What's your least favorite lift?

AB work

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>>36950783
Squats

Fuck squats, I have never and will never do them I deadlift, cycle, and do lunges for legs, and thats all I need.

>>36950783
Squats

I have decent legs from squatting in high school and the size hasn't really gone away. But holy fuck, do I hate them now

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>>36950783
Fucking pendlay rows....these shits always awkward af and no matter how berfect the form is they still slightly hurt lower back

you named it, OP. Fuck rows

>>36950783
Those

>>36950828
>>36950829

>hating squats

What terrible meme is this? How and why??

I will agree with pendlay rows. Fuck them

Deadlifts. Or OHP because my shoulders are weak AF and I can barely press 95 lbs

>>36950783
my least favorite is in a way also my fav, cause it's the one I struggle with the most, which makes me feel like it's helping me the most, but also infuriates me if I can't get 5 reps in.
OHP. only been lifting for three weeks, but I'm already failing at 35kg/77lbs.

I also don't care much for barbell rows, even though I can tell they're doing their job good on me.

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>>36950828
>That's all I need

OHP
My delts are JUST tier

>>36950783
Anything where I have to risk my back to go heavy. Got a bad back, part genetics, part intense sports in high school and college. I love being strong but these days injuries make progress slow or push it back.

So that's back squats, conventional deadlifts, bent rows and cleans.

My heaviest cleans were in high school, so despite competing in college rowing and rugby I haven't been within 40lbs of my PR ever since.

>>36950851
>>36950855
>>36950869
anyone got any tips on how to improve OHP?

>>36950909
LIFT

>>36950909
Assistance work. Delt raises, arnold presses, shrugs, tricep isolations

Delts especially seem to respond well to high-rep, low resistance work like swimming, running, boxing,

>>36950783
Row is by far my strongest lifts for some reason. Fuck me

>>36950909

I started doing low weight cable stuff. Going to see if that helps

>>36950796
this

anyone else taking forever to make progress doing ab accessories?

>>36950783
Rows always feel suck but I think that's partially because I have trouble keeping my back straight

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>>36950956
I was thinking of adding some tricep accessories, friend of mine who's been in the game way longer than me says it's the tricep that's failing me, judging by where the bar is when my rep fails.

>>36951042
Odds are good he's right. When you really start to get good is when you understand your weak and strong points in detail.

Form makes a difference too. A wider grip will put the onus on your delts and traps and less on your triceps.

>>36950783
Squats, the bar on shoulders really bothers me.

I used to dislike benching
But I was doing it the wrong way (shoulderblades not squeezed, back not arched slightly)

>>36951071
proper form is something I try to be as careful with as possible. can't tell you how many times I've watched videos of proper form on all my exercises, always put my grip at shoulder width, so I think I'm better off trying to improve my trips than changing the form for now.

I'm a complete idiot though, any must-do tricep-exercises I should focus on?

Love OHP, fine with rows, respect DL and squat... It just needs to be done, no positive emotions from it whatsoever

>>36950783
bench press

>>36950842
>>36950844
yup

>>36950783

not lifting

>>36950847
I real,y hate them too. But i do them anyway

The last one

OHP too, I have fucking hypermobile shoulders, I can ear them pop each rep

Lateral raises. Gotta do em for them delts, but fuck i hate doing them.

>>36950783
For me, the worst is incline bench press probably cause i cant seem to progress on it.

>>36950783
I used to love rowing.

Then i started having sharp pains on my lower back, and rowing only made it worse. I cant figure out whats wrong with my form, so i started hating these. Fuck, not even deadlifts hurt my lower back. Fuck you, yates rows.

If I really dislike something I don't do it but out of those I do I would say OHP because I can't seem to get the form down. I have APT so even when I'm carefully braced I still don't feel my spine being straight and I'm never perfectly stable. I also feels like I'm cheating with my lats when doing high weights. I won't mention the weights I use because most of you guys got there after 2 months and I've been doing this shit for a year but that's another issue.

>>36950783
Pretty much your pic.

Yate's rows kill my lats harder than anything else, but I feel like it is at the cost of my lower back.

Chin ups just kill my arms before my lats really start to give out

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Because of circumstances, I've completely lost the motivation to squat.

If you guys are having trouble progressing on a certain lift try changing the order in which you workout that day. Like if I was having trouble improving on my triceps I'd start doing them first for a week or two just to change it up and confuse the body. None the less good luck to all.

