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Post by mr potatohead on Feb 15, 2019 21:54:24 GMT
Along with some other exercise, I did chest pumps/holds, not really flys, on the floor today w/ light wt DBs. Felt good. Bent legs. Tightened mid. But, I agree with you bigben, almost everything I do is compound stuff.
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Post by thinman on Feb 15, 2019 22:04:33 GMT
There's also a Maxalding exercise where from a push-up position you slide the arms out, smooth floor with wool gloves works good.
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Post by mr potatohead on Feb 15, 2019 22:24:20 GMT
There's also a Maxalding exercise where from a push-up position you slide the arms out, smooth floor with wool gloves works good.
That's pretty cool Henry. Thanks! Not sure my elbows could stand it though?
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Post by fredhutch on Feb 16, 2019 16:20:24 GMT
There is a pushup in one of MacFadden's books that is kind of like a short range pec-deck: Lie flat on your stomach on the floor, forearms are resting on the floor to the sides of your head, now keeping the forearms on the floor, lever yourself up, ie, all the action is at the shoulder joint. You only go up a few inches but that's OK. You can do these off the feet (manly man pushups) or off the knees (girly). MacFadden says it works the upper chest and I agree, for me it seems to work the upper chest better than feet elevated pushups. You can also do these with the elbows in line with the shoulder for more of a mid-chest emphasis. Also lends itself to static holds since the top is a peak contraction. One thing I like to do is use these for pre-exhaustion, do these and then immediately do regular pushups; or you can do them immediately after regular pushups (post-exhaustion). By itself or used in a superset with regular pushups, this has become one of my favorite exercises...I call it the MacFadden pushup, naturally.
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Post by Mr Average on Feb 16, 2019 17:12:32 GMT
Too much isolation puts a damper on the the other muscles and hate leaving them feeling lonely . I use the same reasoning for masturbation, I don't want him to feel lonely and isolated.
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