If you only were allowed to choose one exercise for the rest of your life. What would it be? & Why? I am sure a lot will say Bench, Squat, or Dead? But I think hearing the reasoning would be interesting...
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12-15-2015, 09:32 AM #1
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Probably the clean and press, is that cheating? It would engage my whole body in a way that would be hard with just squats, bench, or deads.
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12-15-2015, 09:55 AM #5
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12-15-2015, 09:58 AM #7
Clean and press, deadlift, or pull up. Tough choice :/
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12-15-2015, 10:05 AM #8
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12-15-2015, 12:10 PM #14
Band pull aparts and if that's not hardcore enough, then standing BTN press.
Lower back control/arching:
- Arching your back will not flatten out your lower back.
- Lower back is arched by tilting your crotch towards your knees.
Counterintuitive? 101% so!
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A muscle can be either Medial to the midline or Lateral to it.
Therefore, there is no such thing as a medial/lateral delt.
Lateral delt or MIDDLE delt please...
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12-15-2015, 03:55 PM #18
Muscle up to handstand push ups - no doubt about it.
You could always wear a weight vest.
You would have amazing development of the shoulders, chest, back and traps; your core would be very stable, and it would be very impressive.
(For the record, I can do muscle ups with little "kipping", I can almost do handstand pushups - I can do a handstand on parallettes and hold it for around 6 seconds, and do 5-6 wall supported HSPUs, so as long as I had a few months before I could only do one exercise, I would be good.)Last edited by TBoneBrah; 12-15-2015 at 04:04 PM.
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..Currently at 70kg / 154lbs
SQ:.....135.0kg / 298lbs / 1.93xBW
BP:.....100.0kg / 220lbs / 1.43xBW
DL:.....160.0kg / 353lbs / 2.29xBW
Total:.395.0kg / 871lbs / 5.64xBW
On the road to a 7xBW total.
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Last edited by TBoneBrah; 12-15-2015 at 04:23 PM.
TBoneBrah - Running the Texas Method
.....Started at 59kg / 130lbs (Summer '14)
..Currently at 70kg / 154lbs
SQ:.....135.0kg / 298lbs / 1.93xBW
BP:.....100.0kg / 220lbs / 1.43xBW
DL:.....160.0kg / 353lbs / 2.29xBW
Total:.395.0kg / 871lbs / 5.64xBW
On the road to a 7xBW total.
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If I could only do one exercise forever and I wanted maximum benefit, I would choose the Olympic clean and jerk. The full body movement would challenge all the muscles in one fell swoop. However I think I would mentally be miserable.
If I wanted maximum enjoyment I would go with hiking. Still enough to keep my legs and core in good shape and burn a ton of calories. Plus you’re out exploring in the mountains and forests so that’s pretty cool.
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12-16-2015, 01:02 AM #23
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