Goliath Member 383 Member For: 16y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/03/13 05:15 AM Posted 06/03/13 05:15 AM That's good there's no knee pain. As long as there is no pain, you should be good to increase the weight. I would focus on your hammies heaps more though as the muscle is has been weakened significantly. Pretty sure you had the hammy graft?
_Velocity_ Legacy Donating Member 2,768 Member For: 15y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 06/03/13 06:12 AM Posted 06/03/13 06:12 AM Yep spot on mate. Having been inactive for a few weeks I lost some mass through my calf and VMO region of the quad but the main concern for me lately has been rebuilding that medial hamstring group and Gracilis. I might ask the phsio on friday about plate drags as they're probably a little safer if I cant do deads yet.
bossmang FREAKY Legacy Donating Member 12,441 Member For: 16y 8m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 06/03/13 10:36 AM Posted 06/03/13 10:36 AM someone needs to massage my back ^^^^^^^^^^and groin ?:/
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 23y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/03/13 01:16 PM Posted 06/03/13 01:16 PM tooooooooooooooooooooooooo much information. 1
MiKa Legacy Donating Member 4,243 Member For: 20y 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 07/03/13 12:34 AM Posted 07/03/13 12:34 AM So did chest again today, this time off the smith machine..Didnt do as big warm up, just 10x 60kg, then went straight to 7x 80kg, 6x 80kg, 7x 70kg after went back to 60kg and just did as many as I could.. I was concentrating more on form today and tried a few different grips..Next session will be db bench, ive worked my way up from 20kg when I first started at gym to now 27.5kg which im happy about.. Gonna go for 30kg...
_Velocity_ Legacy Donating Member 2,768 Member For: 15y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 07/03/13 02:01 AM Posted 07/03/13 02:01 AM How do you find the smith machine compared to DB presses MiKa?
Goliath Member 383 Member For: 16y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 07/03/13 02:16 AM Posted 07/03/13 02:16 AM pfft smith machine. 1
Bonjaz Legacy Donating Member 1,841 Member For: 17y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 07/03/13 02:23 AM Posted 07/03/13 02:23 AM im all about the DB press, did a pb last night 3 sets of 8 with 42.5kg with no spot
MiKa Legacy Donating Member 4,243 Member For: 20y 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 07/03/13 03:35 AM Posted 07/03/13 03:35 AM How do you find the smith machine compared to DB presses MiKa?Well with Db presses I can't go as heavy as you have to keep everything stable and in control. if one arm is stronger than the other you quickly realize. (Dunno how to overcome this) Where as with the smith machine the weaker arm gets help from the stronger arm as its a straight bar, the weight can only travel up and down so your stabilizers don't come into play. The only advantage of the smith machine IMO is if your gonna go heavy to try it out on there first and to get some confidence that's what I did recently and I'm now lifting heavier and not stuck where I thought I wasn't ready to go heavier.. 1
Wingnut Member 573 Member For: 18y 1m 15d Gender: Male Posted 07/03/13 05:22 AM Posted 07/03/13 05:22 AM I love the smith machine!! Haha I don't really use it for chest anymore unless the bench presses are all taken. I have gone back to DB press and find it gives me a much better workout.
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