ITT: exercises you do which you feel don't really do anything
Bench press
you are literally retarded
>>35430771
Deadlift, OHP, Squats, and Bench Press
it never feels like this shit does anything
bicep curls
>>35430865
That's because it doesn't lol
>>35430865
that's because you're either doing them wrong or you're using too much weight
>>35430865
I fell for that meme when I first started
>>35430865
He hardly shrugged. In fact all he did was push his head downward that is harmful to your posture. Your head should be held still and you try to touch your ears with your delts.
>>35430771
is that incline shoulder press? wtf is the purpose, if u mean incline db press then fuck u, idiot ur stupid
>>35431008
incline shoulder raise actually
>>35431008
Incline Shoulder Raise
i despise doing face pulls and hamstring curls, facepulls more tho they blow.
Lateral raises/dumbbell flys
But that's probably because they're the only shoulder exercise I do
>>35430865
Do more reps, i used to do 15-20 and i felt it all the way down to the bottom of my traps.
>>35430853
Here's your (You)
>>35430771
bench press.
Its hard and I struggle to do it, but I never feel like I worked out any part of my body
>>35430771
Think about pushing with your Serratus anterior rather than your shoulder and these will feel amazing
>>35430865
i switched to barbell with less weight and REALLY focused on keeping my scaps retracted and lats engaged. FEELS GUD MAN
but im a OLY fag so yeah.
>>35430818
>>35431136
Wait seriously?
Are you guys trolling?
I never feel it doing anything either I thought I was just a lone idiot
>>35431226
probably it's your form that sucks. Remember:
Retract the Scapula!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ5iCcKzg2Q
>>35430771
>everything
only after the first time lifting did I feel sore the next day or really pumped up for more than 20 min. I've only been lifting for 3 months so this makes me think I'm doing something wrong. I'm building mass and getting stronger but I never feel like I accomplished anything after working out.
>>35430865
>>35430910
>>35430932
>>35431202
Do this instead and thank me later
>>35431056
face pulls work, hamstring curls are very underwhelming imo
>>35431066
>Lateral raises
Do them after OHP. Creates the most aesthetically pleasing pump possible and will add good width to your shoulders (srs)
>dumbbell flys
Do these with cables or pec dec instead
pull-ups and lat pulldowns with regular grip
they feel terrible and like im working my tendons and bone instead of any muscle.. reverse grip feels great though
>>35431639
no... thats even LESS work. please kill yourself. bend over to do your shrugs or dont do shrugs
Deadlifts, feels like snab siddeh
>>35431056
you're fucked, facepulls r gr8
>>35431750
i must be doing them wrong. i can obviously feel a burn, but a burn much weaker than if i do bent rows or bent shoulder raise or even le shrugs
>>35431725
>bend over to do your shrugs
dyel? Shrugs really aren't necessary if you deadlift but if you wanna hit those upper traps more then standing is the way to do it.
If you bend over you're doing rows baka
>>35431758
If another rear delt exercise works better for you then stick to it.
It's probably your form though.
>this exercise is stupid
>I look like a fag ready to take it up the ass
>I wish I was on a bar doing pull-ups
I love doing cable flies cos I love jumping with the cables to feel like flying (yeah I'm a manlet)
>>35431772
THIS. Switched to t-bar rows and never looked back. Just as effective and not awkward
>>35431781
>just as effective
DYEL?
the whole point of ONE arm rows is to use one arm and make sure one isnt stronger then the other
>>35431770
diel? err... clearly youve never done shrugs in your life if you honestly think an up/down motion is more efficient than bending over and lifting 45 degrees
>>35431814
For building upper traps? Upright is king. They're scapular elevators, not retractors.
>>35431791
>[current year]
>having imbalances
Switch hands when you masturbate faggot
>>35431814
>bending over and lifting 45 degrees
That exercise is called a row anon. Yes it is more effective for developing the entire upper back than shrugs but not the upper traps
>>35431226
Dude has shit form.
>>35431688
Try pulling to just before collar bone. Fuck, even just go to chin level
>>35431833
>wanting to look like a skinny man hiding inside a muscly man.
upper traps are the easiest to build and also the fastest way to look like a retard
>>35431781
Dem feels. Are you me?
>>35430865
shrugs are retarded
>>35431056
don't pull to your chest. imagine your shoulder as the rotation point. it's not a "strong" position so do some lightweight baby and get those rear shoulders activated.
>>35431280
Holy shit thanks man.
I've clearly been doing bench wrong for the last 2 years.
Explains why I can only bench 130kg for one.
I always have the worst shoulder pain during bench.
>>35431849
its not called a row you fucking autistic faggot
im not even the guy youre replying to
just bend over a bit, 45 deggrees might be a little much, and then pull the barbell up focus on using just your traps, feel your shoulder blades move inwards each rep, pretty goat exercise for back tbqh
>>35431352
Based recovery genes?
>>35431352
only time i ever feel anything for more than a couple minutes is after heavy squats/deadlifts
reverse flys
I just can't progress in that one, while I literally doubled some other lifts
>>35431941
Can you use the t-bar row but instead of pulling with your arms, you pull with your traps?
>>35431941
are you fucking retarded or something? we're talking about isolating the traps. bent over rows do not isolate the traps
this seems to work my biceps more than back, my back has grown but I've never felt it in my back
I just go till I can't pull it down to my chin
>>35432111
and upright shrugs do? HURRRRR
>>35432263
k i l l
y o u r s e l f
>>35431935
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.
>>35431226
>>35431136
I felt that way, then I switched to a wider grip and now it works wonders.
