What Do You Guys Do It For?

[Ozzy619]

see i feel the opposite.i go heavy on barbell and db presses. 8 weeks on test e 1.5 weeks on var and i banged 120s for sets of 10 on db bench, barbell was 300x8 a few weeks ago. i like db bench heavy cuz i can keep my arms in the whole time and elbows tucked, just poppin out half reps. the hardest part is stabilizing the db's as i lie down, but if you cant get the first rep by yourself with db's i think the weight is too heavy. i see kids asking for spots on any dumbbell press and the first rep is basically done by the spotter, then they do their reps with awful ROM.. thats ego lifting for sure

I should have clarified, i only prefer barbell on shoulder press. I still love dumbbells for chest.

 

[snipervirus]

I watched videos of peoples' transformations. I still watch them every now and then, still motivates the hell out of me.

As to the issue with lifting heavy or for reps or w/e though, I prefer to lift heavy for reps, but i've also struggled with things like chest so I do heavy for chest once in a while, but it really isn't all that important to me. I do high volume, high intensity now, but that is because I'm trying new things all the time.

Do you guys switch from barbell to dumbbell and vice-versa or no?

 

[devildog93]

Just want a feel for what motivates you guys to get jacked...more curiousity than anything else...what drives you?

For myself Ive always wanted to keep a lean look but with a muscular structure but not overly jacked.. Ive always trained hard

Something Ive also noticed, Ive read some guys post that their are benching 300+ pounds and all that jazz but can only do 8-10 pull ups? whats up with that? Just curious because in my mind id want to have a complete round package, not just have the ability to bench like a beast...

And reading that before kinda baffles me as a strong back always helps with your bench...but having a weak back and being able to bench 300+ makes no sense to me....

By no means do I mean any disrespect btw...

I can't speak for everyone, but from personal experience i can tell you where i'm coming from. I was a wrestler growing up. How many pull-ups i could do or how long i could jump rope became an exercise in patience or focus. I could do 25+ dead-hang pull-ups at 136 pounds when i graduated boot camp after leaving high school. I could run 3 miles in 19 minutes and climb the rope at the end of the obstacle course without my legs. Most of those things i can no longer do, or i would have to modify them now. I also no longer weigh 136 pounds. This was my endurance phase i guess. Age has a lot to do with it.

No matter how well-rounded i was, i always wanted to be the guy i saw in the gym squatting 700 pounds, deadlifting huge weight,etc. To me this was what separated hobbyists from the serious. Anyone can run, or at least more people than can squat 700 pounds. A lot of guys can do 25 dead-hang pull-ups. The number of those guys that can deadlift 600 pounds is significantly less. In fact, i doubt i have met any. To me it was a more impressive barrier, the strength side of the equation. I had played with the other side of things enough to know that with my mindset it was more impressive to throw everything into one lift for 5 seconds and see what i could do rather than spend an hour running from town a to town b.

To each his own though. As much as we(some of us) make fun of crossfit, it is still impressive what people can do in the national events. I guess it is just an attitude thing. I want to be the hulk. If you want to be a different superhero for lack of a better analogy then so be it. The point i think is to find out what you can do in that direction and see how far you can take it. We are all pieces of clay to sculpt just like the cars we drive. I like 60s musclecars, but i'm not going to tell you that your ride is shit if you want to restore a vw beetle. Ok, actually i might, but you get my drift.

 

[dnoyez]

Not sure why I do it.....it seems natural.I grew up seeing my father train,even my mother.And most of my peers as well.I would say that neglecting the vertical pulling muscles of the back and focusing only on the horizontal pulling can create an incomplete unbalanced back."allways train what you suck at...leave the easy excercises for the weak".

 

[Blacken]

that was what I was referring too, when doing dumbbell shoulder presses. hurting myself getting the heavy weight up. not the weight being to heavy to lift

I know you were. Sorry if my text caused confusion sometimes my typing in a rush isn't worded that great so my explanation gets misinterpreted. You should see some emails to my fiance where I meant something nice and she flips out thinking I meant something negative .

 

[FuriousWO]

I know you were. Sorry if my text caused confusion sometimes my typing in a rush isn't worded that great so my explanation gets misinterpreted. You should see some emails to my fiance where I meant something nice and she flips out thinking I meant something negative .

lol I don't think that's your typing, that's just women

 

[Blacken]

It doesn't help that she is Colombian.