Beginner's Guide: 6 Basic Compound Lifts, and How to do Them

[Meleky]

Just what I needed, thank you!

[Scatillac]

Good Start!

[Perf_white_GT]

Just what I needed, thank you!

Same here, one of the videos are down but other than that it seems like a solid workout that will get me out of the pool and treadmill and into the weight room.

[Rebel21]

nice!

[Kory69187]

Great info! The videos are very helpful for noobs like me as far as what good form is suppose to look like and how the lift should be done.

[entershikari]

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...a_deeper_squat

pretty good article on squats.

[dalrsmith]

Great info thanks.

[FIsh1989]

Fantastic wealth of information. Extremely helpful, thanks.

[PiranhaMatt]

This was a great post. I had been looking around youtube for videos of proper technique, and this was much easier. There is a lot of bad information out there, so thanks for making it easy.

[matt27gd]

My pet peeve is deginately clean and jerks. But everything in this thread is informative.

[matkat]

good mass-building exercises for your back. We all know how to do these from grade school

[Apacalypto]

The basics are the core to any workout plan. Unfortunately, athletes tend to forget about em once they focus primarily on lifting heavier and heavier weight. That just stupid. Another point: The biggest problem I see others doing with the deadlift is forgetting to bring the chest up sooner.

[4one5]

Where do you lower the bar during bench press and even close grip bench press? Lower chest? Middle chest?

[VoxExMachina]

Where do you lower the bar during bench press and even close grip bench press? Lower chest? Middle chest?

Generally, the middle to bottom of the pecs.

[KieranGray95]

Great Information, thanks for sharing .

[4one5]

Can someone explain to me the lowering part of the deadlift? Do I use my hips to lower to the knees then from there use my knees to lower the weight down?

[VoxExMachina]

Can someone explain to me the lowering part of the deadlift?

Read the Deadlift Sticky.

Do I use my hips to lower to the knees then from there use my knees to lower the weight down?

Essentially, yes. You just do the same movement you did to raise the weight, in reverse. You begin to lower by breaking at the hips, not at the knees.

[Knock0ut]

is slight rounding of the back ok when deadlifting? if my back arches at all i always think i'mdoinitwrong and lower the weight.

[VoxExMachina]

is slight rounding of the back ok when deadlifting? if my back arches at all i always think i'mdoinitwrong and lower the weight.

If the lower back rounds (outward), it's not good. Lower the weight and get a good inward arch going.

[Dshackle]

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[markymark321]

Very helpful information. Thanks.

[sixpack01]

very informative and detailed.. thanks!

[gilcott121]

I'm trying to put together a website about building muscle and proper workout.Please it out and tell me your impressions

[Rippedomania]

i like these info.

Great article!!!

[Rippedomania]

is slight rounding of the back ok when deadlifting? if my back arches at all i always think i'mdoinitwrong and lower the weight.

Do not round your back outwards when doing deadlifts or squats. YOu risk bad injur and back problems later!

[sarathi1]

I am trying to get my form down for the squat/deadlift. However, I cannot complete a proper rep of either because I believe my ankles and hips give out. It has nothing to do with the weight, I tried both exercises with just with the bar. I think I have poor flexibility in hips and ankles I believe. Any tips? I really want to get over this barrier. I tried watching videos and trying it, but no avail.

[blazeheavy]

Thank you so much for this post. I consider myself to have a pretty good base of knowledge on lifting, so imagine my surprise to find out I've been bench pressing wrong for months. And that's why my shoulder is aching!!! I was apparently taught wrong years ago.

So now after adjusting my approach I'm feeling much better.

Thanks!

[jerryds]

So can I do all of these exercises in one day as my routine? Thinking of working out 3X week with a day of rest in between.

[SportStudent]

Compound lifts rule.

[rkcraigslist519]

does anyone think that i would benefit from doing some freehand exercises outside in the hot weather (with proper hydration)? i know its great to sweat but would working outside with the fresh air and sunlight benefit at all? thanks everyone!