3 Lifts for the rest of your life

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  • Chainbreaker
    Chainbreaker Posts: 124 Member
    Pendaly Row
    Standing Cable Press
    American Kettle Bell Swing
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    squats have done more for my core strength than planks did

    thing is, you have to choose only three exercise, so the ones that work out more of the body at one time - such as squats and deadlifts - are good choices. Squats are not just a leg exercise. They're also a core exercise, because you have to keep your core rigid all the way up and down, while supporting a heavy barbell on your back... deadlifts also work your core for the same reason, and your arms (forearms especially - maintaining your grip)

    that's why so many people are choosing squats and/or deadlifts
  • Runningmischka
    Runningmischka Posts: 386 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    Plank can be done anywhere. The OP asked for 3 exercises at the gym. At least that's how I saw it.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    ok EVERYONE RELAX

    i DO SQUATS (Lots of them)

    Please no more snarky comments

    I only ask because I have started Strong curves and am seeing great results

    Discuss

    who's being snarky? people are just answering your questions...
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    ok EVERYONE RELAX

    i DO SQUATS (Lots of them)

    Please no more snarky comments

    I only ask because I have started Strong curves and am seeing great results

    Discuss

    I am relaxed. *shrug*
  • Bustergirl14
    Bustergirl14 Posts: 69 Member
    Squat, deadlift, bench
  • legendary781
    legendary781 Posts: 62 Member
    Agree with the majority of people on here.

    Squats, Bench, Deadlifts
  • swimmermama
    swimmermama Posts: 526 Member
    Squats, one-leg deadlift with row, and pull-ups. They all make me feel like a bad-*kitten* :)
  • accelerashawn
    accelerashawn Posts: 470 Member
    Squats
    Pendlay Rows
    Incline Bench Press

    Althought the Clean Jerk Press is kind of an all in one
  • missdibs1
    missdibs1 Posts: 1,092 Member
    thank you all for the useful info!

    I think I will have to get an exercise physiology book so I may catch up!
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    thank you all for the useful info!

    I think I will have to get an exercise physiology book so I may catch up!

    exrx.net
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    thank you all for the useful info!

    I think I will have to get an exercise physiology book so I may catch up!

    exrx.net
    damn. definitely spending some time there tonight
  • Ideabaker
    Ideabaker Posts: 540 Member
    Bump! Great thread!
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Pull ups
    Dips
    Pistols
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    A pushup is a plank.
  • DaniH826
    DaniH826 Posts: 1,335 Member
    Squats (great for butt and core, although not my favorite)
    OHP (which is a whole-body lift if you do it right, and I happen to love it)
    Some sort of a pull (right now for me that's Let-Me-Ups ... maybe I'll graduate to pull-ups eventually)

    Deadlifts and push-ups are a close 4th and 5th.

    Any whole-body resistance exercise is going to be beneficial. Doesn't really matter if you use body weight or barbells or kettlebells or whathaveyou.

    The worst workout is the one you're not doing. :D
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    A pushup is a plank.

    ehhhhhhhhh ... I would probably debate that .. at least a little. I mean one's an actual movement- one's static.
  • MrTolerable
    MrTolerable Posts: 1,593 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    A pushup is a plank.

    ehhhhhhhhh ... I would probably debate that .. at least a little. I mean one's an actual movement- one's static.

    ^I'd debate that because I alternate feet while in plank.. i didn't know anyone just holds it...
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    A pushup is a plank.

    ehhhhhhhhh ... I would probably debate that .. at least a little. I mean one's an actual movement- one's static.

    ^I'd debate that because I alternate feet while in plank.. i didn't know anyone just holds it...
    what do you mean by alternate feet? when i do them im essentially in pushup position but on my elbows instead of hands
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    Pull up, DL, squat
    ^actually dis

    yup
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  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    Bench press, squats, deadlifts

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

    These. These are perfect.
  • smittybuilt19
    smittybuilt19 Posts: 955 Member
    Squats, Rows, and...flower pot deadlifting.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    Face lift, breast lift, and butt lift. All for my wife when she gets old.
    hahaha love it
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    A pushup is a plank.

    ehhhhhhhhh ... I would probably debate that .. at least a little. I mean one's an actual movement- one's static.

