Your Favorite Weightlifting Exercise/Least Favorite

Thewatcher_66
Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
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: 48,993 Member
    Love rows and squats.

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

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