Looking for some ideas...

[superqt4u2nv]

on heavy tricep work I do chest and tries together. I always do close grip bench as my heavy lift but looking for some other ideas to change it up.

 

[b fold the truth]

You ever done board presses?

JM Press?

Overhead Partial Pin Presses?

Flat Bench or Close Grips with bands?

 

[superqt4u2nv]

You ever done board presses?

JM Press?

Overhead Partial Pin Presses?

Flat Bench or Close Grips with bands?

Never done any of that please explain how exactly do them.

 

[b fold the truth]

Never done any of that please explain how exactly do them.

I can get video next week...hmmm.

Board Presses: Basically perform a flat bench press (I still do close grips) but with some 2x4's nailed together. This creates a shorter range of motion, loading the triceps a lot. Bar goes down, does NOT bounce or even touch and go on the boards, and then back up. Fries them!!!!

JM Press: Basically a cross between a close grip bench and a skull krusher. Elbows are tucked in and go down low while the bar is taken much higher on the body.

Overhead Partial Pin Press: Set a bar up in the power rack at a level above the top of your head. Get under the bar (seated or standing) and press from bottom position up. Works the triceps A LOT!!!!

Bands: www.prowriststraps.com sells bands there. Go with the mini-bands (about $20). Attach one side to the end of the bar, the other end of the band to a dbell on the floor. Bench Press as normal but as you press up and the triceps take over...the resistanc increases from the band tension. I think that it really works the squeeze on the pecs too.

Tate Presses (AKA elbows out incline tricep exts): Sit on an incline bench with a light pair of dbells. Start in the incline dbell press position. Elbows go out while dbells stay next to each other. As they get closer to the chest, turn the pinky sides in so that your pinkys are touching, elbows high and out, and then explode/extend back to the top.

Rolling Dbell Tric Exts: Lay on the floor or bench and basically do a palms facing skull krusher with the dbells touching the floor/bench by your head.

Again...I can get vids next week...

 

[Chambewy20]

You can go to elitefts.com, click on Q/A, scroll to the bottom left hand side to the exercise index and there are categories with pictures and explanations of a ton of movements, not only band, board and chain movements but have incorporated machine stuff as well....

Hope this helps!!!!

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Thanks B-Fold I would love to work out some where hardcore enough that Board Presses were acceptable but I work out at Bally's I come in with some 2 x 4 and there going to flip. I already get dirty looks for the chalk. The over head partial presses I am good with got a pretty clear graps of how to do them but the rest video's would be very help full

 

[Illuminati]

Never done any of that please explain how exactly do them.

with the bands for the bench....you should double the mini's over the bar, and anchor them down with a db (for the mini's you will need at least an 70lb db) what I do, is put one loop end around the handle of the db, pull the band up and over the bar and put the other loop end on the handle of the db. then put 5lb plates on both sides of the db. this will prevent the db from moving.
i could post a picture early next week (monday or tuesday) if you have a hard time visualizing this.

 

[nelmsjer]

with the bands for the bench....you should double the mini's over the bar, and anchor them down with a db (for the mini's you will need at least an 70lb db) what I do, is put one loop end around the handle of the db, pull the band up and over the bar and put the other loop end on the handle of the db. then put 5lb plates on both sides of the db. this will prevent the db from moving.
i could post a picture early next week (monday or tuesday) if you have a hard time visualizing this.

Hook the entire board up with a pic of the setup, bro.

Thanks!

 

[bignate73]

instead of getting too intricate and specific,(no offense guys) but how about dips? very functional exercise and requires bodyweight only.

another good one is close grip pushups with your feet elevated some.

not as glamorous, but very functional.

I'm not sure what QT's level of strength is....though a field test....er..um...back to the subject.

if you are under 8-10 on either of those exercises, then there is room for improvement on those exercises which will carry over to your other lifts.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

instead of getting too intricate and specific,(no offense guys) but how about dips? very functional exercise and requires bodyweight only.

another good one is close grip pushups with your feet elevated some.

not as glamorous, but very functional.

I'm not sure what QT's level of strength is....though a field test....er..um...back to the subject.

if you are under 8-10 on either of those exercises, then there is room for improvement on those exercises which will carry over to your other lifts.

How you doing darling?

Dips are the anti-Christ I injured my shoulder doing them and have only since tried doing them twice, both times it tweaked an existing problem so I promised myself I would not be doing them ever again.

 

[bignate73]

ah, ok gotcha. i find that I need alot of warmup doing them too. BUUUUT. i figured out that if i tuck my knees in front of me, it tilts me forward more. my torso is at about a 30deg angle and it takes alot of the stretch out of my shoulders. alot of times people cross their legs behind them and that keeps them completely vertical, this also puts a huge amount of stretch on the front deltoid and also forces your arm back behind you unnaturally.

see darlin' Toronto is way to far away, you could be learning how the cow makes milk instead of buying it from the store....or some sort of metaphor like that. ok...i'm confused.

but my point is, take a look at your mechanics of doing an exercise before damning it to hell. i swore off flat bench and OH pressing, because i was flaring my elbows. It was killing my AC joint and my bicep tendon was really hurting. Lo and behold a little lady by the name of spatts opened my eyes to tucking my elbows (many moons ago) and those 2 exercises are the staple of my upper body workouts.

thats my $.02. let me know if i can help with anything.

 

[iliketo1ift]

Everyone knows cable pull downs are the shiznit for tries, just do lots of them and you will be cut like me.

I'm sponger then you

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Everyone knows cable pull downs are the shiznit for tries, just do lots of them and you will be cut like me.

I'm sponger then you

this has got to be an alter

Regardless my aim is for strength with these exercies.

P.S. Nate I am stubborn I dammed dips to hell and likely only try them with a spotter to guide me to correct form

 

[bignate73]

this has got to be an alter

Regardless my aim is for strength with these exercies.

definitely is, with alot of red dots!