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lol yeah man, some people are a little too misinformed/uneducated on the idea. You think competitors on Worlds Strongest Man are average weight? hahaha

I've not put on much weight since I started training, though my strength and muscle size has increased quite a bit. Dunno wtf, but whatever haha...

I tried those wood chops with the cables at the gym tonight...they feel great! Feels like it would do quite a bit for useable core strength. Very three dimensional exercise. Are we focusing on obliques with these? I won't be able to diagnose exactly what muscles I used until tomorrow morning lol. Pain = gain!

you can do them with kettlebells/medicine ball as well... add in a squat... they do your whole core really, with an emphasis on obliques

with the cable ones, just remember not to pull with your arms... keep them straight and focus on turning from the waist first

RBNT: ouch dood!

Ive only just hit the gym again after having 2 weeks off due to an injury doing dips. I sprained my sternum, no shit. Where the ribs join on the cartlidge stretched and became inflamed. Fark it hurt. It felt like Id been punched fair in the sternum but from the inside.

f**k dips and all they stand for.

just means you were doing the exercise wrong, over-training or your piss weak.

just means you were doing the exercise wrong, over-training or your piss weak.

Or the cartilage just gave out, happens. Don't have to be doing something wrong to injure yourself, you are loading your body after all.

That's like saying someone is piss-weak because they tore their hamstring during a sprint.

DAMN! Will be doing the woodchops from now on. Obliques feel fantastic today (in the morning pain kind of way). It's worked the whole side of my torso. Great exercise.

DAMN! Will be doing the woodchops from now on. Obliques feel fantastic today (in the morning pain kind of way). It's worked the whole side of my torso. Great exercise.

Yeh that is a good one. My stupid gym setup that machine in the wrong place though, if you try to do woodchops then you get in EVERYONES way. Might complain about that when I go there today...

You should be able to do it off any cable and pulley machine. I did it from a high pulley, might try from a ground pulley next time and see how that feels too. Also, mine weren't so much oblique twists...I tried to imitate the action of chopping down a tree / swinging a baseball bat, so there was a fair bit of arm movement in there too.

Or the cartilage just gave out, happens. Don't have to be doing something wrong to injure yourself, you are loading your body after all.

That's like saying someone is piss-weak because they tore their hamstring during a sprint.

I was being smart with the 'piss weak' comment. But even with hamstring tears, there is a component of weakness

within the tendon. ie it could not withstand the force that was being put onto it, which resulted tearing of muscle and/or tendon fibres.

The above sternum injury sounds like an enthesiopathy. It can still be classified as an over-use injury.

fck sake mate, 50 dips? how much do you weigh? do you mean the below dips?? if you do, 50 fcking dips in one go is fcking nuts.

I weighed 82kg at the time, I did a lot of weightlifting and won several medals in our Uni competitions over the years. Dips were like walking a flight of stairs for me, easy stuff. I am now doing 22kg weighted dips at 8 reps, 5 sets. The belt hurts initially more than the dips, hate these love handles.... Haven't hit 50 unweighted dips yet, still 30ish.

I weighed 82kg at the time, I did a lot of weightlifting and won several medals in our Uni competitions over the years. Dips were like walking a flight of stairs for me, easy stuff. I am now doing 22kg weighted dips at 8 reps, 5 sets. The belt hurts initially more than the dips, hate these love handles.... Haven't hit 50 unweighted dips yet, still 30ish.

fark, I can only do around 30 unweighted, from 20 onwards is extreme struggle though.

I weighed 82kg at the time, I did a lot of weightlifting and won several medals in our Uni competitions over the years. Dips were like walking a flight of stairs for me, easy stuff. I am now doing 22kg weighted dips at 8 reps, 5 sets. The belt hurts initially more than the dips, hate these love handles.... Haven't hit 50 unweighted dips yet, still 30ish.

one word for you mate, FREAK!!! in a good way.

how tall are you?

15-20 on a good day for me... I weigh 90kg though and am 6ft 5...

Did an entire session this arvo of different oblique exercises. Did the kettlebell thingy with a 10kg plate, that was a decent feel. Also did oblique cable twists, it's very difficult to not move your hips! Not because the exercise is hard, but one of those things where you're resisting something that's second nature lol.

I also did exercises on the cable that simulated the two movements of splitting wood with a blockbuster, both using a straight handle with the cable attached to one end - the movement of lifting the blockbuster with the cable down low, and then the movement of bringing it back down with the cable up high. Both left and right handed.

I feel pretty good now, I don't normally target obliques

next time you lot go to the gym,

do this after you've warmed up and let me know what you think...

1 set of 5 chin ups + 1 set of 10 push ups + 1 set of 15 squats.

do that for 20 mins, mark down how many sets you get overall..

it is fcking painful.

one word for you mate, FREAK!!! in a good way.

how tall are you?

15-20 on a good day for me... I weigh 90kg though and am 6ft 5...

Oh man, I wish I was that tall. I am just taller than Tom Cruiz by an inch. 5ft 7 Yes I have heard short men jokes, like how I can do backflips under my bed and other stuff. Anyway, weighted dips are probably the best workout to increase your bench press power (if done correctly) and is great for triceps. My most favorite workout, kinda feels like I am Adonis lifting (floating) myself out of some primordial soup, then dipping back, repeating the cycle several times.

one word for you mate, FREAK!!! in a good way.

how tall are you?

15-20 on a good day for me... I weigh 90kg though and am 6ft 5...

dips are great

i used to do 3 sets of 25. would get dizzy on the last set

also a good way to get your chest and arms pumped up before you head out

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