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bigdavid Posts: 139 Joined: 2001/04/05	2002/08/27, 01:03 PM your opinion my hardest exercise but best for your upper back is wide pull chin ups, it hardest to do and i cant do it with out 42 lbs assistants,i currently weight 207lbs. tell me yours and let me hear your tips. thanks
tt_rocker Posts: 389 Joined: 2001/01/25	2002/08/27, 02:05 PM that's my hardest 2... some of the other exercises can get pretty hard 2 once you start adding more and more weight like bench presses and laterals -------------- keep rockin'
fireloard Posts: 665 Joined: 2001/03/27	2002/08/27, 02:22 PM I like wide grip pulldowns and bent over barbell rows for the upper part of my back.. their not too hard to do unless you put too much weight on to begin with...
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/08/27, 02:54 PM when done correctly squats are not only the best exercise, but they are HELL on earth! surgery without anesthesia...LOL! -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/08/27, 03:05 PM I agree with Rev on the squats, but my dreaded favorite is deadlifts. Don't get me wrong done right squats is king. But I love/hate deadlifts, for me they rule! -------------- Life comes by only once....Live it to the fullest!
BRETTO Posts: 201 Joined: 2002/05/25	2002/08/27, 03:27 PM I also agree with Rev about squats. They are hell, but great. It's seems like body type has a lot to do with favorite/least favorite exercises. Big heafty guys like Rev and Mutt seem to like big, heavy weight exercises. This may just be my imagination though. As far as chin-ups, I absolutely agree with y'all about their difficulty. I think a lot of us have trouble with these. BigDavid, if you have access to a lat pull-down machine, this can be great for building your way up to lifting your own body weight. Afterall, how many of us can pull down 200lbs the first time we sit down at the machine.
BRETTO Posts: 201 Joined: 2002/05/25	2002/08/27, 03:32 PM I forgot, previously I've been advised by the smart folks on this site to not be discouraged by partial chin-ups and even to try hanging for as long as I can to build strength. Even partial reps(chin-ups) are great strength builders.
fireloard Posts: 665 Joined: 2001/03/27	2002/08/27, 03:40 PM Oh wait I thought he meant hardest exercise for his upper back... oh ok... for me my hardest exercise is probably lunges.. these seem to work well but are hell for me to do.... they feel funny and completely suck... squats are kinda rough too but if I ever find a lifting belt that fits my waist i think they probably won't be so bad.. I guess I just don't like working my legs in general =/ everything else doesn't seem so bad once you start and get going doing them.. as far as wide grip pullups.. i can't ever do the amount in a set that ft recommends.. but I still don't think they suck...
bigdavid Posts: 139 Joined: 2001/04/05	2002/08/27, 05:11 PM Its easier to do close chin ups..no problem for me .. But wide chin ups is kinda hard .. i seen theRock doing it with a towel .. holding a towel instead of the bar ..wraping a towel around the bar. pulling himself holding the towel.
Bnoble Posts: 30 Joined: 2002/07/26	2002/08/27, 06:58 PM I would agree with the poster about favorites, and least favorites having a relationship with body type. chin-ups...lol... no prob Put a bunch of weight on that Bench..F*ck... Dead lifts... I won't even visit that place. As for my personnal least favorite, it's gotta be the Ab stuff... Not so much cause they are hard, it's just boring to me (too much time..too many reps..till they hurt). I still haven't become accustomed to the burn that comes with them.... And finally (the real reason...vanity) I don't make much noise when lifting etc....Abs make me make stange noises...lol -------------- "When going through hell......DON'T STOP"
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/08/27, 09:29 PM I don't have much problem with chins, I finish every back workout with chins to failure. I would rate dead lifts as my hardest, followed closely by squats. I put much more emphasis into squats because I have to, really gotten quite strong in them, but still hate them...Can't do a deadlift for nothing though. My biggesst problem with them is I tend to be an all or nothing type person, and I try to pile on too much weight, and next thing I know I am hurting my back doing them incorrectly.
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2002/08/28, 02:45 AM I'm baaaaaad at wide hand chin ups...... ): I need some strong guy to help me get up there..... -------------- - Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.
BRETTO Posts: 201 Joined: 2002/05/25	2002/08/28, 11:08 AM I'd like to volunteer my services to Philia. ;o)
pambam Posts: 45 Joined: 2001/11/22	2002/08/29, 03:31 AM I also tried the wide arm chin-up a couple of weks ago at the gym but my legs we just left dangling there!!! really hard unless i put weight on the base... -------------- Pambam ;o)
bigdavid Posts: 139 Joined: 2001/04/05	2002/08/30, 12:00 PM pambam nice profile... nice pic ...very beautiful may i add ... i love squats,hard to do,but enjoy doing it, i guess cause, i can do it with heavy weights. close grip its easy too,,just wide for some reason i find it hard to do , chest is good,i lift heavy like it .. the topic should be work out you like to do and enjoy doing ..ha,,ha,, stay healthy
samuel Posts: 3 Joined: 2001/01/19	2002/09/16, 04:33 AM i have registered for 12 week abdominal workouts but i am not able to find it out in my profile please help me out
EGChic207 Posts: 288 Joined: 2002/03/25	2002/09/16, 11:15 AM err i hate squats lol they so hard! -------------- Tiffany Der #10 "You have to make it through the rain in order to see the Rainbow........."
shree01 Posts: 1 Joined: 2008/07/18	2008/07/18, 02:36 PM I want to do squats but my leg are already big, I just want to firm them up, how can I do that?
shawnymac Posts: 1 Joined: 2008/07/24	2008/07/28, 09:59 AM Samuel - After the login page, go to "fitness plan", and then "your exercise program". At the bottom of that page, before you click on an individual week, there is a link to the 12 week abdominal program. It has its own schedule that you have to coordinate with your regular fitnes plan routine. Let me know if this helps and you can find it. As for my "hardest but favorite" - it has to be clean and jerk. It hits EVERYTHING, and is exhausting. But when done right, is very good for you.
docksideguy05 Posts: 90 Joined: 2008/05/15	2008/08/14, 02:50 AM i hate wide grip pull ups the worst, strap about 20 lbs on my back and go at em, feel like throwing up when im done with ten, but it hurts sooo good haha