4 Powerhouse exercises!!!

[Andresc]

I was wondering if it is true that the bench, squat, deadlift and Pullups are the Four Powerhouse exercises in the gym. if not, what exercises are?

[Anton41190]

First of all you listed four exercises and said three. Second its squat,bench press,deadlift,and legpress.

[SuperKid]

What? Four Powerhouse?? Huh

[Trappy]

First of all you listed four exercises and said three. Second its squat,bench press,deadlift,and legpress.

Legpress.. what?

Squat, bench and deadlift are the big three. I'd say military press if you needed a fourth.

[SuperKid]

yo do u mean the best exercises for measuring brute strength

[Anton41190]

Legpress.. what?

Squat, bench and deadlift are the big three. I'd say military press if you needed a fourth.

Naw legpress would be it.

[SuperKid]

I think the best exercises to measure brute strength are squat/dead/military/pullups/dips then maybe bench

squat/bench/dead are the big 3 lifts used in powerlifting though, clean & jerk/snatch in olympic lifting

[MuZI]

Pull ups!?

Where the hell does that come from?

[Peaked]

Bench Press
Dead Lift
Squats
Barbell Front Press

If you only do those you will look good.

[RipStone]

Bench Press
Dead Lift
Squats
Barbell Front Press

If you only do those you will look good.

agreed.

The main exercises one should do are bench press, squat, deadlifts, pullups, dips, bent over rows, and overheard press. You should really focus your routine on these movements and maybe add in a few isolation exercises for accessory work.

[Boridi]

Leg Press doesnt even come close to exercises like pullups/bent over bb rows

[IronHokie]

First of all you listed four exercises and said three. Second its squat,bench press,deadlift,and legpress.

I'm pretty sure he listed four the first time

Anyway, besides the big 3 I'd prefer a pullup over a military. The bench can build the shoulders and tris better than a deadlift can the back/bis so I would say the pullup for more back work if I had to choose 4 exercises for the rest of my life

[fightingfury88]

squat/bench/deadlift/POWER CLEAN AND JERK

[Peaked]

There really is no end all exercises in general.

[Top Heavy 101]

Bent over BB Rows Defintley number 4 Milltary number 5

[sheezy]

at my school we do

monday- squats
tuesday- break
wednesday- power clean, ab exercise
thursday- dead lifts, military press press, ab excercises
friday- bench

squats,bench, power clean, dead lifts, or most important in our gym :-/

[fightingfury88]

at my school we do

monday- squats
tuesday- break
wednesday- power clean, ab exercise
thursday- dead lifts, military press press, ab excercises
friday- bench

squats,bench, power clean, dead lifts, or most important in our gym :-/

exactly (would be better if you switches tuesday and wednsday

[Anton41190]

I'm pretty sure he listed four the first time

Anyway, besides the big 3 I'd prefer a pullup over a military. The bench can build the shoulders and tris better than a deadlift can the back/bis so I would say the pullup for more back work if I had to choose 4 exercises for the rest of my life

He edited it.

[tiny.t]

Naw legpress would be it.

Hahaha,funny ****.My big four;Front squat,incline db bench,bent rows and btn press.My lower back gets enough work for me doing bent rows and squats.

[Trappy]

Naw legpress would be it.

No.. squats > legpress. No need for another quad exercise if you could only choose 4 exercises. You would need a shoulder exercise in there, ie military press.

[Graphite]

At my school its all about

Bench
Squat
Dead Lift
Power Clean

[mt127158]

At my school its all about

Bench
Squat
Dead Lift
Power Clean

In america it's bench squat dead, maybe power cleans. In Europe it's clean and jerk and snatch.

[kingarty]

the compound exercises or "power house" exercises are
1. benchpress - flat and incline
2. squat
3. deadlift
4. PC

[Furious E]

since when was the number of big compound lifts limited to four?

lower body:

squat
deadlift
clean
snatch
jerk

upper body:

bench press
bent bb row
pull up
military press
push press

there are others

[Mr. Blonde]

bench squat deads powercleans.

[Muzzle]

Snatch!

[Anton41190]

Is there no one on this entire forum that would agree with me that Legpress is one of the great measurements of brute strength. I mean you could probably put up more weight on a Legpress than any other single exercise out there and no one better say squats because you automatically can Legpress more than you can squat.

[mt127158]

Is there no one on this entire forum that would agree with me that Legpress is one of the great measurements of brute strength. I mean you could probably put up more weight on a Legpress than any other single exercise out there and no one better say squats because you automatically can Legpress more than you can squat.

Dude, I can easily push a car on a flat surface, I sure as hell can't squat a car. Does that mean pushing a car is a better exercise?

[Anton41190]

Dude, I can easily push a car on a flat surface, I sure as hell can't squat a car. Does that mean pushing a car is a better exercise?

Any one can push a car on a flat surface but leg presses are vertical or angled there is no comparison.

[mt127158]

Any one can push a car on a flat surface but leg presses are vertical or angled there is no comparison.

Ok, squats are straight up and down, leg press is 45 degree's, pushing a car is flat. The closer something gets to flat the easier it is to move. Squats use more suporting muscles than leg press also.