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Post by justregularguy on Jan 8, 2019 23:44:11 GMT
What is your favorite exercise and why?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 0:19:19 GMT
Bear Crawls for sure. The reason why is because you can move in all sorts of directions, it hits a lot of muscle groups and you can do speeds whether slow or fast and still get good results. It is one of the best for conditioning in many sports such as MMA, Football, Baseball, Ameteur Wrestling and others. It can also develop a rugged physique. From a personal perspective, I love that it doesn't take long to get winded and it's very much anaerobic plus it's a lot of fun for serious athletes and for those who want to get in shape.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Jan 9, 2019 1:00:12 GMT
I don't have one favorite exercise. All the exercises I do contribute to the whole.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jan 9, 2019 2:21:44 GMT
I don't do it much but I love stone lifting, it makes me feel connected to the earth.
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Post by MBS on Jan 9, 2019 2:35:18 GMT
I don't have one favorite exercise. All the exercises I do contribute to the whole. Like Bruce, I dont have a favorite...they all contribute to my goals. Overall, in terms of benefits and return on my time is trapbar deadlifting.
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Post by mr potatohead on Jan 9, 2019 3:48:39 GMT
Same here. Everything I do is my favorite package of exercise. I enjoy it all and it all flows together because I enjoy it.
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Post by macky on Jan 9, 2019 6:22:10 GMT
I don't do it much but I love stone lifting, it makes me feel connected to the earth. Especially if you drop it on your foot ?
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Post by macky on Jan 9, 2019 6:25:14 GMT
All.
But if I was forced to make a choice, Ping Shuai Chi Kung (swinging arms)
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Post by Bob50 on Jan 9, 2019 6:55:45 GMT
Zen meditation.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 8:15:23 GMT
I enjoy dips and rows.
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Post by trog on Jan 9, 2019 9:16:25 GMT
Pull-ups and dips. You don't often have to wait to get on the pull-up bar. I also like the fact that at nearly 62 I can still bang them out and the young whippersnapper know-it-alls can't do any.
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Post by justregularguy on Jan 9, 2019 17:24:21 GMT
I remember doing a similar exercise with a yoga roll in the middle of my upper back. It's not supposed to fall down so you have to maintain good balance which kinda forces you to do the movements slower. It's a good core workout.
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Post by gruntbrain on Jan 9, 2019 21:07:12 GMT
1 or 2 hand high bar hangs for the perceived health of it.
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Jan 9, 2019 21:38:42 GMT
Deadlifts and cleans. Any and all variants of both.
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Post by TexasRanger on Jan 9, 2019 22:12:58 GMT
Whatever I'm doing that moment. But like Bruce, Whiffet -- a whole range of exercises that are also functional/useful (if possible) and as heavy as I can safely do them.
The big lifts engage more muscle in a more functional manner, generate more growth hormone than anything else around and are going to build (or for people over 40, help retain) more lean body mass than anything else around.
Deadlifts, clean & press, heavy incline presses, heavy rowing and wall squats with DBs.
Proof this works best? Even the military is moving away from BW training. A few will remember my post sharing I'd bought a couple of beers for four Green Berets when I was in Florida visiting where I used to be stationed. We talked training (PT) and their comments:
1. Push ups and most other bodyweight exercises (with the exception of chins) are "old school" (not my words). The teams that put together their new workouts found most BW work, especially push ups, didn't provide as much bang for the buck. (Pavel and Old Uncle Mal -- the guy who challenged the world renowned fitness coach to a Dand contest -- said the same thing about the Russian and British military.) 2. Weights were more functional. If you're carrying a ruck, weapons, digging a trench, BW doesn't do a thing to develop strength/endurance like weights. You can't overload the body -- you can add more reps. Not the same.
(Several military organizations have posted their workouts and Men's Fitness magazine had published the new US Army Ranger (?) program a year or so ago which included a large % of weight training.
Even Stew Smith, the former SEAL and now fitness instructor coach, includes more fundamental weight training -- deadlifts, benches, squats in his training programs for prospective military and law enforcement trainees for the above reasons.
And we know nearly all sports -- football, hockey, track and field, baseball, tennis -- use weights in some form or fashion along with mobility work, sprints, etc. US football lineman, linebackers, live on squats, heavy presses, for example.
(NOTE: I'm backing off on my normal workouts to prep for a Spartan if my knee will hold up.)
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