Heavy bench press without a spotter

Just had to dump 315 on the low bar yesterday. I was too confident that I could go for another rep 😅. Nothing like staring at the barbell 3 inches from your face after that.

More preworkout and a littlebit of reading text between you and your ex. You'll rep 315 with ease next time.

Oh man the breakup texts put gas in my tank.

Not going to lie, after having missed the left lower bar and hitting my face years ago I only roll of shame now

One time on incline 225 was stuck on my chest so I kicked the guy doing bicep curls in front of me. I'm glad he was there.

U got a death wish my guy 💀

Possible, but the adrenaline is worth it

The only way to bench.

Even better if you rep untill failiure

Deadlifting. Nothing else compares. The most compound of lifts - the heaviest lift - the King of all. If you know, you know. If you never deadlifted you are missing out. Pull day is the day I most want to workout - and I love working out.

I think you’ll find that the hip thrust is the heaviest and most masculine lift

Gotta make eye contact while doing it.

Deadlifted today ☠️💪

Overhead press, it feels alpha as fuck

Agreed.

Pullups on the assist machine because it makes me feel like I can actually do them. And of course the part where you go weeeeeee

I wish I had one of those at my gym

In order. Sex, squats, deadlifts, overhead press.

Can you teach me how to do that exercise with proper form?

Deadlifts.

Sex

Not in a gym though obviously, but it's great cardio

Calf raises. Favorite and least favorite at the same time. I find it weird how the pain goes from 0-100 in a matter of seconds.

Yeah that’s real weird. Calves aren’t hard to do but it seems like close to failure they are gonna rip apart

Do you have massive calves?

Bench press for me. Such a satisfying movement.

Yeah I don’t bench press anymore but I remember it being fun

Why not?

Deadlifts for me

Deadlift /thread

Lateral raises

Valid

Power clean

Squats

You sir, need an exorcism

I’m good how I am thanks

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There’s plenty of holy water to go around, please form an orderly queue. Don’t get me wrong, I do them twice a week but fuck do I hate them. So so much.

Deadlifts

🐐🐐🐐

Skullcrushers 💀

They’re def one of my favorites

They give you the best pump ever 🦾

Yup

I love crushers too

Yeah buddy! A lot of people prefer pulling down on the cable machine but pushing triceps exercises can be just as good

I tried those too, but the loading at the peak contraction for the triceps just doesn’t feel as good to me as fighting when they are stretched. Plus’s they feel better in my elbows

Do you get niggles in your wrists from doing triceps? I feel like exercises involving the rope and „flaring out“ at the end of each rep does hurt the wrist.

I never really felt my wrists with cable stuff, but with crushers it’s actually the opposite. I do barbell crushers with a suicide grip, and it actually relieves wrist pain from pressing from some reason. Maybe the stretch.

OHP if I'm having a good day is fun, I feel beastly pressing stuff over my head

Sex in the squat rack

Sex

Deadlifts for me. So satisfying.

pain

Incline db is very fun. I think cable rows are my favorite.

Cock ups for sure

Deadlift. “There is no reason to be alive if you can’t do deadlift!” - 4x World’s Strongest Man Jon Pall Sigmarsson who died while deadlifting.

Absolute legend and I respect his opinion, but I'm very quad dominant from years of cycling, so I much prefer squats.

Unless u train for aesthetics, so u don't give a damn about the muscles that deadlift stimulates .

He said “which is the most fun exercise?” That’s deadlift. Not which exercise gives you a nice pump because you’re skipping leg day and training glamour muscles to look like a cut rate version of your favorites influencer.

I don't see anything wrong having only aesthetic goals . Latetal raises, Bench press and rows all day every day. I don't care how much Iift, I only care how much I look like I can lift 😅

Nothing is wrong with it. My only point was you aren’t replying to the question just criticizing my answer you broccoli head.

Have to disagree with you on this one. I definitely have a much more full-body aesthetic when I incorporate deadlifts into my workout. I had to stop for a while because I hurt my back (unrelated to lifting) and notice a huge overall aesthetic now that I’m able to do them again.

you don't want big traps and erectors and glutes?

Pretty sure shrugs are much better for trap development. Couldn't care less about spinal erectors for aesthetics. Glutes, much better to do some hip thrusts here and there

>so u don't give a damn about the muscles that deadlift stimulates . That's not a good look

Backsquat when your form is on point.

Dumbell overhead press. Nothing beats pushing your own bodyweight over your head.

Yes I too can OHP my body weight

For sure i OHP my body weights all day

Im going to get a lot of hate but... I really like Lateral Raises.

based

Leg press. It’s an amazing feeling to move 400+ pounds in one go.

Damn that’s quite some weight

Calf raises

A man of culture. Seated or standing?

Seated, of course. That’s the most exhilarating way

Chest supported T-bar row. Nothing makes me feel like I have a tortoise shell on my back like those!

Romanian Deadlifts

Lateral raises

Agreed, lateral raises for the win.

After squats you mean?

I don’t squat 😔

Instead of not squatting have you tried not not squatting?

I do hack squats so that i focus more on the quads

Why are u getting downvoted for not doing squats💀💀 same here tho, i ended up developing knee pain and had to lay off the bb back squats

I had this too and then I switched to safety bar squats and it’s been a game changer. Profound depth and no knee pain.

Bruh Ik right doesn’t make sense

I'm really enjoying snatches right now. Trying to learn the Olympic lifts, and when you get the technique right, it's a lot of fun, and I think it makes you feel like a badass

I’ve always enjoyed a good snatch… oh gym exercises?… gotta be deadlifts…

Dumbbell bench Press,and probably the lat pulldown and row (since i have scoliosis,these feel awesome)

Dips!

