Gym thread (2014)

[brenden]

What's an incline deadlift? :S

Pretty sure your goal is to look aesthetic(?) -- anyway if so, just make sure you don't overwork your biceps in relation to your other muscles.

[brenden]

Oh okay hahaha. Are you doing deadlifts and squats?

[brenden]

Fair enough. The weights don't matter too much, so long as you keep challenging your body . IMO you should do deadlifts, depending on your definition of aesthetic.

For example, let's say your shirt's on, at a party. Walk into a room with awesome posture, with your shirt hugging your body a bit because of big thick back muscles. Much aesthetic.
Shirt off, at the beach: big thick back muscles to match big thick front muscles, or big thick front muscles with a flat back and hunched shoulders.
Will also ensure your legs don't get imbalanced (as hamstrings are more of a support in your squat, so deads complement them perfectly)
**It'll also boost your testosterone because it's the biggest area on your body, which will make growing muscle on other areas of your body easier.


In sum: everyone ever should do deadlifts because they're the greatest and backs are sexy.


**I've never actually checked this with a journal article, so it could be bullshit, but I think it's true? If someone could confirm that would be sick.

[Only Cheating Yourself]

Fair enough. The weights don't matter too much, so long as you keep challenging your body . IMO you should do deadlifts, depending on your definition of aesthetic.

For example, let's say your shirt's on, at a party. Walk into a room with awesome posture, with your shirt hugging your body a bit because of big thick back muscles. Much aesthetic.
Shirt off, at the beach: big thick back muscles to match big thick front muscles, or big thick front muscles with a flat back and hunched shoulders.
Will also ensure your legs don't get imbalanced (as hamstrings are more of a support in your squat, so deads complement them perfectly)
**It'll also boost your testosterone because it's the biggest area on your body, which will make growing muscle on other areas of your body easier.


In sum: everyone ever should do deadlifts because they're the greatest and backs are sexy.


**I've never actually checked this with a journal article, so it could be bullshit, but I think it's true? If someone could confirm that would be sick.

Deadlifts are compound lift so work numerous body parts and yes do work the back, but when i see people do deadlifts their definitely not working their back, firstly i see guys deadlifting too much which is only going to injure their back if you want to work your back on deadlifts you need to use full range of motion.  There are probably better back exercises in my opinion then the deadlift. 
Wide grip pull ups
barbell rows/ dumbbell rows

[brenden]

Yeah anyone putting a deadlift into their workout (which should be everyone) needs to focus extra special on getting it good form. To be honest, there's so much bullshit in the fitness industry and so many people have so many different ways of doing things, but unless you're coming up to a bodybuilding competition, deadlifts have to be the best back exercise hands down (when done properly). Do them properly, and there isn't a muscle in your back that isn't worked. Also will work your hamstrings and, if done properly, your glutes - which will more than likely be imbalanced and be causing you niggles in some area of your body.

[Sergy01]

How do you properly dead lift? I've only tried it once and felt uncoordinated.

[brenden]

I will look on YouTube for you.

I'd recommend doing it with your bodyweight. You'll feel it in all the right places in your back as soon as you do it properly, even without a bar.

Basically bend over, put your butt out and up, until you feel tension in the hamstrings. You want that tension in the last bit of the movement. Push the lower half of your back in until you feel tension in your lower lats (this is what almost everyone does wrong. They don't engage the lower lats and just lift by moving their hips/spine up and down), keep your shoulder blades back (your thoracic spine extended), your chin tucked a bit so your spine is straight (not looking forward), then just lift the bar off the floor keeping it close to your body and thrusting your hips forward. I also contract my glutes as I thrust my hips. I'm not sure if other people do that because it's not really necessary but I like it.
I'll find a video.

[jello7]

How do you properly dead lift? I've only tried it once and felt uncoordinated.

Here are a few videos you may find useful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6UgD1H_AXw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LhYspMFUmY

And for a few more tips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0bY-gp8uR8

[jacknthebeanstalk]

this guy has helped me immensely.

Most noobs will arch their back while dead lifting. Try and keep it straight through out the whole range of motion.

[Robert243]

guys does weight lifting under the age of 16 stunt your growth , i've heard views from both sides but i think i need a few from teens who did it before they were 16 .

[juliacarina]

Strength training, increase protein obviously and decrease carb/fat.
Increasing muscle will help you burn fat anyway, not need to just starve yourself...that doesn't work anyway because of leptin!!
When you decrease the fat in your body you do not decrease fat cells therefore smaller fat cells=less leptin which means you don't get signals when you are full.
Therefore you must strength and aerobic train to decrease ghrelin hormone (hunger levels) and increase peptide YY (satiety) to be able to lose fat and at the same time you win because you're also gaining muscle.
Losing fat is hard, keeping it off is harder. Get muscle and do it the easy way.

[juliacarina]

guys does weight lifting under the age of 16 stunt your growth , i've heard views from both sides but i think i need a few from teens who did it before they were 16 .

Pretty sure it does. Friends of mine were elite gymnasts they didn't get their "time of month" until they were 17 which was extremely late compared to the rest of us plus they are so short and the rest of their family isn't.
Another friend of mine appears to have stunted her growth as well as me, we both didn't develop "hips" like the rest of our friends (I had amenorrhea after excessive exercise as a younger girl and she was a competitive gymnast until 16).
All the gymnasts I know are short....I feel like that explains something because they were children when they started...they weren't just good at gym because they were short.

[saradom136]

/\ http://stronglifts.com/does-weight-lifting-stunt-growth/

[Dedicated]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6UgD1H_AXw explains the deadlift good

[Dedicated]

anyone else do Olympic lifting here or exercises derived from Olympic lifting e.g power clean or push press?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdN1Sg4j-Sk