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mnybxrs
8th May 2005, 09:41 PM
The following is a reproduction of the textfile I wrote for the old Rorta, and I figured I might as well post it here, since this forum was empty. Maybe when we get a few textfiles built up, maybe 10 per forum or so, one of the admins will add a section to the site. Here goes:




Okay, I made this thread to give you some of the best excercises for
your upper body mucles that I have tried. If you are really looking
for the whole body, ripped, great physical overall shape than I would
pick up a copy of the Charles Atlas course, which you can get over
kazaa if you don't want to pay for it.

Diamond Pushups.

Diamond Pushups where brought to me by a friend who told me they work
your tricep like no other excercise. What you do is you get down like
you are doing a regular pushups, but instead of putting your hands at
shoulder width, make a diamond with your two thumbs and index fingers
exactly in the center between youre shoulders. See how many of these
you can do, but if you can't do many or even one don't get discouraged
just keep trying and you will see results very quickly.

Regular Pushups.

Almost everyone knows how to do pushups, so I'm just going to give you
a few pointers that make the difference. Make sure youre body is
straight, if your body is curved the pushups won't work as efectivley
and you could sustain back injury. DO NOT dip your head down instead
of moving your arms all the way. Stay on your toes, and keep your
hands at shoulder width unless you want to work different mucles.
Remember, also, that if it doesn't hurt your not tearing mucles, which
means that your not going to grow any back.

Chest Dips

This one is a doosy, straight from the Charles Atlas course. Take two
chairs, and place them about 18 Inches apart. Put your hands on the
center of the seat part of the chairs and get your body in the "push
up" position. Proceed to dip down between the chairs as far as you can
and while you are doing this breath in, when you push youself back up
make sure you breath out. You will add an inch to your chest in a
week, if my memory serves me right from the course.

Another Tricep Exersice

Okay, this is another tricep excersise that my father showed me. He
used to do this when he was in prison, and it helped is Tri's a lot.

You need a coffe table, or something of that nature that won't
collapse on you. Move your body so it is facing away from the table,
and put your hands on the edge like you are going to flip the table
over. Then put all your weight on your hands and move your feet as far
out as you can but keep them together on the floor. Continue going up
and down on the coffee table (using your hands) as long as you can
stand. Or go untill the burning is unbearable, then do ten more.

That is all that I can think of at the moment, but I hope that it
helps some of you get larger mucles, as it has helped me. If when you
are doing any of these exercises you feel like you are really getting
hurt, stop doing them at once. It is also wise to consult a physician
beforehand to make sure you're up to the job. I and Rorta.net are not
responsible if you get hurt, injured, messed up, F.U.B.A.R'ed,
shocked, shaken, or dazzled during the attempt at these exercises and
everything you do you are doing at your own free will.

OsirisGuy429
9th May 2005, 02:09 AM
Everynow and then when I do a few push ups I'll do 5 Diamond push ups and 5 regular push ups, give or take how I'm feeling. As soon as you can do a few Diamond push ups regulary, it's a whole lot easier to do.

C.R. Ripshit
9th May 2005, 03:19 AM
You only do 10? You're about as weak as me it sounds like.

OsirisGuy429
9th May 2005, 03:33 AM
Oh yeah, sorry I forgot to mention that I'm a fucking twig. I could do more but I'm not one to exercise either. I'll also add a little more like a few sit ups and weights.

DoctaD
9th May 2005, 03:41 AM
I can barely do 5 push-ups without collapsing in a pathetic heap... im about 11,7

C.R. Ripshit
9th May 2005, 04:06 AM
I'm just too damn lazy to work out and exercise. I do play basketball a lot, so that helps though.

DoctaD
9th May 2005, 04:30 AM
I cycle at least 5 miles (8 km) a day... my legs are way too strong in comparison to my arms.

C.R. Ripshit
9th May 2005, 05:18 AM
Eh, 5 miles on a bike isn't much at all.

DoctaD
9th May 2005, 10:49 AM
It's roughly the distance to and from work... it's not like Im doing it for fun.

Serix
9th May 2005, 06:27 PM
Once I start working out again, I'll have to try those chest dips. They sound fairly effective, especially if they work as well as it says.

My daily workout? Well, I travel all the way to school, which is about a hour and a half away, then come all the way back. Though, I get on a bus and a train during that span, but yeah.

Plus, I have to use the stairs to go up six floors from the moment I get in school, only to walk down five, then back up five, then back down six. So yeah, I get enough excercise to stay in decent shape without having to work out much.

mnybxrs
9th May 2005, 11:16 PM
well im' a smoker so i say fuck the cardiovascular shit, i'll just lift weights when i can and do body dynamic tension excersises. they keep me looking decent. those chest dips work.

Serix
10th May 2005, 03:00 AM
Eh, being a smoker is the reason why I added in a day of cardio workouts when I still kept myself working out. Spent a few days lifting weights, then ran on my day off, and from there, went back to the weights the following day.

And those chest dips really do work, eh? That's good to know, thanks.

mnybxrs
10th May 2005, 03:24 AM
oh yeah. and the sky? ....blue.

C.R. Ripshit
10th May 2005, 06:58 AM
It's roughly the distance to and from work... it's not like Im doing it for fun.

Oh really? Sucks you don't do it for fun. Smeh. Oh well.

Mayor of monkey town
17th August 2006, 03:08 PM
The diamond push ups were news to me, i do everything else but them.
I stole a weights set from school while i was there so i use that also.

