I'm about to ditch flat bench for incline indefinitely. Hate the flat bench.
What's your least favorite lift?
>>37319665
Rows any type
>>37319686
those are second least favorite
Switch to dumbbell while your at it.
>>37319665
>never flat benching
c-can you do that?
>>37319717
I can do whatever I want
>>37319706
>>37319717
Only do these if you want to be a bitch.
>>37319728
He can do whatever he wants. (Even be a bitch)
Honestly bench is my favorite exercise.
I hate rows, and upper-back exercises in general.
>TFW no back gains
>>37319686
Same. I ditched them for weighted pull ups. Not looking back even if it slows down my back gains
>>37319665
Rows
I need to get a rackless bench so I can just row without the fear of snapping my shit up
>>37319665
Don't be a fag, OP.
Not benching is just silly and implies you suck at it. Nevertheless, you should still be doing it. Fear not, everybody isn't watching while you struggle to bench 100lbs. Or maybe they are.
On a srs note, I struggled with it when I started out, but I consider it my best lift now.
Deadlifts.
I sprained my lower back doing them, so I've stayed away from them for the past week.
>>37319665
situps/crunches
Barbell bench, and heavy rows since going heavy makea it so awkward.
rows or front raises
fucking anything biceps
Flat bench is only beneficial in power lifting. Otherwise incline is a better accessory to the press which is an accessory to the jerk portion of clean and jerk. The press has the most real life functionality imo. I'm way more impressed by a 2 pl8 ohp than a 3 pl8 bench.
>>37319665
Squats. I fucking hate them. I still force myself to do it though so I won't have skeleton legs any more. I'm the only person I know who's bench is significantly higher than squat. I like leg press so much more but still force myself to do both
>>37319814
Are you me?
Overhead press.
>>37319665
overhead press for sure.
>>37319665
Standing Dumbbell Lateral Raises
I hate those
>>37319969
Same. 2pl8 bench, but only 185 squat. Squats got far more enjoyable for me once I switched from low bar to high bar, though. That's also why my squat is so low. I was at 2pl8 low bar, but it dropped back down to 1pl8 when I switched to high bar.
>>37319665
do chest dips, you will feel dem titties grow
>>37320038
are you sure you're practising good form? first time i squatted in my life it was high bar and 95kg x 4 breaking parallel.and im a skelly.maybe you squatted with bad form in your low bar days?
>>37320038
>>37319969
same here brehs, im not even ashamed for having a low squat for my lifting time because I just fucking hate squatting and deadlifts so much. I still squat 2-3 times a week but my legs look like shit still just because I dont feel like pushing myself like I do with upper body lifts
>tfw people told me squats would become fun
>tfw nobody told me if you're not into sqauts/deadlifts youre in an infinite plateau and any deload is basically permanent
>>37320061
I was skelly as fuck. When I started benching I couldn't even do the bar. With squat, I wasn't sure if my form was correct, and I had no mirrors, and went to the gym at a weird time when nobody was there, so I had nobody to watch me. so I kept dropping weight to make sure my form was correct, but I was never 100% sure, so I really never progressed. I'm pretty sure my form was shit, though, because my lower back started hurting. Either that or just squatting and DLing too often.
The second I switched to high bar the lower back pain disappeared immediately, and I've felt far more comfortable progressing quickly.
>>37320061
Probably bad form. I squatted 2.5pl8 my first time squatting ever
>>37320061
Leg strength is dependant on how much they walk and where they walk. I started 80kg 3x6 because I took 4-5 sets of stairs daily and was on my feet about 6 hours a day. My friend started at 65kg yet he was 10kg bigger, but he was a nerd who didn't do anything but play vidya
>>37320101
You couldn't bench the bar? Were you an actual skeleton? Survivor of Auschwitz stuck in a time capsule frozen for 70 years?
>>37319665
Bench sucks cause the fear of death is always there. I don't get fear of squats/deads/ohp cause those are all quite safe if you know what you're doing. But a mistake on bench can fuck your shit up
>>37320134
6' at 130 pounds. I weigh 205 at 17% bf now.
>>37320131
probably this.i run track and field once a week.
>>37320101
did you never do pushups? how did you struggle with 20kg?
