KingJiggyWiggy
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LOL yes I already knew that!
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Black Waltz
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when your palms face away, it focuses more on your lats and traps i believe. palms facing towards you, you actually use your biceps more, at least thats what i feel.
Toadster5
Smash Journeyman
I pretty much picked a couple of landmarks at the side of the road (more specifically my driveway and a certain tree) and just run up the road from one to the other and timed it to see if it was sufficient. A lot of it depends on who is doing it. I've never had great endurance so my intervals may be too easy for some, but they work well for me. If you push yourself as hard as you should you will know whether you've done enough or not.
Nope. When I said one-handed pull-ups, I meant with one arm, where the other arm just hangs by your side. Is there a special name for those or something? Now I can't lift myself at all with a single arm, which is sort of annoying, because I used to be able to do like 5 of those before I got too tired.
Man, I just tried some one-handed push-ups, but I could only dip down about six inches without collapsing. I should probably start working out for real again, so I can impress people with my physical prowess.
The Mediator
Smash Journeyman
Yyyyya, those are pretty **** hard.
GLCH
Smash Apprentice
Sup Forward?? You're awesome! Anyways... I can bench 180 and I don't even work out that much at all.. I weigh a buck 60 and have 4.4 percent body fat.. HA! If you want to work out your legs, work out your arms as well.. A lot of your speed comes from your arms. FYI.
Haruno Kotetsu
Smash Ace
Recently i've been doing high-intensity weight lifting and power lifting.
For curls [2 hand] i've been using 45-60, benching 95-110, and been practicing one-hand pushups. They require a lot of balance to do, I think. I can't do that many.
And i've been doing boxing exercises, like using the speed bag, heavy bag, jump rope, ankle weights with footwork, etc..
For curls [2 hand] i've been using 45-60, benching 95-110, and been practicing one-hand pushups. They require a lot of balance to do, I think. I can't do that many.
And i've been doing boxing exercises, like using the speed bag, heavy bag, jump rope, ankle weights with footwork, etc..
The Mediator
Smash Journeyman
Here are some push-up variations:
Normal push-up: You all know how to do these... just remember to keep your back straight, and bend your arms 90 degrees or more when you go down
Diamond push-up: Like a normal push-up, but different hand placement. Bring your hands much closer than they normally would be, so that when you splay your fingers, your thumbs and index fingers should make a diamond. (shapes that your fingers make don't really matter--just keep your hands about 3 inches apart)
Clapping push-up: Go down as in a normal push-up, then push yourself up very hard, lift your hands off the ground, and quickly clap. Go down normally again, and repeat.
Chest clapping push-up: Go down normally, then push yourself off the ground VERY hard. move your hands VERY fast, hit your chest, and come back down. If you don't push off the ground hard enough, or hit your chest fast enough, you will fall on your face. I recommend trying clapping push-ups before doing this.
Wide-arm push-up: Like the name suggests, you move your hands so that they are farther away from each other; about a hand length outside of your shoulders.
"Half-handed" push-up: (I don't know what it's really called... I made up the name) For this one, put your hands in normal push-up position. Then, move one of your hands back, and make your fingers point off to the side. Then, do a push-up. Repeat the same amount of push-ups with the other hand forward, to balance out the workout.
Inverted push-up: A push-up done with your feet elevated. The higher your feet are, the more weight will be put on your torso, and the harder the push-up will be. (I recommend doing it with your feet on a couch, or bleachers)
Stalled push-up: Go down in a push-up, then hold. Your chest should stay about an inch off the ground. Try not to just collapse, as that defeats the point!
Fingertip push-up: A push-up done on your fingertips. These will be painful at first.
K, that's all I can think of... If I missed any, just say. I'll take corrections or criticism.
Normal push-up: You all know how to do these... just remember to keep your back straight, and bend your arms 90 degrees or more when you go down
Diamond push-up: Like a normal push-up, but different hand placement. Bring your hands much closer than they normally would be, so that when you splay your fingers, your thumbs and index fingers should make a diamond. (shapes that your fingers make don't really matter--just keep your hands about 3 inches apart)
Clapping push-up: Go down as in a normal push-up, then push yourself up very hard, lift your hands off the ground, and quickly clap. Go down normally again, and repeat.
Chest clapping push-up: Go down normally, then push yourself off the ground VERY hard. move your hands VERY fast, hit your chest, and come back down. If you don't push off the ground hard enough, or hit your chest fast enough, you will fall on your face. I recommend trying clapping push-ups before doing this.
Wide-arm push-up: Like the name suggests, you move your hands so that they are farther away from each other; about a hand length outside of your shoulders.
