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I guess I feel I probably could use my lats more, and definitely strengthen my weak arm (although dumbell press is the obvious way to do this). everyone has a stronger/weaker side and it depends on the difference between them whether it will be a limiting factor bilaterally...a weaker arm is usually a neural thing (poor neural drive from posture etc)
I don't do bicep work either, so that may be an area that can improve my bench. nuh
In terms of my first question - I guess I'm a little bulkier than I'd prefer at the moment, can I slim down while improving strength? easy to do if you focus on diet to trim down rather then training...most blokes dial diet down slightly and then think that training like a madman will get the job done which it can but it leaves you too tired to function for anything else...so maintain activity level and drop cals a little (basic diet clean up cutting out sweets, grog etc)...next up hold those cals and increase activity slightly and so on
Diminishing returns, it will help but only for so long.What are people's thoughts on building some mass from pushups, pullups, chin ups, dips v lifting heavy at the gym?
The only time you should ever consciously care about what weight you are doing is Bench, Row, Dead, Military, Squat and various dumbbell work.cheers. it was daunting not being able to do f all
why 5mins?
2, 5 or 10mins for what?
Gymnast physique = tension + vol
isometrics for 10secs and under can be used for strength but not any longer then that
extra load under tension is fine but there's a trade off between holding time and the load you can use...generally once you hit about 60% or less of your max then hypertrophy adaptations are hard to come by so if you can hold 60% for time then go for it but anything lighter and it might just be a waste of time of energy really
variety is fine too but will it get you closer to your goals?
Kirk i just did the jump from 85kg 3x3 to 90 3x3 on bench as suggested but i decided on 2x2 and rightly so as i squeezed home last rep with s**t form. Its a huge jump even with a modest starting 1rm
i might do the 3s next week.
much of a muchness in this instance right?ate you using 5kg or 5% jumps?