>>37320159
kek,i was the same weight and only an inch shorter than you and i curled your bench with one arm for 8
>>37319875
This
>>37320134
The only person who couldn't bench the bar was a 4ft manlet in high school 6 years ago...everyone started at least the bar with 25's
>manlet confirmed
>>37319665
Bent over rows/Romanian deadlifts
I feel like my shit is always on the verge of being snapped up
>>37320159
There's just no way you couldn't
You probably needed physical therapy if you were that weak
>>37319927
No shit idiot a 2 plate ohp is excellent,a 3 plate bench is not that impressive in comparison
>>37320143
I hear what you're saying about the fear of death but can't you just rest the bar on your chest and call for a spot? It's uncomfortable to have 225lbs on your chest for sure but it's not life or death.
>>37320179
I had literally never done anything physical in my life up until that point. Skinnyfat /v/irgin. Working on it, though.
>>37320196
try pendlay rows,they helped me.
>>37320187
>>37319875
infidels
>>37320103
Stats now
>>37320143
Your gym sucks, the benches at my gym has safety stands.
Am i weird/autistic if i don't have a least favorite exercise? Maybe I'm still just in noob gains phase or just not going hard enough, but i love every mudcle group.
Squats, i have shit knees and scholiosis, they feel so unconfortable
>>37320284
Yea idk why these aren't standard at all gyms, they have safeties on squat racks why not bench racks?
>>37320284
that's the most pussy thing I've ever seen.
If you miss a lift without a spot, you get to do the roll of shame, that's how it is and that's how it should be...
>>37320228
that still makes no sense, you couldn't do the bar once? You literally have to not open doors, grabs plates, use utensils, watch tv all day, barely wipe your ass and halfass your shower to be this weak. Like, do you even touch anything, do you even jerkoff? This strength is medical conditions, people recovering from comas learning to use their hands, and beginning strength of physical therapy. It's weird, but you need to get that normal strength or else you wont be able to hold your future baby
>>37320343
holy shit cuckboi, get it together. saftey bars on bench/squat is the worst...
>>37319665
I hate incline and snatch with a passion
Barbell row, it's just such an awkward position and awkward movement. Sometimes I just skip that shit and do a row that covers the same bases.
>>37320382
Bro, I bench 2pl8 now. Obviously, it's not a problem, anymore.
>>37320395
>Seatbelts are for faggots
>>37319665
Deadlifts aka backsnappers
>>37320301
Yeah I was the same. Used to love OHP and the progress I was making on it. When it actually got difficult I started to fucking hate it.
Lat raises for volume too. Fuck that shit.
>>37320395
What? Why would you ever not want safety bars? They allow a failed lift without having to throw the bar off your back which could potentially hurt someone else. No safeties is fine in an olympic/pro gym but at an average commercial gym I'll take safeties every time. Spotters are known to be retards as well, half of the guys I get to spot me don't even pay attention.
these racks are all you need for bench/squat
>>37320395
¿wut?
>>37320428
ya, cause driving a 3000LB machine 70 mph is the same as rolling 185lbs over your abs...
>>37320417
good 4 u, now get some pussy with those muscles
>>37319996
>>37319814
are you both me?
>>37320439
If someone is close enough to you while you're squatting that they get him by a dropped bar and get hurt, that's on them. they need to get hit like that so they learn to stay the fuck out of the way, oblivious assholes.
>>37320500
are you him?
I can't stand DB Flies. I wake up the morning after and my biceps feel like fucking jelly, it hurts when I touch them or I try and flex them too hard. I might honestly give up on the exercise, making no progress with them whatsoever.
him is that you?
>>37320512
are you them?
>>37320516
flyes* goddammit...
>>37320532
i am these dubs
>>37320546
or these singles
I don't Deadlift anymore after I snapped up my shit like three times. Even after doing a bunch of research and watching videos on perfecting my form. I even practiced my form with no weight just so my spine doesn't end up splattered all over the gym. I just do hyper extensions now when I work out my erector.
>>37319717
Only if you want to make no gains.
Incline means moving less weight, which means shocking the body less, which means less adaptation to shock, which means less natty gains.
