Thread: best muscle building exercise for each muscle

Originally Posted by mike456

what is the best muscle building exercise for these muscles in your opinion
mines are:

Quads- Squats
Hams-Stiff leg deadlifts
Lats- Pullups
Biceps- Straight Barbell Curls
Chest-Bench Press
Triceps- CG(one fist space between hands) bench Press
Anterior Deltoid- Military Press
Lateral Deltoid- Upright Rows

I have all of these exercises in my routine and I think they are the best
This would be a great workout for a fbw in my opinion just do 2 sets for each
6 rep range

Quads- Squats
Hams-Stiff leg deadlifts
Lats- Rows
Biceps- Pull ups
Chest-Bench Press
Triceps- CG bench Press
Anterior Deltoid- Military Press
Lateral Deltoid- DB press

Legs-back squats and leg press
hams-sldl
lowback-dead lift
chest-wide grip flat bench barbell
tri-close grip decline bench and board presses
lats-pull ups or should i say standing on a bench and letting myself down
bis-pull ups grip away from me my bis almost never get sore and this is the only way to get em sore
traps-shrugs and dead lifts
abs-leg raises hit them like no other

foreman do you routinely change your ava lol? Just now seem to be noticing this.

muscles work in concert to perform any lift. there is no way to single out a particular muscle group. train movement planes.

why would u think the best exercise for ur biceps are pullups.....

and the best tricep exercise would be dips

Originally Posted by GoLdeN M 07

why would u think the best exercise for ur biceps are pullups.....

and the best tricep exercise would be dips

"The body doesn't know muscles. It only knows movements."

-Mel Siff

"If you are still training body parts and not movements, you have missed a signifigant amount of information written on the subject of resistance training in the past 10 years."

-Mike Boyle




Training 101

i know muscles work in concert to perform any lift, but all exercises have a targeted muscle ,such as the bench press it does many mucles such as chest, anterior delt, and triceps, but it targets the chest, therefore there is a way to single out a particular muscle group.

go on exrx.net it shows lots of exercises then it shows the targeted muscle, and it also shows secondary muscles worked

Originally Posted by mike456

i know muscles work in concert to perform any lift, but all exercises have a targeted muscle ,such as the bench press it does many mucles such as chest, anterior delt, and triceps, but it targets the chest, therefore there is a way to single out a particular muscle group.

can I target the upper inner chest? which exercise would be the best for this?

Originally Posted by MyK

can I target the upper inner chest? which exercise would be the best for this?

The best exercises as a whole are: squats, deadlifts, lunges, bench pressing, overhead pressing, dips, rowing, pullups/chinups, and pulldowns. For the most part I stick with these movements.

Originally Posted by P-funk

muscles work in concert to perform any lift. there is no way to single out a particular muscle group. train movement planes.

I agree wholeheartedly, although when I train in movements, for instance a 'push day,' my triceps give out far too soon for my liking.

I've recently gone back to body part training because of this. I always tweaked volume, I tried tweaking excercises, but if I'm not performing the excercises I think are the best, or the volume that I see fit, should I or anyone else still work in movement planes or do like i've done as of late and return to bodypart training?

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

I agree wholeheartedly, although when I train in movements, for instance a 'push day,' my triceps give out far too soon for my liking.

I've recently gone back to body part training because of this. I always tweaked volume, I tried tweaking excercises, but if I'm not performing the excercises I think are the best, or the volume that I see fit, should I or anyone else still work in movement planes or do like i've done as of late and return to bodypart training?

I don't understand what you mean? Your triceps give out....BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING! That is the whole point. I don't get what you don't understand about that? You use your triceps on all the presses. Why do you need to do anymore single joint work? It is a waste of time save for a few sets for tendon health.

myk go lick p-funks ass

myk- try incline flyes

Originally Posted by mike456

myk go lick p-funks ass

Originally Posted by mike456

myk- try incline flyes

thanks, thats all I needed to know!

Originally Posted by mike456

myk go lick p-funks ass

great post. way to contribute.

antything for you p-funk

Originally Posted by MyK

thanks, thats all I needed to know!

Sarcasm duly noted