Should I drop accessory lifts?

trigden1991

Warm up, compound lifts then accessories (hence the name). If you doubled your lifts in one session then you definitely were not lifting efficiently before.

DopeItUp

dylan_mazur wrote: »

Sued0nim wrote: »

Why no squats?

I'm tall and lanky and it's really awkward for me and I've injured myself (just a minor one but it scared me).

I've mostly been sticking to the same exercises but I've also done calisthenics, dumbbell-only workouts, upper/lower and A B splits. I also have a repertoire of alternative exercises I'll do sometimes: cable crossovers, tricep pullovers, lateral raises, hammer curls, lat pulldowns, seated rows, pull-ups, chins-ups, and yes sometimes squats. Also do ab work on occasion. I've experimented and found that these are basically the exercises I'm comfortable with.

Just a suggestion, why not put some focus into making squats work? Hire a trainer, post videos for critique, do lots of research into technique variations and cues that might work for you, etc.. I understand the pain, it has taken me nearly 5 years to get a workable squat (due to a variety of factors including stubbornness and multiple injuries). But let's face facts here, if you're doing something like calf raises 3x a week but not squatting at all, your results probably aren't gonna be that hot in the long run.

JoRocka

dylan_mazur wrote: »

JoRocka wrote: »

dylan_mazur wrote: »

To clarify: I do the same eight exercises every day, three days a week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 3 sets of 12 for everything. I do compounds first and usually try to reserve energy to do accessories after.

okay- I'll bite.

If you do compounds first and accessories second- why the heck did you list them not in that order.
We can only help you based off the information you're giving us.

Which is incompletely and inaccurate.

Nice contribution. It's already been solved. Moving on...

you actually don't get to police what people say on the internet you know that right?

secondly- I want to cosign what DopeItUp said- squats.

They are technical- you should invest time in working on them. I've been working mine for years- and I continue to invest in it- they aren't always "fun" but you put the time in and it becomes much more "fun"

not everything about working out is "fun"

dillmilk

DopeItUp wrote: »

dylan_mazur wrote: »

Sued0nim wrote: »

Why no squats?

I'm tall and lanky and it's really awkward for me and I've injured myself (just a minor one but it scared me).

I've mostly been sticking to the same exercises but I've also done calisthenics, dumbbell-only workouts, upper/lower and A B splits. I also have a repertoire of alternative exercises I'll do sometimes: cable crossovers, tricep pullovers, lateral raises, hammer curls, lat pulldowns, seated rows, pull-ups, chins-ups, and yes sometimes squats. Also do ab work on occasion. I've experimented and found that these are basically the exercises I'm comfortable with.

Just a suggestion, why not put some focus into making squats work? Hire a trainer, post videos for critique, do lots of research into technique variations and cues that might work for you, etc.. I understand the pain, it has taken me nearly 5 years to get a workable squat (due to a variety of factors including stubbornness and multiple injuries). But let's face facts here, if you're doing something like calf raises 3x a week but not squatting at all, your results probably aren't gonna be that hot in the long run.

Don't forget leg press + deadlifts and the occasional accessories.

JoRocka wrote: »

dylan_mazur wrote: »

JoRocka wrote: »

dylan_mazur wrote: »

To clarify: I do the same eight exercises every day, three days a week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 3 sets of 12 for everything. I do compounds first and usually try to reserve energy to do accessories after.

okay- I'll bite.

If you do compounds first and accessories second- why the heck did you list them not in that order.
We can only help you based off the information you're giving us.

Which is incompletely and inaccurate.

Nice contribution. It's already been solved. Moving on...

you actually don't get to police what people say on the internet you know that right?

secondly- I want to cosign what DopeItUp said- squats.

They are technical- you should invest time in working on them. I've been working mine for years- and I continue to invest in it- they aren't always "fun" but you put the time in and it becomes much more "fun"

not everything about working out is "fun"

Maybe working out is not fun for the die-hards, but for the typical person if something isn't fun they're not going to want to do it. So there's nothing wrong with alternatives. You do you.

cgvet37

You don't have to do squats to have strong aesthetic legs. My opinion, isolation exercises will help you build your compound lifts.