Add incline as an accessory but dont replace bench with it.
If you want to replace bench, you would have to do it with something stronger than bench like floor press or decline.
Floor press is pretty neat but decline gives unaesthetic chest.
Hitting the clavicular head of the chest is pretty crucial to getting that square, angular chest that is so aesthetic
>>37320034
Hurts to hear, these are my favorite exercise.
>>37320103
Post legs faggot
I hate working the core. I'm always full from bulking and it hurts my stomach
leg press or anything abs
>>37320577
Consider hip thrusts to hit the posterior chain.
Squat and push press are pretty good for erectors as well, also overhead squat, but that is harder to do
>>37320581
>Incline means moving less weight
american physics
>>37319665
bench is also my least favorite
I don't know why I'm struggling so hard with it compared to squat or deadlift which I'm just cruising through. I can easily make modifications on my squat or deadlift form but goddamn bench is so fucking hard to deal with
>>37320610
Your incline bench is always weaker than your flat, because you are recruiting less musculature.
Just like your deadlift is always going to be stronger than your bent over row
Just like your press is going to be stronger than your front delt raise.
Incline is a weaker lift.
It has nothing to do with gravity or angles, and everything to do with muscle recruitment
>>37320610
DYEL?!?
>>37320369
I prefer to workout at night when the gym is empty.
>>37320759
So what?
>>37319686
This
>>37319665
Am I the first in the thread to say OHP?
Seriously fuck it, I've been lifting for 8 months now, maed decent progress in deadlidt, squat, and bench, but only just been able to OHP 25kgs for 3x12. It's pathetic and I hate this exercise.
>Pic related. me
>>37320646
Therefore everyone's routine should be made up solely of deadlifts.
>>37320103
some people don't start fat
>>37319686
yes.
they hurt in my right arm if I don't do a thumbless grip there.
>>37319665
russian deadlift, fuck that
Barbell Rows
Really would rather just do dumbbell instead
Fuckin' lunges man.
>>37319686
my nigga
>>37320919
tfw when my starting OHP was 120 3x8 because I used to breakdance...
>tfw when my OHP was higher than my bench
>>37319875
this tbqh it's boring and tedious.
>>37321082
Seriously. I meant to write 35kgs, but I need to improve shoulders because [spoiler]I'm a back base cheerleader[/spoiler].
anything shoulder related
still do it tho
>>37319665
Squats, so I don't do them.
>>37319665
I hate to admit it but... OHP. I feel so awkward doing it. wat do?
t. beginner second month SS
Curls or pull ups. Can't seem to get much progress and I feel weak as shit.
>>37321230
don't do them. You could either start doing DB OHP instead at a slightly higher rep range, or ditch any overhead press altogether and rely on benching for front delts while doing lat raises for side delt and facepulls/reverse flies for rear delts.
>>37320084
> and any deload is basically permanent
God that hit me right in the feels
>>37321230
Do handstand push ups variations
>>37320009
Overhead press is the best evidence that there is no god.
Preacher curls make me happy :3
>>37320939
Did i say flat bench only?
Or did i say you can use incline as an accessory and replace it with something more comparable like floor press.
Dont be a misrepresentative faggot.
You know i was not suggesting something so idiotic.
>>37320546
apparently not
>>37319756
the work the lat very differently man, pullups are for width and rows for thickness
>>37320284
wat
>>37321232
do them slower
t. curlsmaster
>>37319686
FPBP
>>37320581
Are you really this retarded? You shouldn't be allowed to post here.
Cycling for my knee after a workout, fucking terrible but I gotta do it
>>37320468
>185lbs
>>37319686
I just tried t-rows for the first time the other day. Hit my lower back pretty good but my stance was wobbly. Might try again since idk how to do deadlifts and that area is full of Chads 24/7.
>>37319969
>bench significantly higher than squat
Absolutely disgusting. You realize your legs are (supposed to be) your biggest muscle group, right?
>>37321212
What the fuck is wrong with your right leg?
>>37321212
dude your right leg looks way bigger than the left
>>37319828
because youre out of shape or you just dont like them?
>>37324768
>right
flys. fucking hate them. I never feel like they do anything for me.
