>most fun lift >makes you feel strong >easy to have good form >so iconic it's the first thing people think of about weightlifting >when people want to know how strong you are they'll ask you how much you bench >invented by hackenschmidt Best lift of all time?
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Anonymous06/14/26(Sun)17:46:01
Deadlift > ohp > squat > bench
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Anonymous06/14/26(Sun)17:58:10
>>77333289(OP) Hard agree >>77333332 You don't enjoy squats and deads in themselves, you enjoy their benefits (until they snap your shit). They're too taxing. OHP is good but not as much as bench and I refuse to elaborate.
>>77333359 >OHP is good but not as much as bench and I refuse to elaborate. oh but it's not a mystery that ohp doesn't put as much strain on hips and gluteus medius and doesn't result in as much external hip rotation as bench does bench is almost as good at completely fucking up your lower body muscular balance as squat is :D
>>77330524 >2(triceps): >>>77330499 >>and i did decline (heavy decline) diamond isometric undulating hold pushup as well with shoulders forward, i was like leaning on side to side with bent arms to crank that lateral head of triceps, yeah, and i went with more than diamond setup and elbows wide apart, like covering my fingers with fingers of other palm >another climbing inspired thingy i will do from now on - spectacular pectoralis engagement right where i wanted it for so long, triceps are sore in lateral head but not damaged and ditto for sternal and lower pecs >https://youtu.be/S8lH0GFLLUQ?t=545 [Embed] [Embed] >heavy decline meaning hands on a stool, and i bend knees and flex lumbar as well
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Anonymous06/14/26(Sun)18:27:45
>>77333332 >squat over bench post your love handles Rippetoe
>>77333289(OP) >Best lift of all time Zarcher squat >The Best of the Best Zarcher deadlift to Zarcher squat The most functional, the most needed, the most useful. No contest
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Anonymous06/14/26(Sun)21:47:02
>>77333332 No its squat=bench=pendlay row=deadlift=overhead press=chinup
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Anonymous06/15/26(Mon)14:46:08
>>77333359 bench becomes too taxing to be fun too same as ohp that's why you just rotate exercises like westside guys >bench till it becomes too taxing >rotate to whatever bench variation hits the weak spot or a muscle you want to develop or whatever >do that till it becomes too taxing >rotate its the best way to sustain progress, once you stall don't meme around with programs, just swap lifts, went 170->180kg on bench like that, as an example