farmer walks

min0 lee · 11-21-2004, 02:29 PM

Anyone ever do them and see results?

I have yet to see them done but I always hear about them.

KarlW · 11-22-2004, 06:20 AM

People probably don't do them for fear of looking silly trying to walk around the gym with huge dumbell's. However, I'd think they'd work really well.

**P-funk** · 11-22-2004, 08:12 AM

yeah, they are excellent!!

It is hard to do them in the gym because you can't really walk around and then drop the dumbells when your grip gives out. One idea is you can do them outside (like in your backyard) or if you live in the city like me (and don't have a yard) you can do them in your gym's aerobic room. You still can't drop dumbells on the wood floor so go to an army/navey surplus store and get 2 canvas duffel bags. Then go to the local hard ware store and get a few 50lb bags of sand. Fill the bags with the sand and there ya go. Grab the bottom of the bag (where there is no handel), so you are holdin ghte bag itself and start walking. Also, hold the sides and try doing hammer curls with it and you can even try doing some reps of clean and press with it. All round good fun to be had by all.

min0 lee · 11-22-2004, 08:27 AM

Flex · 11-22-2004, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

yeah, they are excellent!!

agreed

these things got my traps BIG.

min0 lee · 11-22-2004, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Flex

agreed

these things got my traps BIG.

I thought this exercise waas supposed to target the forearms?

If thats true so be it, my traps suck.

Flex · 11-22-2004, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

I thought this exercise waas supposed to target the forearms?

If thats true so be it, my traps suck.

hell ya it works the traps. just keep your arms still from swinging while holding the weights.

I used to use straps cuz i'd walk with real heavy weights, and the forearms couldnt take it. but now i alternate b/w straps/no straps

DOMS · 11-22-2004, 10:26 AM

What are "farmer walks"?

sabre81 · 11-22-2004, 10:52 AM

hmm ive never done these. All you do is walk around with dumbbells?

Vise · 11-22-2004, 01:07 PM

yep, or a farmers walk apparatus like this one:
http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/...oductid=SUT002

min0 lee · 11-22-2004, 01:16 PM

Holy shizm, look at this guy. I like that.

sabre81 · 11-22-2004, 01:44 PM

i could walk around with 100's all day.. i gotta try this.

**P-funk** · 11-22-2004, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sabre81

i could walk around with 100's all day.. i gotta try this.

you think so?? Why don't you come into the city and will take the hundreds and take turns walking around a city block!!!!! LOL

min0 lee · 11-22-2004, 01:48 PM

Where in the city P-funk?

**P-funk** · 11-22-2004, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

Where in the city P-funk?

upper east side.......that will look funny as shit, walking around the block with 100lb DBs up there. Hahahahah, circling Madison and 5th ave. hahahha

min0 lee · 11-22-2004, 01:57 PM

Wow, you must make alot of money.
It's not cheap living up there.

Vieope · 11-22-2004, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

upper east side......

Vieope · 11-22-2004, 02:00 PM

You could always put the dumbbells in your pocket and walk around quietly. Everybody would think that you are quite horny but you won´t look silly.

**P-funk** · 11-22-2004, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

Wow, you must make alot of money.
It's not cheap living up there.

I am probably the poorest person up here......lol. I live in a fucking shoe box. I am a personal trainer.

**P-funk** · 11-22-2004, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vieope

yeah, that is how I feel about the upper east side.....you ever been up there V?

Vieope · 11-22-2004, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

yeah, that is how I feel about the upper east side.....you ever been up there V?

Yeah, I don´t like it. I can´t exactly say why. It seems that everything that is good is on the west.

**P-funk** · 11-22-2004, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Vieope

Yeah, I don´t like it. I can´t exactly say why. It seems that everything that is good is on the west.

I don't know about that. All the art museums are on the east side. The park is nice over hear and we have the resivoir. Although east river park is cool we do have Carl Shurtz park which is a nice view over the east river.

All the real cool stuff is down town though.

MaxMirkin · 11-22-2004, 02:15 PM

All the best shit is in Brooklyn.

Vieope · 11-22-2004, 02:16 PM

What museums you are talking about? I only went to MoMA.
Actually NYC is great almost everywhere. I love the city.
How much today for a cheap studio in NYC?

**P-funk** · 11-22-2004, 02:19 PM

I used to live in Park Slope, Brooklyn.....F' brooklyn.

there are a bunch of other art museums. The Guggenhiem is up here and there are a few more, can't remeber the names. They are all along the park though between like 78th and 92nd street.

my cheap studio is $1190.00 a month.