Anything legs but squats the most, I fucking hate squats. Deadlifts are OK but the setup is annoying.
>>37319686
Fucking this with barbell rows. Always feel like I'm not doing them right.
Noone has said it...but i fucking hate lat pulldowns with a passion. I always get a weird tearing sensation in between the forearm and bicep and it makes the whole thing uncomfortable as fuck.
is it okay to do dumbell press instead of bench press? thats what ive been doing. curious what the real difference is
>>37321734
>>37325730
weak brachialis
>>37325730
Fucking same dude. That and the butterfly machine feel like im literally ripping my upper bicep and edge of my pecs.
Reverse flyes
>>37319814
>>37319996
>>37320500
are all 3 of you me?
>>37320034
>not doing seated barbell lateral raises
My is muscule-up
>>37319665
Fucking squats. Yes I do them properly but they are just such a nuisance (prolly because i have to do them without a rack and have to clean them or take them off a bench and bring them to some clear space.
I still hate em.
Bent-over barbell rows, I hate these with a passion, it always feels awkward and I feel like I'm snapping my shit up a good 70% of the time.
>>37325474
Fix your scapula and shoulder position man
>>37325754
>is it okay to do dumbell press instead of bench press? thats what ive been doing. curious what the real difference is
Isolaton versus compound, basically barbell incorporates more elements of your arms and back while dumbbell is mainly tricep, delt, and pec based.
>>37319665
Incline press works the top of the pectorals, not the main face.
I do hope you are seriously not this stupid?
>>37326521
What is the point of this exercise? I feel like its just crossfit nonsense and egolifting for the most part.
>>37319665
clean and press
>>37321298
Why the fuck are you faggots so obsessed with doing three shitty accessories for half the effect you'd get from just relaxing your balls, letting them drop, and doing the main fucking lift?
It's awkward because you're fucking weak. You know what helps with that? Getting stronger. You know what helps with that? The motherfucking Press.
>>37326628
I think it is just for egoliftimg cause the upper part trains the... triceps? Or biceps? There are more efficient ways to go about training those muscles.
>>37326560
I know your pain.
My least favourite thing in the gym isn't the squat. It's walking the damn weight out before the squat. It always sucks, regardless of how heavy it is.
>>37319722
That's...technically correct, I suppose.
>>37319686
Bros how far over am I supposed to lean my back for barbell rows? Every video I watch has a different angle and I think it was Bradley Martin said don't lean forward much at all, just pull along the angle of your thighs in a slightly flexed position. Isn't it bad for your shoulders to do a totally upright row? Maybe this should be in qtddtot instead.
Squats. My quads are way stronger than my hamstrings and glutes and I'm tall. For me it's more like an abs exercice where the weight just crush my body. I hate it. Any good lifts that focus my weaknesses ? Free weight plz. Goodmornings ?
>>37325833
Think so? Its literally the only exercise it hurts for me even though i do DLs 3pl8 for reps and 100kg rows for reps. :S ill look into it tho, ty.
>>37319969
This desu senpai, squats are my least favorite lift but I don't want to have stork legs so gotta do em
>>37326850
Fuck I think this is happening with me. Used to do squats with whole lower body getting sore as fuck but now it just feels like my quads are doing everything instead of my whole leg. Idk what im doing wrong.
Barbell flyes always feel awkwad for me, especially when other people stare at me, I feel like my form probably isn't right
>>37319814
>I did a mistake therefor its the exercise's fault
Gratz on your two digit IQ.
>>37320516
>bicep hurts after doing dumbbell flyes
I think you're doing them wrong anon
>>37320053
>dibs vedora :DDD
>>37321734
Bro this shit has been debunked for so long yet you retards keep spouting it like a mantra
OHP because I have shitty rotator cuffs. I have actually ditched it entirely because I can't do them without shoulder pain. It's annoying that you have to do 3 separate raises to compensate.
I actually love rows, despite everyone else hating them.
>>37320581
I can incline bench more then flat
>>37320532
Is him them?
I hate the squat. It always hurts my back when I get up in weight and I have to deload as I can barely even walk after. Regardless, I man the fuck up and go do it again next workout.
