Squats the story - the Off Topic Thread...

dartstothesea

I'm no expert on having a chest but I'd say adding some pec flys for a million reps for hypertrophy would help there.

COH

Everyone knows a million reps is for toning, 903,122 reps is for hypertrophy, 20reps is for strength/not strength/who knows, 5x5reps is for everything, and 2 reps is for strength


Do some squats

Rycn

Just saying i've a little girls chest, am I better off doing incline bench or flat?

And the 903,122 reps, is it for 3 sets or 4?

Antisocialiser

Just throwing it out there.... would a wider grip take the pressure off the triceps and put it on to the chest?

/runs and hides...

Hanley

Antisocialiser wrote: »

Just throwing it out there.... would a wider grip take the pressure off the triceps and put it on to the chest?

/runs and hides...

To an extent. Not really goign to do much tho. Too wide and you're inviting a pec tear and shoulder trouble.

Dumbbell benching or a hammer strength if he's access might be a shout. Or weighed dips.

I've never really found any pressing movement to isolate my pecs or create substantial DOMS tho.

Brendygg

How wide is your grip usually Hanley? Pinky just inside the ring is what I have been doing so far.

Rycn

So lads... incline or flat?

brianthebard

incline. First time I got a chest pump was close grip incline press, I feel that moving the elbows in an arc from the bottom, rather than straight up, seems to make the pec work more. That may or may not be bad for the pec or shoulder joints I don't know...

JJayoo

With incline bench i feel very secure and tight on the bench, something I just can't seem to get with flat bench. Plus incline dumbbell bench is way easier to get the bells into position than flat ,a factor which can really limit progress

g'em

On ESPN news today... (linkage)

Olympic hopeful handed doping ban
London 2012 weightlifting hopeful Denis Catana has been banned for two years after testing positive for steroids.

Catana, who established himself as England's top clean and jerk weightlifter in 2010, tested positive for banned substance metenolone. He did not compete for England at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi after being provisionally suspended from all competition following the test in August.

UK Anti-Doping confirmed the Moldova-born athlete would serve a two-year ban.

"Mr Catana was tested as part of UK Anti-Doping's pre-Commonwealth Games testing programme," said director of operations Nicole Sapstead. "This case shows the importance of our major event programme, and our commitment to stopping athletes who dope competing on the world stage.

"We run an intelligence-led anti-doping programme aimed at catching doping athletes before they are able to compete and we will continue to work tirelessly to protect the rights of clean athletes in the run up to London 2012 and beyond."

The British Olympic Association hands a lifetime ban to all athletes who fail drugs tests, and chief executive Andy Hunt had little sympathy for drugs cheats.

"If an athlete seeks to gain an advantage through the use of banned substances, they should expect to get caught - and they must know that the consequences will be quite severe," Hunt said.

"Athletes who earn the honour of representing Team GB at the Olympic Games will do so through hard work, talent and an unwavering commitment to clean competition. The only medals we are interested in winning are clean medals."

Mellor

What weight are the thrusters for Fran, 42.5kg
not that i can do 21 pull ups

Molly

95lbs so somewhere around 42.5Kg

token

Scuba Ste wrote: »

Is that the record? Or what is the record for Fran?

There's no official record for it. This is the fastest on video but theres a couple dodgey reps in there. Most cf games competitors seem to be in and around 2:30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ27XzR3HJc

kevpants

Antisocialiser wrote: »

Just throwing it out there.... would a wider grip take the pressure off the triceps and put it on to the chest?

/runs and hides...

Yep. I've been recently looking for chest involvement becauae I don't use it whatsoever when benching so I widened my grip, dropped the weight, used an incline and didn't fully lock it out. And I've been doing it rest-pause. Seems to work.

The hammerstrength bench is by far the most chest-centric movement I've ever done though.

Rycn

token wrote: »

There's no official record for it. This is the fastest on video but theres a couple dodgey reps in there. Most cf games competitors seem to be in and around 2:30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ27XzR3HJc

The absolute state of those pullups, doesn't look like he completed even 1 full rep, he's just going where the momentum takes him and then dropping.

Frogdog

Rycn wrote: »

The absolute state of those pullups, doesn't look like he completed even 1 full rep, he's just going where the momentum takes him and then dropping.

Kipping???

Molly

I'm trying to tell myself not to rise to the bait.

People with more knowledge on this then me have debated this so many times already so I think I'll just go off and do 20 rep sets of squats, deadlifts, overhead presses and bench for cardio purposes instead of rising to this.

discus

What's to rise to? They're kips, not pull ups.

Rycn

Molly wrote: »

I'm trying to tell myself not to rise to the bait.

People with more knowledge on this then me have debated this so many times already so I think I'll just go off and do 20 rep sets of squats, deadlifts, overhead presses and bench for cardio purposes instead of rising to this.

Haha that's an amusing reply with the clear intent to provoke a response from me.

Clever, I like it.

Chet Zar

Rycn wrote: »

The absolute state of those pullups, doesn't look like he completed even 1 full rep, he's just going where the momentum takes him and then dropping.

Ummm...he's doing Crossfit - kipping pull-ups are the default pull-up style in Crossfit.

Rycn

To anyone else, I just thought the guy was supposed to be doing pullups, my bad.

Edit: Also, i've no idea what crossfit is.

Molly

Fair enough, just a misunderstanding

Hanley

token wrote: »

There's no official record for it. This is the fastest on video but theres a couple dodgey reps in there. Most cf games competitors seem to be in and around 2:30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ27XzR3HJc

Great time, but pure slop.

This is the best Fran on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHBmb4kwvk0

Rycn

What sort of weight is on the bar?

Antisocialiser

Roughly 42.5kg AFAIK.

kevpants

Rycn wrote: »

To anyone else, I just thought the guy was supposed to be doing pullups, my bad.

Edit: Also, i've no idea what crossfit is.

I just think this is a classic post. Fair play. The un-muddied response of someone who's never had it explained to them that not really doing it right is ok if you say it's Crossfit.

Hanley

Rycn wrote: »

What sort of weight is on the bar?

45kg

Well 95lb really... which is just over 43kg. But you can't round down because that's homosexual.

Remmy

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/12/31/1483989/police-seize-steroids-from-powerlifter.html

Fcuk..I hope this doesnt set him back too much.

El Horseboxo

Kipping pull ups do nothing for me. Just too much momentum getting my chest up that i don't really feel it anywhere other than my arms tiring from swinging. Much prefer slower controled movements that really knock the fook outta me.

Hanley

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Kipping pull ups do nothing for me. Just too much momentum getting my chest up that i don't really feel it anywhere other than my arms tiring from swinging. Much prefer slower controled movements that really knock the fook outta me.

They're not supposed to be the same as regular pull ups.