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    Worst and best exercise

    Peter Skillen
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    Post by Peter Skillen Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:39 pm

    Ok men what is the exercise that you love doing the most and which one do you hate doing the most?

    Do you love press ups but loath sit ups, think pull ups are fantastic but hate squats lets us all know what you preferre.
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    Post by Guest Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:42 pm

    Hmmm tough call pete.
    I love sit ups, bench press with dumbells and shoulder press
    Hate squats, clean and press.

    Love bag and focus mitt work though lol!

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    Post by Alban Balliu Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:01 am

    i love clean and press, snatch, 20 rep squat routine, chin ups, dips,rubber band pull to work the core in a rotational way, thick bar lifts to work the grip as well as heavy dumbell with a leg of old pair of jeans, neck bridges and a lot more.
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    Post by Dave Turton Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:04 am

    always liked squats.. hate most ab work (as is obvious Ha Ha)
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    Post by Peter Skillen Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:43 pm

    i thought that was all muscle dave..anyway you are stron g with the force so you dont need any abs star wars
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    Post by geordiedave Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:52 pm

    I love dips and squats, I hate fancy exercises like "serratus pulldowns" and the like .If I could only do two exercises it would be those two.
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    Post by Jamie Clubb Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:14 pm

    I think the meat and tatties is definitely in dips, pull-ups (as opposed to chin-ups) with extended legs for the abs and squats. I place such exercises as third in my hierarchy of training under functional fitness. If time is short then these are fellas. If time is really short then its press and cleans all the way. If I have the time, space etc. unbalanced/asymetrical weights are great for working the type of resistance needed for self defence/martial arts.

    These days I also do a lot of babyweight exercises Wink C'mon! there isn't a daddy martial artist who hasn't tried it. That papous thingy might make you feel like a dorky type of marsupial, but it is wicked for weighted squats, lunges, bridges etc.

    Then there is all the resistance band work, which is great for specific training as you can train the major strikes, throws and positions using these. Mind you all this, along with triangle choke sit-ups, arm bar hip twists, sit-throughs, shrimping/snaking, low line takedown entries for the legs etc. I think go under solo specific training as does bag work, shadow work etc. which is specific training and first on my hierarchy of trianing.

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