Pick a getbig workout partner

[drkaje]

Div,

Here's my chest routine

A warm up set of eight for each exercise and then five sets of five.

Flat, decline, incline DB press. military press, close grip and then one arm dumbell or french curls or tricep extensions. Then I train forearms. I'd probably be a lot stronger in the incline db press if it were first, but I have a shoulder injury and it needs a lot of time to warm up. I can only do 100 on incline db press after flat and decline have been done.

[freespirit]

I prefer to train alone, but sometimes it's convenient to have a spotter.
Had a "workout partner" for a while (approx. for about a year) but he was the type of guy who liked to shake hands with everybody that he knew in the gym before we started.
Just want to do the training and get out as soon as possible, and that's a lot easier when you're alone.

[240 is Back]

I prefer to train alone, but sometimes it's convenient to have a spotter.
Had a "workout partner" for a while (approx. for about a year) but he was the type of guy who liked to shake hands with everybody that he knew in the gym before we started.
Just want to do the training and get out as soon as possible, and that's a lot easier when you're alone.

you should have told him to STFU and train.

[freespirit]

you should have told him to STFU and train.

Hell yeah. 

He never understood why I went 1 or 2 sets ahead when he was busy socializing.

[Unknown8471]

i prefer to train alone. having a partner always seems to slow me down to much.

[DIVISION]

Div,

Here's my chest routine

A warm up set of eight for each exercise and then five sets of five.

Flat, decline, incline DB press. military press, close grip and then one arm dumbell or french curls or tricep extensions. Then I train forearms. I'd probably be a lot stronger in the incline db press if it were first, but I have a shoulder injury and it needs a lot of time to warm up. I can only do 100 on incline db press after flat and decline have been done.

Doc.

Love under Incline DB Press.

Incline DB presses are the best for chest development......takes the pressure off the rotator cuffs and places the emphasis on the upper pecs and triceps.  I do them first and push them to the max....all out.

I usually finish with decline bench, mainly for a different feel. 

Inclines are where most of my energy is spent and it feels like no other chest movement.




DIV

[LuciusFox]

 Does anyone here run 5 miles for cardio? Old school bodybuilders used to do that.

[Overload]

I'd train with Div or Goudy...both seem like they train intense, which is the only way to train. Goudy trains in an old school gym like i do. no bullshit, just weights.

Div's workout for chest seems close to what i do in the offseason. i always start with incline DB when i'm bulking, it is the main chest builder in my opinion. having someone stronger or just as strong working with me makes for a better workout. every rep is perfect, no cheating, no assisted lifts, nothing but heavy weight.

 

[drkaje]

Doc.

Love under Incline DB Press.

Incline DB presses are the best for chest development......takes the pressure off the rotator cuffs and places the emphasis on the upper pecs and triceps.  I do them first and push them to the max....all out.

I usually finish with decline bench, mainly for a different feel. 

Inclines are where most of my energy is spent and it feels like no other chest movement.




DIV

I'll try changing the order and see what happens.

[Ursus]

I'd train with Div or Goudy...both seem like they train intense, which is the only way to train. Goudy trains in an old school gym like i do. no bullshit, just weights.

Div's workout for chest seems close to what i do in the offseason. i always start with incline DB when i'm bulking, it is the main chest builder in my opinion. having someone stronger or just as strong working with me makes for a better workout. every rep is perfect, no cheating, no assisted lifts, nothing but heavy weight.

 

cool i have 2 votes. yea id train with u overload forgot about u. u seem strng and are seem cool

[alexxx]

You guys are little men no wonder you train like little girls.

[Unknown8471]

You guys are little men no wonder you train like little girls.

those who live in glass houses shuld not throw stones.

[LuciusFox]

those who live in glass houses shuld not throw stones.

   Alexxx is frequently mistaken for thousand year old redwood trees because he is so massive.

[Unknown8471]

   Alexxx is frequently mistaken for thousand year old redwood trees because he is so massive.

a red wood tree would be a more fiting comparison for his ego.

