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24-Mar-05, 06:36 PM
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35lb leg raises are nothing to sneeze at. One trick that I've found to help hold the weight between the ankles is after I put the DB in there, chain the legs together. Then you can't drop the weight.
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24-Mar-05, 11:34 PM
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#647
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lol I don't have chains and I'd imagine they'd add a decent amount of weight. I'd be game though if my gym had something lying around. It really starts getting hard to hold on if I go heavy, like 45 lb DB or so. Hopefully my feet-squeezing-together muscle strengthens lol.
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25-Mar-05, 09:05 AM
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#648
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Go to the hardware store, buy 2 or 3 feet of medium weight chain (no need to get the heavy logging chain), and a carabiner or two. Just simple carabiners - you don't need the locking biners like you would use for rappelling. Cost will be about $5.00. Very useful in the gym. This is how I add weight to pull ups, leg lifts, whatever needs to be tied together. I don't count the weight of the chain on my lifts, because I don't know what it weighs.
45lb dumbells between the ankles? Very manly - I struggle with just 15.
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25-Mar-05, 11:02 AM
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[quote=gcs118]LEGS/ABS, Thursday, March 24, 2005
SLDLs 6 x 135 lbs, 6 x 225 lbs, 6 x 225 lbs, 6 x 225 lbs
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nice job on the sldl's!  :
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25-Mar-05, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by a_welch503
45lb dumbells between the ankles? Very manly - I struggle with just 15.
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You do yours lying down though don't you? I do mine from an elevated sitting position, so if the dumbbell falls it just makes a loud noise when it hits the floor, as opposed to hitting me lol. |
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25-Mar-05, 11:05 AM
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#651
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Originally Posted by seraph
nice job on the sldl's! : |
Thanks man, glad to see you stopped by too  |
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25-Mar-05, 11:31 AM
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#652
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Originally Posted by Firehawk
Are you drunk again?
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LOL, nope! Haven't touched it since I got home. |
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25-Mar-05, 11:38 AM
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gcs if you have a dip belt, you can step through it, then bring your legs underneath and step through it again, (the weight is already attached), then hold it in place with your feet, that should be much more stable, I think that's what Andy is talking about too.
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25-Mar-05, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by gcs118
You do yours lying down though don't you? I do mine from an elevated sitting position, so if the dumbbell falls it just makes a loud noise when it hits the floor, as opposed to hitting me lol.
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I do them lying on an incline bench or decline bench - depending on how you lay on it. Head up, feet down - raise feet with legs straight until they are over my head, making sure to crunch the abdomen. Then I do my crunches the same way with my head down on the same bench with weight on my chest. That is why I chain mine toghether - something about that DB falling and hitting me between the eyes.
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25-Mar-05, 01:00 PM
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CHEST, Friday, March 25, 2005
Bench Press 8 x 45 lbs, 5 x 95 lbs, 4 x 115 lbs, 3 x 135 lbs, 5 x 165 lbs (2 sec pause), 5 x 165 lbs (2 sec pause)
Decline Press 4 x 175 lbs, 4 x 175 lbs, 6 x 155 lbs
Side Laterals 10 x 15 lbs, 10 x 20 lbs, 10 x 20 lbs
Notes: Happy with my bench today, pausing was much easier than the first time. I think I'm going to stick with paused reps for at least a few more weeks. Declines sucked today. I don't know if I was just tired or if I've lost strength. Side laterals kicked ass though. 20s are starting to feel pretty light. I can't wait to step it up to the 25s  |
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25-Mar-05, 01:42 PM
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#656
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My declines are always 10 lbs less or so than my flat bench, but only because im blown out after flat bench. If us tarted with decline u could probably do more than you can on flat bench .
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28-Mar-05, 11:47 AM
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gcs what kind of side lat raises are you doing? bent over or standing straight up :confused: everything sounds good :
btw what routine are you following?
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28-Mar-05, 12:13 PM
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My side lat raises I'm standing straight up, just raising the DB up above my head with arm completely locked.
I'm not really following any routine, just my own creation. It's more of a powerlifting/strength routine than a traditional bodybuilding one.
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28-Mar-05, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by gcs118
Declines sucked today. I don't know if I was just tired or if I've lost strength.
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The pausing probably zapped you. I doubt it has anything do with strength loss.
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28-Mar-05, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Klinger
The pausing probably zapped you. I doubt it has anything do with strength loss. |
I sure hope so. Pausing on bench is one heck of a workout. Pausing at the bottom of deep squats is alright...but on the bench it's totally different. I can feel the muscles stretching out and getting tired, then I gotta explode up. Hard stuff. |
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