Favorite Exercise

[Simps]

Hey bros.

What is your favorite lift to perform? Deads? Bench press? Upright row?

Mine is the squat. I recently decided to stop cheating myself on leg day and really go crazy on the squats; Now I can't get enough!

[Big Jawn]

Mine is the squat.

Addictive eh?

Mines the deadlift and has been for quite awhile, in my opinion the best builder out there.

[DreamZero]

flat bench press and chained dips. Can't choke the reps, and i see fast improvement.. easier to get motivated to push forward

[Simps]

That's cool. Deads used to be my favorite. Unfortunately, overtraining on 'em caused me to lay them aside for a while. Still up there though.

Just can't get enough of those fuckin' squats! The thrill of constantly addin' plates, and then powering up... hell yeah...

[Titan]

I got to go with the bent barbell rows. Done correct and they are a kick ass back exercise.

[Avicara]

Deadlift but barbell rows are up there as well

[Dunk]

Deads all the way

[Hollywood]

I used to be a huge fan of overhead presses, but tendonitis has slowed me down a bit with them. Now I'm really getting good form with my squats, so they're starting to grow on me.

[wolfpack_scooba]

i freakin love power cleans

i used to hate them, then i got my form right and i instantly started addi pound to them= now i love them

[SAMSON]

mine used to be the squat, but injuries have hurt my form lately and i have become a huge fan of the deadlift. Back is the number one workout that i look forward to every week, just because i cant wait to pull some heavy weight and see all the little freshman at the gym stop in the middle of their workouts to stare and come ask how much weight is on the bar. cant wait til i can afford to lift at a real gym, because the ones at OSU are crap. i get yelled at for being too loud and for using chalk, but they charge me $78 for every three months whether i want to lift there or not.
sorry to rant, but i just came from there and i hate it a little more every time.

[Tron]

When I was naive it was the bench because that's what everybody loves. Of course the bench is great, but Deads are so much more addicting! I just recently started going heavier. I'm glad I got the correct form down before going heavy.

[Bam Bam]

gonna have to go with deads on this one. an all over mass builder

[The_Pitbull]

I love almost all the back exercises like Bent over barbell rows, deadlifts. t-bar rows, one handed dumbell rows, chins.........love em all!

[Deadlift]

Look at my username, you be the judge.

[scals17]

I love T-Bar Rows. Not the ones on the machine, but when you wedge the bar into the corner and go all out on your back.

[HAWK]

I fucking LOVE weighed chins. Go ahead...go to your gym and find ONE GUY that can do more than 15 without weight. Its like finding a needle in a haystack. It's just amazing to me that people over look them for building width. It's also astounding to me that people (even guys who swear they're strong as oxen, and can bench 400 lbs) cannot do them without swinging their legs and looking like their going to have a seizure. I think this exercise might separate the men from the boys, even more so than squats and deads.

[Pokoritel]

My favorite exercise is and always will be deadlifts and squats.

[xb24]

close grip bench

[Jrsurette]

im gonna have to go with shrugs i cant get enough of em, heavy shrugs so that the skin on your traps feels like it could rip off

DO WORK!!!

[MassManiac]

I love T-Bar Rows. Not the ones on the machine, but when you wedge the bar into the corner and go all out on your back.

Hell yea man... Nothin' like old school t-bar rows. Hands down my favorite. Squats come in at a very close second--just can't get enough.

[TheSolidC]

Hell yea man... Nothin' like old school t-bar rows. Hands down my favorite. Squats come in at a very close second--just can't get enough.

This guys on the money, heavy t- bar rows and barbell rows i think really are a great exercise to do, makes the back feel full and thick.

[JHawlz9989]

I love T-Bar Rows. Not the ones on the machine, but when you wedge the bar into the corner and go all out on your back.

Is there a video where I can look at that exercise?

Any back exercise is my favorite, and squats are starting to grow on me, but they kick my ass. Right now, DL is my favorite.

One question though, I don't let the weight hit the ground, I just keep my back straight and go a little past my knees, with my knees being slightly bent. Is this considered acceptable form, and if I let it hit the ground, would I get bigger, faster?

EDIT: Nevermind, a quick video search on google showed me what that is. So it works just the same if you use a regular barbell? Do you grab outside the weight or inside in the grip area?

