Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole

[Harambe]

What are some good lifts to hit my shoulders? Right now I’m just doing overhead presses and upright rows but kinda want some other exercises to add to my routine.

To add: shrugs, incline bench, egyptian lateral raises, lu raises, band pull-aparts, and the cuban press. Trap bar shrugs are amazing to blow up your traps.

The cuban press is essentially a combination of an upright row, then a rotator cuff rotation, into an overhead press. Great warmup move with light weights, good for overall shoulder development as well.

Egyptian lateral raises/lean away lateral raises are a fun variation on lateral raises that can be more challenging and they're solid isolation movements.

Lu Raises are pretty solid for both prehab, shoulder mobility, and are fun to do.

Incline bench is gonna blast your shoulders as well as your chest.

 

[William Tyndale]

Anyone have experience taking dumbbells on a road trip and working out while on the road?

I'm going on a 2 week ski trip end of next week and I'm thinking about taking my 30 lb & 40 lb dumbbells to do a quick version of my normal regimen before snowboarding every morning.

That sounds like a pain in the ass. I would just do push-ups and pike push-ups.

 

[KatanaSenshi]

Calisthenics are totally underrated, you can at least maintain muscle unless you're a serious lifter type. I learned that when covid hit,

 

[Ahriman]

Calisthenics are totally underrated, you can at least maintain muscle unless you're a serious lifter type. I learned that when covid hit,

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7NQDPAcZt7Q

The calisthenics meme falls on its face when you ask one of these dudes, how to train their calves.

But on a more serious note, if you have no equipment, calisthenics are decent enough.

 

[ITK]

The calisthenics meme falls on its face when you ask one of these dudes, how to train their calves.

But on a more serious note, if you have no equipment, calisthenics are decent enough.

Squats are just weighted calisthenics; you're moving your body with additional load from a barbell. They don't want you to know this.

 

[William Tyndale]

The calisthenics meme falls on its face when you ask one of these dudes, how to train their calves.

But on a more serious note, if you have no equipment, calisthenics are decent enough.

The best way to train your calves is to gain 70 pounds.

 

[CharcoalChkn]

Well there's surely some barbells and dumbbells right? Anyway, just gotta ask to work in, and help them get the weight on and off I guess.

I did Overhead + Arnold with some light DBs but I wanted to use the smith machine for a a heavier load, with out divulging too much information, I had a serious accident 2 years ago that has left me significantly weaker/less control on my left side permanently so I wanted to jump in on the smith so I could safely go a bit heavier.

They are honestly nice guys, I've spoken to a few of them a couple times when they are on their own, just mega intimidating to approach the group of them when I they are doing the hype routine with each other and I am just some short woman wanting to do a pathetic 30kg press.

 

[Pentex]

What are some good lifts to hit my shoulders? Right now I’m just doing overhead presses and upright rows but kinda want some other exercises to add to my routine.

Your posterior delts, like baby Jesus, are crying from neglect right now.

Correct this immediately with rear delt flys and some high dumbbell rows.

Boulder shoulders and Death Star delts.

 

[MS Paint Gigachad]

The best way to train your calves is to gain 70 pounds.

Thr best way to get good at calisthenics is to gain 70lbs, and maybe lose it after

 

[anustart76]

the overhead press and upright row are excellent exercises. Also consider: face pulls and reverse flys (rear shoulder), lateral raise (isolates side delt) and the arnold press

Thanks for the advice, can't wait until I can look like this

 

[William Tyndale]

Thanks for the advice, can't wait until I can look like this
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Kek. I was there for that thread.

 

[Troon Meet Noose]

I did Overhead + Arnold with some light DBs but I wanted to use the smith machine for a a heavier load, with out divulging too much information, I had a serious accident 2 years ago that has left me significantly weaker/less control on my left side permanently so I wanted to jump in on the smith so I could safely go a bit heavier.

Safety and smith machines do not go together. Those things have killed people.

 

[myshkin]

I recently bought some MAG Grip style pulldown attachments, and they feel great to use. I highly recommended people buying some if they aren't enjoying doing pulldowns with normal grips. They sell knockoffs on Amazon in sets of 5, but you really only need one medium grip and one close grip attachment.

 

[myshkin]

What are some good lifts to hit my shoulders? Right now I’m just doing overhead presses and upright rows but kinda want some other exercises to add to my routine.

Dumbbell lateral raises in the scapular plane are my favourite.

 

[William Tyndale]

What are some good lifts to hit my shoulders? Right now I’m just doing overhead presses and upright rows but kinda want some other exercises to add to my routine.

>overhead press
>upright rows

Brother that’s all you need. Though I do bent over barbell rows instead of upright. I was miring my shoulders in the mirror last night actually. Those two lifts are doing some work on my back, shoulders, and traps. I do plan on adding dips once I lose a few pounds.

 

[Gar For Archer]

>overhead press
>upright rows

Brother that’s all you need. Though I do bent over barbell rows instead of upright. I was miring my shoulders in the mirror last night actually. Those two lifts are doing some work on my back, shoulders, and traps. I do plan on adding dips once I lose a few pounds.

I do bent over rows too but I was counting that as more back-centric. Anyways, thanks for the tips niggas, I’ll definitely throw at least reverse flies and inclined bench press into my routine.

 

[Jasper2K]

So many guys skip streching after work outs, abs and light cardio. It's very sad. Sure compound lifts may hit abs but not directly. Strong abs means a healthy back.

 

[Barry McKockner]

WHOOOO BOISSS, FUCKED UP CHEST AND TRIS TODAY. Chest pump from the first workout and did so many damn skullcrushers I could barely get off of the floor, and getting up out of bed is precarious. Tomorrow is gonna SUUUCK, but oh so worth it. Gonna need a lot of advil or tylenol.

 

[Vingle]

So many guys skip streching after work outs, abs and light cardio. It's very sad. Sure compound lifts may hit abs but not directly. Strong abs means a healthy back.

Used to regularly do ab wheel rollouts, and they are pretty effective and I'm sore for a week as I don't really do them anymore.
I really should do it more.

 

[Ahriman]

So many guys skip streching after work outs, abs and light cardio. It's very sad. Sure compound lifts may hit abs but not directly. Strong abs means a healthy back.

I don't skip stretching, but in my defense, I "get" why Mentzer said that stretching is rather unnecessary, because you're supposed to do all exercises, all reps, by performing max stretching and max contraction. So if you do your shit right, in theory you shouldn't need to stretch after you're done.

It's tough, but doable.