"Half-handed" push-up: (I don't know what it's really called... I made up the name) For this one, put your hands in normal push-up position. Then, move one of your hands back, and make your fingers point off to the side. Then, do a push-up. Repeat the same amount of push-ups with the other hand forward, to balance out the workout.
Inverted push-up: A push-up done with your feet elevated. The higher your feet are, the more weight will be put on your torso, and the harder the push-up will be. (I recommend doing it with your feet on a couch, or bleachers)
Stalled push-up: Go down in a push-up, then hold. Your chest should stay about an inch off the ground. Try not to just collapse, as that defeats the point!
Fingertip push-up: A push-up done on your fingertips. These will be painful at first.
K, that's all I can think of... If I missed any, just say. I'll take corrections or criticism.
The Mediator, do clapping-type push-ups really help more than regular ones? I thought the whole point was to make you control yourself and balance by slowly raising and lowering yourself.
Note that I'm not arguing with you--I'm asking a question because I really have no idea. I always thought that clapping push-ups were only for showing off.
Note that I'm not arguing with you--I'm asking a question because I really have no idea. I always thought that clapping push-ups were only for showing off.
The Mediator
Smash Journeyman
Clapping push-ups actually do help, but in a different way than the slow, balanced push-ups. The slow, balanced push-ups help endurance. Clapping push-ups, however, require a sudden explosion of energy to push yourself up in the air, and therefore aid strength a lot more (as opposed to endurance).
The result is more explosive power.
The result is more explosive power.
GLCH
Smash Apprentice
I bench 180, curl 106, can do one handed pushups and pull ups, clapping pushups, and only weigh 160.. I win da money..? lol
The Mediator
Smash Journeyman
I can't do the curling... but methinky I can do all of that other stuff, with the grand weight of...
*drumroll*
124
=O
Water polo players don't necessarily have to be heavy... especially if you're a driver like me =D.
Water polo FTW.
And kind of swimming.
Speaking of which, what kind of sports does everyone play in here?
I do water polo pretty much year round, except Spring, when I do school season swimming. I used to do soccer and track, and my brosefs and I are hellza good at ultimate frisbee.
McCloud
je suis l'agent du chaos.
I'm on the ultimate team at my college, and I play rec basketball. Other than that I like to run though I haven't gone for a run in a very very very long time...
I must say kudos to whoever posted the card workout... I just did it and it was one of the hardest workouts I've had in a while. I set hearts for squats, diamonds for pushups, and spades/clubs for crunches. I started off doing clap pushups and when I started falling before I could finish the clap I went back to regular pushups.
Guys, remember to do your exercises slowly; it takes more if you do it slowly and really focus on contracting and working the muscle.
I must say kudos to whoever posted the card workout... I just did it and it was one of the hardest workouts I've had in a while. I set hearts for squats, diamonds for pushups, and spades/clubs for crunches. I started off doing clap pushups and when I started falling before I could finish the clap I went back to regular pushups.
Guys, remember to do your exercises slowly; it takes more if you do it slowly and really focus on contracting and working the muscle.
Toadster5
Smash Journeyman
So I'm trying to get a six pack and I was wondering: are ab workouts a significant factor in getting a six pack? Some sources say they're important, while others say it's a waste of time and a low body fat percentage is all you need.
Doc_Holiday
Smash Ace
Can anyone explain any good workouts that I can do with one 25 lb. dumbell and a W bar with access of about 115 lbs? I just recently made the jump from 55 lb. curls to 65 lb. curls, and I can't even do 1 at 65 while I could do 12 at 55,I do not have any 2.5lb weights so should I just go back to 55 lbs or keep trying at 65? I want to build muscle as fast as I can so I don't know which one I should do. I am 14, about 5'6 and weigh around 120. I am using creatine and have been for the past week and a half.
KingJiggyWiggy
Smash Lord
It doesn't matter how much muscle you have because you need to lose the fat through cardio.
I'll post later cuz I gotta go right now.
The Mediator
Smash Journeyman
Both of those factors are true--the key word being FACTORS. It's best if you do both; ab workouts, and eat well. If you go with just ab workouts, then you'll need to burn the fat (see KingJiggyWiggy's comment), and it will be much easier to burn the fat if you eat well.
KingJiggyWiggy
Smash Lord
Doc_Holiday: You can do many things with that kind of equipment. Try Should Raises, Curls, Standing Rows, Wrist Curls, Squats, Calf Raises, Shrugs, boy oh boy the list goes on!!
Go buy yourself a few magazines, I encourage them because of they are so resourceful!
Go buy yourself a few magazines, I encourage them because of they are so resourceful!