Workout Terms?? Huh??

Okay...... I see Earl and Mikee posting all these crazy names for the workouts they do. Like sidewindertriplecrunchberries. LOL Well not that crazy, but, can you guys tell me what some of the not so obvious names are of the exercises you ? Thanks!, Kelly

Kelly you just crack me up!!! Are there any ones in particular that you are curious about? Val

Hehe! Okay here are some. Speed Bench (sounds like a new designer drug) Power Cleans (what happens to me after a dose of Milk of Magnesia) Shrugs Diesel Shrugs Seated Machine Flies I am sure there are more. Kelly

hahaha!! It's funny but you do need a guide to the lingo and not everyone calls stuff the same!! Also, lots of varitions on basic exercises. For example you might do a straight leg deadlift versus a regular deadlift or a ball squat versus a squat on the machine versus a free weight squat. However, it is all based on a basic type of movement. Many different styles and ways to lift. Let me try to respond and then maybe Earl and Val can correct me or fill in the stuff I left out. Speed Bench - Light weight but lift as fast as possible and in this case when doing a bench press. Speed exercises help you develop explosive strength which is really good for sports and athletes... When a baseball player swings a bat, when a soccer player kicks the ball, or when a boxer punches that is all speed stregnth. Powerlifters/Olympic weight lifters do a lots of light weight explosive speed training exercises, unlike most bodybuilders and gym buffs who do primarily slow and controlled training and pump out reps until failure. Personally I like to mix it up and do both. Power Cleans - Is an Olympic style lifting move - picture here: http://www.dolfzine.com/page568.htm Its like a combo of a deadlift and upright row. Shrug - Good pic here : http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/TrapeziusUpper/DBShrug.html or here http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/traps2.php Diesal Shrugs - No idea?!! Seated Machine Flies - Flies are usually done for the chest. In this case using the machine (as opposed to free weights or some other sort of resistance and in a sitting position). I might be able to get some more pics of a site for personal trainers called "pt on the net" if you are interested in seeing more specific stuff but you can try to just do a regular web search in google or yahoo and probably find some basic stuff yourself.

Ohh an almost forgot ... this is the best site for animations and types of basic exercises: http://www.bodyforlife.com/exercise/animations.asp

Oh man how outstanding! I need this to show exercise movements for people who are too far away for me to show them! Thank you it's becoming a bookmark in my browser! Donna E. www.teklawgirl.biz

Diesel Shrugs are mine and Earls "thing" they are a type of shrug that Dorian Yates does. Long story but that is in a round about way how I got my nickname...Earl calls me "Diesel". I will try to explain them as best I can. Holding dumbbells in each hand, instead of shrugging your shoulders, like when you are saying "I dunno" you try to pull your shoulder blades back and up like you are trying to get them to touch in the middle. Your arms should be bent and the motion should come from your back. You just pull back, hold for a second and release. Does this make sense? Speed benching is what pretty much what Stacy said, but you are only doing 50-65% of what your max bench amount is...for example, if your maximum bench press is 150 pounds, you would only put 75 pounds on the bar for your speed sets. We do 3 reps for 8 sets. Very quick...and minimal rest between sets. It works on your explosiveness which is important in powerlifting. Gotta explode to get that bar back up from the bottom of the lift. Earl can explain power cleans better than I could. That is an olympic style lifting move...I dont do seated machine flyes but I would imagine that is the same as a seated pectoral machine. I prefer free weights for this on a bench. Hope this helps...I like your definitions... power clean..yeah golytely does that to me....ew... Take care, Valerie

I did a BodyPump class when they first rolled it out at our gym. It's a whole new way of looking at lifting and is based on more of muscular endurance exercises. I still use it to supplement a full body workout once in a while. I fell in love with what they call the clean and press with dead row move. I would say that has to be my favorite move next to just regular squats. It takes a while to get use to but challenging. You just have to make sure you don't end up doing a reverse curl. This is a link to the clean and press portion of the move that shows what and what not to do - http://www.healthquest-fitness.com/Newsletter/TidyUp/tidyup-6.htm here is the deadrow portion http://www.healthquest-fitness.com/Newsletter/TidyUp/tidyup-5.htm here is the bodypump version of the squat http://www.healthquest-fitness.com/Newsletter/TidyUp/tidyup-2.htm If I do do squats these days I just use my gym squat machine. My joints just can't handle any free weight squats at this point. Ball Squats are really good to with the stability ball for beginners or people recovering from injury - http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?table=exercises&ID=90