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Favorite movement/exercise at the moment
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kasperl
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Seated Barbell Overhead Press
They work great for putting on mass on the delts in my case
They work great for putting on mass on the delts in my case
DoubleDeez
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Belt squats 100%
I am a masochist of sorts, as leg day has always been my favorite. I connect with this exercise so well and will feel it for days afterwards and it’s such a high. I feel like my leg gains became super apparent after I got over my intimidation of that machine and hopped on it.
I am a masochist of sorts, as leg day has always been my favorite. I connect with this exercise so well and will feel it for days afterwards and it’s such a high. I feel like my leg gains became super apparent after I got over my intimidation of that machine and hopped on it.
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BeardedGuy
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My new gym has a Dyna Body standing chest press. First 3 weeks were lovely, new chest activation and growth. Now it seems to hurt my shoulders more than anything. I didn’t jump but 15 lbs progressively. Kinda frustrating. I do better nowadays with the neutral grip handles. May have to quit using it.
It’s interesting that the standing chest press is giving you shoulder pain - machines like that are usually designed to reduce shoulder strain, not cause it. Personally, I see it more as an accessory movement rather than a main chest builder.
When I dealt with shoulder issues, I had to experiment with angles, adjust my form, and lighten the load until I found a setup that worked pain-free. These days, we’re lucky to know that building a chest isn’t just about heavy barbell benching - modern machines can be just as effective, and sometimes even better for isolating and protecting the joints.
If the neutral grip feels smoother, I’d stick with it. No exercise is worth sacrificing healthy shoulders for. Long-term progress always beats short-term ego lifting.
BeardedGuy
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Oh I’m over ego lifting. I’m 46 and really focused on muscle activation over pushing weight. Let the younguns worry about the big dumbbells.
BeardedGuy
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Humiston on YouTube says you get more activation using movements which keep your arms closer to the body. Towards the hips rather than out in space. But yeah, it all burns so good in the beginning.
AlexDavis43
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I'm looking for any gym within about 30 miles that is armed with Hammer Strength and Nautilus equipment
Appreciate those brands more and more over time
Appreciate those brands more and more over time
Nautilus equipment is pretty rare to find, but I agree, they make solid machines. My current gym is mostly packed with Arsenal Strength - some pieces are great, some are just “meh,” but overall, it does the job.
TechnoGym, on the other hand… man, some of their machines feel like they were designed just to look good on Instagram rather than for actual training. Panatta has some really interesting machines, but they’re very niche, not for everyone, and durability can be hit or miss - though they look beautiful.
Spaceman Spiff
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Arsenal strength is sick AF
Ateam2023
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my gym has Hammer Strengh and Lifestyle fitness equipment, i love the hammer equipment,,
Watched Nick Walker’s latest leg day video today - man, it was like poetry in motion. There’s something incredibly satisfying about watching a pro at that level move through his session. And yeah, the guy is absolutely massive - his legs are straight-up art.
I really recommend trying his training style. Over the past couple of months, I’ve seen some of my best leg progress yet following a similar approach. Sure, sometimes the urge hits to go full beast mode, throwing weights around with grunts and chaos, but honestly, Nick’s controlled, focused method just hits different. It really resonates with me.
I really recommend trying his training style. Over the past couple of months, I’ve seen some of my best leg progress yet following a similar approach. Sure, sometimes the urge hits to go full beast mode, throwing weights around with grunts and chaos, but honestly, Nick’s controlled, focused method just hits different. It really resonates with me.
I’ve been watching his stuff too and it’s crazy to see someone at that high of a level train like that and continue to blow up. It makes more rethink everything I know(or think I know..)
Makes me laugh at the science based lifting community saying stretching does “nothing” for hypertrophy. That’s the thing with studies, it’s hard to understand sometimes exactly what’s going on.. theory vs application I guess. At any rate, sorry for rambling !
Yeah, I get what you mean. It’s like watching a top-tier chef ignore half the recipe and still serve up a five-star dish. Makes you rethink the whole science-based lifting versus old-school lifting debate.
On paper, theory is king. In practice, especially with enough PEDs in the system, the “optimal” approach probably matters a lot less. Recovery is faster, workload tolerance is way higher, and you can get away with training styles that would have the science crowd clutching their spreadsheets.
I still think studies are useful because they explain the “why,” but they’re not the same game these guys are playing. At the enhanced level, effort, consistency, and recovery tend to beat perfect programming. Honestly, watching it makes me think the real hypertrophy formula is just show up, eat, pin, train, and repeat until the mirror says “enough”… which, let’s be honest, it never does.
Very true. If you were to interview every guy on the Olympia stage and get their exact diet, training protocol, and theories on training, they would probably all have different ideas of what works. And that’s the thing, they all look incredible, so everything works . I’d be willing to bet their drug protocols Match up a lot more
adrenalytic
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I forget who said it (saw it on a reel) and I'm paraphrasing but they said something along the lines of "every exercise he does looks like an instructional video demonstration". Basically saying that's how controlled his movements are.
I've been trying to keep that in mind when I train now. I've always been a deep stretch pauser but slow eccentric is trickier to make a routine. The growth you get from it is undeniable though. My quads have grown substantially from leg pressing with 3 sec eccentric, 1 sec pause in the hole and push up while avoiding knee lockout as long as possible (actual hard mode leg press). It's so painful but so worth it. Nick excels at applying these principles to everything he does.
adrenalytic
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Also, my current favorite exercise is the cambered bar bench press. Sooo slept on. I think I'm the only person at my gym who uses it. The deep stretch and pause will explode your chest.
My chest pre-cambered bar benching (6/1/2025)
My chest yesterday:
Just look at the depth in pec separation. And the clavicular head super prominent. Front delts got pretty blasted too.
Cambered bar bench press was really the only new thing I started doing at the time for chest.
My chest pre-cambered bar benching (6/1/2025)
My chest yesterday:
Just look at the depth in pec separation. And the clavicular head super prominent. Front delts got pretty blasted too.
Cambered bar bench press was really the only new thing I started doing at the time for chest.
Lately I've been getting into bodyweight stuff, especially pull-ups and L-sits. Took some ideas from khanhtrinhvn.com—they’ve got some cool tips and setups for things like doorway bars that don’t wreck your walls. I’ve been using one from there at home and it makes it easy to knock out a set anytime. Definitely helped me hit more reps without needing the gym every time.
