The Weightlifters Thread

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#2,577
nbakerld said:
Yeah, the focus is on the negative part of the lift. You start cheating on the positive as you approach failure, but the negative is always done slow and controlled.
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Not sure where you got your lifting theories from or how long you been lifting. How do you cheat on db press anyway?
 
#2,580
#2,580
govols/cc said:
Not sure where you got your lifting theories from or how long you been lifting. How do you cheat on db press anyway?
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How do you cheat on any lift? You start incorporating more of muscles that aren't targeted to get it up any way possible (that's what she said). So you start out with your feet up, and then when you can't do that anymore, you put your feet down, and then you arch your back, etc. so that you can keep squeezing out reps.
 
#2,581
#2,581
nbakerld said:
How do you cheat on any lift? You start incorporating more of muscles that aren't targeted to get it up any way possible (that's what she said). So you start out with your feet up, and then when you can't do that anymore, you put your feet down, and then you arch your back, etc. so that you can keep squeezing out reps.
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Feet on the floor isn't cheating & with dumbells it's pretty hard to cheat.
 
#2,589
#2,589
justingroves said:
That's funny
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You may need a personal trainer but I will go out on a limb & say pretty much every professional athlete has pretty much got lifting/exercise technique down by the time they reach the professional level. All a trainer does is provide structure & helps motivate at that level.
 
#2,590
#2,590
govols/cc said:
You may need a personal trainer but I will go out on a limb & say pretty much every professional athlete has pretty much got lifting/exercise technique down by the time they reach the professional level. All a trainer does is provide structure & helps motivate at that level.
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I think it's a little more complex than you think. They're not frat guys trying to get ready for spring break. Professional athletes are competing for million of dollars and contracts.
 
#2,591
#2,591
govols/cc said:
You may need a personal trainer but I will go out on a limb & say pretty much every professional athlete has pretty much got lifting/exercise technique down by the time they reach the professional level. All a trainer does is provide structure & helps motivate at that level.
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This is even funnier
 
#2,592
#2,592
Volst53 said:
I think it's a little more complex than you think. They're not frat guys trying to get ready for spring break. Professional athletes are competing for million of dollars and contracts.
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I'm sure there's a lot to it but it's not like they're being taught how to lift properly or how to perform a certain exercise. I'm sure they have already been doing the same stuff for years. It probably has a lot to to do with diet, having a motivator, & just having a structure to their routine with a goal in mind.
 
#2,593
#2,593
Ok, I need emergency consultation from everyone but cc. Lol jk, but seriously.

I just got done lifting and I'm going to the game with my boss. Alright to have 2 beers after a workout? Or should I not?
 
#2,598
#2,598
govols/cc said:
You may need a personal trainer but I will go out on a limb & say pretty much every professional athlete has pretty much got lifting/exercise technique down by the time they reach the professional level. All a trainer does is provide structure & helps motivate at that level.
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You would shocked by what many professional athletes have to say when they are trained buy a trainer with an educational and coaching background. They never had any idea what kind of results that they could get by some subtle changes in their technique. So to assume that they all have it down pat is erroneous. The problem you have is these athletes are taught by gym rats and there are too many gym rats who think they know it all, but in reality don't know as much about technique as they think that they do.
 
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#2,599
Tux said:
You would shocked by what many professional athletes have to say when they are trained buy a trainer with an educational and coaching background. They never had any idea what kind of results that they could get by some subtle changes in their technique. So to assume that they all have it down pat is erroneous. The problem you have is these athletes are taught by gym rats and there are too many gym rats who think they know it all, but in reality don't know as much about technique as they think that they do.
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You're trying to make the science of it more than what it is. Not everybody thinks HIT is the best program. Who's to say a gym rat isn't educated?
 
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