On February 04 2012 13:22 Kamais Ookin wrote: Eshlow, handstand push-ups for shoulder strength while on 3x5, yay or nay?
As opposed to what though?
Bench or press? Or other bodyweight exercises?
What are your goals?
HSPUs can always be made harder -- use parallettes to increase range of motion, or work on them free standing (though you need a solid freestanding handstand) or work on straight arm presses. It's also possible to add a weight vest and whatnot as well.
Just had the idea of doing hspu's as a supplement of 3x5 program, I'd still be doing bench and press. Would it add too much stress to the program? Also I want to add weighted dips, should I do that on bench press days?
If you're going to add something to SS (if that's what you're doing) then you should add in pullups. Mayyyybe dips... but bench and press... AND dips can be a lot.
But you can try it I guess.... I won't vouch for your progress if it stalls faster though because adding stuff to set programs can be an issue
Alright thanks for your wise inputs as usual! Havn't seen you on much in TLHF thread recently, makes me depressed.
On February 05 2012 17:21 GuiltyJerk wrote: So I'm getting to where I need to be weighting my chinups/pull ups, any recommendations for good weight belts?
for a while (up to ~30 lbs) you can hold dumbbells in between your legs to weight them. After that, it gets pretty hard to do so. I'm actually in the market for a belt myself.
On February 04 2012 13:22 Kamais Ookin wrote: Eshlow, handstand push-ups for shoulder strength while on 3x5, yay or nay?
As opposed to what though?
Bench or press? Or other bodyweight exercises?
What are your goals?
HSPUs can always be made harder -- use parallettes to increase range of motion, or work on them free standing (though you need a solid freestanding handstand) or work on straight arm presses. It's also possible to add a weight vest and whatnot as well.
Just had the idea of doing hspu's as a supplement of 3x5 program, I'd still be doing bench and press. Would it add too much stress to the program? Also I want to add weighted dips, should I do that on bench press days?
If you're going to add something to SS (if that's what you're doing) then you should add in pullups. Mayyyybe dips... but bench and press... AND dips can be a lot.
But you can try it I guess.... I won't vouch for your progress if it stalls faster though because adding stuff to set programs can be an issue
Alright thanks for your wise inputs as usual! Havn't seen you on much in TLHF thread recently, makes me depressed.
I'm trying haha.... I go through like 10 different threads when I come here so basically I skim for people asking me questions or questions that I can answer that haven't been answered. :x
On February 04 2012 13:22 Kamais Ookin wrote: Eshlow, handstand push-ups for shoulder strength while on 3x5, yay or nay?
As opposed to what though?
Bench or press? Or other bodyweight exercises?
What are your goals?
HSPUs can always be made harder -- use parallettes to increase range of motion, or work on them free standing (though you need a solid freestanding handstand) or work on straight arm presses. It's also possible to add a weight vest and whatnot as well.
Just had the idea of doing hspu's as a supplement of 3x5 program, I'd still be doing bench and press. Would it add too much stress to the program? Also I want to add weighted dips, should I do that on bench press days?
If you're going to add something to SS (if that's what you're doing) then you should add in pullups. Mayyyybe dips... but bench and press... AND dips can be a lot.
But you can try it I guess.... I won't vouch for your progress if it stalls faster though because adding stuff to set programs can be an issue
Alright thanks for your wise inputs as usual! Havn't seen you on much in TLHF thread recently, makes me depressed.
I'm trying haha.... I go through like 10 different threads when I come here so basically I skim for people asking me questions or questions that I can answer that haven't been answered. :x
Need to take a break one of these days
You certainly deserve a break for all your work, eshlow fighting!~
I've been doing chest for the last 5 months, and my body type has longer arms (hence lower numbers), so the numbers I have I'm quite happy with. They are all for 6 reps:
So pretty much I just want to work on making my chest larger and look better, while still doing very slow strength increasing. What kind of reps should I be looking at, how should I change my routine from doing chest once a week, 4 exercises for 4x6 with 12x1 & 10x1 for warm-up at low weights.
My biggest concerns are the no muscle spot in the middle of my chest, I did the pec deck machine for a little bit, but some people have been suggesting I do some cable flies because I can cross my arms are get the middle activated more. And mostly I want my chest wider. I've been told I have a very power-lifter grip as I have my pinkies on those smooth things on the bar (sorry for the bad description), and besides that, should I be focusing more on my flies?
sorry for the stupid question but on the stronglifts 5x5 it says 1x5 for deadlift, does this mean 5 sets of 1 rep or 1 set of 5 reps? I dont exactly seem to be able to word it in a way that will make google give me an answer. Just keeps giving me articles on stunting growth.
On February 06 2012 10:30 TotalBalanceSC2 wrote: sorry for the stupid question but on the stronglifts 5x5 it says 1x5 for deadlift, does this mean 5 sets of 1 rep or 1 set of 5 reps? I dont exactly seem to be able to word it in a way that will make google give me an answer. Just keeps giving me articles on stunting growth.
