IS this a meme or do these 6 exercises actually train your entire body?
(Calves are high-lighted on both days as Squat/Deadlift training them...)
IS this a meme or do these 6 exercises actually train your entire body?
(Calves are high-lighted on both days as Squat/Deadlift training them...)
It is accurate. Expecting to make you look like a bodybuilder is the meme.
You can drop pull-up in favor of more squats.
What if you just want to be light-weight lean and athletic?
Bodybuilding is not what I want to do, considering natty bodybuilding is a meme and requires steroids anyway. Thats at least 1 meme I dont fall for (the natty bodybuilding meme)
>do these 6 exercises actually train your entire body?
yes
>What if you just want to be light-weight lean and athletic?
add hypertrophy, eat less
I think calisthenics might be more your speed or doing the big 6 with just higher reps/sets and less weight.
For reference; the exercises you listed are part of both Starting Strength/Stronglifts 5x5 and focus on making you bigger and stronger, nothing else.
>For reference; the exercises you listed are part of both Starting Strength/Stronglifts 5x5 and focus on making you bigger and stronger, nothing else.
What am I reading? get the fuck off this board
If you do pronated rows, then replace pullups for chinups for more direct bicep work.
I prefer chinups, I do 110kg (BW included) Chinups atm. Never really done pull-ups.
I Also prefer Rows done overhand, under-hand rows injure me.
You should try switching to pullups for a while. I'm doing the same having done chinups until I could do 3x5 in bodyweight and discovered my chinups suck. Trains my back which is what I needed anyway since my rows kind of lag behind.
Being able to do both chinups and pullups comfortably just inches you closer to making it imho.
Please elaborate on why I am wrong.
It’s exactly what I do and I look pretty good
needs less leg work and more side and rear delts but it's a decent starting point.
You'd still look good though, wouldn't you?
rear delts = heavy rows
side delts = heavy press
Yeah because everyone knows that squats work your lats.
There is literally no reason to do rows unless you're too fat or weak to lift your own body weight.
Proper pull-ups are superior in every way.
Yes all these exercises are essentially, you should perform all of these exercises, I’d also include chin ups or pull ups, once you do these, then you can add in your curls and your calf raises, lateral raises, face pulls, hamstring isolation work, and core work (you can never have too much core work)
But I thought you need Rows because Pullups/Chinups dont train the Traps/Rear delts like Rows do.
Whoops I see chin ups are already part of the list, my fault
Yeah don’t listen to him, rows are great, they build your traps much better than chin ups, they also activate your lower back, glutes, hamstrings, and quads to some extent. Improving your rows will also improve your deadlift.
They do, but idiots who can't do pull-ups justify why they "choose" not to do them.
Either that or they are cheating with momentum, not pausing at the top, or are not doing full range of motion.
what if your row more than your bodyweight?
what the fuck are you even talking about retard?
Pull-ups are better than chin-ups.
Deadlifting improves your deadlift.
Rows are worthless.
Then you are probably cheating or using that bitch ass row machine.
Do weighted pull-up you pussy.
The most aesthetic person I have ever seen in real life (guy at my gym) does Rows all the time. His back is fucking insane, and when he does Rows you can see every little muscle and striation in his back, it always amazes me how ridiculous his back looks.
Press on workout B, with row on workout A?
Seems like a bad idea to me unless you work out every other day.
Even then it seems silly. At that point a fullbody or a real push-pull would give you better chance for volume and frequency.
Rows are worthless, lol what a retard
>Rows are worthless.
Said no bodybuilder,strongman or powerlifter ever.
Can you replace row with a t-bar row?
They do, but do to your leverages and build, some bodyparts are going to get hit harder than others, throing your physique off balance. You wont build a balanced physique training that way since not all muscle groups get hit equally.
Bench press will give you a wider chest, but it wont fill in your inner or upper pecs and without any sort of incline work, your lower pecs will overshadow your upper pecs in time. In addition, the long head of the tricep doesnt get enough stimulus from overhead press or bench. Press hits front and side delts good but doesnt do shit for rear delts. Also, squats and deadlifts do jack shit for calves. Chins and rows alone arent enough for biceps. And finally, none of these do anything for forearms.
You will not be balanced on a routine like this. Add some isolation and dumbell work.
Not a meme, but after novice phase you're gonna want to add some iso work to get more volume.
Feel like press and row are in the wrong group for P/P.
Squats don't train your any core muscle very well, since isometrics aren't that great versus regular exercises, if you rely on squats to build your mid section you will have a big ass weakness, unless you are squatting with your back which you shouldn't be doing anyways, unless you are a powerlifter trying the most humanly possible you can, since it is a leg movement. They are also not great at using glutes and are specially bad using hamstring and calves, lunges and split squats on the other hand beat regular squats(front or back) by a mile at being the most bang for your buck on lower body, while they still aren't that great for core for the same reasons. Even if you did those I'd recommend doing at least one hip hinge exercise.
BP is a less than average tricep builder.
Rows(something close to a bent over row I assume) aren't good arm builder.
DLs aren't that good for any back muscle above lats represented in this picture, also bad for calves, arms and core(erectors aside) builder, however it is good for erectors(will make your back look massive if you have decent trap/lat), glutes and hammies.
Presses can be good for chest but mainly for triceps.
Pullups can be good for bicep and forearm with neutral grip.
There are other exercises that are staples that can fill the gaps. This pic is quite misleading.
Weak retard.