harness!
loved it but my neck went to 20.5/21.5 pumped. the sleep apnea increased and quality of sleep was shite so have stopped doing them now at all. great fun though
How heavy would you go?
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How heavy would you go?
30 kilo for 3 x 15 - was careful not to go too heavy and did it after traps
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all of them
Same here!
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I used to do heavy scullcrushers but eventually I got to were I was spending more time rubbing my elbows between sets than I was lifting so I reluctantly gave them up.
Cook,try doing 3-4 sets of triceps pressdowns for high reps (20-30),followed by the Skullcrushers.......just don`t go as heavy,higher reps, with one minutes rest between sets.....less rest makes lighter weight feel heavy really fast...............or tell me to mind my own fucking business! LOL ;D
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press behind neck
the only press i do now is we have a combined side raise and press machine. I finish off my shoulders with 2-3 high rep supersets which burns like fuck! i no longer do any other pressing for shoulders
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press behind neck
the only press i do now is we have a combined side raise and press machine. I finish off my shoulders with 2-3 high rep supersets which burns like fuck! i no longer do any other pressing for shoulders
Same on the behind neck
Also:
upright row
any isolation curl
burpee
turkish get up, because fuck that
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Theres many that I dont do for no other reason than time but doesnt mean I wont throw them in eventually. Some I wont do are:
Deadlift
Hypertension
Overhead barbell shoulder press
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all of them
CAREFUL ..this could trigger a facebook response from hanky..
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Same on the behind neck
Also:
upright row
any isolation curl
burpee
turkish get up, because fuck that
didnt to them for years after they started to irritate my shoulders... did them w the dbs one day with a personal range of motion and boom they were back!
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Fuck, it is a long list
Free weight, barbell bench press.
Weighted dips lol
Behind the neck, shoulder press or lat pulled down
deadlifts from the floor
Spider curls on a bench lol
Dumbbell pullovers
God I have to say X2
I regret doing lat pulldown from behind lol
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHH
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i used to do these for up to 600 reps, 3x 200 ::)
Can't now because of your big gut.
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Dips. I can BTN and front press till the cows come home, but unless I'm super picky with the type of dip bar, they kill my shoulders.
Decline Press, never a fan, and as 38 mentioned, I don't like the head rush.
Squats. Not totally forsaken, but I go lighter, and sub in belt squats, podium deadlifts, and machines now more.
The worse for last. Push ups. Makes me feel like a pussy, but I don't like doing them without push up handles. I can set up for a bench press quicker and more comfortable that I can for push ups now. It's weird.
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Bent over flies. Even light weights now make me wake up the next day feeling like I'm being knifed in my shoulder sockets
Skullcrusher after a certain weight felt like I was somehow using my lats more, very weird.
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Same here!
my trophies and medals from 2016-23
I have done my bit.
All my other trophies from 88-96 are all over the place, some in the loft
(https://i.ibb.co/rGcrZf8N/Picture-1.jpg)
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Anything free weights
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Cook,try doing 3-4 sets of triceps pressdowns for high reps (20-30),followed by the Skullcrushers.......just don`t go as heavy,higher reps, with one minutes rest between sets.....less rest makes lighter weight feel heavy really fast...............or tell me to mind my own fucking business! LOL ;D
no I am always glad to get good advice from people like you.I use to do skullcrushers for powerlifting to improve my bench.They actually worked well but I was doing sets of 5 with a heavy weight for me.I will try doing them second or maybe even third in my triceps workout.Elbows feel pretty good now so maybe if I do them after already doing a couple of other exercises and use a light weight I will survive them.Great advice guys and Wes I appreciate you taking time to help me out.
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I often think of exercises I've dropped for one reason or another.
Now I gotta try to find a parallel grip bar in my gym for skull crushers :D
BigRob does JM presses with insane loads and I noticed I will never get to that level :D
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Dips and skull crushers, Im sure I could ease back into them but the joints dont care for either much anymore. Im in better shape without them now anyways so its optional.
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Pull up and Chins. I always felt my grip/arms giving up on them well before my lats so I dropped them.
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Can't now because of your big gut.
Damn bro. Shots fired?
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Pull up and Chins. I always felt my grip/arms giving up on them well before my lats so I dropped them.
Mentzer thought curl grip pullups or pulldowns were the greatest bicep exercise. Arthur Jones might have said it before him.
Edit. Just a set of dips and a set of curl grip pulldowns would maximize your arm size potential in 2 years. Ad only 400 hours of total training for realizing full muscular potential. He might not have been far off.
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://arthurjonesexercise.com/MuscleTraining/FourHundredHours.pdf
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Damn bro. Shots fired?
I,ve got one too.
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;D. ;D
Squats...
2 herniated disks.. :-\
;D. ;D
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no I am always glad to get good advice from people like you.I use to do skullcrushers for powerlifting to improve my bench.They actually worked well but I was doing sets of 5 with a heavy weight for me.I will try doing them second or maybe even third in my triceps workout.Elbows feel pretty good now so maybe if I do them after already doing a couple of other exercises and use a light weight I will survive them.Great advice guys and Wes I appreciate you taking time to help me out.
My pleasure Cook.......I too would do 5 rep heavy sets to increase benching power.................th is fucked my elbows up after a time.
When I started with the higher rep Pressdowns and went lighter on he Skulls my elbow pain was soon gone.
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I often think of exercises I've dropped for one reason or another.
Now I gotta try to find a parallel grip bar in my gym for skull crushers :D
BigRob does JM presses with insane loads and I noticed I will never get to that level :D
Van,just use 2 dumbbells if you don`t have access to a parallel grip bar.
Also with 2 dumbbells you can lower them further (right beside your ears) increasing the ROM.
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my trophies and medals from 2016-23
I have done my bit.
All my other trophies from 88-96 are all over the place, some in the loft
(https://i.ibb.co/rGcrZf8N/Picture-1.jpg)
Very impressive Jeff!!
I had posted a pic of the trophies I had won up to that point in time on gh15`s old board.............it`s long gone now.
I have some of my more prestigious ones in my house the others are in my barn gathering dust.
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Like reading the bitching from a nursing home :-X
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Van,just use 2 dumbbells if you don`t have access to a parallel grip bar.
Also with 2 dumbbells you can lower them further (right beside your ears) increasing the ROM.
Yes I've done that, especially the way the Westside powerlifters did them. I also sometimes turn the wrist so I lower to the other shoulder. But the instability of dumbells don't feel like they allow for full power output :D
"We're not bodybuilding here!" :D
Here's how I've often done them