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Funny to see that a day after I mentioned my experience doing one set of as many push-ups as I could, after reading a study that one set is all you need as long as you REALLY max out. I don't know about the CNS, but I know I felt weird for hours. You guys probably laugh at push-ups, but I used...

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Finally, someone who doesn't neglect their flexor digitorum and flexor hallucis muscles! (Took way too much time to find this.)

Yeah, I know about how my body reacts to workouts and how to pace myself. I can't even do 10 pushups now without being a little sore the next day. I figure with two days rest between upper body workouts, it would take me about two weeks to get into a normal routine. Any faster and I'd probably...

A bit of a long story. I was wondering what the heaviest dumbell was about a month ago, so I searched Google. I found a message board with people talking about the heaviest dumbells at their gym being 200 lbs, and even a bit heavier, and someone said that a 300 lb dumbell would be too awkward. a...

My penis was too big and I wanted to make it look smaller compared to my body.... No? Ok...I was in Jr. High School and I think I just thought it would be fun. Later I stopped and started again several years later, mainly for health reasons.

Anything but calves and abs. For some reason, I once decided to give my calves the workout of their lives when I was in high school. I had to walk on my toes the whole day in school the next day. Not easy to hide! Ab workouts are long and painful. It's always been a decision for me how many sit...

I read about a study a few years ago that showed one set is all you need if you really give it all you got. I once did as many slow, perfect pushups as I was able to do. The last rep probably took be over 30 seconds, several gasps of air and every bit of strength I had. I tried another set...

As for using free weights without maxing out, what if you get injured or even suffer a heart attack? You might not have even started your second rep, but you might not be able to move the weight, except for down. It reminds me of a tightrope walker who fell to his death a few years ago. His...

That happened to me once, but I tipped the bar over and laid one end on the floor. I heard of a guy who died because the weight fell on his neck, but I don't know if it really fell or if he just couldn't lift it. Seems to me that the easiest way to deal with it is to do what I did, but now that...

We're talking about different kinds of straight. I think people here were saying that even though a barbell is straight ("not tilted" or "level" might be better terms), one arm could be lifting more. I figure the way to determine whether one arm is lifting more is to see if the bar is bent (as...

The fastest way to even things out is to work out the weaker arm alone, but if you use a fairly wide barbell grip and fairly heavy weight, I wonder if one arm would really be able to signifigantly help the other. Hey, someone should invent a stress indicator for barbells to show how much of the...

Actually, I began working out at about 14. Sad to hear that only 14 year olds theorize. Hmmm.... incase you misunderstood, I'm the one who doesn't work out, as I said in a previous post to this thread.

Another theory from a guy who doesn't even work out...if you have muscle imbalance, a barbell is probably better than dumbells, if you make sure you keep the bar straight. With dumbells, it's harder to tell if you're using the the same arm movement for each arm. I wonder if you could get the...

As I said, I don't lift weights, but I used to a bit, and I think someone whos doing it just to keep in shape should stick with dumbells. As people said, the stabilizer muscles get worked, and I figure that the more muscles you work per set, the more exaustion with be the reason for stopping...

I know I'm a little late to this, but I thought you would find this link interesting. You could see a video of Paul Anderson pressing a 300 lb dumbell twice. http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2002.web.dir/Peter_Broady/Pages/Strongestman.htm (I don't lift weights, but I'm pretty)