Vieope · 11-22-2004, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

my cheap studio is $1190.00 a month.

God! That is too much. Did you see a movie from MTV of a guy that moved to the city and lived in an apartment full of cockroaches? How much for one of that?

min0 lee · 11-22-2004, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Vieope

God! That is too much. Did you see a movie from MTV of a guy that moved to the city and lived in an apartment full of cockroaches? How much for one of that?

That was a classic........Joes (AKA P-funk) Apartment

min0 lee · 11-22-2004, 02:31 PM

Vieope · 11-22-2004, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

That was a classic........Joes (AKA P-funk) Apartment

Yes
I mean, there are a lot of poor people in NYC as well, where do they live? That is where I am interested.

**P-funk** · 11-22-2004, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

That was a classic........Joes (AKA P-funk) Apartment

do i know you? have you been here before?

11-21-2004, 02:29 PM	#1
min0 lee Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Bronx, NYC Posts: 38,792 Photos: 542	farmer walks Anyone ever do them and see results? I have yet to see them done but I always hear about them.

11-22-2004, 06:20 AM	#2
KarlW My Little Man Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Oz Posts: 1,030	People probably don't do them for fear of looking silly trying to walk around the gym with huge dumbell's. However, I'd think they'd work really well. What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)

11-22-2004, 08:12 AM	#3
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 31,699	yeah, they are excellent!! It is hard to do them in the gym because you can't really walk around and then drop the dumbells when your grip gives out. One idea is you can do them outside (like in your backyard) or if you live in the city like me (and don't have a yard) you can do them in your gym's aerobic room. You still can't drop dumbells on the wood floor so go to an army/navey surplus store and get 2 canvas duffel bags. Then go to the local hard ware store and get a few 50lb bags of sand. Fill the bags with the sand and there ya go. Grab the bottom of the bag (where there is no handel), so you are holdin ghte bag itself and start walking. Also, hold the sides and try doing hammer curls with it and you can even try doing some reps of clean and press with it. All round good fun to be had by all. E-Book: Take Charge! Everything You Need To Know To Write Your Own Training Programs Online Consulting/Program Design Reality Based Fitness Podcast Check me out on Twitter! Subscribe to our free monthly newsletter! "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book

11-22-2004, 08:27 AM	#4
min0 lee Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Bronx, NYC Posts: 38,792 Photos: 542	Cool

11-22-2004, 10:52 AM	#9
sabre81 mmmm weights.. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Western New York Posts: 386	hmm ive never done these. All you do is walk around with dumbbells? Damn

11-22-2004, 10:26 AM	#8
DOMS Metrosexual Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 22,092 Photos: 1	What are "farmer walks"?

11-22-2004, 01:07 PM	#10
Vise thai fighter Join Date: May 2004 Location: NY Posts: 231	yep, or a farmers walk apparatus like this one: http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/...oductid=SUT002

11-22-2004, 01:44 PM	#12
sabre81 mmmm weights.. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Western New York Posts: 386	i could walk around with 100's all day.. i gotta try this. Damn

11-22-2004, 01:48 PM	#14
min0 lee Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Bronx, NYC Posts: 38,792 Photos: 542	Where in the city P-funk?

11-22-2004, 01:57 PM	#16
min0 lee Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Bronx, NYC Posts: 38,792 Photos: 542	Wow, you must make alot of money. It's not cheap living up there.

11-22-2004, 02:00 PM	#18
Vieope Monochromatic Bunny Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: drinking coffee.. Posts: 14,967 Photos: 10	You could always put the dumbbells in your pocket and walk around quietly. Everybody would think that you are quite horny but you won´t look silly.

11-22-2004, 02:15 PM	#23
MaxMirkin Cheerfully Offensive Join Date: May 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 3,696 Photos: 4	All the best shit is in Brooklyn. The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

11-22-2004, 02:16 PM	#24
Vieope Monochromatic Bunny Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: drinking coffee.. Posts: 14,967 Photos: 10	What museums you are talking about? I only went to MoMA. Actually NYC is great almost everywhere. I love the city. How much today for a cheap studio in NYC?

11-22-2004, 02:19 PM	#25
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 31,699	I used to live in Park Slope, Brooklyn.....F' brooklyn. there are a bunch of other art museums. The Guggenhiem is up here and there are a few more, can't remeber the names. They are all along the park though between like 78th and 92nd street. my cheap studio is $1190.00 a month. E-Book: Take Charge! Everything You Need To Know To Write Your Own Training Programs Online Consulting/Program Design Reality Based Fitness Podcast Check me out on Twitter! Subscribe to our free monthly newsletter! "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book

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