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Your Favorite Weightlifting Exercise/Least Favorite

Thewatcher_66
Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
edited February 17 in Fitness and Exercise
What's your favorite weightlifting regiment? In other words, what movement do you think has provided you with the most noticeable improvement to your body. I hated weighted plank rows when I first started but now I love them. I've gotten lots of good shoulder definition that I didn't have before. It is now my favorite. My least favorite.....bench presses. I see very little, if any benefit from doing those.
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  • jlclabo
    jlclabo Posts: 588 Member
    squats or deadlift are my favorite........ squats or deadlift are my least also, lol.... i know they do the most good, but i also know they hurt the most, lol
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    Alright, the old love/hate relationship. lol. I have a few of those.
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    They are one in the same for me.

    OHP

    One day they can be my best friend and I feel insanely awesome doing them. The very next time I do them they can be my own little personal walk through hell.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    The most visible improvement? Hard to say. In terms of strength, stability, etc., it's a close race between front squats and Turkish get-ups.

    My favorite lift in terms of actually performing it is the front squat.

    My least favorite ... any single-leg lift. I hate Bulgarian split squats, lunges, step-ups, and single-leg deadlifts equally.
  • Walter__
    Walter__ Posts: 518 Member
    Overhead pressing is my favorite.
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    I feel a nagging at my rotator cuff whenever I do overhead or military presses. Maybe my technique is off.
  • RacquetChick
    RacquetChick Posts: 164 Member
    Favorite: Deadlifts
    Least Favorite: Lunges
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Depending on my mood, Dips or Pull ups for favorite,

    most hated has to be squats. Some variations are more tolerable than others but I dont enjoy any of them.
  • ironrat79
    ironrat79 Posts: 273 Member
    least- squats
    favorite- db press flat bench
  • Erin_goBrahScience
    Erin_goBrahScience Posts: 1,215 Member
    Favorite - Squats
    Least - Bench
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Favorite - Clean and Jerk or Power Cleans
    Least - core isolation stuff
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    Favorite and Least Favorite: Lunges of any sort.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    Favorite - Deadlifts
    Least Favorite - Overhead Press
  • May_Rose
    May_Rose Posts: 119 Member
    Favorite: Bench Press

    Least favorite: Squats!!! Ugh, I hate them! I can barely walk today :(
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    I love skull crushers, dumbbell renegade rows and sumo squats.

    Least favorite (but I still do them) are lateral raises. The movement feels so unnatural to me, but I love the way it makes my delts look.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    I love squats and KB clean & press and KB rows (love rows!!)
    I hate burpees but I do them.

    I hate turkish get ups but only becasue I'm still not strong enough to do them cleanly. But I'll get there because they look really cool.
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    I love sumo squats and overhead presses. As a whole program, Chalean Extreme is my true love. It goes super slow and I see such great results. I hate anything that works my outer thighs, but I love it too. I'm not sure if that counts as weight lifting, but I figured ankle weights still count. There's a workout from the Brazil Butt Lift program called High and Tight. It uses ankle bands and ankle weights and while I am crying by the end of the workout, I love feeling the burn. I'm actually doing a hybrid that includes both of those programs right now, so I get to do all those workouts regularly right now. Fun stuff!
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    I'm glad I started this discussion. You guys are giving me some good ideas on new exercises. i"m always looking for new challenges and sometimes doing the same thing can get really boring.
  • cricket_77
    cricket_77 Posts: 165 Member
    Fav - Squats
    Least Fav - Lunges :mad:
  • EHisCDN
    EHisCDN Posts: 480 Member
    Favourite - squats
    Least favourite - barbell rows (and most upper body :S).
  • Kirk_R
    Kirk_R Posts: 112 Member
    Deadlifts are probably tops for me. To really look strong you've got to develop your back and deadlifts are great for that.
  • feralX
    feralX Posts: 334 Member
    Favorite and yielded best overall results...definitely deads. Haven't used a straight bar in several years though, got sick of having bleeding shins all the time. Switched to a hex bar...very nice, easier on the bicep tendons too.

    Couple other exercises I've modified and had great results:

    Modified pulldown with D rings and a short Y chain connecting them.
    Lean forward so when your arms are fully extended overhead you feel a good stretch in your lats. As you pulldown pull the D rings apart and draw your elbows back as far as possible, squeeze shoulder blades together, and hold for a split second. Slowly let the cable back up to full stretch of the lats. Supersetting this exercise with close grip bench presses is a favorite, whole upper body is pumped after a few sets.

    Bastardized low cable upright row with D rings and a short Y chain connecting them.
    Pull the D rings up and apart as you extend your elbows to the side. Don't have to go too high, not like a regular upright row, so no risk of shoulder impingement. At failure you can get a few extra cheat reps by letting your traps assist to shrug the weight up. Shoulder won't let me do regular wide grip upright rows but I can do these relatively pain free and they really hit the side delts.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    Favorites: Squats, deadlifts and lunges
    Least Favorite: dumbbell presses, wide grip lat pulldowns
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    Favorite: Deadlift

    Least Favorite: Back Squats
  • kaaaaylee
    kaaaaylee Posts: 398
    I'm not sure as far as noticeable improvement, but I love doing deadlifts and backsquats. They make me feel so strong.

    I haaate overhead anything. Snatches the most, but overhead squats are a close second.
  • baptiste565
    baptiste565 Posts: 590 Member
    Fav....ohp
    Least...lat pulldowns
  • JMoore221979
    JMoore221979 Posts: 266
    Favorites: Deadlifts, bent over rows, and squats
    Least: hack squats and standing overhead barbell press.
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    I love bent over rows myself. You get almost a full body workout with that one, works your upper body and your core as you try to maintain balance.
  • DrWonga
    DrWonga Posts: 20
    Any type of bicep curls !
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,105 Member
    Love rows and squats.

    Don't like doing arm exercises anymore (even though they are my best bodypart).

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