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V-Opolis

those superman pushups looked painful....just what i needed.

edit: damn, couldnt even do 1 lol, maybe i was stretched to far out to start. Nope...damn hard pushup.

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Richard0

Take a week or so off. Do some cardio, or yoga. Change your workout plan after a break to "shock the body". The reason you plateau is because your body will eventually get used to the exercise and or weight. Let it rest or change the workouts. Even changing the days of your workouts will help. For example, if one monday you did chest, do chest on a different day.

21s are a common bicep exercise and are pretty easy to do. Curls from your hip to midsection 7 times, midsection to chest 7 times, then from your hip to chest 7 times.

I forget what they are called, static curls perhaps? Where you keep one arm with a dumbell at 90 degrees while curling your other arm. Very tiring but effective.

Chinups workout the back as well.

You can always youtube these exercises if you don't understand them.

Also, various of the exercises you listed work more than one body part, which is something you should know when choosing what muscles to work out.

Hope this helps man.

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MrWafflez

This thread confuses me.


When working on your body for strength and not endurance, it's common knowledge to have two sets of routines to go through whenever you workout and switch between them after intervals such as sometime around 4-6 weeks (that's the time period I use, different for everyone I assume).


So I'll work out three times a week, and for the first six weeks I'll do Lat. Rows/Pulldowns, Bench Press, etc. Then, after say, 5 weeks, I'll switch to a new set that are similar such as doing the Bench Press with two dumbbells or at an angle (different but can be helpful).


For Lat. Rows you would kneel on a bench and have a dumbbell in the opposite hand of the knee on the bench and pull upwards. Same style workout, different way though.



Switching between two routine sets like this regularly prevent plateuaing at a certain point.


Also, if you're going for strength, I hope you're doing multiple small sets such as three sets of 12 reps, not two sets of 20 reps. Less reps with more intense sets builds muscle better, whereas longer relaxed sets build endurance.

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Breathe

Why don't you do more advanced workouts then call us nonathletic bums? kkthx bai

LedZephlin

I'm made of radiation and high fructose corn syrup, so I give all my fat to YOUZ!!!!!

V-Opolis

thanks, ill think about it.

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girtrute

Yea superman pushups was one bruce lee's favorite. They're defnlty the hardest pushup becouse it targets muscles that dont get as much a leverage type workout.
When you workout your shoulders and chest do you do it to the extent were you cant do even 1 more. Then you stretch i mean over stretch too cause all the rips in the muscles to rip even more. After stretch Practice holding your block up like a boxer and punching as fast as you can but always keeping your block up at the same time,Do that for about 15 mins with 1 min rest inbetween each 5 mins by that time your shoulder should be nearly restless stretch them one last time and should be good.This will leave you with the upper body physique of a boxer. If you not sure how you should hold your block and bobble/sway movement watch some mike tyson videos.
Platueing sucks but besides switching up your training or taking a break from a certain workout for a week and doing it again.Theres ways around that with stretching and speed movement after workouts, becouse the work out will still wear muscles out but not rip them like it should if your platued so you over exert them and cause them to rip by stretching and moveing them quikly to cause the muscle to rip. Its all about getting your muscle to rip.
Whats great about ripping them that way is you keep your speed and gain even more flexability.

V-Opolis

what do you mean by blocks?

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ZormaX

Yeo guys. I have a question so im gonna steal this thread.

Im 13-14 so I cant go to the gym. Im extremely skinny...and I can do like 2 pushups in a row (hardly). My lower-body seems fine and im a fast runner. I can go up to about 50 sit-ups in a row.

What would be a good quick workout that will not make me too tired. I don't get alot of free time too...ty

EDIT: oh and i dunno if I should be lifting weights...does lifting weights affect my height?

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girtrute

You know Boxing holding up your block can creat big shoulders thats why you see boxers with such huge shoulders.
You can use arms wieghts or just some light weights with it. Basicaly telling you to practice boxing after you do your shoulder or chest exercises and not to let your block down.Youll notice big difference in your shoulder strength and shoulders stamina.