If you did one...

[bigbaldbulldog]

if you did one excercise for mass on each body part what and why?

If you did one shaping excercise on a body part what and why?

 

[PHIL HERNON]

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if you did one excercise for mass on each body part what and why?

If you did one shaping excercise on a body part what and why?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MASS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SHAPING? ARE YOU THINKING YOU CAN SHAPE A MUSCLE?

 

[Kahn]

Uh-oh

 

[BigBoyJ]

Back- Deadlift, t-bar row, wide grip pullups (yes, that's 3)
Chest- Bench Press, Flyes
Quads- Squats, Hack Squat
Biceps- Cable Curl
Triceps- Dips
Calves- Standing Calf Raise
Shoulders- Standing Overhead Press
Hamstrings- Goodmornings
Some body parts only need 1 exercise in my opinion.

 

[BigBoyJ]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MASS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SHAPING? ARE YOU THINKING YOU CAN SHAPE A MUSCLE?

I prefer to think in terms of "isolation" and "compound" movements. And for the most part, isolation sucks and I don't do it.

 

[phreak]

shape is determined by genetics; not much you can do there.

but, if i wanted to make my quads/hams/glutes grow the most i would use barbell squats

barbell rows and chins for my back

dumbell presses for my shoulders

decline barbell press for my chest

barbell curls for my biceps

skull crushers for my triceps

standing calf raises for my calves

but, none of these will change the shape of my muscles. hopefully i can make them bigger though, and if i want them to look defined i will diet accordingly.

 

[bigbaldbulldog]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MASS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SHAPING? ARE YOU THINKING YOU CAN SHAPE A MUSCLE?

Now even i know you can not "shape" a muscle but it seems when one approaches a show they tend to do different excercises and i was wondering who id what and why...

i know you and i have talked about sticking with ...lets say barbell/ or dumbell bench and stir away from flyes or pec-dec as we think that your muscle will look they same either way so why waste time with a isolation excercise or am i wrong in this approach?

i assume if one does compounds there really is no need to do isolations since the muscle is stimulated with compounds anyway... explain why you think that isolated excercise are a waste if you indeed think they are....

It is good to be back by the way buddy....lmao

 

[PHIL HERNON]

HAHAHHA

Now even i know you can not "shape" a muscle but it seems when one approaches a show they tend to do different excercises and i was wondering who id what and why...

i know you and i have talked about sticking with ...lets say barbell/ or dumbell bench and stir away from flyes or pec-dec as we think that your muscle will look they same either way so why waste time with a isolation excercise or am i wrong in this approach?

i assume if one does compounds there really is no need to do isolations since the muscle is stimulated with compounds anyway... explain why you think that isolated excercise are a waste if you indeed think they are....

It is good to be back by the way buddy....lmao

THAT WAS MY WELCOME BACK RESPONSE POST!!!

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Quads - squats, deads, extensions
Hams - deads, stiff-leg deads, leg curls
Calves - deads, squats, standing calf raises
Back (lower, mid, and lats) - deads, bentover rows, t-bars, wide-grip weighted chins
Delts and traps - deads, cleans, upright rows, shrugs, lateral raises
Biceps - standing curls (dumbell or curl bar), usually nothing
Triceps - dumbell and barbell press (incline, decline, and flat)
Chest - same as triceps w/ flys
Forearms - nothing

did I mention that I use deadlifts?

 

[Moen]

Guys, he asked 1 !
Chest: Machine presses
Shoulders: Hammer press
Lats: Close grip pulldown
Rhomboids: dumbell rows
quads: squats
hams: seated leg curl
calves: toe presses
biceps: straight bar cable curl
triceps: bench dips
abs: machine crunch

 

[Fastandfurious]

I'll give you only one for the whole body.
Clean and press.
It combines a deadlift/upright row/front squat and incline press in one exercise.

I believe we can shape muscles and i'll give an example.If an athlete only does front raises for delts ,it will be a disproportionate deltoid with little medial and posterior development.
But i don't believe in things like "triangle front pulldowns to the nose for rhomboid development ".

 

[bigbaldbulldog]

thanks...everyone

i see a patern with excercises... great to see that.. i agree that compound movements are the way to go all the way around.. since Phil had me do it my gains and look changed 10X faster then all the reps sets and different excercises i did in one workout..

1 excercise per bodypart 1 set = growth (fast)

thanks for the welcome back Phil...