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Originally Posted by jornT Why do you think push press is that good? It seems like a cheated militairy press to me? I understand that the extra weight you can use this way is nice in the excentric part and also build a good core, but wouldn't cheating be good in alot more excersises? |
It is, and you are correct about the extra weight for the core part, but its a great explosive movement, great for neural benefits such as increased motor unit synchronization, increase neural drive, etc. Plus its not really the kind of cheating that puts you at a compromising position, ie arched back on bicep curl, and it exposed you to a very high load.
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Hackquats, what exactly are the advantages of these compared to other squats? Same question for Zercher squats ( I know you didn't list them)
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I dont like zerchers that much, but barbell hack squats are a great quad exercise, especially for the VMO, and you can go very heavy on them. Its just another effective varriation.
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Board press/lockout. I understand that these are great for powerlifters, but why should bodybuilders care about them?
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U serious? Being stonger is better for a bodybuilder. These are a huge weight exercises which will surely expose the muscles to a high intra muscular tension, and will definately bring up your bench press. Show me a guy who can bench press 300 lbs for 6-8 reps who isnt huge. Weak triceps are often times a killer on a bench, how much does it suck having to stop at 6 reps in an exercise where if your triceps were stronger you'd get 8-10.I guarantee that lockouts will add more growth to the triceps than a set of rope pushdowns ever will.
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Box squat. There's alot of info around these, but why do you thik there that good? Once again I understand they are great for strength and thus powerlifters, but why for us? And it isn't the full ROM, I though bodybuilders had no business doing just below squats?
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For one, at parallel is the point where the highest stress is placed on a patella. Two, most often, when you are squatting heavy, what happens when you fail? you get to the bottom and you lean forward and fall on the racks due to weak/inflexible hips. These will definately improve your regular squats and help with the important drive from the bottom. I'm not reccomending them exclusively, and they are by no means better than a regular squat, but they can be used very effectively. Bodybuilders can learn a lesson or two from powerlifters.
read this
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Decline work. I thought when you did flat work, the lower part of the chest would develop enough. You never hear people complain that the lowerpart is to little compared to the upper part, but the other way around you hear all the time. (Although I think people whine about upperpart/innerpart development way to soon)
And last: how do incline/decline skullcrushers differ from flat skullcrushers? Doesn't make sense to me, it's not like your tricpes is in another postion is it?
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Decline work increases muscle recruitment. Personally, i think the whole regarding the whole issue on "lower/middle" chest, the jury is still out. There is clearly merrit to the upper chest (clavicular head of pec major) but there is no head to the lower pec. Further, this is just another varriation, and is easier on the shoulders.