[RedIron 392]

I would have to go with Deads, but it depends on where I need to improve. I am comming back from a shoulder injury and presses are what I look forward to the most at this time.

Later

[vik]

i would say squats i love the pump i get from it.

[pdiesel]

i cant pick just one!

[rev8ball]

Cleans, followed closely by deads and weighted dips (I LOVE blowin' up the tri's!)

[TDurden]

I'd have to say either Deads or skull Crushers. if done right thell fuckin tear you up

[Scans]

gotta be squats and rows....legs and back are the best to hit hard

[doomsdaylover]

Deads all the way

Amen. My bench sucks, I puke when I squat, and the arnold press makes me see stars but my legs and back are by far my strongest muscle groups.

[BuffLove1]

Gonna have to go with Hawk, I love pull-ups, and if done correctly they will make a man out of you (not to mention an impressive V-taper as well).

[usafpimp85]

Is there a video where I can look at that exercise?

Any back exercise is my favorite, and squats are starting to grow on me, but they kick my ass. Right now, DL is my favorite.

One question though, I don't let the weight hit the ground, I just keep my back straight and go a little past my knees, with my knees being slightly bent. Is this considered acceptable form, and if I let it hit the ground, would I get bigger, faster?

EDIT: Nevermind, a quick video search on google showed me what that is. So it works just the same if you use a regular barbell? Do you grab outside the weight or inside in the grip area?

grab a BB, stick it in a corner if the room. throw some 45s on there and grab the row handles and put them round the BB where the weight is. bend the knees, keep the back straight, head up and pull till the weight hits your chest, then bring back down. repeat.


as for my favorite exercise, love pullups cuz no one else can really do them but jerk and cleans are always fun.

[cartertk]

I fucking LOVE weighed chins. Go ahead...go to your gym and find ONE GUY that can do more than 15 without weight. Its like finding a needle in a haystack. It's just amazing to me that people over look them for building width. It's also astounding to me that people (even guys who swear they're strong as oxen, and can bench 400 lbs) cannot do them without swinging their legs and looking like their going to have a seizure. I think this exercise might separate the men from the boys, even more so than squats and deads.

I feel u, bro. Weighted chin(pull-ups) are what it's all about. In the gym I go to there is always dust from the last week when I did them. Incline Barbell Press is still my favorite though.

[brewtality]

I fucking LOVE weighed chins. Go ahead...go to your gym and find ONE GUY that can do more than 15 without weight. Its like finding a needle in a haystack. It's just amazing to me that people over look them for building width. It's also astounding to me that people (even guys who swear they're strong as oxen, and can bench 400 lbs) cannot do them without swinging their legs and looking like their going to have a seizure. I think this exercise might separate the men from the boys, even more so than squats and deads.

I can only do 5 without weight. and I already look like I'm having a seizure. LOL!

My fave exercise is deadlifting, but I'm not doing it right now since I just returned to lifting. I'll make my body adapt first and do other things before I go back do the good stuff.

Close second is clean and press.

[Shadow]

Yea i cant pick just one but i fuckin love deads, its just such an overall mass-power builder! Also it really fuckin pisses off those assholes in the gym that say "that exercise is too noisy", "he's gonna drop dat weight thro' the floor", you gotta love it!!

[Maharg]

My faves are squats and skullcrushers. Squats at 405 and repping away is like nothing else in the world. Skullcrushers though cuz since every jackass in the world does curls to get big arms. however you give them a exercise like skulls they freak out when that weight comes down at their face.

[brandona]

Squats+deads=fun
-B

[Big Wides]

cleans, snatches and squats in that order on a saturday as a nice way to keep ur system in check

[BigTex]

Overhead dumbbell Press is # 1 for me..... I guess because it is proportionally my strongest lift... I do like squats they would have to be # 2 then bench press #3

[abs]

Deads. Simple.

[The Dag]

deads for sure or dumbell flyes, give the chest a hell of a pump

[LaFrance]

Behind the neck lat pulldown, and cable crossovers for chest...wenever i use them in my routine im sure to be sore the next day

[Torque757]

My favortie would be a tie between wide grip or nuetral grip pulldowns(the kind with the handle from cable rows), I love seeing my lats getting wider and wider and moving the pin up a plate almost every workout.

[Toni69]

Squats, Deads and Pull-ups with a quarter strapped on....kills and really challenging for me!

