posted Fri, 09/22/2023 - 02:31
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+ 13 If you could only do 1 exercise for the rest of your Life - which would it be?!
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If you could only do 1 exercise for the rest of your Life - which would it be?!
Squats
Deadlifts
Flat Bench Press
Incline Bench Press
Dumbbell Bench Press
Barbell Shoulder Press
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
Barbell Curls / Dumbbell Curls
Rows
Chins / Pull Up's
Leg Press
Dumbbell Raises
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Deads
Whhaaaaaaaatt?????? The Bench Master goes with deadlifts? What's the world coming to!! LOL
Ive been adding in deads a lot now. Getting strength back up. Just on a high trt dose right now but hit a 600lb 1rm yesterday.
Burpee
That’s a good one until my back gave out from getting destroyed from doing burpees for to many years. But I guess everyone’s joints and tendons would be thrashed from doing their personal exercise for to many years. I would do dip’s but PRESS didn’t want to include them. Thanks press lol
LMFAO To be honest they didn't even enter my head at all lol But speaking of destroying joints and tendons if you want to destroy your shoulders then dips are No.1 for that purpose!!
Technique has a lot to do with it. Depending on hand placement and range of motion
If you can be disciplined with them and not sink below parallel on your upper arm, and just use them for triceps then they are great! but problem I find is you always want to get that chest stretch out of them that feels so good and that means dipping low and once I do that personally my front delts and R' cuffs are blitzed for at least a week lol I think its to do with internal rotation of the shoulder joint same as close grip benching causing problems for some.
I did burpees in prison for a very long time. About a thousand a day for years. I never want to do burpees again to be honest lol
Ditto on that shit!
Right?!?
fuck a burpee! But it’s 87 so I’ll run em up for him.
87 good people . Must respect for that mann,, but 5 maybe 7 burpees all I'm doing
I think if you've spent most of your time lifting heavy weight, bodyweight exercises like something a gymnast would do become very hard. It's like all that heavy lifting stiffens you up.
Oh yea bro it absolutely stiffens you up. I did mixed martial arts for a few years and boxed and there is no way I could fight myself right now. I’m way to stiff and clumsy. When your doing all body weight stuff it limbers you up I feel. All about relaxation.
Yes it does. Yet I still remember them burpees from hs football, I can't to this day drink lime Gatorade, from the last time I did them(thanks coach)
Ya gotta
This is absolutely the truth unfortunately. It’s just a game changer when it comes to upper body development especially weighted dips.
Pullups
I'd rather walk around without any freakishly large body part while the rest of me was a skinny fuck. Big upper body, no legs and vice versa, big arms and no chest or legs... endless possibilities.
I'll stick with the pear-shaped dad bod... "Pass me another Bud Lite Dylan."
With all options available to them, most guys in the gym still seem to be suffering from CLS. "Chicken Leg Syndrome"
Or imaginary lat syndrome.
What about walking around with an XL sized Trouser snake though??! - That still looks pretty cool being out of proportion to the rest of your body Lmao
Curls for the girls
Ok, my vain personality would have to go with Dumbbell/Barbell Curls. Cause you know I’m going to break the rules and use those dumbbells for other exercises when Gods busy, LOL
I can’t even vote on this. I need all of them and then some
I'd say deadlifts because that's probably the most complex excersise in the list. But then I decided to be honest with ya all, so I checked rows, because that's one I enjoy and still consider pretty complex, with free weight and enough variations
P.S. Imagine how funny we would look in a year or two, only doing one excersise while completely neglecting others, LOL! B-)
I think doing heavy barbell rows to failure is one of the most nauseating, tough exercises you can do especially afterwards lol There seems to be something about being bent over and bracing your stomach while lifting that is a killer - defo worse than deads. I think you could get away with doing squats or deads for the rest of time and always look pretty big - but you would never have a chest lol
Trying to bust through doorways with my shoulders and deltoid caps. Idc about being lean.
I’m the dumbbell bench press. I was going to choose squats, and it was a tough decision not to, but I have to be honest with myself. Every year that goes by my knees are just not what they once were, and when I’m on top of a woman she’s looking at my upper body. My legs could have polio and she’d never know.
Anything hurts at a hundred miles an hour brother
HAHAHA
Yeah it seems to be chest or abs they get fixated with when you are giving them a good piledrivin!!! lol
$35 and my wife can come for free as a guest
Can she come an unlimited number of times? The one I am doing I think allows 4 passes per month
No, unlimited. It’s an unlimited 1 person guest pass. I have access to all the classes and tanning but I don’t do those butt and gut classes and I sure as hell don’t need a tan.
That’s a two for one then, very good deal especially if you can tan.
Do you get free sunbeds too?
It’s the stand up shit. If I want to get a shade darker all I have to do is stand outside for 10 minutes. That fake and bake is terrible.
I need the tanning bed, I just burn in the sun. Plus I like to keep a healthy glow on the banana.
Lol glow on the banana. I need to figure out how to grow the banana
Yeh I forget you guys actually get sun over there don't you!
You I couldn’t do your climate. God bless those who endure it.
Let's start up another conversation here too - What does everyone pay for their gym membership each month? I have found a place in town that I am going to join which has extra stuff I don't have access to normally, and its only $25 per month which I think is ridiculously cheap? Has Leg press's, Bench's, Power racks, Deadlift platforms, Stones platform, sleigh track etc.
£21. Gym is kitted out, can’t fault it. Used to pay over £100 a month 10 years ago, absolute joke.
You referring to the same one as me mate - Puregym?
The gym group mate. Pure is pretty decent too, have joined two of theirs over the years
Have you got any of these Matt does fitness gyms near you?
About $30/month
I'll own my vote, I voted for squats! I think there is no better lift than a juicy barbell back squat... No better feeling than having every fiber and tendon of your body braced and engaged while the gym watches you under a ridiculous amount of weight
Unfortunately my shoulder mobility is shocking these days so I find it hard getting my hands tilted behind my head Lol I have to use a squat safety bar now. Do you have access to a monolift station?