Are You REALLY Hardcore?

[Zerxes]

Other than obviously hauling your asses to the gym all week long to improve yourself physically, I am wondering how many of you fellas do the exersises that(IMHO) separate the Men from the Boys, and make you a cut above the rest of the guys at your Gym.

1. Deads. No Bouncing. Pause at the Bottom.

2. Squats. Straightbar. NOT Smith Machine. Below parralel or a.t.t.f.

3. Straightbar Bench Presses. I figure everyone does these. No Smith Machine though, and none of that having a spotter yank it off your Chest and then have him lie and say "Barely touched it man". I hate that.

4. Pullups. All the way to full elbow extension.

5. Close-Grip Bench/Reverse-Grip Bench. For Tris

6. And the one that I RARELY see anyone do(at least where I train), but IMO are the best movement for Trapezius/Shoulder/Forearm, & Spinal Erector development: Power Cleans.

I personally love these power movements because for one, they are the hardest to do, and thus the reason that alot of people do not like to do them(other than injury). For two, they involve alot of form as well as power to become strong. I love the challenge of trying to get that form down on shit like Cleans and Deads.

So do you guys do these "hardcore" lifts, or are you a Leg Extension/Pec-Dec guy who can't figure out why you aint getting thicker?

 

[gainerxxl]

Hey, bro, you covered all my favourite exercises, I gotta be hardcore, then.
I hate people doing bench press on a gay smith machine, or idiots doing about a hundred sets of cable triceps extensions, followed by another hundred sets of triceps kick backs and afterwards flexing their not even visible tri in the mirror.

 

[ripper2]

i love power cleans! i do them every back workout. other than myself, i VERY RARELY see anyone else do them... maybe 1x every 3 weeks or so. weird

 

[c3bodybuilding]

For me it's all about deads (my favorite back exercise), chins, dips, rows, clean and press, squats, straight leg deads, close grip press, etc. I have no need for machines (other than calfs sometime, and lying leg curls). All that crap is foo foo stuff.

I just love the guys who hate on me for being 240 plus. They are the same ones who do 10 sets of cable crossovers, a few crunches, and some machine press's, then go home and eat a can of tuna, some skim milk and a shake..

 

[Diz]

fuckin right zerxes.I am not genetically gifted in the strength dept
but what I do is done right.I strongly beleive that training with good form is the only way to go.really brings in the mind-muscle connection.you never get the true feeling of power until you pull
that 500lbs 1" off the floor and then explode.(deadlifts)

good post man.

 

[SuKY_GeNeTiCs]

I do all the above except I currently don't do deadlifts and have never tried power cleans. At my school gym people sort of look at me in awe as I load the squat bar up and do very deep squats. In the last 3 months I think I have only seen maybe two other people doing squats at all! I am not big either, but I am bigger than most the stick boys that are there doing one arm db curls with 15lb.s lol!

Hey for power cleans what weight should I start with and what day would I do them on? Shoulder day? I weigh 198. Thanks

 

[ROLGOR]

Do them all but the pull up's. Got torn rotator cups from doing pull ups with iron strapped to my body and have not had surgery yet. no pull ups, no military.

 

[Zerxes]

I do all the above except I currently don't do deadlifts and have never tried power cleans. At my school gym people sort of look at me in awe as I load the squat bar up and do very deep squats. In the last 3 months I think I have only seen maybe two other people doing squats at all! I am not big either, but I am bigger than most the stick boys that are there doing one arm db curls with 15lb.s lol!

Hey for power cleans what weight should I start with and what day would I do them on? Shoulder day? I weigh 198. Thanks

I do them with Back/Traps brother, because in my opinion, the Traps are Primary as far as muscles worked with Power Cleans. I would try to start out with one plate on each side at first and see if you can get your form down. Power Cleans are going to take enough out of you at first without having to put #35 or #25's on there and have to start out in a deeper squat stance because of those plates smaller diameter.

 

[jamotech]

Ive found that all those need to be done at some time or another to build a good foundation and/or for bulking. I dont do deadlifts every week, I do them every 3rd week. All those were intimadating at first, even embarrasing if your not already strong but they definately made me stronger!!

 

[backlash79]

all of the above, except for power cleans t this moment.

was doing them, but i think i plateued at 155 for 6 cause my form was off. next time arolund gonna get some instruction and hopefully i'll be able tto go up a bit.