[Lestat]

deadlifts and bench dips...the pump when you throw about 200lbs on your lap and rep it out is unreal. personally i think it is the most under utilized tool in the arm kit bag!

[DA GOVNA]

Deads Fo Sho!

[broomellk]

dumbell shrugs supersetted with lateral raises.

[Ski]

Deads man, been my fav since freshman year, and are still my fav as a senior.

[IntensityJT]

Deads, dumbell bench press, t-bar rows

[NickSP]

Damn man, you want me to pick my favorite exercise? I don't know, maybe DB flyes, or DL's.......or military press.....damn, just too many

[NickSP]

Ah, weighted pull-ups and shrugs are great too, and skull crushers....

[jeffahammer]

I love to deadlift, but I would have to say my all time favorite is the clean and press. they're my way of doing HIIT cardio.

[pump or die]

its gotta be overhead extensions with a dumbbell or ez bar

[nawaaz]

Hands down.. Squats!

Ass in the grass, all the way down and back!

Nawaaz

[never_2_big]

I fucking LOVE weighed chins. Go ahead...go to your gym and find ONE GUY that can do more than 15 without weight. Its like finding a needle in a haystack. It's just amazing to me that people over look them for building width. It's also astounding to me that people (even guys who swear they're strong as oxen, and can bench 400 lbs) cannot do them without swinging their legs and looking like their going to have a seizure. I think this exercise might separate the men from the boys, even more so than squats and deads.

im with you here brother, u cant overlook some hardcore chins to add some inches to your top half.

[karmazon]

I love dips and cable crossovers.

[Big Jawn]

Hands down.. Squats!

Ass in the grass, all the way down and back!

Nawaaz

You go back up? haha

If you didn't I think they'd just be called weighted falls.

[ultimatefighter]

I really like the "Buns of Steel" tape series. A real ass kicker.

[Liftbig21]

By far Deadlifts

[Cyrus The Virus]

I used to hate them but now I look foward to squats.

[deeder]

Squats are by far my favorite exercise.

[Lethal_Banana]

Military Press. Nothing beats the sensation of pressing up a shitload of weight above your head! Roar! Oh, and chins are always awesome too. Not many in my gym do them...

[darkside64]

I weigh 220lbs it's hard as fuck for me to get 30reps split in three sets.

I fucking LOVE weighed chins. Go ahead...go to your gym and find ONE GUY that can do more than 15 without weight. Its like finding a needle in a haystack. It's just amazing to me that people over look them for building width. It's also astounding to me that people (even guys who swear they're strong as oxen, and can bench 400 lbs) cannot do them without swinging their legs and looking like their going to have a seizure. I think this exercise might separate the men from the boys, even more so than squats and deads.

[CoBFaB]

just started doin deads seriously 3 months ago, never challenged myself to work out with more than 225. i love seeing all the assholes at LA fitness stare at me now when i load up the bar with 405 and blast a few out. they look scared for me. pussies. it makes me pour sweat out and make my veins look like firehoses. addictive? for sure.

[J 2the att]

Just curious what exercises do you love to do when you do triceps? I am just asking this to hopefully get introduced to new exercise that i can add to my routine. THanx

[billmd1334]

I stick with the basics... Dips, Pressdowns, and I choose another exercise, lately it's been overhead rope extensions

[Lift405]

Just curious what exercises do you love to do when you do triceps? I am just asking this to hopefully get introduced to new exercise that i can add to my routine. THanx
I have three favorites that I use: CGDBP, Skull crushers, dips. I alternate with some flat cg, nose breakers, and pull downs.

Peace.

[Testpolska]

Closegrip benchpress and Dips for mass.
Pushdowns and Ropepushdowns to etch in the details.

[IRN-NML]

Closegrip benchpress and Dips for mass.
Pushdowns and Ropepushdowns to etch in the details.

Agreed & single dbell overhead presses.

[NickSP]

Anything where your elbow extends.....
all presses will work em...bench, overhead, dips, close-grip will emphasize them more
skullcrushers
overhead extensions - bb or ez curl
DB overhead extensions, one or two arm
skullcrushers on an incline
pushdowns, one or two arm, D attachment, rope, straight bar

[Pizzalamp]

i love bench dips, 2 arm overhead dumbell extensions, and dumbell kickbacks...

