EXERCISES That Are A Must!

[The Shadow]

That was my point. You stated that there was a difference between "shaping" and "mass building", though, and it had to do with rep range "Shaping" to me would be exercising a weak part differently, say altering your routine to bring up a lagging chest.

But changing rep range will not "shape" a muscle rather than "build" a muscle. All lifting is mass building, there's no such thing as shaping.

Agreed!!!

 

[110%]

heres my list:

chest: incline dumbell press
biceps: seated alternating dumbell curls
triceps: tricep pressdowns
shoulders: overhead barbell press
traps: dumbell shrugs
quads: squats, leg presses
hamstrings: lying leg curls
abs: crunches

 

[mekannik]

While I agree with both Havoc and Cornholio - I feel you have to throw in an Olympica lift or functional excercise. All the excercises you have stated are great for mass building and shaping - but coordinating your movement and control of your muscles is necessitated by the functional/Olympic lifts.

 

[Belial]

Agreed!!!

Word.

 

[MarshallPenniford]

Zulu,

Alternatives to doing barbell curls: Pull-ups and reverse-grip pull-downs.


Alternatives to doing calf-raises: Squats, SLDL maybe.

Just going with your isolation's are BS thing....