>>36950909
Try this simple 3 step plan for success
1.Ignore the other DYELs giving you advice
2.train push press!!! Use symmetricstrength for a goal based on your ohp.
3. Do your 3rm, then superset it with a couple push press (try to avoid going to failure), adding more sets at a lower rep range (so like 4x3 instead of 3x5)

>>36951440
>confuse the body
Right, babe?

>tfw ohp has already been my easiest lift

Hit 1pl8 pretty easy, while bench is only around 180. Can hit 3pl8 deadlift on a good day. I'm weird I guess.

Ohp and bench because I am a weak upper body gril

>>36950956
>running
delts respond to running?

>>36950909
do seated DB press at mid-high rep ranges
tricep work

>>36950783
I literally cant bend over this far... my hamstrings are made of steel. what the fuck do I do?

>>36950783
>tfw rows are my favorite lift ever

how weak am I supposed to be?
In general.
I stopped lifting for 4 years and drank mad alcohol...
what would you expect a non lifter to be able to bench or dumbbell press their first time in the gym after that long.

>>36951511
Yeah, you have to swing and support your arms, and if you're totally untrained your delts will grow if you start doing any running.

If you're sprinting hard and frequently, your delts will grow.

>>36951558
oh shit, never woulda thunk

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>>36950909
If you're not finishing 3x5, drop your weight.
Go to absolute failure on your last set. If you get 7+ reps in, then increase your weight next workout. I had your exact problem and this solved it.

>>36951569
can I fuck her pls

>>36951569
>that pic
I'm in love.

>>36951552
1rm? 3/4 of bodyweight
for sets 3/5 of bw

>>36950783
Front squats. I swear to god, they are the absolute worst.

Used to hate chin ups when I did them on a machine back when I was starting. On the machine they feel completely different, and are very uncomfortable.

>>36950783
>dyel starting to lift
>pendlay rows
>doing with pl8s is too heavy
>without full plates the bar is too low positioned and I cant reach it


WHAT DO?

>>36951569
I have been doing 3x5 last rep is damn near failure. Then 3x8 right after of lighter weight. It helped break me into 1pl8 land

>>36951654
fuck the lift, fuck it fuck

>>36951569
doing 5x5, but yeah, I dropped it from 35kg to 30 when I was failing the 4th rep on the 3rd set, obviously shooting above my weight. really sucks that I'm already hitting a barrier with it after 3 weeks, especially when all the other lifts are going good.
I was thinking of maybe doing some scullcrushers or overhead DB extensions on the day when I'm not doing OHP too, to improve the triceps

Anyone else one-arm db row?

>>36951654
are you retarded or smth?

>>36951693
i don't like it, but it's not the worst

personally i don't like doing high rep squats and i'm totally shite at pullups so they naturally are on my hit list

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>>36950956
> delts
> running

Nice try, lanky kong

>>36950855
stuart?

>>36951724
KEK

>>36951813
fuck off Bud Jr.

I hated barbell rows so i switched to dumbells
I also hate squat, my knees are kinda fucked from playing footy and my scoliosis makes not bending on either side hell

>>36950783
You posted it

Fuck Pendlay rows
Fuck dumbbell rows
Fuck squats
I like OHP but I'm weak af on them

>>36950783
Flat bench.

>>36951654
Some variation of dumbell rows until stronk is of enough into Pendlay Row

>>36950783
Pullups, I have bad shoulders and they always rek me.

>>36950909
handstand pushups. use a wall to help if you can't do a handstand, do them over and over until you can pump out 10 in a row and you'll easily put weight on to OHP. also, proper form is a huge part of it. I stalled on OHP and corrected my form just slightly and broke through.

>>36952367
Dude what

Pretty sure dumbell rows engage different muscle groups. You can dumbell row shitloads but if you have a shitty core you won't be able to pendlay row much at all.

yup, i agree, hurt my back a couple days ago from rows, im done with them

>>36952399
my OHP isn't even remotely close to my bodyweight, I'm a freshly spanked newbie in this
>MFW 93 kg
>MFW can't The Press 35 kg 5x5
feels real bad

deadlifts.

i have many memories of snapping my back up when i was a dyel fatfuck and it makes me nervous every time i set up to pull.

Hate rows. I also don't particularly like squats but I do them anyway.

>>36952519
>Pretty sure dumbell rows engage different muscle groups.

I can barely do 2 pullups and I can Pendlay 1pl8.

Of course it's a different movement regardless of what dumbell variation you do but unless you want to do bent over barbell rows in the power rack you need to build your back up somehow.

Deadlifts.

Every time I do them, I feel like I'm doing them wrong.