[mark]

Floor press with lots of chains, 4 board press, close grip 3 board press, heavy band presses, reverse band close grip press, close grip chain presses (all variants), JM Presses, Kaz presses, rolling DB extensions, and the missionary position... That's all that i can think of right now...

[violator]

Skullcrushers & CGBP for mass, rope pushdowns & machine dips for detail..

[Riesjs]

reverse grip skulss, cgbp, db overhead press

[Malloy1344]

Reverse Grip Skullcrushers rock......I also enjoy decline skullcrushers :)

[excessive endorphins]

decline skulls are a killer!

[MightyMouse666]

I love basically any tricep exercise.

A couple I would recommend trying (if you haven't yet) are decline skullcrushers, and decline close-grip benches. Great pump.

[saint of the gym]

gota do skullcrushers...nothing is more rewarding after a set of skullcrusher and not having you drop it on your head, wait a minute then DO IT AGAIN!

[jeff00z28]

i hardly ever do cgbp but mainly dips, dip machines, cable pushdowns. I do skull crushers every few weeks but not every week because it makes my elbows rly soar and make cringy noises which couldnt be healthy

[DHBAKER15]

Stick With The Basic Heavy Movements. My Favorites Are Dips And Close Grip Bench Press.

[Tron]

Deads and shrugs... Pack on the weight, baby.

[NFLD JimBo]

skulls for tri's, when ya keep those elbows in, and keep the movement heavy smooth and controlled, nothing tears up your tris like skulls in my experiences

[NickSP]

Deads and shrugs... Pack on the weight, baby.

haha wrong thread dude?

[Stiff]

WEIGHTED dips are king. Try them with weight around neck to hit a little more chest, or around waist for more tris. I find low rep, higher weight dips have improved my tricep strength more than words can describe. I like to stay around 6 reps.

[the-craig]

reverse grip bench press is good if never tried that but best to try with light weight if havnt got a spot to hand, i feel works better than close grip but thats me

[AnthonyB]

JM Presses. these done in a machine do wonders for my elbows

[walkintobattle]

Mine is probably Standing Military Press. Somthing about pushing that weight up over my head, just makes me feel good.

[brandona]

Eating...

-B

[krazyassmexican]

Eating...

-B

I love doing a warm up set with oatmeal and eggs in the morning so i can handle the hard work the rest of the day LOL

[loiacanoa]

floor t-bar rows. for sure

[escholar05]

reverse overhead dumbell laterals...best excercise for a shoulder pump I've ever done. And theres something about havin huge, pumped delts that makes one feel powerful.

[Little Houghton]

barbell lunges for sure. somethin about the pain in your ass and thighs the next day really makes you feel like you accomplish somethin

[Maharg]

reverse overhead dumbell laterals...best excercise for a shoulder pump I've ever done. And theres something about havin huge, pumped delts that makes one feel powerful.

Explain this. I just aint seeing in my head how its done.

[perulifter]

standing military press and a well executed db curl its very nice also

happy new year to everyone!

[Lowdown5]

Like brandona, my favorite lift is fork to mouth loaded with something tasty!

[Squat_Heavy]

Low boxsquats with chains.

[RipTheMonster]

Barbell Rows. Dumbbell Shoulder Press. and Deads.

[Stiff]

My overall favorite exercises are deadlifts (like everyone else) and zerchers.

[Stiff]

reverse grip bench press is good if never tried that but best to try with light weight if havnt got a spot to hand, i feel works better than close grip but thats me

Tried these, they kill the tris, thanks.

[Mr.Hardcore98]

deads all the way aint nothing else that can make you feel as strong after a heavy set of deads

[WeeMan]

deffinatly flat bench press, theres nothing more satisfying than pushing out a heavy set and feeling your chest pumped and rock hard.

[WeeMan]

Explain this. I just aint seeing in my head how its done.

you hold the dumbells with arms straight out, as if at the top of lateral raises, then raise the dumbells above your head. im sure its mostly done in europe, i see it in my gym.

[Squat_Heavy]

you hold the dumbells with arms straight out, as if at the top of lateral raises, then raise the dumbells above your head. im sure its mostly done in europe, i see it in my gym.

Searching for: Karlsen crucifix flyes will give an idea of how it looks.

[Dozer]

Weighted wide-grip pullups, all the way. Love the stretch.

[powerhouse]

deadlift or shrugs

[jer]

Incline Barbell Bench for me. Just something about it.