I find that doing clap push ups is pretty effective, and another tip to everyone is to do push ups on your knuckles. Try to have them on a soft enough surface so you dont do damage to them - but this means you gain wrist strength as well.

stlcru
25th August 2006, 07:07 AM
try proping your feet up on a chair and doing push ups, it works great

Armalite
26th August 2006, 07:46 PM
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In the Marine Corps push ups are four count exercises. That means you do 4 and it counts as one.

crzydan81
21st December 2006, 01:53 AM
my workout.

3 sets of each

Push ups
x wide push
wide push
reg push
close push
Diamond push
Pulsing
x wide push
wide push
reg push
close push
Diamond push

3 sets of each

Plank
Crunches twist chop
Crunch twist tennis ball thrown at you
Crunch twist medicine ball drop
Sit up twist Chop
Sit up twist tennis ball thrown at you
Medicine ball drop situp twist

3 sets of each

Pull up
close
reg
wide
x wide
Chin up
close
reg
wide
x wide

3 sets of each

Dip
wide
reg
close
pulsing
Leg up Dip
wide
reg
close
pulsing


Then Jumprope(do the tricks you know or techniques you know)

jog a mile
the do three sets of
sprint 1/4 mile
jog 1/4
start with just the jog then work up to 1 set of sprinting and jogging then up to 3.

Then do some plyometrics for legs. If you need to now some just ask. Some are Single Foot Side-to Side Ankle Hop
Tuck Jump With Knees Up
Split Squat Jump
5-5-5 Squat Jump
Standing Long Jump
Standing Jump Over Barrier
Lateral Jump With Two Feet
1-2-3 Drill

I also use weights, hit the heavy bag, speed bag, and punch with weights in hands.

Mr.A
12th December 2008, 01:08 PM
I work out...Bodyweight exercises are nothing compared to weights though!

Working out is one of the best things you can do for yourself. top 10, easy.

and dips are the shit.

Dips work your triceps, chest, delts...if done correctly.

you can emphasize the pec muscles over the triceps by digging your chin into your chest and leaning forward while doing the movement.

Dips are the shit.

redjoker
6th February 2009, 03:04 PM
If you want powerful arms and hands do finger push ups with your feet elevated. Do all of your push ups slowly. If you are too weak for this just start out on your knees until you can do 20 or so. Every time you get to 20 (slow, and full of quality) push ups on your fingers, raise your feet an inch or so. Just do whatever you are comfortable with. Never rush when you are building power. It is far to risky. Eventually you will get injured and you'll be weaker for it. It is good to push yourself but know your limits. Maybe after a few years you will be able to do a set of 100 finger push ups while completely vertical.

Pull ups, dips, and muscle ups are also excellent for building a powerful upper body. Do them slowly and vary your exercises. If you are too weak to do a single pull up, then simply use your legs to aid you. Find something you can use to give you a boost. NEVER JUMP into your pull ups. The key is to stress your muscles hard, not to do a large number of reps. Power comes from quality not quantity. Some days you may not do as many, but you will be able to FEEL that you did more. There might come a time when you plateau. You can break through this by making your exercise harder. Use a wider grip, thicker bar, go slower, flex harder. By this time you'll probably be considering preparation for the 1 hander.

You might also want to look into isometrics.

If you don't get competitive or lost in the numbers game you'll grow much stronger, much faster without all the stress and sloppiness. Just stay focused and keep at it.

Antagonist
2nd April 2009, 06:07 PM
No one mentioned handstand pushups? What a shame. They are pretty good for a lot of your upper body muscles, shoulders, upper back, arm muscles. You can either do them against a wall to maintain balance, or you just just continually do 1-2 and over time work your way up. I've done like 5-6 in a row, but haven't been doing them lately so unfortunately I'm back down to like 2 or 3 if I'm lucky. Keeping your balance is the hardest part, it requires a lot of flex from your upper back muscles.

I'd suggest just experimenting with different positions, thats what I do. I'll do pushups sideways on one arm, or I'll move my arms downward and spread my legs out and do pushups with my hands near my abs.

Also I do a lot of pushups where I lift the rest of my body off the ground, not perfectly straight out, but with my knees bent in. Sort of like how you can do a mini-hand stand with your knees balance on your elbows, and I will lift my torso up into a handstand, then come back down again.

Also, you can tuck your knees up like a cannonball, and do pushups like that, lifting your knees up. If you've ever seen that breakdancing clip on youtube, the most popular one with bboy junior, and I forget the other guy, they do a lot of shit like what I'm talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyMasVRj4KI

that should give you a few ideas, about 1:40 shows junior doin' insane pushups, and the other guy is doing some shit that you would need to be able to do first.

I'd also like to point out, I hope you guys realize the importance of stretching. Will help a lot. Oh, and neeevvveeer fuck with a bboy.

7eleven mafia
5th April 2009, 12:39 AM
you can also do dynamic tension workouts, however im not familiar with them and i will have to look more into it

Antagonist
5th April 2009, 07:34 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_tension

I'm not entirely sure I understand the full concept of this...sounds like just flexing your muscles while pretending to life weights. Either way, flexing/stretching is a great way to keep your muscles in shape. I flex all day constantly, all parts of my body.

edit: this page gives some techniques if you scroll down, http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/becker20.htm

apparently, I already do some of these.