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 Balance and opposing muscle groups
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Pro Bodybuilder 
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Should you be able to bench what you row? Curl what you can extend with triceps? Is this a good indication of anything or just an old wives tale? What would be a good measure of balance?     | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder
Posts: 426 |
I was wondering the same thing. | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder 
Posts: 680 |
Those are old wives tales. All people are different, and all muscles are not the same size. Ex. Triceps make 3/4 of your upper arm mass. Muscles that are well balanced should be in this strength order(major muscle groups) 1. Legs strongest More wives tales: 1. A belt will protect my back(If you think so...think again) 2. If countinue to do countless hours of cardio i will look fit(Not without weight training you won't, You will now be a skinny soft person, with no muscle tone) 3. More is better! (" I spent like 3 hours in the gym today" Joe is waisting his time. 1 TO 1.5 HOURS tops no more!) 4. More sets more growth (Excellent formula for overtraining...) I personally don't count sets, i know when my muscles are smoked, but i do know i've never made it past 12 for any muscles(not counting warmup)If you start to lose your pump during a workout(reverse pump) thats your cue to put down the weight, you've overtraining your muscle. Mike Metzer believed in doing one set for some muscle groups, and if you read his book "Heavy duty training" you'll see why. (Do not recomend for the begginer or novice weight trainer).
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Pro Bodybuilder
Posts: 319 |
Thanks for the response. On that note here are more stupid things that the masses believe: 1. [Woman] If I lift weights I'll get too many muscles and look like a guy. 2. Bodybuilders are "muscle bound" and can't even comb their hair. They are not flexible at all. 3. She/He only looks that way because they use AS. 4. A high protein diet causes kidney damage. 5. They spend hours and hours at the gym--they have no life. 6. All BB's are so stuck on themselves they can't even pass a mirror without looking in it.
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Amateur Bodybuilder 
Posts: 90 |
Oh RC you mean like this one... sure bodybuilders look like that now but wait til they stop lifting and all that muscle turns into fat that's why you shouldn't have that much muscle... ------------------ Omnia Praeclara Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crack pot' than the stigma of conformity." - Thomas J. Watson | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder
Posts: 319 |
Oh, geesh, yeah, I forgot about that one--how it all turns to fat....they'll say anything to justify not training. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 105 |
I like SteelSoldiers #4 (not counting reps and just do it till muscles are smoked!) Im gonna give that a try... | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 161 |
quote: Sorry, but this one is kinda true. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 174 |
My problem is similar to #6, but my belly gets me stuck in the doorway trying to get to the mirror. Can you relate Lobo? F1 | ||
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Moderator 
Posts: 1859 |
OH yah! I can relate.... ------------------ Lobo |
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posted December 14, 2000 04:10 PM