>stopped using barbells
>upperbody 3x a week with hammerstrength, cables, and dumbbells
>lowerbody cardio 3x a week (rower/bike)
>no squats no deadlifts no bench press
>getting sikk gains
>no more joint pains
tfw I got trolled by the barbell/strength meme for so long
>>37129681
Most bodybuilder's workouts are like 90% machines.
You should have figured it out.
Who only dumbbells master race here?
>>37129681
Post pictures no homo
>>37129681
It's a meme for fatties who want to feel accomplished
>>37129745
implying I'd be dumb enough to post pictures of myself on 4chan
>>37129747
truth
>>37129681
>trolled
>strength """meme"""
>exercises you can go far heavier on with just as strict form are worse than using cables
What the fuck is hammer strength?
>>37129743
Dumbbells + kettlebells here
I only use barbell lifts because they're fun and dumbells aren't for me, if you've got a home gym a barbell is far, far more economic as well.
>>37129681
> Lift for a few months
> suddenly all lifting stations are in use
> use dumbbells
> severe pain in thumb joint that leaves me unable to do anything at all that requires my hands
t- thanks dumbbells
>>37129865
>Having shit grip
rare meme feel guy
>>37129681
If you didn't make gains on barbell on barbell work but begin progessing a ton on machines you were doing something wrong in the first place.
if your gonna shit on barbells while on fit you should probably post your body or everyone will think your a faggot full of shit. at least I will.
>>37129747
Most of the guys I know who do primarily barbell work all look better and are stronger than the twinks I see curling all day. just saying. 5 years lifting here
>>37129743
Here brah. Dumbbells exclusively for all lifts. The only time I wish I had access to a barbell setup is for doing deadlifts and squats.
>>37129799
A company that manufactures smith machines.
t. Google
Resistance training is something so simple and people have gone to great lengths to make it some huge fucking over complex spectacle.
Dumbells, barbells, that fuckin set of rocks on your Grammies lawn it's all the same. You pick it up put it down eat and sleep whoa nelly muscles grew!
>mfw I enjoy watching huge debates on this anonymous penis measuring fat cuckold penitentiary forum
>>37129681
nice meme faggot.
get off /fit/ , barbells aren't a meme
>squat daily for years no progress on every routine bulking my ass off
>no squats for a year just machines
>try to squat for the hell of it
>same pr
>cant get deadlift past 400 for years
>try every basic program there is to no avail
>fuck around with 15+ rep rack pulls for a couple months
>deadlift 500
fuck this shit im just doing whatever now
>>37129681
>no squats no deadlights no bench press
>getting sikk gains
Why would somebody just go and lie on the internet like this?
>lower body day:
>squats/dl, hip extension, leg curl, abs
>upper body day
>shitload of volume
I wish my shoulders weren't fucked so I could push heavy
Only my vertical pull is proficient on symmetricstrength
A lot of people have dimensions that don't fit well into a machine so they're forced to do movements that are unnatural or uncomfortable. For that reason, we recommend bar bells instead.
Of course how much you lift on a machine is meaningless. It's a cuck device designed to make bitch boys feel good about themselves. That's why planet fatness has machines. So that people can do minimal effort and feel like they accomplished something.
If you can't squat, press or deadlift this weight, you are a weak shit. This is simple objective fact.
>>37129799
Someone has never been in a gym before
>>37129865
>being a useless dyel fagget who never even carried groceries
>>37129743
>>37129799
>>37129806
>>37129994
How do you guys do squats and deads?
Dont your wrists suffer?
>>37129939
I see some big dudes who focus most of their work on bb split stuff, but I usually see them doing barbell work too. There's only like 3 really massive dudes there that I know of that do ONLY bb split, but I'm 99.998975% certain they juice.
>>37129681
But you're using dumbbells. That's the same thing of using barbells if you can't squat/bench lmao1pl8.
Actually, it's even better.
>>37129775
You don't need to post face. Actually, nobody here posts face. Except attention whores
>>37129681
>thinks Starting Strength is the only workout to use
>Starting Strength
>Starting
>>37129681
>stopped using barbells
>stop using machines
>stopped using dumbbells
>just do hill sprints for sick lower body gains
>got juicy as fuck going to the local glory hole and making like an octopus at a boner buffet
>>37129681
>mfw when retards perform barbell exercises incorrectly and then switch to machines
You're not going to make it familia.
>>37130338
kek'd wholeheartedly at this response.
accurate, well written and direct. I tip my fedora in your general direction, good sir.
>>37130401
I try not to be a fucking faggot
works every time
Not all machines are terrible, most of them make you lazy, though.
I start using machines to supplement regular lifts when I start feeling tired in a session
>>37130508
>has to try
Wow
>>37129799
Its a seated machine chest press basically
>>37129681
>>37129743
>>37129747
>>37129806
>>37129994
>these are the people who give you advice on routines
>>37129775
Yeah, because the dreaded Legion destroys the lives of everyone who posts in CBTs.
>>37129681
i'm sick of this fucking board
>>37130624
I've been insulted in those threads before
>>37132382
Then you're a dyel faggot who needs to lift more.
>tfw I only use barbells
>tfw bigger and leaner than Opie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihl6zMwuWZg
>>37130618
No we get our routine advice from a sub 150 lb tranny that's never lifted before.
>>37129826
if i did a home gym id roll with both but get some olympic dumbells, adjustable weight
>>37130401
I use the fixed 60 lbs barbell for 3x10 front squats because any heavier I would need a rack/cage and then do my "proper" leg workout on the leg press for strength progression
>>37129743
Dumbbells for every lift except Deads, Squats and Curls.
Curls get a special bendy bar to keep wrists at a healthy angle.
Safer for your shit in all pressing exercises guaranfuckingteed
>>37135739
Not true, literally the only serious injury I've ever had was from DB shoulder press with a weight I could easily rep for 8. On one of my last reps my arm was shaking, then suddenly snapped back. Couldn't lift properly for 3 months. Barbell is safer.
>>37135739
Lmao, you're not supposed to use an ez curl bar for curls you dipshit, it prevents supination of the arm, enjoy your nogains.
>>37135739
>he uses an ez curl bar for curls
It prevents supination of the arm you tard, I think it's safe to throw the rest of your "advice" in the bin too.
>>37136255
gone done did the same senpai, OHP for life now
>>37130508
>try
lmao fuck off and then end yourself
>>37129743
reporting in:
Running: xxxRxRx
Lifts: xABxABx
A (chest-triceps-shoulders)
weighted pushups (neutral - close - wide grip) 3x8
dumbbell flyes 3x10
lateral raises 3x10
skullcrushers 3x10
front raises 3x10
B (abs-biceps-back)
planks 3x45" / hanging leg raises 3x10
superman 3x45"
pullups 3x10
chinups 3x10
dumbbell row 3x10
curls 3x10
hammer curls 3x10
dumbbell incline bends 3x10
