I struggled to lift my bodyweight on pullups when I was powerlifting. The best I ever did was 10 pullups at 275 pounds :whiteflag:
And crossfit is the BOMB!!!! I tried a lot of thier exercises when I was powerlifting, whew.
Paul
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Not quite Mel. It's all about challenging YOUR body to grow stronger, not challenging someone else's.
I think I am challenging my body. If I can lift my body weight (pull ups, push ups, free dips etc) then I'll get strong enough to challenge Leslie to an arm wrestling contest after she's had a few beers. I'm up to 5 pull-ups, 20 free dips and 50 push ups at the moment (no break).
When I was 18 I couldn't lift my body weight even though I was 20 pounds lighter than I am now. I certainly HAVE gotten stronger through my weight and general strength training program.
I was only partially poking fun at you in the first post. I was challenging you to lift your body weight as a way to increase your own strength. I'm a great believer in body weight exercises. After all, many sports involve strength to weight ratio not absolute strength. If you haven't yet done so, check out crossfit.com for workouts from a bunch of crazy people who do body weight lifting all the time. If you can do what I do, then I'll not challenge you to an arm wrestling contest, even if you have one arm tied behind your back. Oh wait, I may be missing something here...
I just finished up 70 minutes of weight training.
How to get stronger, faster Tip 1
Free weights.
Machines are great for isolation exercises but the secret to maximizing strength gains is thru the use of free weights. Most machines lock the movement into a specific pattern. Again, great for isolation work but it takes the secondary and stabilizer muscles pretty much out of the picture.
If you've got the shoulders for it, standing shoulder presses either with barbell or d-bells are good. I also like overhead squats. Lately I've been doing some power cleans as part of my shoulder workout. Chins with an extra 90-115 lbs are good too.
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Bob,
I'm having trouble reading your post through my wine glass. You'll have to speak up!!
Pul-lease! This from the guy who gave up and left the beer garden?!
When you weight addicts can do superman streamlines on a pilates ball, we'll talk.
Much of this stuff sounds positively wicked on the shoulders. Deadlifts fine, but overhead squats and standing shoulder presses? How about how to get stronger while not ripping your rotator cuff? I'll just remind you all that a certain WR holder is recovering from RC surgery after bench pressing himself to the OR ...
Not quite Mel. It's all about challenging YOUR body to grow stronger, not challenging someone else's.
Former Member
I just lifted my wine glass seventeen times with no trouble. Some you people take this game a little to serious. Mel your the "man"!!!!!!
Bob,
I'm having trouble reading your post through my wine glass. You'll have to speak up!!
Former Member
You guys need to share your secrets. What exerices? I'm thinking curls for sure, but what else? How many reps, sets? Make sure to put that in weight x sets x reps format, please:bump:
Also, how many bottles a week is required for this strenuous training? And how do you account for the lighter weight as the bottle depletes?
On the other hand, you probably get some additional sprint work in running to the bathroom every 15 minutes :wine:
Bob,
I'm having trouble reading your post through my wine glass. You'll have to speak up!!
Former Member
Do 40 dead lifts of someone who calls himself Hulk each and every day. That, together with your raisin bran, will keep you happy and healthy.
Meanwhile, I'm going off to my home gym to do a few lifts of someone who calls himself Mel Dyck to see if that helps. I already had my raisin bran.