Floor Press?

[spatts]

Arioch,

As a sprinter, I was always on the track during baseball season so I've never thrown a baseball in competition in my life. There is absolutely no reason my shoudlers should hurt. What happened is that a year ago I hired a trainer (that i fired last week), and he has had me benching wrong (tweaking my shoulders) every monday for the last 52 weeks. I was STUCK at 95 pounds because my shoulder couldn't take it. Hannibal corrected my form, and I went up to 165ish. My shoulder hasn't hurt at all since hannibal started with me...UNTIL LAST WEEK. It was just a fluke. I've been icing...and WAS using ibP, but I hate to do that long term. Ice, massage, and what little AR I can tollerate.

 

[powerlifterjay]

Sorry bro but tapout doesnt taylor my clothes for me! Nor does he measure me for them. Tap out will look for any and all possible way to be taller then me, but shorter then he really is. It was all those Heavy Squats tapout does! LOL!

My length arm wise, measured like a fighter is 70 1/2 inches. Here is tale of the tap for PL JAY!

height 5'10 5' 9 5/8 (yes we got technical) Thank my wife
weight 253lbs
fight weight 242lbs
reach 70 1/2 inches (finger tip to finger tip)

record 25 bench meets 21 4 1 (bomb)

Hey maybe ya'll can fight about how big my dick is! We could post Tapout 's little memeber and let him claim what he thinks it is, then i will post mine and tell you what mine really is. Then you will truly see who reads a tape correctly!

 

[Prometheus]

LOL! -- well if you guys do start measuring your members, just do me a favor and don't post any pics......

 

[Deciever]

jay, your taking this height thing a bit too far.... lol

 

[brianmincher]

Tale of the tape for brian:

Height: 5 foot 7 1/2
Weight: 228
dress shirt I am currently wearing: 18 1/2 neck, 34/35 sleeve
Chest is 48 relaxed, 50 expanded.
Arms 18 inches
Legs: Looks like I am riding a chicken
Waist: Too big

Arioch, regarding the short arms/deep chest thing, I have come to the conclusion that the only thing in the world that this build is beneficial for is benching. No good for any sport that I have ever played, or can think of. I aspire to someday have a big bench, and I will get there, but I would love to be able to dunk a basketball, or deadlift 700 lbs, or total 2000, and unless there are some drastic changes in the future, none of those things are looking real promising.

B.

 

[Screwball]

Damn Brian, give yourself a chance. You sound like your giving up before you've even started. We all have our weaknesses but we just do the best we can. You have a great squat & bench and your deadlift is coming along. There is no reason in the world that you can't Squat - 800+, Bench - 550+ and Deadlift 600+. By the looks of that then you will total 2,000. These things take time. I remember JM Blakely saying that he thought he would never bench 500 and now he benches 700+. Same thing for Dave Tate. He was stuck at a 1,850-1,950 total and then he discovered Westside. Now he totals in the 2,200-2,300 range I believe. The first step in accomplishing any goal is to convince yourself that it can be done. We all have doubts but we have to do our best to dispel them because doubt is the first step to failure. You should make a poster that says, "2,000 or Bust!" and tape it to the wall in front of your power rack so that every time you lift you are reminded of your goals.
Good luck!

- Screwball

 

[aka-tapout]

JUST FOR THE RECORD
i have never said anything about jays arm length(i dont even know mine) nor have i ever said anything about his penile length.I DONT WANT TO KNOW IT NOR WILL I EVER MEASURE IT for some reason he tells us daily about it---which any statements he says he does not have to prove
the only thing i have ever said is he is 5-9
and he has measured the miles--which is the funniest thing i have ever heard--ASK HIM TO EXPLAIN AND HE WILLnot i

 

[Arioch]

Spatts,

High rep DB presses can be good for strengthening the connective tissue, both flat bench as well as a slight incline. Really work on the external rotators. The cuban press is rather hard to describe, but it is, imo, one of, if not the, best exercise for this, and would be a good addition to the horizontal work you are doing with the bands. If you can not find a description, with picture, you can just use the bands to perform an exercise similar to the DB power clean, only slowly and carefully. You know where to look on elitefts for the pics of these.

DL-Phenylalanine can sometimes help with joint pain, but this is more of a "treating the symptoms and not the disease" sort of thing.

MSM never hurt. You could also look into active release therapy.

 

[powerlifterjay]

Hey tapout i never talk about the lenght of my shit! I had to tell ya'll so you could understand what i meant about my mileage. Which by the way is way more now! But anyway back to the floor press deal.

I think dumbells on floors would be cool , i can actually say i have never done them but thought of it alot. I think sometimes i go with what is less of a pain in the ass to set up sometimes. Lame i know. And it would also seem to be harder to getthe dumbells in position.

 

[Hannibal]

If you can not find a description, with picture, you can just use the bands to perform an exercise similar to the DB power clean, only slowly and carefully. You know where to look on elitefts for the pics of these.

Arioch correct me if I am wrong...but wouldnt anything that sort of mimics the old "shoulder horn" apparatus be benificial to her external rotator problem. I have shown her a couple. But there are a few more she could try.

For example...lying on the floor with your upper arms straight out from your shoulders and your elbows at 90 degrees so your forearms are parallel to your torso. With your arms flat on the floor...and dumbells in hand....rotate your shoulders until your forearms are perpindicular to the floor.