1 set of 5. Your lower back gets tired very quickly.
i just tried a few bodyweight squats with a narrower stance (bodyweight due to a minor hip problem), and it felt really good. i had absolutely no problem with my hip and was able to go deeper. But this sort of contradicts rippetoe. I believe he prefers a wider stance, but it's very uncomfortable to me. by narrow i mean my heels are directly under my hips. is this acceptable?
On February 06 2012 15:38 billy5000 wrote: i just tried a few bodyweight squats with a narrower stance (bodyweight due to a minor hip problem), and it felt really good. i had absolutely no problem with my hip and was able to go deeper. But this sort of contradicts rippetoe. I believe he prefers a wider stance, but it's very uncomfortable to me. by narrow i mean my heels are directly under my hips. is this acceptable?
On February 06 2012 15:38 billy5000 wrote: i just tried a few bodyweight squats with a narrower stance (bodyweight due to a minor hip problem), and it felt really good. i had absolutely no problem with my hip and was able to go deeper. But this sort of contradicts rippetoe. I believe he prefers a wider stance, but it's very uncomfortable to me. by narrow i mean my heels are directly under my hips. is this acceptable?
Bodyweight is really different from squatting with a barbell on your back. Slightly wider should be more stable and thus easier. If you like squatting all the way down, you need to switch to a high bar position. You'll be squatting Olympic style then, whereas Rip advocates a low bar squat.
Is it a good idea to just randomly stretch for maybe 10 minutes in the morning everyday? I find that I don't really have time to run as often as I would like, but I want to stay/be more flexible. Is stretching without actually working out a good thing?
Pretty sure you should do a warmup before stretching. Something about stretching cold muscles being ineffective and possibly dangerous. Just do 100 starjumps or burpees or something to get your heart rate up and body warm before you do stretches.
On February 06 2012 19:23 AndyJay wrote: Pretty sure you should do a warmup before stretching. Something about stretching cold muscles being ineffective and possibly dangerous. Just do 100 starjumps or burpees or something to get your heart rate up and body warm before you do stretches.
Or if you use stretches as warmups and just easy very gently into it. It's not exactly what you would reccomend for complete beginners but it works like wonders for me.
On February 06 2012 17:03 NationInArms wrote: Is it a good idea to just randomly stretch for maybe 10 minutes in the morning everyday? I find that I don't really have time to run as often as I would like, but I want to stay/be more flexible. Is stretching without actually working out a good thing?
Its perfectly safe to do static hold stretches while cold if your aim is to increase flexibility. However you should note to get any actual results from a static pose stretch you will need to hold it quite a while, like a minute or so. If you are doing a hold-relax type stretch then you can get a change in length a bit quicker but I don't know that its due to the tissue changing length at all, just neurological inhibition
but yes it is a great idea, honestly everyone should stretch everyday.
edit. and i'm talking nice and slow here, dynamic/ballistic stretches are the ones you want to avoid while totally cold
On February 06 2012 15:38 billy5000 wrote: i just tried a few bodyweight squats with a narrower stance (bodyweight due to a minor hip problem), and it felt really good. i had absolutely no problem with my hip and was able to go deeper. But this sort of contradicts rippetoe. I believe he prefers a wider stance, but it's very uncomfortable to me. by narrow i mean my heels are directly under my hips. is this acceptable?
Bodyweight is really different from squatting with a barbell on your back. Slightly wider should be more stable and thus easier. If you like squatting all the way down, you need to switch to a high bar position. You'll be squatting Olympic style then, whereas Rip advocates a low bar squat.
But is it wrong to do powerlifting squats with an olympic style stance (narrower stance)? I don't want to make any assumptions but I'm guessing as far as power goes, the main thing that will be limited is the hip drive if I do such squats.
On February 06 2012 16:47 NeedsmoreCELLTECH wrote:
On February 06 2012 15:38 billy5000 wrote: i just tried a few bodyweight squats with a narrower stance (bodyweight due to a minor hip problem), and it felt really good. i had absolutely no problem with my hip and was able to go deeper. But this sort of contradicts rippetoe. I believe he prefers a wider stance, but it's very uncomfortable to me. by narrow i mean my heels are directly under my hips. is this acceptable?
Bodyweight is really different from squatting with a barbell on your back. Slightly wider should be more stable and thus easier. If you like squatting all the way down, you need to switch to a high bar position. You'll be squatting Olympic style then, whereas Rip advocates a low bar squat.
But is it wrong to do powerlifting squats with an olympic style stance (narrower stance)? I don't want to make any assumptions but I'm guessing as far as power goes, the main thing that will be limited is the hip drive if I do such squats.
Power lifting squats ARE wide squats... they can't be powerlifting squats with a narrow stance; it's an oxymoron. Power is specifically wide to get more leverage for the posterior chain to lift heavier weights.
Narrow stance (shoulder width, or slightly below shoulder width) is better for athletic development because it works the legs in a more synergistic movement pattern you would see actually using the limbs.
If you're not going to be powerlifting you should be using narrow stance for squatting
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