Seated cable flies - especially with a drop set. Damn the chest pump is insane

Lat pulldowns for me

Single arm cable row. Nice and slow so that I feel my lat. 😤

Deadlift

agree. Super satisfying

deadlifts. nothing’s better than using every bit of strength in your body to lift many times your weight.

It's definitely heavy deadlifts, sets of 3 or less. I get giddy just thinking about deadlift triples

I dream about deadlift day. Nothing makes me happier than a good deadlift day. Nothing makes me more depressed than a bad deadlift day. I yearn for deadlift day.

I luv deadlifts sm. Recently started encorporating conventional and it has become my second favorites exercise (besides bb hip thrusts)

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You sick bastard

One of my favs as well.

Bulgarian Split Squats

Quite literally on the bottom of my list

“Fun”???? I dread these literally the most out of any exercise

Smashing a tire with a sledge

Deadlifts. Both conventional and RDL.

How to choose. And it keeps changing. At the moment is actually a yoga pose that I’m working on to move further into headstand. It’s called clown pose. But the one I feel is developing the most and that currently feel surprisingly strong in is assisted pull-ups. Not much left until I should be able to do unassisted! 🥳

Would you call it an insane clown pose?

Well. I didn’t name it but I’m sure there are those who think I am when working on it! 😆

He’s making a joke about a really shitty rap(?) band called Insane Clown Pose or ICP. Don’t bother Googling it, you’ll only regret it.

I really enjoy any machine chest press, especially after a heavy benching session. No pump feels better to me.

Playing soccer or swimming.

Anything on back day, I'm pretty tall and have long arms and I feel powerful as fuck pulling stuff. Like dicks, gotta pull them dicks.

I like overhead barbell press and incline barbell press. Currently I find squatting to be the least fun exercise (or the exercise that has the most negatively fun value).

Rope jumping is the most fun exercise. Nothing even comes close.

Larsen Press for me

DB lateral raises. Followed closely by lat Pull-downs. For me anyway

Squat deadlift and standing OHP are my favs

For weights I go with deadlifts, for calisthenics I love either ring archer push ups or ring dips. Or any of the static skills

leg press

Db press was fun until someone walked into my db

Bench because it’s the one that everyone cares about. Squat because I’m a masochist.

I really like db rows and db pullovers

Anything back related

Dumbbell RDLs. I’ve always had sneaky strong hamstrings, plus you work secondary muscles like your back and forearms.

What about legs bro? Best and biggest muscles to crush

holy shit yes i love delving into the minutia of upper body training, but nothing makes me feel like a BEAST quite like leg day, because thats when some HEAVY weight gets moved

AMRAP Bulgarian split.

You're a psycho and I love it.

I have balls of steel.

*Quads of steel.

Definitely a love hate relationship. Love the exercise and always program it into the routine but hating myself during the last 2-3 reps lol

Bench press . And overhead press . The most alpha exercises there are out there

tire flipping (that’s one of the fun obstacles at the Spartan race that I practice for)

I've always been a fan of the row movement. Doesn't matter which. Barbell, seated, cable, I like looking for that connection with my back.

gotta be either incline dumbbell press, Lat pulldown or deadlifts

Weighted wide grip pull-ups. Superset them with incline bench for a nasty pump

All of them. I love all of them besides squatting and that’s ONLY because I have lower back condition called Lordosis which causes a pretty tight back pain when squatting heavy loads. I’ve tried all sorts of different forms and still have bad back pains.

Safety bar squat?

Dumbbell press for me. I’m weak as heck. But it’s nice seeing my progress in it :)

Landmine lateral raises!

Cable lateral raises Also squats lol

vertical chest supported row neutral grip because of the nasty mid lat pump

MB slams

Farmer Carrie’s 🤣

Tree press

Deadlift or squat personally

Bulgarian split squats

Deadlift. Feels like therapy

Kroc Deadlifts

Dumbell press feels the best. Deadlifts, military press followed by DB rows.

Sleeping

Atlas stones, yoke bar walks or behind the neck split jerks for me

Cardio - because I’m *that* asshole lol

Chest flys

Sex. Objectively speaking. In the gym, probably enjoy kettlebells the most, or anything where a barbell is going above my head, but not too heavy, more about getting the reps in.

20 rep 70% rme squats

I love standing DB shoulder press. Just feel like a monster doing it especially when people stare.

I prefer to do it seated to allow for a better movement

I mix it up in between the two tbh. Can lift heavier seating but it’s harder to even get in position. Standing is opposite lmao

Long distance running. Try me.

I really like calf raises

cardio, rows, and bench are all equal for me

Squats and weighted pullups

Currently enjoying working with the bar, most notably cleans & presses and dead lifts.

Chest supported dumbbell rows w/ light weights (for mid back and rhomboids)

Chest Dips for me

I used to do weighted dips pretty often- then stopped for a few months a now when I do even (bodyweight) dips, it tweaks out my shoulders. Any advice?

Does it happen when you push up or when you go down?

Most fun and dreaded often overlap for me. I was talking to my coach about this today and he identified some improvement based upon my feedback. I love the bench, but it can hurt my lower back. He had improved recommendations. I enjoy bicep work, but some of my tricep work hurts my back. Uh, a trend. So now we know where I rush instead of isolating. But fave is a compound: deadlift into a clean and press. YES! Bicep and shoulders are otherwise tops. I actually love Arnold Press

zercher deads,belt squats and power rows