Comments on: Multi-joint Exercises, Benching is Good but Curls are for Girls

By: Israel

Israel — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:50:00 +0000

Damn, they got me. I deleted it though. Thanks for the heads up.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:43:17 +0000

Yo, Israel, the comment from “suzanne stokes” is a spam email, with a message that looks fairly benign but is actually just a spam disguised as a real message. It’s crafted to get by akismet because it looks real.

Just a heads up.

By: Israel

Israel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:21:21 +0000

Interesting.

By: John

John — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:51:25 +0000

My football coach did this thing where he would bring a deck of cards to practice. Each face card was worth 10 push-ups, aces were only one push-up, jokes were wild, and face cards were worth an equal number. He would then start drawing cards to see who could make it through the whole deck. He would draw a card, rest for 10-15 seconds (usually less), then draw the next. It hurt like heck when we did it.

By: Israel

Israel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:53:53 +0000

HaHa, you are so right. lol. The trenches. You are giving me flashbacks man.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:50:10 +0000

Ahhhh, the curls. My defensive line coach didn’t say curls were for girls. His motto was “curls were for the girls” i.e. big biceps aren’t gonna help you in the trenches. Leave that for the sissy receivers. They might get you chicks, but not tackles.

The multi-compound-whatever-you-want-to-call-it-exercises are definitely the best.

By: Israel

Israel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:44:33 +0000

LOL. I find her hot in a weird, drill instructor way.

By: John

John — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:39:03 +0000

I used to have them. BTW is it just me or is Jillian Michaels hot?! And yes I know about her creepy eyebrows.

By: Israel

Israel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:37:04 +0000

I have the man tits, not John. lol.

By: great008

great008 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:20:47 +0000

good stuff john…keep losing that flab mah man and lose those man tits!!!

By: Israel

Israel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:23:45 +0000

HAHA, good point on the curls John. I havent done clean and presses since high school. In a couple of weeks I will add em to my routine.

By: Israel

Israel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:21:22 +0000

thats johns point. curls arent always needed.

By: John

John — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:01:51 +0000

BTW, in case anyone got this idea, you can’t consider bicep curls multi-joint exercises just because you move your wrist a little too. HA!

I would also suggest that often, in this case, more is better. For example a shoulder press is good, but a clean and press is great! For all those unfamiliar with a clean and press it is the combination of a deadlift, a snatch (moving the weight from your waist to the front of your shoulders), and a shoulder press. On my list it ranks right behind squats on the list of MUST do exercises. Sadly, I only started doing them recently, having only recently overcome my own ego that required me to do exercises that allowed me to press lots of weight.

By: okinawa

okinawa — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:51:45 +0000

So multi-joint exercises are just exercises that require more than one joint moving in the exercise? I always see people doing curls though….

By: Israel

Israel — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:56:27 +0000

Yeh, I idolized the guy. lol. Learned a lot. Cant wait for that next article.

By: John

John — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:36:22 +0000

Sounds like you studied under a wise coach. By the way, be prepared to be shocked by my next article. I will tackle reps, sets, and poundage.