Five best exercises

[Blut Wump]

If you had to pick just five exercises, forever forsaking all others, which would you choose?

I think my selection would be (shades of Madcow 5x5):
Squat
Deadlift
Flat Bench
Push Press
Pendlay Row

I think I could go forever with just those but I'd really like to squeeze in Good Mornings. Maybe flat bench should be dropped but I can't imagine never benching again.

[BIGBUCK$]

flat dumbell bench
squat
preacher curls
military press
rows

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didnt give it too much thought

[dubdubs]

incline press... barbell or dbs!
squat
lunges - sorry I am a girl and need to hit them glutes a little more
pulllups
deads (sldls too :kiss:)

[silver_shadow]

preacher curls
hammer curls
ez bar curls
tricep kickbacks
rack curls



:D

[Blut Wump]

I forgot rack curls. Should I drop squats or deadlifts, neither of them works my biceps peaks?

[dubdubs]

preacher curls
hammer curls
ez bar curls
tricep kickbacks
rack curls




:D

you must have some nice arms, lol... :angel:

[dubdubs]

I forgot rack curls. Should I drop squats or deadlifts, neither of them works my biceps peaks?

are you curling in the squat rack Blut? lol... try something different. Variety spicens up our lives, it may work on your muscles :D

[cranny]

flat dumbell bench
squat
preacher curls
military press
rows


This is it right here IMO.

[silver_shadow]

I forgot rack curls. Should I drop squats or deadlifts, neither of them works my biceps peaks?

dude you have to superset rack curls with cable reverse curls followed by drop sets of reverse cable peck deck....

feel the burn, pump it up or whatever and watch those guns reach 25 e-inches.

[Pan]

Good mornings/SLDL (basically the same movement anyways)
Oly squat
Snatch
Dips
GP Row

Would've chosen the Clean and Jerk but seeing as it was only 5 exercises and none others I thought the snatch covered it. I put dips in because I've always favoured them over benching.

[DrewDog]

incline bench
clean & jerk
rows
dips
curls :emb:

[C. Smith]

Squat
Pull
Overhead

Nothing else is needed.

[Nick]

If you had to pick just five exercises, forever forsaking all others, which would you choose?

I think my selection would be (shades of Madcow 5x5):
Squat
Deadlift
Flat Bench
Push Press
Pendlay Row

I think I could go forever with just those but I'd really like to squeeze in Good Mornings. Maybe flat bench should be dropped but I can't imagine never benching again.

This is a great list, no qualms here.

[IliekFude]

Squat
Pull
Overhead

Nothing else is needed.

yep.
id prolly pick flat or incline tho for my bench but thats the only change. id have a helluva time picking 2 more on top of those.

[Lumberjack5.0]

Squat
Deadlift
Flat Bench
Push Press
Pendlay Row

This may be blasphemy but I'd probably sub chins for Pendlays. If pressed I'd say dips are 'better' than bench but I still push my bench far more frequently than I push my dips.

[DjEclipse]

If you had to pick just five exercises, forever forsaking all others, which would you choose?

I think my selection would be (shades of Madcow 5x5):
Squat
Deadlift
Flat Bench
Push Press
Pendlay Row

I think I could go forever with just those but I'd really like to squeeze in Good Mornings. Maybe flat bench should be dropped but I can't imagine never benching again.

I hear ya 100%. Though I like the standard military press over the pus press. Even though you don't move as much weight.

madcow is my lifting savoir.

[DjEclipse]

flat dumbell bench
squat
preacher curls
military press
rows

=\

didnt give it too much thought


This is a joke right???

[gorillaboy55]

goodmorning box squats w/ saftey squat bar
deadlifts against bands
floor press+ chains w/fat bar
100yard walking lunges w/safety squat bar
pushpress
grip work just because its fun

[Blut Wump]

I hear ya 100%. Though I like the standard military press over the pus press. Even though you don't move as much weight.

madcow is my lifting savoir.I do way more MP than PP work but I thought that if I had to drop one of the two forever then I'd keep the PP. I could always do it with minimal leg drive. :D

[DjEclipse]

I do way more MP than PP work but I thought that if I had to drop one of the two forever then I'd keep the PP. I could always do it with minimal leg drive. :D

Ahh I see, thinking ahead, you smrt.. I mean Smart.

[slappydog]

1. Body by Jake hip and thigh sculptor
2. Perfect pushup (cause navy seals use it)
3. Ab Chair or Ab King Pro (toss up)
4. Urband Rebounder while wearing my sauna belt
5. EMS on my bi's and pec's on my cardio cruiser
:dunno:

[thedreamthief]

7 Minute abs is all you need ...

(from Something About Mary)

Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?

Ted: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video.

Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.

Ted: Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going.

Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?

Ted: I would go for the 7.

Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.

Ted: You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that?

Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".

Ted: That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?

Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.

Ted: That - good point.

Hitchhiker: 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby.

[BiggT]

I've pretty much have forsaken all but 3-5 exercises. I could easily do 1 squat, 1 pull, and 1 press and nothing else the rest of my life.

If I had to pick 5,

Back Squat
BTN Push Press
Pendlay Row
Incline Bench
Power Clean

[JEAH]

deadlift
squat
some kind of press but its hard to choose.
some kind of tricep movement also hard to choose.
I dont know about the 5th movement its tough to narrow down, it wouldn't be a curl though haha

[LanT]

Squat
Deadlift
Pendlay Row
Push Press
Flat Bench

IOW what BW said.

[slappydog]

Squat
Romanian DL
Pull up
Push Press
Land Mine

[GTLifter]

squat
bench
deadlift
row
overhead press

[saiyanjin]

blut, i like working the bench, but for chest mass i prefer the 35 degree angle incline. give it a whirl.

[A L]

Clean
Jerk
Snatch
Deadlift
Squat

[bluetwistedsteel]

I'd have to say
Squats
Deads
cleans
weighted dips
incline presses

[Blut Wump]

blut, i like working the bench, but for chest mass i prefer the 35 degree angle incline. give it a whirl.My bench only has a 45 degree incline setting. I'll have to see what I can do to support one end.

[*Bunny*]

Squats (front & Back)
Deads
Cleans (I prefer Squat Cleans)
OHP
Chins

[*Bunny*]

This may be blasphemy but I'd probably sub chins for Pendlays. Then call me a blasphemer ;)

Id add wind sprints & Plyos but I assume we were talking weights Bluts? ;)

I wish I answered this a year ago :lol:

[strawberryriddick]

Interesting thread idea!

Low Back Extensions
Rear Delt Flyes
Pec Flyes
Tricep Pull-Down
Lunges

[Fawkes]

Pull up
romanian deadlift
Incline press
Leg press
Dip

Subject to change

[Polski Byk]

Squat
Pull
Overhead

Nothing else is needed.

Yes...and sled drags.

[Iron Island]

Squat
Bench
Dead
Rows
Pull ups

[Mr.Meat]

oh press
deadlift
front squat
stonez
tire flip

[Blut Wump]

Squat
Pull
Overhead

Nothing else is needed.Squat, press, pull. Go home.

That's an ideal workout.

[silver_shadow]

Squat, press, pull. Go home.

That's an ideal workout.

agreed