HOLY FUCKING SHIT! Saxons

[Lumberg]

I just tried Saxons for the first time and they kicked my ass.

For those who don't know, Saxons are where you hold two DBs above your head at full extension, a couple inches apart, and maintain that spacing as you do oblique-style side bends. The guy that told me about them said he got it from Pavel Tsatsuline or whatever his name is. Fuck me if I couldn't do it with more than 8 lbs.! (They don't have 10s in my gym). And my delts are screaming today.

So whoever that was, thanks, that is an AWESOME exercise.

JC

 

[MFMan]

saxons suck you suck. fuck of saxon suck!

 

[SSAlexSS]

saxons suck you suck. fuck of saxon suck!

MFMAN stop being stupid.

That guy actually has an intersting exercise!


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[endpoint]

they are acctually called saxon bends.....there a few other exercise that i have heard of with the name saxon (saxon press, saxon lift etc etc)

i dont do them anymore...but when i did they kicked my arse

 

[b fold the truth]

That is it!!! I gotta try them.

How far down do you bend over? Any pics of this? By chance...are these from Arthur Saxon (sp) ?

B True

 

[NateDogg]

I have to try them too. Did you feel them in your mid-section at all? I believe when they were spoken of recently, on this board, they were touted as an oblique exercise.

TIA,

ND

 

[endpoint]

its on the "freaks of nature" site...cant recall the web address since they moved


i prefer standard side bends due to the weight you can use.....athough they way the weight pulls your body is very weird and challenging

 

[tzan]

Just to clarify, do you twist back and forth at the waist, or simply bend towards the ground?? I'm looking for some new oblique exrecises to throw in there.

 

[b fold the truth]

Front to back? Side to side? Circular motion? C'mon...I need the info!!!

B True

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

they might be described on pavel's website:

www.dragondoor.com

Pavel put me through the paces at the arnold, my booth was right next to his. good guy and some very fun and unique exercises.

 

[endpoint]

its a standard side bend for your obliques...but instead of your arms at your side they are full stretch above your head

http://www.bootydown.com/freaks/images/saxonsidebend.rm

finally found it!

 

[Lumberg]

Yep, that's the gist of it. You don't have to be as dramatic as the guy in the video though.

Two things for the record:

1) I had my DBs like almost touching, maybe 1" apart. And this killed my delts.

2) Only my delts were sore the next days, though I felt the stretch in my obliques while I was doing it. I figure my delts need to catch up before I can do enough weight to make my obliques sore again, but that's OK since my obliques were getting kind of big anyways.

Have fun and glad I could turn you guys on to this,

JC

 

[b fold the truth]

Ok..did these with my 11's yesterday...sore from arm pit to waist..haha...love them. I think that they will help with my yoke walk, farmers walk, and deadlift...love them.

B True

 

[big_bad_buff]

Hmm? never tried these. how do they compare to weighted side oblique hyperextensions?

 

[endpoint]

whoa this thread is pretty old!

um id say that a saxon would be more functional for day to day movements and activitys thats why i would choose them over the hyperextension version. (mainly because you are standing)

though if you just want mass.....they are both valid, cycle their use and change them for a bit of variety