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EMUBOY Posts: 34 Joined: 2003/07/27	2003/12/28, 12:35 AM This problem has probably been posed a lot before, but I've seem to have hit a bit of a wall with some of my muscle groups.Some examples of the exercises and weight I'm stuck at is: flat d/b press 27kg x 4reps flat b/b press 70kg x 4reps standing lat raises 7kg x 10 reps should I really be bothered by this or just sit at what I can do because other exercises I can seem to frequently up the weight and not struggle.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/12/28, 02:20 PM Try changing your exercise, but still targeting the primary muscle. How often are you training the same muscles? They need a shock every now and then by changing the routine. Hope this helps. -------------- "A will finds a way" Ivan Montreal Canada
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2004/01/02, 03:26 PM Like carivan said, change is key. Whenever you get stuck at one thin, try doing it differently or doing something altogether different. Try switching to BB if yo are doing DB and vice versa. Try doing and incline press or a flye, or a cable chest exercise. If you dont want to change those, then try doing them in a different order or switch your days around. Good luck. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...Do not be discouraged; everyone who got where he is, started where he was.--anon ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/01/02, 07:31 PM what i liek to do for a shocker is if ur doing 70kgs go down to 55 or 60 kgs and do reps till faliure don't do such low reps high weight, do lower weight higher reps, hit those endurance fibers as well, they need to the work too....... by the way lats are a "pulling muscle"( toward the body) what is a lat raise???? is this somthing i have never herd of? a raise would mean " pushing"( away from the body) anyone get what i trying to say? -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
EMUBOY Posts: 34 Joined: 2003/07/27	2004/01/03, 12:32 AM I beg your pardon BIG-A, in the muscle targeting/shoulder section it's described as a "standing lateral raise". As for changing round my program I always seem to do as I'm now nearly 6 weeks into my own devised T-P.I could probably lift heavier on the b/b b/p but I train alone with no chance of having a training partner and don't want to have an accident and be found dead under a bar.The problem I have with the d/b b/p is not performing the exercise but lying down whilst straighten my arms with the d/b's to start the exercise, I can get one up but the other doesn't want to go...LOL!!! I know it sounds pussy-ish but I'm going to try uping the weight but only slightly (by a kg or 2) that way I can try and move onwards and upwards.