What would you choose if you were limited, for the rest of your life, to one lifting exercise?
If you say barbell curls, I’m going to reach through the computer and smack you!
By now you know I live and breath The Big 7 as the core of any lifting program.
But which single one is the best?
Today’s article is SURE to cause a lot of debate and disagreement!
“What is the best lifting exercise?” is a really hard question, and of course it’s a silly question too. Nobody is every confined to a single exercise. But it’s a fun point of debate, and an instructional one. Because it forces you to consider what gives you the best results for the time and effort involved. Right away, that clearly eliminates any isolation-type movement from the list.
For years I’ve avoided taking a stand. Until now.
I’m sure to get a lot of people disagreeing with me – that’s ok, I can take it.
The single best, most important, most impactful lift is … (more…)
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Here’s a fun workout that will help you break up boredom you might be experiencing as you progress in your lifting program. It’s called The 35,000 Pounder, and as the name implies, you’ll lift 35,000 pounds today. I’ll tell you how I came up with it.
But first, let me be clear that this is NOT for a regular routine. This is a once-in-a-while workout (a single day at the gym). In your quest for gaining lean muscle mass, if you use any of my routines you’ll see weeks where I suggest doing “fun” workouts. This is different than taking a week off – this is still a serious week of lifting. It helps reset your mind and muscles so that you keep making progress.
But what do you do in these “fun” weeks? Well, I’m compiling a whole report on various single-workouts (I’m calling them The LeanLfiters Fun Workouts). And The 35,000 Pounder is one I’m sharing today.
A great aspect of this workout is that it is just as useful for beginners as it is for advanced lifters. It’s full-body, so works really well with FullBodyAttack but even for The 6x6x6 Routine and Hypertrofreak, you need some ideas for fun weeks.
Here’s exactly how you do it: (more…)
There are two basic reasons for a spotter:
First, a spotter helps prevent injury that could be possible if you are either caught with too much weight over you or forced to use really bad (dangerous) form to complete the last rep.
Second, a good spotter helps you get the (more…)
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This is a short article to set in stone the 7 most important weight lifting/weight training exercises. I’ve mentioned them several times in various posts, and also in several of my ebooks, but let’s get this defined once and for all.
Note – these are not necessarily in order. (more…)
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