3 Lifts for the rest of your life
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Pendaly Row
Standing Cable Press
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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 deadlifts0 -
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.0 -
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...0 -
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*0 -
Squat, deadlift, bench0
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Agree with the majority of people on here.
Squats, Bench, Deadlifts0 -
Squats, one-leg deadlift with row, and pull-ups. They all make me feel like a bad-*kitten*
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Squats
Pendlay Rows
Incline Bench Press
Althought the Clean Jerk Press is kind of an all in one0 -
thank you all for the useful info!
I think I will have to get an exercise physiology book so I may catch up!0 -
thank you all for the useful info!
I think I will have to get an exercise physiology book so I may catch up!
exrx.net0 -
damn. definitely spending some time there tonight
exrx.net0 -
Bump! Great thread!0
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Pull ups
Dips
Pistols0 -
oooh I like your choices
(I have a love hate relationship with the burpee)
NOONE is choosing plank (interesting)
A pushup is a plank.0 -
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.
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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.0 -
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...0 -
what do you mean by alternate feet? when i do them im essentially in pushup position but on my elbows instead of hands
^I'd debate that because I alternate feet while in plank.. i didn't know anyone just holds it...0 -
^actually dis
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Bench press, squats, deadlifts
Non-lifting? Push ups, sit ups, sprints.
These. These are perfect.0 -
Squats, Rows, and...flower pot deadlifting.0
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hahaha love itFace lift, breast lift, and butt lift. All for my wife when she gets old.0 -
I mean lifting feet is a variation but doesn't make it anything more than a static hold- and not a push up.
^I'd debate that because I alternate feet while in plank.. i didn't know anyone just holds it...
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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Kettlebells:
Snatches
Swings
Clean and press
Sorted.0 -
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?0 -
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.0 -
cool beans. ima try it tonight
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.0 -
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.0
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