This guy at my gym showed me some variants I've never done before (until today). Wondering if anyone has anything good or bad to say about >reverse curls >drag curls >face pulls >arnold curls >arnold presses >this thing that's sort of like lying dumbbell tricep extension, except your arm is straight up like bench, but slightly angled so it's over your opposite shoulder, then you extend the elbow straight, he called them "seig heils" >tripod dumbbell row... it was bent over, one arm at a time (i've always done db row with one knee on a bench)
Also post uncommon exercises if you do them at least once per week.
Oh yeah, another one was like a front delt raise, except it went up to the opposite shoulder, felt it more in my chest than the front delt.
Benjamin Cook
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Bentley Murphy
Bumping for interest
Parker Peterson
I don't see it much here but I do yoga at least 3 days a week for 20-60 minutes a session. I found it helped with DOMs and seeing how flexible one can get is pretty darn fun.
I also walk on my hands a lot. Started by practicing in a doorway with my feet "holding" on to the sides or top of the door for balance until I could just hand stand on my own. Went from there to hand stand pushups and now I can ALMOST do a walk over. which is my ultimate goal.
Hudson Thompson
Do face pulls if you want to avoid looking like a slouched over neanderthal
Andrew Phillips
weird exercises I've done: >monkey rows for traps+delts >lateral Paloff press, trains lots of stabilizers >weighted hollow-body bridge holds for ur fuck muscles >isometric bench hold
Justin Martinez
Should I do them instead of rows, or in addition? Aren't they hitting the traps just like shrugs?
Logan Jones
oh, also bowing pushups, helps with sex in the missionary position
Benjamin White
they hit more muscles than shrugs iirc
Aiden Fisher
>reverse curls
Great exercise, since imo forearms > biceps/triceps. You still get some bicep work out of them, of course. Barbell curls are another good one for hitting forearms. I like to camp out at the fixed bar rack and alternate sets of supinated barbell curls and reverse barbell curls. Together they hit both sides of my forearms nicely. Throw in some pullups and double-overhand deadlifts, and you're all set as far as forearm development goes.
In addition to rows. And yes, facepulls hit the traps, but not the same way shrugs do.
Lincoln Young
Would it be good to alternate shrugs or facepulls, each workout? I liked how the facepulls felt, but I don't want to give up shrugs, and I don't want to pull or tear my traps either.
Christian Foster
>Would it be good to alternate shrugs or facepulls, each workout?
Idk lol. Sounds good to me. Be sure to hold the contraction at the top of your shrug for a second before lowering the weight. Most people I see doing shrugs do them really fast, which robs you of gains. This is also what I used to do before I knew any better.
Nathaniel Parker
Same here. I also lean over slightly, so that I can retract my scapula as I shrug. With a barbell shrug, I do a wide snatch grip.
Hunter Hughes
Bumpp
Josiah Parker
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Chase Powell
jefferson deadlifts, old style split snatches are both fun to do and work out the muscles a little differently than there traditional counterparts
Carter Williams
damn really? at least give me the insta so I can see for myself
In addition to rows. They hit the traps as well but if done correctly they're mainly working your rear delts and rotator cuff, which is very important for shoulder health. Bad idea to alternate, do your facepulls every day you're doing pushing motions.
Brayden Wood
>pushing motions You mean pulling motions, right?
My pull day on PPLPPLx is getting full >rows >pullups >two types of rows >rear delt raises >shrugs
facepulls will make your shoulder and back god tier - like roman/greek statue god tier
Jason Russell
All memes except face pulls, but that's only because anterior delts are the single most undertrained muscle group and causes arguably the most common postural abnormality and could lead to further rotator cuff damage.
You can do any of these exercises if you like them though, just know that they're not "better" than any other curl, shoulder press, tricep extensions or row variation.
Wyatt Hill
Cable, bands, or dumbbells?
How heavy?
Matthew Miller
what is her insta?
Jose Stewart
Cable or band, light and focus on rotating your shoulders back rather than pulling.
Could bust out some heavier seated ones for bodybuilding purposes though, but that might be counterproductive as far as health goes.
Jeremiah Harris
Hold the phone, I'm not the brightest individual when it comes to Veeky Forums topics, but are reverse curls really not useful? It's an entirely different feeling exercise (might be placebo-ing myself here) but I lift 10 pounds less on reverse than regular.
Alexander Butler
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Samuel Baker
anyone doing this lift is actually retarded
>Alright we can do front squat or back squats >nah man let's do their retarded cousin version instead that destroys your back and bruise your hands XD
Levi Harris
>drag curls this shit is PUMPFUCKINGTASTIC I really really really like doing them.
Robert King
Reverse curls are one of the best if not the best exercise for targeting and isolating the brachialis, which is usually the weakest link for most pronated heavy pulling exercise. That said, heavy pulling is still the best way to get good at heavy pulling.
Nathaniel Thomas
>I do a trap/bicep workout which is nothing more than a standard pull day but I isolate away from my lats to my innerback. >Narrow chin-ups for bi's and traps >Narrow lat pulldowns >Narrow Lat rows >Farmer walks >Hammer grip db shrugs >Rack shrugs >Bodyweight rows on a hip height pull up bar (narrow grip underhand) Savage trap/bi's gains
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I just can't believe this is the state of things. Makes me feel so ashamed.