    ^I'd debate that because I alternate feet while in plank.. i didn't know anyone just holds it...
    I mean lifting feet is a variation but doesn't make it anything more than a static hold- and not a push up.

    Lots of people static hold- a plank is pose- like yoga- but people hold it for minutes- or seconds- whatever- some people train it for long periods of time- some people train it and then move on to another variation.

    But a variation is a variation- and I could very easily see a case to be made for a push up as an extreme variation of a plank- but I don't think I would say a plank is a push up or a push up is a plank.


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  • DR2501
    DR2501 Posts: 661 Member
    Kettlebells:

    Snatches
    Swings
    Clean and press

    Sorted.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    A pushup is a plank.

    ehhhhhhhhh ... I would probably debate that .. at least a little. I mean one's an actual movement- one's static.

    ^I'd debate that because I alternate feet while in plank.. i didn't know anyone just holds it...
    I mean lifting feet is a variation but doesn't make it anything more than a static hold- and not a push up.

    Lots of people static hold- a plank is pose- like yoga- but people hold it for minutes- or seconds- whatever- some people train it for long periods of time- some people train it and then move on to another variation.

    But a variation is a variation- and I could very easily see a case to be made for a push up as an extreme variation of a plank- but I don't think I would say a plank is a push up or a push up is a plank.

    More accurately, I'd say they were variations on the same move. Let's say that there's a proto pushup. Incline push-ups, modified push-up, standard push-ups and planks are all variations of this proto push-up working extremely similar muscle sets.

    Sort of like a plyometric pistol squat is very different than the pistol squat, but seen as within the same movement family.

    Yeah, that's how I'd put it. Push-ups and planks are in the same movement family and are related to the Bench-press?
  • MrTolerable
    MrTolerable Posts: 1,593 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    A pushup is a plank.

    ehhhhhhhhh ... I would probably debate that .. at least a little. I mean one's an actual movement- one's static.

    ^I'd debate that because I alternate feet while in plank.. i didn't know anyone just holds it...
    what do you mean by alternate feet? when i do them im essentially in pushup position but on my elbows instead of hands

    I just put one foot as high in the air about where your waist would be if you were standing, then lower it and swap that for the other foot... gets my mind off the pain of the plank while it actually works it even more.

    @JoRocka: your right a variation is just a variation :flowerforyou: and for sake of clarity you are right it is static.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member

    I just put one foot as high in the air about where your waist would be if you were standing, then lower it and swap that for the other foot... gets my mind off the pain of the plank while it actually works it even more.

    @JoRocka: your right a variation is just a variation :flowerforyou: and for sake of clarity you are right it is static.
    cool beans. ima try it tonight
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Burpees, pushups, overhead press.


    oooh I like your choices

    (I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)

    NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)

    A pushup is a plank.

    ehhhhhhhhh ... I would probably debate that .. at least a little. I mean one's an actual movement- one's static.

    ^I'd debate that because I alternate feet while in plank.. i didn't know anyone just holds it...
    I mean lifting feet is a variation but doesn't make it anything more than a static hold- and not a push up.

    Lots of people static hold- a plank is pose- like yoga- but people hold it for minutes- or seconds- whatever- some people train it for long periods of time- some people train it and then move on to another variation.

    But a variation is a variation- and I could very easily see a case to be made for a push up as an extreme variation of a plank- but I don't think I would say a plank is a push up or a push up is a plank.

    More accurately, I'd say they were variations on the same move. Let's say that there's a proto pushup. Incline push-ups, modified push-up, standard push-ups and planks are all variations of this proto push-up working extremely similar muscle sets.

    Sort of like a plyometric pistol squat is very different than the pistol squat, but seen as within the same movement family.

    Yeah, that's how I'd put it. Push-ups and planks are in the same movement family and are related to the Bench-press?

    But a plank isn't working you're chest the same as a push up- and there is no way a static plank is going to hit the same kind of work as say- a decline push up- a static plank doesn't even come close to touching your chest the way even a standard push up does.

    I would say they are distant cousins and with some selective breeding they cross paths- like an up down plank is closer to the push up- but still hits more oblique than chest.

    A plyo pistol is still a pistol... same exact family- a direct modification. I guess I just can't get on board with planks and push ups being the same family- they aren't interchangeable for work.

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