>>36952579
It makes no sense, and I can't explain it, but I can handstand push up and only ohp 135 (I weigh 185)

>>36953145
your ohp is still almost twice mine, and you weigh a good deal less. not saying I won't try, but I got some big doubts mayne

Power cleans

Whenever I struggle with my form in the gym I can always rely on asking someone there to see if it's alright. Except power cleans. No one knows how to do fucking power cleans here. And that's probably the lift most easy to fuck up form wise.

Everyone else says to replace it with rows but I trust Rip ;_;

>>36951569
dat fat pussy tho

Tbh bench, I enjoy DB incline though but don't enjoy BB flat bench

Jk fucking abs

>>36953554
>Tbh bench, I enjoy DB incline though but don't enjoy BB flat bench
>Jk fucking abs
for real?
me too
and yea that too
fuckabs

>>36950828
Pussy bitch

Well, I just don't train calves, so anything for them I guess.

The Press has always hurt my poverty lower back, so I don't do it anymore. I just bench, dumb bell bench, and do DB arnold presses and laterals and my delts haven't suffered.

>>36953588
I think I enjoy incline because I see myself in mirror slightly, bench is just so frustrating some days I crush it others I don't

>>36953609
calves are pretty easy to fuck though

>>36953629
wat

>>36953639
easy to train
make the leap

>>36950909
Do Dips, also focus on your form as well, if you're using too wide of a grip, you're missing out on bringing your triceps into the lift which can greatly assist you.

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>>36953625
135 1rm 1 day, killed myself

>>36953647
That comment could've easily meant either easy to train, or easy to fuck up.

Either way, I neglect calves and IDGAF.

>>36953669
>>36953669
you're right and yea and that's fine, that's fine, don't worry about those niggers, nigger

I fucking hate squatting but I do it every workout.

>>36950994
Which exercises would you recommend? Also When I'm doing cable front raises my left shoulder does something that feels like a small pop during the lift, if I put my hand over it, it feels like someone strumming a guitar almost. Any fixes?

>>36953668
It'l get better it's a physchy with bench

I'm at 185 working on 2pl8

>>36950783
abdominal crunches everytime

Bench Press. I've never been very good at it, stall on it all the time, and I hate the way it feels.

>>36950783
Picking your mother up.

>>36953710
>a physchy with bench
a psych thing?

>>36950783
Any long muscles. Obliques, Abs, Forearms, Neck, etc.

Bicep curls. I never liked them, along with any other curls, at all.

>>36950828
Post quads

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>>36951539
The stretch you see ballerinas do like in the pic helped me a lot. Only difference is I leaned into the lifted leg and wasnt on my toes ofc. Idk it worked for me.

I think I'm going to really cut back on the squatting. I used to be fat and I ran it all off. I got these big fucking thighs which look a bit ridiculous on my manlet frame. If they get any bigger I'm going to go full SS Centaur. Deadlifts and running is all I need for legs. If I lost muscle mass in my legs I'd be fine with that.

>>36950783
good mornings feel like i'm giving myself a hemorrhoid

doing chest stuff with dumbbells feels like just fuck my rotator cuffs up

squats are also not something i particularly look forward to (muh poor hammies :( ), although i get them done no questions asked

For those who dislike pendlay/dumbbell rows, I recommend sucking it up and just doing seated cable rows. Feels way more natural.

Or just add more pullups.

>>36951484
Sounds like you're probably push pressing...

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Squatting

I don't give a fuck what people say, big legs on guys look FUCKING RIDICULOUS.

There is nothing worse than having big thighs and the rest of your body is just 'normal' proportions.

You look shorter, thighs rub together, normal pants no longer fit, and you basically shut yourself out of the trendy, aesthetic clothing market.

Also guys with a huge ass look fucking stupid. It just looks so bad.

Sure, you're strong and functional, but at what cost?

This is why I stopped squatting. Unless you have genetics that let you have strong as fuck legs but they still look skinny, don't squat.

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>>36950909
seriously practice handstand, agaisnt the wall if you dont care for technique of balance.

I did bodyweight before gym and my OHP was the fastest growing exercise. I started at 50 pounds and now am at 100 pounds. 9 months later.

I progress slowly and am still weak with a 1 1/2 plate deadlft. but i can still feel my OHP getting stronger. Even though i dont have a bodyweight routine anymore i still practice handstand.

>>36955164
get this fag outta here

>>36955369
what sets/reps do you do for handstand?

>>36950828
Weighted chins.

I'm good at them and make good progress (increased weight today after a stall) but fucking hell I hate the movement it absolutely wrecks me.

>>36954466
Nope, I actually lock out my knees just to be safe.

