EPTI have uneven triceps. One has a large long and lateral head, where the other has a large medial head. Anyone know of a way to target the areas that are suffering in one or the other in order to compensate? I've been doing one-arm pull downs to try to iron out these issues, but I'm always open to suggestions.
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Mortal
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I have uneven triceps. One has a large long and lateral head, where the other has a large medial head. Anyone know of a way to target the areas that are suffering in one or the other in order to compensate? I've been doing one-arm pull downs to try to iron out these issues, but I'm always open to suggestions. | ||
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llIH
Norway2143 Posts
On January 22 2013 04:42 Mortal wrote: Kind of a strange question: I have uneven triceps. One has a large long and lateral head, where the other has a large medial head. Anyone know of a way to target the areas that are suffering in one or the other in order to compensate? I've been doing one-arm pull downs to try to iron out these issues, but I'm always open to suggestions. Your triceps brachii works one way. Doesn't matter how you do your exercise. It will still contract the same way. As for static or dynamic that is another thing. But I do believe it is impossible to change your muscle as in which head will be larger. This is an inherited characteristic. | ||
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ragnasaur
United States804 Posts
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HornyHerring
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
On January 22 2013 04:42 Mortal wrote: Kind of a strange question: I have uneven triceps. One has a large long and lateral head, where the other has a large medial head. Anyone know of a way to target the areas that are suffering in one or the other in order to compensate? I've been doing one-arm pull downs to try to iron out these issues, but I'm always open to suggestions. This should cover it. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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LovE-
United States1963 Posts
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
Shoulder exercises hit them good. OHP and shoulder press are my preferred two. | ||
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LovE-
United States1963 Posts
On January 25 2013 18:44 ShadeR wrote: You mean your delts? Shoulder exercises hit them good. OHP and shoulder press are my preferred two. Yeah, delts. Had a major brain fart and couldn't remember what they were called for the life of me. Alright, thanks! | ||
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Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
On January 25 2013 12:25 Froadac wrote: Extremely ill with flu. No idea what to eat. Haven't eaten in two days. Was inducing vomiting. Still somewhat sick, but am on some anti nausea stuff (zofran) Eat things that are very watery and easy to digest - fruit smoothie made with just frozen fruit and water/juice is a good idea. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On January 27 2013 00:52 Bigtony wrote: Eat things that are very watery and easy to digest - fruit smoothie made with just frozen fruit and water/juice is a good idea. Thanks... Yeah, I'm doing ok now. Still a bit under the weather, but not altogether screwed up like previously. | ||
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Earll
Norway847 Posts
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Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
On January 28 2013 01:14 Earll wrote: So I am following the Stronglift program, and somewhat struggling with one of the lifts (barbell row) and am afraid its not good for my back as I am doing it now at least. Would doing exercise on a thing like this be similar enough to get the job done? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/T-bar-row-1.png I would suggest doing inverted rows - also called 'let me ups.' You can also try 1 arm dumbbell rows. The barbell row can be very challenging if you are just starting out (it was/is for me). At the lower weights the bar starts very low to the ground, and if you dont have bumpers or dummy plates that lift the bar off the ground it adds an extra degree of difficulty. | ||
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Fruscainte
4596 Posts
I just veered off of my SL schedule, and I'm deciding to just throw caution to the wind and redo my training program while still being very centered around the lifts I've been doing. Basically I hit 225 squat today, and I've decided there's no way in hell I can squat 225+ for 3 days a week. Considering I'm doing Muay Thai, I want to get more explosive so I'm going to start incorporating Oly Lifts into my regime. So I'm thinking of replacing my AxBxAxxBxAxBxx with: A: Squat (Low Bar: 90-100%) 3x5 Bench 3x5 Pendlay Rows 3x5 B: Squat (High Bar: 40-50%) 3x10 Cleans 3x8 Snatches 3x8 I assume I can do 8 reps with these since I'll be starting at the bar and working my way up, but once I get to like 135ish I'll assume I'd drop down to 3x5 or something C: Squat (Low Bar: 90-100%) 3x5 Standing OHP 3x5 Deadlift 1x3 All with appropriate warmups of course. xAxBxCx Now with that in mind, are there any good resources on HOW to do Cleans and Snatches appropriately? I got an idea of how to do Cleans (Butt down, push through feet to lift bar to knees, snap hips forward while shrugging weight to throw it into the air, get under bar, rest on front delts), but is there any actual good videos/resources on that? I'm completely lost on Snatches. | ||
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Zafrumi
Switzerland1272 Posts
also, if you want some guidance as to how to program for oly lifts, take a look at this beginners program written by glen pendlay, an oly lifting coach for calstr: http://www.pendlay.com/A-Training-System-for-Beginning-Olympic-Weightlifters_df_90.html lastly, here you can find good tutorial videos on the clean and the snatch: http://californiastrength.com/videos/viewcategory/12/olympic-weightlifting | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
http://californiastrength.com/videos/viewvideo/44/clean/clean-how-to-video-part-one http://californiastrength.com/videos/viewvideo/45/clean/clean-how-to-video-part-two http://californiastrength.com/videos/viewvideo/46/clean/clean-how-to-video-part-three | ||
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Fruscainte
4596 Posts
Think I'll stick with the bar trying to build flexibility a bit for a week or two before I start adding weight. A problem I'm having though is with my Snatch. Once I get it in the air, I'm having trouble squatting down. Like I straight up don't got the flexibility for going even close to parallel despite doing near ATG back squats, nor the balance when I'm holding the weight like that over my head. Is this a common issue? | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20022 Posts
I guess that's mostly for oly lifting though | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
A big reason I'm going for the Pendlays is because I can pick them up and save on shipping | ||
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ragnasaur
United States804 Posts
Also all these lifts seem like they have the same motion as the squat so would they be ok to do the same day as the squat? Or would I be to worn out from squatting? | ||
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