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    My Favorite Lifts

    Back
    -Outer
    -Narrow-grip rows
    -T-bar rows
    -Upper Back
    -Heavy bent-over barbell rows
    -Seated wide-grip rows, using a bar instead of handles
    -One-arm dumbbell rows
    -Lat Width
    -Wide-grip chins
    -Wide-grip pull-downs
    -Lower Lat
    -One-arm cable rows
    -Close-grip chins
    -Close-grip pull-downs
    -Middle Back
    -Seated rows, done with separate handles
    -Machine T-bar rows, allowing wider grip
    -Rows, fairly wide grip
    -Lower Back
    -Heavy deadlifts
    -Good mornings
    -Hyperextensions
    Chest
    -Bench Press Variations
    -Barbell incline, flat, and decline
    -Dumbell incline, flat, and decline
    -Cable incline, flat, and decline
    -Smith machine incline, flat, and decline
    -Machine bench
    -Pushup Variations
    -Incline (against a squat rack)
    -Flat
    -Decline (legs on top of a bench)
    -Swiss ball
    -Diamonds
    -Weighted
    -Off-set (medicine ball)
    -Other Chest
    -Dips
    -Dumbell flys incline, flat, and decline
    -Cable flys incline, flat, and decline
    -Machine flys
    -Standing cable crossover
    -Bent-forward cable crossovers
    -Straight-arm pullovers (serratus)
    -Rope-pulls (serratus)
    -Close-grip chin-ups (serratus)
    -Hanging serratus crunches (serratus)
    Forearms
    -For Upper Forearms
    -Reverse curls with a barbell, dumbbells, or preacher bench
    -One-arm cable reverse curls
    -Hammer curls
    -Reverse wrist curls
    -For Inner Forearms
    -One-arm wrist curls
    -Barbell curls
    -Behind-the-back wrist curls
    Shoulders
    -Front Deltoids
    -Machine presses
    -Arnold presses
    -Front dumbbell raises
    -Front barbell presses
    -Upright rows
    -Incline dumbbell presses
    -Incline barbell presses
    -Incline dumbbell flys
    -Side Deltoids
    -Dumbell laterals, begin beside the thigh, not in front of the body
    -Cable laterals, begin at side of body, do not cross-over
    -Burns, holding heavy dumbbells 10inches from thighs, 30sec min
    -Rear Deltoids
    -Bent-over laterals
    -Bent-over cable laterals
    -Bent-over barbell rows
    -Seated cable rear laterals
    -Incline bench laterals, lying face-down
    -Lying side laterals
    -Trapezius
    -Shrugs
    -Upright rows
    -Deadlifts
    -Clean and press
    -Reverse laterals



    Legs
    -Lower Thigh
    -Squats
    -Hack squats
    -Leg presses
    -Leg extensions with a full range of motion
    -Outer Thigh
    -Front squats
    -Hack squats
    -A**uctor machines and movements (reverse thigh-master)
    -Any squat or press movement with toes pointed straight and the feet close
    together
    -Inner Thigh
    -Lots of lunges! Extremely valuable movement with many variations
    -Straight-leg deadlift
    -Any squat or press movement with the toes turned outward with a
    relatively wide foot stance
    -Adductor machines and movements (thigh master)
    Glutes
    -Donkey kickbacks
    -Fire hydrants
    -Step-ups
    -Butt-blaster machine
    -Cable kickbacks

    Biceps
    -For Mass
    -Heavy barbell curls
    -Heavy cheat curls
    -For Length/Thickness
    -Incline curls
    -Preacher curls
    -Curls using arm blaster
    -For Height
    -Dumbbell or cable concentration curls
    -Movements using a twist of the wrist
    -Using the isotension principle
    -Outer Thickness
    -Close-grip barbell curl
    -Close-grip preacher curl
    -Close-grip cable curl
    -Inner Thickness
    -Hammer curls
    -Standing barbell curls
    -Wide grip preacher curl
    -Standing, or seated dumbbell curls
    -Incline dumbbell curls
    Triceps
    -For Mass
    -Standing barbell presses
    -Close-grip barbell presses
    -Weighted dips
    -Dips behind the back
    -Upper Triceps
    -Cable press-downs
    -One-arm cable press-downs
    -Kickbacks
    -Dips
    -Lower Triceps
    -Skull crushers standing or seated
    -Superman cable extensions
    -Reverse-grip extensions
    Calves
    -Lower Calves
    -Seated calf raises
    -Bend the knees slightly when doing standing calf raises
    -Upper Calves
    -Standing calf raises emphasizing top of movement
    -Inside of Calves
    -Turn toes outward in any calf movement
    -Outside of Calves
    -Turn toes inward in any calf movement
    Abs/Obliques
    -Upper Abs
    -Crunches
    -Twisting crunches
    -Cable crunches
    -Ball crunches
    -Machine crunches
    -Lower Abs
    -Reverse crunches
    -Hanging reverse crunches/ knee raise
    -Vertical bench crunches
    -Seated leg tucks or jackknifes
    -Bicycle leg raise
    -Leg raise
    -Bent-knee leg raise
    -Incline leg raises
    -Hanging leg raise/knee raise
    -Oblique
    -Seated/standing bar/ball twists
    -Seated/standing bar bent-over twists
    -Dumbbell/cable side bends
    -Machine twists
    -Hanging side raises

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    You have a lot of favorites!

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    My favorite is of course flat bench, and overhead triceps extensions. And of course, squats, which is a love/hate relationship.

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    wow, if those are your favorites, which lifts don't you like?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ima******ger View Post
    wow, if those are your favorites, which lifts don't you like?
    Lol, exactly what I was thinking.

    But it is a good list.

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    I was putting together a list of lifts for a friend to use and figured I'd throw them up here for everyone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ima******ger
    wow, if those are your favorites, which lifts don't you like?
    lol, thats what i thought.

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    Are you sure you didn't forger any....

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    Where's the spell check?

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    WOW thats one I dont believe Ive ever seen. Sounds like you just love to lift....Happy training!!!!!!

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