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freeweight bench of any kind

sticking to chest machines and doing a lot of flies as a pre exhaust has finally given me pecs

>>36950783
You posted it. Fucking hate pendlay rows and bent over rows

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Deadlifts... a exercise meant for manlets only.

dat long femur bone makes me look awkward as fuuuu.. compared to baby legs manlet lifting that shit and looking like a boss.

While my lift looks like a moving company that hired a washed up former cracker NBA basketball player.

>>36955986
nigga your form either sucks or you're not trying hard enough. It's a very difficult lift to perfect

post a video and I'll help you

>>36956038

Its also an exercise that, by and large, favours the kind of build found on taller lifters.

>>36951654
Seal rows or something with back support.
DB rows.

>>36950783
Bent over rows and ez bar curls.
EZ bar curls always feel weird and I don't like them.
Especially close grip. Christ.

>>36950783
Life.

>>36956066
exactly. Squat favors short people, but people with a gorilla build are perfect for deadlift.

>>36950783
Used to be deadlifts, but then I got gud

Now it's chinups. My lats are weak as fuck

>>36956117
yea that's probably mine too

>>36950909
Hit shoulders and triceps twice a week.

Day A includes OHP and cable triceps

Day B includes wide upright row, and dips.

Also work on getting 10 reps x 3 sets up before moving up in weight. Eg I do 50 kg, but I didn't move up til I could do 4 sets of lmao1/2plaet for 10 reps.

>>36950828
>Doesn't like squats
>Does lunges, the absolute shittiest exercise there is

>>36950783
barbell rows. fuck all the types of barbell rows. gimme a dumbbell instead.

>>36951127
Overhead tricep press, tricep kickbacks, tricep pull downs. Those 3 are your best best for strengthening them. I had similar issues where my bench stalled badly because my triceps were too weak, but since I started doing those 3 I haven't had the issue since.

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>>36951440
>(300x3.5)+966
>not assigning calculus homework to each muscle group for maximum confusion and thus gains

It's almost like you don't want to make it

Curls give me a really bad pain in my front left delt.

I just avoid them, but the gunshow is seriously lacking...

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>>36951693
>one arm dumbbell row

you just triggered my PTSD

>>36953710
>>36953981
u fookin wot

Flat bench (gym has rickety benches which don't help), Deadlifts (can row 100kgs with relative ease, but even 100kg deads kill my lower back regardless of form being perfect)

>>36950847
Not everything is a meme

>>36956658
yea what is the answer to what that means, sjfsnjsn fuck

>>36956038
I'm doing RDL's till I can rock some legit weight.

>>36950783
>Having to lift like a jewish prisoner in Egypt

No thanks, I'll stick to being useful

>>36951654
just use those light rubber plates. the same diameter as actual plates, but they only weigh 5 lbs each.

if your gym doesn't have them, just put the bar on a platform.

>>36951654
this is me.

>>36957964
There's no platforms at the right height, no rubber plates, the staff gets pissed whenever people put weights directly on the benches, and for whatever reason there is only 1 wooden box at my gym, but it's at the perfect height.

And because if I want to stick with this exercise instead of doing substitutions, I need to make a fucking pyramid out of other weights until I hit 1pl8 my current least favorite lift is: barbell rows.

Gonna do db rows for now, but the next time I see a wooden box at the right height somewhere I'm buying or stealing it, then donating it to the gym, this shit is just stupid.

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>>36951654
You're going to look like a massive faggot but you can stack plates on top of each other to get to a reasonable height.

Or do what I did

>Start on strong lifts
>Exact same situation as you but I stacked plates
>hated rowing every single second doing it, barfed on two different occasions after rows
>drop strong lifts and go on starting strength
>do deadlifts and eventually cleans on row day
>4 months later my gym finally gets those big rubber 10lbs plates
>i can row now but i hate it just as much as I used to. stopped barfing completely

>>36955986
you sound jelly desu

>>36950956
>Delt raises
trappy pls go

All this barbell rows are overrated, pull/chin ups are much better

>>36950909
Tri strength work with slower concentric work, heavy pulldowns & laying tri extensions.

Tri hypertrophy work, arnold raises and lateral raises.

Also, eat more and OHP more.

doing a 5x5 program and ohp is progressing the slowest. however, for the first time in a month, i've been able to progress two sessions in a row.
remember to tighten everything...spread the floor with your feet, tighten your quads, glutes, abs, and lats (like on the bench). this helped me go from 100 - 110 in a week

>>36958251
They target different muscles. Pull/chin ups are mainly for lats and biceps, rows for middle back (rhomboids, traps, etc)

I hate the bench and I think I'm alone in that.

