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Ultimate Strength Training Exercises

chris789 Posts: 99 Joined: 2002/09/06	2002/10/30, 09:49 AM I would like to know what you think are the best exercises for gaining strength. Your best strength gaining exercises in other words. ---------------------------- "Some people call it insanity, I call it intensity"
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/10/30, 11:16 AM Deadlifts, squats, bent rows and chins. Bench press to a certain degree, as well as the ole shoulder press. Pretty much in that order. -------------- Those who lift understand it. Those who do not, think we are crazy!
chris789 Posts: 99 Joined: 2002/09/06	2002/10/30, 11:37 AM You mean bent barbell rows? And if so, with an overhand or underhand grip? -------------- "Some people call it insanity, I call it intensity"
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/10/30, 11:47 AM Either or I like the over hand grip cause you can use more weight. the under hand grip hits the back from a different angle but if you go to heavy there is a chance for biceps to get hurt....that is how Dorian Yates blew out his bicep....it is safe as long as you go easier at it. -------------- Those who lift understand it. Those who do not, think we are crazy!
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/10/30, 11:52 AM mutt is right on. basically any excercise that requires multiple muscle groups, or just most of your body in general, squats being on top. and as mutt said, and would stick with the overhand for rows: i think it hits your back better and takes more of the stress off your biceps. -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/10/30, 12:27 PM Anything that is a compound movement, i.e...working a muscle group. As mutt says, these are excellent movements. Isolation movements may have their uses, but not for building mass and strength. Low reps,as heavy weight as you can handle.
afzalthe1 Posts: 1 Joined: 2002/11/07	2002/11/11, 02:02 PM i have a very fast metabolism i want to build strength and power im 5ft 8 and weigh 8 stone i also do martial arts and im 21yrs old can anyone plz help me.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/11/12, 10:25 PM Yes...lift heavy and eat! Train with intensity. Do not have 3 meals, but 5-6 solid whole food meals, filled with protein, complex useful carbs, and some fats(not saturated if you can help it.) Have a couple protein shakes with a tbsp. of flax oil or 2-4 tbsp. of heavy cream besides. Do this on a consistent basis, and you will gain.
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2002/11/22, 04:05 PM I'd say squats, deadlifts, bench press (the big three) and chins. All the compound movements. Also, the Olympic lifts are good for explosive and maximal strength. -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan
86ryn59pzq Posts: 4 Joined: 2004/06/04	2004/06/04, 04:56 AM can you use simple terms like push-up or chin-up (i'm new) and what is deadlifts and bench press.how to do these exersice
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/06/04, 07:35 AM A deadlift is done standing up using a barbell, and a bench press is usually done lying down on a bench lifting a barbell. (See exercise descriptions on this site). By the way, this thread is almost 2 years old since it was posted. -------------- "A will finds a way, failure is not an option" Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
cur-odd Posts: 2 Joined: 2004/06/05	2004/06/05, 04:12 PM well you have to include Deads, squats, benches, rows miltary presses. Pretty much any lift that requires the use of more then one muscle constitues a power exercide for me
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/06/05, 09:25 PM for full body power, deadlifts, cleans( of any kind) and squat( sumo, jumping, etc.).... Bench pres can be a power move if done properly so can miliatry......both are mutli joint however don't require as much core strength, as the cleans deads and squat. I like to do bench press and stuff on physio balls, so i have to balance, as well as press. Same with miltary, i like to do it with out back support, so i have to use my abbs more. Other excercises I concider good strength devolopers for the excercises listed are...... Lunges, stiff leged deadlifts, back hypers, ham curls Floor presses, close grip press, lockouts pull ups, rows( barebell) skull crushers, and barbell curls. -------------- .......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! ......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened ......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2004/06/07, 03:40 PM parallel squat, the king of all excercises -------------- \"I get up in the morning around six to run for about an hour. Later in the day, I lift with a partner. Following my lifting sessions, I usually do speed and agility drills. Later, I drill all my holds and moves.\" \'Isnt that lifestyle boring?\' \"Yes, but the gold medal is very shiny.\" Ichiguchi Olympic Gold Medalist
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2004/07/28, 11:37 PM I'll have to agree with Wrestler, the paralell squat is KING. -------------- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
timmstar Posts: 426 Joined: 2003/12/08	2004/08/06, 11:37 PM try doing a squat but pause for 3 secs at about 80degrees of the movement then finish the movement then do ur normal squat then pause again at 80degrees damn thats helped my squats lol doing them with parallel mm :) r cleans rly that good or ??
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2004/08/07, 11:13 AM I've been doing power cleans....it's hard to get used to the form and everything and you need to have pretty flexible hips, but it's helped my power quite a bit. I can tell a huge difference when I'm playin basketball, and I've only been doing them about a month or so. -------------- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2004/08/16, 01:45 PM Some strength training coaches recommend doing heavy power cleans over the deadlift, partly because the deadlift is easy to overtrain your back with the heavy weights used. I disagree, but I still love the Power Clean. Great Excercise -------------- Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. steve
timmstar Posts: 426 Joined: 2003/12/08	2004/08/17, 05:10 AM power cleans where it goes above your head right?? so if that does basically everything what day would you actually add that on... why not just to plain cleans have that as back day or something?? ( with back day that is)
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2004/08/22, 12:24 AM A powerclean is when you pull the weight in an explosive movement to a "rack" at you chest. Your thinking of the snatch or clean and jerk. -------------- Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. steve
timmstar Posts: 426 Joined: 2003/12/08	2004/08/25, 02:53 AM i just call power cleans "cleans" lol but as i said above if you did even a clean a jerk what day is this counted as? legs back shoulders? also is it really that good of a power exercise??
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2004/08/25, 09:17 AM Snatches produce the most power of any lift. Cleans are second in that category. So to answer your question, yes they are a great power exercise when performed properly. Olympic lifts are primarily a lower body exercise when done properly. Arms work but are there more for support. Your legs do most of the work.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2004/09/01, 12:05 PM I do cleans and snatches on my lower back/legs day. I will sometimes do deadlifts on this day. I also keep this day seperate from my legs day, which is mostly centered around squats -------------- Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. steve
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2004/09/09, 04:42 PM I think I'm going to start adding some snatches into my routines. -------------- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
blue77 Posts: 182 Joined: 2004/10/10	2004/10/10, 11:54 PM .Vincere Auti Mori,:angry:
blue77 Posts: 182 Joined: 2004/10/10	2004/10/10, 11:57 PM I want to know if benching with boards is a effective or not.:surprised:
blue77 Posts: 182 Joined: 2004/10/10	2004/10/11, 12:11 AM The squat is the all time muscle builder,for the lungs heart,leg's,arms,shoulders.you should read Anthony ditillo.:dumbbell:
	2004/10/14, 03:57 PM Clean and Jerk, Snatch, and I don't know if you guys agree but DIPS...it hits pretty much the whole upper body plus the core..
rpowers Posts: 1 Joined: 2006/03/18	2006/03/18, 09:04 PM best abs and chest exercises with results.