>fix your form dumbass
I've been reading and watching videos for like 2 months on how to squat now. I've recorded myself and it looks fine. All my other lifts including diddly go fine with good progress and I feel good. fuck my life you niggers
>>37320468
>185 lbs
>>37319665
>What's your least favorite lift?
Not lifting
>>37328086
Unless you're injured, no you can't
>>37319665
Since my gym got new equipment also flat bench
>gym got new equipment
>benches are much more pillowy and soft
>can't properly dig in traps
>padding to thick and soft to properly function as stable platform
>bench dropped 15lbs over one session
>mfw
JUST
U
S
T
>>37319686
When I started I thought, I had to tuck my shoulder blades together when doing rows. Big mistake. Felt like my shoulder was about to pop out.
>Diddly
>Flat Bench
>Squats
Snapped my back up getting thrown off of a horse fucking up my L-5 and S-1. Can't handle the extra volume on the anterior delts from martial arts training so no bench. I won't miss them.
>>37319665
Most cardio that isn't exactly running/swimming/walking.
I hate squats cause its just really uncomfortable and my ankles aren't flexible so I can't even get to half-way without lifting them. I do use plates under my feet, but its still just...an uncomfortable exercise. Do em anyway tho.
>>37328567
Get some lifting shoes then bruv
(Fuck squatting though)
>>37321734
Holy broscience batman
Sit ups. I love doing core but whenever I do sit ups I regret it
>>37326644
*tip*
>>37328598
what core do you do
>>37328598
dont do situps then i dont.
hanging/bench leg raises
>>37328375
It's not that hard to believe, you autist. The more you practice a specific movement, the more efficiently you are able to do it, and the stronger you get. That guy probably just does incline more often than flat.
>>37319875
Controversial call but I'm 100% with you, there's also the huge Frat boy douchebag feel to it when you even think about curling
>>37320581
>Why you shouldn't take advice from /fit/ : the post
>>37321230
watch videos to improve your form and keep doing them, obviously
>>37324857
>His Right.
I cut out flat bench for pushups. In before mah stengff, I got sweet weight vest and back pack with frame to put plates in. Pushups are much more bang for you buck than flat bench. And if I fail a rep I will just be lying on the group instead of decapitating myself.
>>37326595
They're both compounds you little fool.
>>37319969
Agreed.
I don't mind the leg soreness or anything, but my knees are horrible and I'm always worried something's gonna snap.
>>37320084
>any deload is basically permanent
Explain this.
>>37328587
You're retarded any good bodybuilder know this just think about the way you pull with your lat
>>37320919
3x12? Did you expect great strength gains on such a plan?
>>37328848
>I will just be lying on the group
>tfw your gym doesn't set up push-up contests on top of gay orgies
>>37319665
squats
fuck squats
>>37328867
if you don't like squats you never push yourself to go heavier, but you need to push yourself to increase the weight again after a deload
>>37320581
So this is how ego lifters think
>>37326890
It may be foot positioning.
>>37328633
Yeah but nobody front squats more than they back squat unless, again, they have an injury. Incline is mechanically disadvantaged compared to bench by a good amount.
squats
i have flat feet, and they have never felt right
I'm still considered novice for squats while everything else is way into intermediate
i had to switch to front squats to avoid fucking my shit up
>>37328886
People "know" a lot of things that aren't actually true. The lats do not have multiple heads the way pecs, triceps, hamstrings, etc. do, so there's not much room for variation in how they grow. You're talking about adduction vs extension, and doing both MIGHT increase the lats' overall growth, but there's no difference in the type of growth. That's mostly determined by genetics.
>>37319717
Rippetoe says if you have to pick only one, he would prefer that people do The Press. If you want to do a bench press, he'd prefer people do incline bench. If you have room in your routine and you're doing those two, then you can add flat bench. He says it's a classic, but overrated lift.
>>37320369
>hurr I'm so tough I don't need safety bars
They're primarily for when your grip slips and you drop the bar, which is how people die you edgelord. Respect the weight.
Squats and diddlylifts are both trash lifts
>>37331068
It's still a really good lift desu. I think incline is more stressful on the shoulders than either bench or OHP, at least for me.
>>37329079
Post pic of yourself.