[LuciusFox]

a red wood tree would be a more fiting comparison for his ego.

  It describes both. The man is well balanced

[Unknown8471]

  It describes both. The man is well balanced

hardly, the mans ego is the sise of a red wood, but his body is but a rail. however a well formed raill but a raill none the less.

[LuciusFox]

hardly, the mans ego is the sise of a red wood, but his body is but a rail. however a well formed raill but a raill none the less.

  Alexxx makes you look like "Peter Pan" from the feature film "Hook".

[Unknown8471]

  Alexxx makes you look like "Peter Pan" from the feature film "Hook".

lol, you have never seen me and therefor cant make a comparison.
however it is late hear and i must be off to bed i will most likly speek whith you tomaro. good night.

[LuciusFox]

lol, you have never seen me and therefor cant make a comparison.
however it is late hear and i must be off to bed i will most likly speek whith you tomaro. good night.

  Good night

[AGB]

never really trained with partners..i find most usually talk too much..

if i'm yabbering away on the ride to the gym does not mean its still yab time when we hit the gym parking lot..then shut the f**k up..

i'd prolly pick div or jake..but even then not in a tradational partner sense..

when i do 'train' with someone  i usually mean..."here n there i'll give you a look which means come over and spot me real quick..then go back to your training"
i do the same for them..no talking....i could be training chest and the other person could be training legs..

You're such a bad ass.

[Dingleberry]

Ever seen a kid drop a dumbell or barbell on his face during an incline press?

DIV

Never seen that but it reminds me of some funny shit I saw one time. A few years ago this dude was doing 135lb incline presses with the barbell. He was trying to drop the weight right under his chin, high on the chest for good form. Well, I don't know what the hell he was thinking but during his second set, when he unracked the barbell, he brought the weight down too close and ran the bar down the ridge of his nose. Now, normally that wouldn't be too bad but it was one of those bars that have the diamond knurling (where the bar is ground for gripping) across the entire bar. He literally ground the skin off his nose, from his eyebrows to his nostrils.
Due to the trauma he just encountered, he totally lost his focus and dropped the bar on his throat/chest, and had to call out for help. I could do nothing because the sheer sight of this had me laughing so hard, I lost the ability to move my limbs. I swear I tried, but all I could really do is kinda crawl his direction. Luckily someone closer ran up and pulled it off of him.
I give the dude credit, he continued his workout after waiting for the bleeding to stop. The next few weeks he was in there with a huge scab running down his nose, just that sight alone made me lose it.

[Blockhead]

 I would pick Jennifer Cowan (The BEAST) any time any day any gym...

 Especially on leg-day...she can keep up with or even out hustle the best of them...

 Some of the best leg workouts of my life came with training directly with her.

                                                             TheBlockhead!

[LuciusFox]

Never seen that but it reminds me of some funny shit I saw one time. A few years ago this dude was doing 135lb incline presses with the barbell. He was trying to drop the weight right under his chin, high on the chest for good form. Well, I don't know what the hell he was thinking but during his second set, when he unracked the barbell, he brought the weight down too close and ran the bar down the ridge of his nose. Now, normally that wouldn't be too bad but it was one of those bars that have the diamond knurling (where the bar is ground for gripping) across the entire bar. He literally ground the skin off his nose, from his eyebrows to his nostrils.
Due to the trauma he just encountered, he totally lost his focus and dropped the bar on his throat/chest, and had to call out for help. I could do nothing because the sheer sight of this had me laughing so hard, I lost the ability to move my limbs. I swear I tried, but all I could really do is kinda crawl his direction. Luckily someone closer ran up and pulled it off of him.
I give the dude credit, he continued his workout after waiting for the bleeding to stop. The next few weeks he was in there with a huge scab running down his nose, just that sight alone made me lose it.

   


  How much scarring did he have?

[Dingleberry]

   


  How much scarring did he have?

Nothing physical, just some emotional scarring.

[The Luke]

Why isn't everyone clamouring to be my training partner???

Come on guys, one 30 minute workout per week..... lots of time to have a life outside the gym.

The Luke