Close second is T-bars, bar in corner with plates staked on it.

Wish I could do deads, because I think it's THE BEST exercise out there. My lower back just ain't right. Once in a while I'll give them a try and I'm out of the game for a week and can't walk. Form isn't the issue, lower back is.

[dyskee]

i like barbell clean and presses and deads , u do only these 2 and ur golden

[excessive endorphins]

i like barbell clean and presses and deads , u do only these 2 and ur golden

x2
Deadlift and clean and press will give you all the functional strength you need,just squat down a bit with them cleans and youll be a beast in no time

[WeeMan]

x2
Deadlift and clean and press will give you all the functional strength you need,just squat down a bit with them cleans and youll be a beast in no time

Squat down?.......WeeMan is givin that a try!!

[excessive endorphins]

i like barbell clean and presses and deads , u do only these 2 and ur golden

Squat down?.......WeeMan is givin that a try!!
clean and press into a front squat,that how most people do it,i dont do it,i tried it with 135 once but fell over lol.So i might practice it with 95 for like a hundred thousand reps.Lol..i can clean and press about 235,everyones variation is different tho!

[excessive endorphins]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3nJrYPVJ88M

see the front squat? it makes the rom shorter!

[Cellerator65]

pullups and deadlifts... because i've only seen 2 other people in the gym go heavy on deads

[Littlefry]

Mine would have to be the squat just something about it, i love it iam usually so pumped for leg day dont know why but they seem to do it for me

[Themostocles]

Row, row, row... your boat... I can do rows all day long, any variation, any time. I love 'em.

[mdh84]

I love deads. I see the more results from them than any other exercise.

[shepsc02]

Millitary press baby--the name and the movement is the best!

[Malloy1344]

Gotta say I'm liking the olympic style Jerk behind the neck. Fuckin brutal on the delts and tris.

[hatebreedXXX69]

i'm gonna be the weird one and say that my favourite exercise if the bar dips....but i started doing deadlifts and i got to say that i'm falling in love with it.

[mustgetbig]

my favorite exercise is to do my 1rm squat i love the feeling of all that weight crushing me trying to get me to stumble under neith it its such a fucking pump.

[pain4life]

I love adding powerlifts to my routine. My favorites are Squats, Deadlifts, and Clean and Presses!!

[Camdog]

Gotta love the deadlifts, also the weighted dips

[MC-Hitman]

I love T-Bar Rows. Not the ones on the machine, but when you wedge the bar into the corner and go all out on your back.

Effin aee!! I'm not the only one!!
"Clean n' Jerks" and deads are up their too

[Costo]

I pick deads cuz they're prolly the only lift I see constant improvment of weight in. Plus it did wonders for my back.

[Enforcer]

Bent over Barbell Rows and Incline Bench Press

[imajollybengali]

deadlifts cuz not everyone does em, especially the wannabes who think they're strong cuz they can bench & curl but when they hit the bar they start crying

[Ed_UK]

walking lunges for me, done with strict form there totally killer, but well satisfying, Im looking forward to DLing again, but you cant forget the bench press haha lol

[LegendKillerJosh]

Weighted Dips are becoming a new favorite for me. I also love training back so seated rows are a favorite. Other than that good ole flat bench press and bench squats are classics for me.

[BrotherInArms]

Dips are a good call. I love barbell curls because biceps are such a small muscle (just not on me, lol) and you can rip them to shreds.

[newbreed]

I have to say barbell curls because I love the way my arms feel afterward ready to explode.

[Matt Dickerson]

I Can't name only one, but if I could do 10 and only do 10 movements in the gym for the rest of my life, they would be:


1. Box Squats
2. Bench Press
3. Bent over Barbell Rows
4. Standing Overhead Barbell Presses
5. Stiff Leg Deadlifts off a 4 inch platform
6. Glute Ham Raises
7. Pull ups
8. Weighted Decline/Roman Chair abs
9. Suitcase Deadlifts
10 Dumbell tricep extensions

[BigTimCoats]

Everyone has the pick of favorite excercizes mine would have to be squat, deadlift and dumbell press.. What are y'alls fav????

[Adrenaline Junkie]

Squats & Tricep Pushdowns!!

[Adrenaline Junkie]

Squats , Weighted Dips, and Tricep Pushdowns!!

[need2getBIG]

deadlifts all the way