I need it for my "smug dyels that think they can get big on 3x8 babbyweight" folder
>>37330721
Nonspanning fibers, fuckface
You can hit lower traps not upper traps with pull up.
You can hit upper traps not lower traps with shrug.
But there arent heads.
The muscle fibers need to contract under resistance.
Not all fibers are contracted, so not all are trained.
If all muscle fibers spanned from origin to insertion, and all or none law applied to all muscle fibers, not individual fibers, then you would be correct.
But there would also be no need for things like range of motion
>>37326700
the angle between your legs and torso can be anywhere between 90 and 135 degrees
I deadlift <10 times a year. Hate it. Only do it when I'm working out with my close friend and he decides he's in the mood for torture (he's almost 60)
Pushup, to row, to press is my absolute least favorite.
>>37331342
>hates deadlifting
what are you some kind of faggot?
>>37319717
do flat with dumbbelsl instead of barbell, barbell bench press is hardly a chest exercise..
>>37331448
>..
Is this a new dumb meme? People ITT keep doing it..
>>37319875
Agreed.
>>37331470
Srsly.
I feel the flat bench PRIMARILY in my chest...And some anterior delt which is expected
Hate squat, ever since I fucked up my knee (got hit by a car) I'm scared I'll fuck 'em up again if I do a heavy set of squats. I somehow love deadlifting tho
>>37321734
grip width determines how both of those exercises hits the back, you can hit lats with either
>>37331448
Lol
>>37331210
rows are a fucking meme lift that have only 50% of the shoulder extension compared to a chinup
>b-but muh scapular retraction
do some facepulls
>>37319665
hack squats, I used to do them instead of squats.
I also hate loading the barbell for deadlift, it's an exercise in itself
>>37331572
Or rows.
You don't 'have' to do barbell rows but you should do some kind of horizontal pulling.
>>37331600
for some reason people think rowing is really important though
but you can just do some facepulls/high rows as an accessory and do more vertical pulling for back gains
>>37331643
If I could only do one upper body pull I would do some kind of strict row.
>>37319686
Hello brother. I still do them twice a week though.
Also add to the list, getting into position for a heavy ass db seated OHP.
barbell rows that don't start on the floor
all types of side raises
good mornings
incline bench press
and above all, pullovers. they just hurt my lower back and tire my shoulders before anything at all happens in the chest or back.
>>37328823
actually what I'm doing
>>37319875
any curls fucks with my wrist, i need to stop for a while
>>37327636
My IQ is actually 108, which is above average, so if you could FUCK OFF, that'd be great.
>>37319686
1arm rows are super alpha. maybe trying upping the weight and doing them first in ur workout
>>37320610
have you ever gone to the gym?
>>37334028
bwahahaha 90-110 is overall the average
>>37319665
>>37319717
Bench press is so overrated.
>>37334910
4u
anything that isn't Deadlifts
Love OHP, deadlifts are fun too
>>37319814
>>37319969
>>37319996
>>37320196
>>37320318
>>37320435
>>37320577
>>37321047
>>37321048
>>37321212
>>37325474
>>37326560
>>37326850
>>37328463
>>37329043
>>37330589
>>37331122
Weak-spined pussified manchildren
>>37335044
Slow down there kid, your insecurities are showing.
>>37335098
>>37335140
>nigger
>hitching
>bouncing weights
>in running shoes
>v-neck
Yep, everything seems to match
Any ab/core exercise. I wish the SS meme of the big lifts work your core so you dont need to do ab work was true.
>>37335277
>mfw I realized that part of the meme was true
Least fav:
Mixing concrete in a wheel barrel
Fav:
Jogging
>hate flat bench
>still bench more than 99% of /fit/
>love deadlifts
>more than half of /fit/ deadlift more than me
>>37320284
I worked out at a gym once with these on the benches. So annoying. I couldn't bounce the bar off my chest (yeah tough titty, so I did slower more controlled for a change). Also felt constantly in danger of clipping my elbows on them.
>>37320581
>shocking the body
MUSCLE CONFUSION
>>37320179
you curled 45x8 with one arm the first time you stepped into a gym?
why do all faggots lie?
>>37331572
Post back
