3 Lifts for the rest of your life

BigT555

The deadlift thread got me thinking, just out of curiosity, if you could do only 3 exercises in the gym for the rest of your life, what would they be?

for me;
-Overhead press
-Deads
-Pendlay rows

i love all 3 and this would give you the best muscle balance IMO

Timshel_

Don't even need lifts. Can just pick three exercises:

Pushups, Burpees, and squat jumps.

micheleb15

Squats, pull-ups and burpees.

Edited: I read this as three exercises, not lifts.

fooninie

-Squats
-Deadlifts
-Overhead press

amandzor

Bench press, squats, deadlifts

Non-lifting? Push ups, sit ups, sprints.

I_Will_End_You

deadlifts
bench press
squats (even though I despise them)

JTick

Deadlift
Bench
Squat

OHP can go jump off a bridge.

BigT555

squats (even though I despise them)

im glad im not the only one. if they werent so effective at building joocy quads and glutes i would never squat lol

sometimes i think being a curlbro wouldnt be so bad after all....

Stage14

Definitely deads and squats. I guess I'd probably pick OHP for my third because while it's the bane of my existence, it's got the most real world application of the remaining compound lifts.

Aliciaaah

Squats
Pushups
Clean and Press

Walter__

OHP
Bench
Pullups

BigT555

Squats
Pushups
Clean and Press

i should really get into clean and press, my two favourite lifts mashed into one (ohp & deads)

Aliciaaah

Squats
Pushups
Clean and Press

i should really get into clean and press, my two favourite lifts mashed into one (ohp & deads)

I love them. Challenging, and you can use light weight to make it a really challenging cardio type move, or go for the heavy weight. But it's nearly a full body workout, which is why if I can only have three lifts, this is one of them! :happy:

Ashes_To_Beast

Dead Lifts
Pull ups
Dips

Squats would have been 4th but those have to be my top 3

MagnumBurrito

Pull up, DL, squat

RaeLB

deadlift
bench press
squats

cwolfman13

- Clean and Jerk
- Snatch
- pushups

SezxyStef

wow...

not sure I can choose..

Weights...Deadlift just cause I love em, Squats cause I love what they do for my butt....toss up between bench and OHP...however rows are becoming a favorite after losing that last bit of stubborn back fat....oh the humanity I can't choose...:sad:

Non weight pull ups, biking, plank jacks..amg love those

MrTolerable

-Squats
-Deadlifts
-Overhead press

^dis

MrTolerable

Pull up, DL, squat

^actually dis

cargotrailer

Bench Press,
Squats,
Clean & Press

No_Finish_Line

OHP
Bench
Pullups

if i did just what i really wanted to it would be this, or maybe even weighted dips instead of bench.

but i'd have to be a good boy and sub squats for OHP

ValGogo

The deadlift thread got me thinking, just out of curiosity, if you could do only 3 exercises in the gym for the rest of your life, what would they be?

for me;
-Overhead press
-Deads
-Pendlay rows

i love all 3 and this would give you the best muscle balance IMO

OK, pendlay rows, does the barbell touch the ground? is it supposed to?

JoRocka

Weighted:
Squats
DL
Rows

Body weight:
pistol squats
pull ups
push ups

andeey

Squats
Upright rows
Straight leg deads

abadvat

Variations aloud?
Squats, DL and pull ups!

BigT555

The deadlift thread got me thinking, just out of curiosity, if you could do only 3 exercises in the gym for the rest of your life, what would they be?

for me;
-Overhead press
-Deads
-Pendlay rows

i love all 3 and this would give you the best muscle balance IMO

OK, pendlay rows, does the barbell touch the ground? is it supposed to?

negative. it can, but i do them in the power cage starting from around hip height (and then back up to give myself room) if im feeling lazy

eta; if you mean during the lift then the answer is no, you'd have to be bent over pretty far to do this. the plates are usually about 6" off the ground at full extension of my arms when i do them

_Resolve_

Squats
Deads
C&J

Assuming I couldn't include a complex lift in my choices.

4my2jays

Good Mornings, Deadlifts and of Course Squats

randomtai

Deads, Bench, and Clean jerks

neandermagnon

The deadlift thread got me thinking, just out of curiosity, if you could do only 3 exercises in the gym for the rest of your life, what would they be?

for me;
-Overhead press
-Deads
-Pendlay rows

i love all 3 and this would give you the best muscle balance IMO

OK, pendlay rows, does the barbell touch the ground? is it supposed to?

negative. it can, but i do them in the power cage starting from around hip height (and then back up to give myself room) if im feeling lazy

eta; if you mean during the lift then the answer is no, you'd have to be bent over pretty far to do this. the plates are usually about 6" off the ground at full extension of my arms when i do them

video of Glenn Pendlay demonstrating the Pendlay row: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlRrIsoDpKg

ETA: to answer the question - yes the bar should be on the floor at the start and the end of each rep. See the video for the rest of the advice about correct form.