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>>36958379
I hate benching too. As soon as I hit 2pl8 I'm just going to stop benching and do weighted dips. Benching is such a fucking pain in the ass with my lanky kong arms

>>36953702
Probably rotator cuff. Be careful if it is

Bicep curls

Squat, my knees are bad so I do split squats instead.

I have fallen down stairs more than one because of my knee

>>36958847
if you don't have serious anatomical problems or arthritis, or like a medically damaged ACL, squats will make your knees feel amazing if you use proper form. I used to have really sore throbbing knees 24/7 then I got a job where I wasn't standing all day and did heavy squats and the pain is gone.

Barbell hack squats, I used to do them for extra quad gains

>>36950783
Are these a meme? They feel absolutely terrible no matter how you do them.

Lifts that I like:
Rows, chins, deadlifts
Lifts that I would like if my form was better:
OHP, bench
Lifts that are shit:
Squats

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>go down to squat
>knees crack with sound of a shattering continent
>every single time

>>36955164

Who wants skinny legs? Thick, solid, tight joocy legs is what you want emo boy.

PENDLAY

and OHP because im pussy

i too really hate rows that involve standing

it just feels so unnatural

>>36951089
Use pillow

>>36962069
>>36960274
rows are pretty meme-tier
lats? only 50% of the ROM (compare it to a pullup/chinup)
rest of the upper back? only if you row high into your chest (aka no lats involved, just do facepulls or some other scap retraction based exercise)

>>36950828
>cycle
me too bb

>>36962126
So if i do chins, facepulls, and lat pulldown i don't need to do rows?

>>36962140
I do
>weighted chins 3x6
>chest supported high row 3x10 (scap retraction with focus on traps/rhomboids
>reverse cable flies 3x12 (focus on rear delts)

I do weighted chins three times a week
high row and cable flies twice
and ofcourse deads for traps/erectors

>>36962180
oh and if you want bigger lats just work adduction (usually overhand and slightly outside shoulder with) based and extension based (usually shoulder width chinups) exercises more to focus the main function of the lats and vary in volume/intensity

>>36950841
you can do croc rows instead I guess

>>36952759
or you're just fat and out of shape
i bet you're over 12% bf

>>36950841
That's because you're a weak faggot that don't strengthen his lower back with deadlifts

Literally kill yourself

pullups no question, im badly proportioned for them, im overweight a bit, they suck badly for me, i haven't done more than 12 for over 2 decades now

>>36950783
Bench fucking Press.

The more I learn about it and think about it the more I hate it.

It's a completely unnatural movement that requires expensive (if you get good quality stuff) uni-tasker equipment and it's the single most dangerous barbell lift. It's the only one that can kill you if you miss a rep, and even if it doesn't kill you it can fuck up your shoulders.

The only reason it exists is because there's still no good way to do weighted push ups.

>>36955369
> tfw the guy is probably buff
> tfw he looks fucking aweful naked
> tfw you will never look as good naked as a thin gril who never works out
why live?

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>>36951003
yes

>>36950783
Got to be OHP, Its so fucking frustrating, one day perfectly press 50kg 5x5, next time i go to do it I can barely get 5x4 on 45kg. Seriously, wtf OHP.

Although I still enjoy doing it when I can actually put up some heavy weight. Just got micro plates as well, so fucking on it.

>>36951437
Hemorrhoids? :^)

>>36951437
I think you mean:
"I have begun making excuses for my lack of discipline."

Front Squat...

I did crossgrip for a few months, but now, the bar doesn't stay on my front delts without slipping.

>>36950783
goddammit I HATE pendlay rows. I always feel like I'm doing them wrong.

>>36951690
It's more likely your delts that are lagging than triceps. Try high-rep dumbbell shoulder presses; I'm doing 5x10 on bench day and my OHP feels great

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>>36962502
>but who was dips?

>>36956679
Actually, literally everything discussed is a meme.

>>36958110
There are other types of barbell row ffs. You don't have to do Pendlays just because SL5x5 told you to.

>>36950909
Speed sets have worked really well for me. I do a heavy day for OHP and then an assistance day.

Heavy day is a max triple, then 2x5. Assistance day is 10x3 with 60% weight plus bands, performed explosively.

>>36950828
i hate squats, leg press all day

>>36950783
Any barbell row variant, and the snatch.

>>36950909
Get fractional plates. 5lb jumps on presses are too much at a certain point, gotta go up slower.

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Resting.

>pic related