>>35432259
pull with your elbows, not your hands. Also ffs don't do it wide grip like all the dumbass bros there's no benefit over regular shoulder-width grip
>>35432259
Same exact position for you, I can do a pretty decent weight too, but I never actually feel like it's working my lats.
>>35432289
I do pull with the elbows, I'll try a narrower grip next time, thanks
>>35432300
I personally use the v-bar for lat pulldown, hands down best lat exercise there is (pull with your elbows to the top of your chest)
>>35431772
kek of al the exercises I do at the gym this one doesn't even catch a glimpse from other people.
If you want to look like a fag just do hip thrusts
Swimming. Every dude that has told me that it's a god tier workout is usually fat and beta.
None of them. Just don't fail the 7th rep and you're golden
>>35430771
I feel dips exclusively in my triceps, never feel anything in the chest, during or after
>>35432838
Lean forward during the dip brah, you have a problem with your form
>>35432919
Im leaning in, pretty sure Im doing it like pic related, maybe im not bending my elbows until 90 degrees. Do you feel you chest at all when doing dips?
>>35432958
I do when I go down more. If I don't go down enough I just feel it in my tris
ITT: exercises you aren't doing properly
>>35432958
try it with your feet forward instead of back, it'll change you
>>35432958
I also feel them really good in my triceps but the chest only gets red i dont really feel it there. Diamond pushups feel better for my chest
>>35430865
barbell
Rows rows rows, any kind of fucking rows
seated cable rows, pendlay rows, kroc rows, t-bar
I always feel it in my biceps/forearms before my back. I pull with my elbows and I try to retract my scapula.
It might be because I have pretty bad kyphosis/internal rotation
I can activate my lats/rear delts fine with deadlifts/pull-ups/face pulls/rear delt flies
>>35432958
I only feel dips in my chest, to be honest I feel as if dips are better for chest than pushups. Then again I'm 280 so there's that too
>I feel like x doesnt work
Then try doing it till failure for once you medicore anomaly
>>35431136
Alan Thrall has a great video on YouTube for beginners.
>>35433738
Same. Well, I get it heavy in the arms but Right in the centre of the chest across my sernum - DAYUM
>>35431993
Do the 8 to 12 method. Pick a weight where you barely do the 8th rep on last set. Just focus on form and the mind to muscle connection. Eventually you can do more reps. When you reach 12 on last set and it's EASY you up the weight and start at 8 again.
>>35431772
try them like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1oOqgNak6Q
>>35433702
I second this. Rows fucking worst exercise in existence.
Heard your bench/row ratio should be 1:1 and since then I've hated rows with a passion because it's nowhere near.
>>35433702
>>35433934
look at >>35433911
dumbbell flyes
hate that shit it just doesn't feel right in any way
> eating healthy
Literally no change between a month of pizza or a month or broccoli and have even tried broccoli pizza. None of it matters
>>35433934
because you're not engaging the back muscles, just sitting there like a cunt going through the motions. Rows are one of the most effective exercises for the back, if not then your form is shit.
period.
>>35432259
The weight you're doing is too high which burns your bis out faster than it burns your lats. Drop weight, don't wrap thumb around the bar. Pull using your elbows not your forearms.
ITT: People who don't know how to do exercises blame the exercises.
>>35432259
>>35433934
Also the movement should begin with the back. Lots of people do not extend their back muscles forward before the pull and are only working their arms. Go lighter so you can do the whole range of motion or you are just wasting time.
>>35432259
>>35432289
>>35432299
>>35434767
>>35434919
Doing one-handed pulldowns has really helped me feeling it more in the lats than arms. It gives you a much better ROM.
>>35434822
This fucking dyels
>>35431772
I have that exercise in my routine, for one purpose and one purpose only.
To show off my ass.
>>35433911
>Natural
Dropped.
>>35435010
you've proved that if nothing else
>>35430865
Move your shoulders in a circle with the dumbbells in front out you. Not up and down.
My traps are fucking monstrous people ask me if i roid all the time.
incline bench, for when you don't really want to work chest and don't really want to work delts so you half ass both with the ultimate meme exercise.
>>35432289
Pull with your lats not your elbows fucking retard. Feel your scapula retract simply use your arms as a means of holding the bar. Stick your chest out and lean back to start and dont move from that position.
>>35435207
Please don't do this shit
>>35435016
vics definitely natty brah
>>35430865
Shrugging at the top of Deadlift is the way to go desu
>>35435268
Youre right, remain weak and small because this guy said so.
>>35435239
And of all things, incline bench still doesn't hit lateral delts and lower chest which are the main muscles you want to increase in size in the first place
Why the fuck do Greg O and so many other people do incline?
Face pulls
>>35430865
>doing high rep faggot shrugs instead of heavy power cleans for 5x2
>loling at you
Pick two
>>35435327
LOWER chest is easy, it's UPPER chest that most guys lack, including myself, and that's what incline is for, which is why it's popular.
>>35430865
DO POWER SHRUGS! Get in the rack, throw on some straps, and just up the weight until your shoulders can't move up anymore.
Your traps will be sore the next few days, guaranteed. Get up to a set of 5 at triple bodyweight and tell me your traps are not noticeably larger.
>>35430771
supermans
I get it when you're on reha but able bodied people should just deadlift instead
>>35435674
The proper terminobbyloggy would be 'supermen' , mi'droog
>>35431226
nope, I don't feel much in my chest but there is a clear increase on my strength.
Boob salad
>>35430865
Are barbell shrugs good tho? Like are barbell shrugs actually effective because I have baby traps and id like them to get bigger. Pls help
