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05-30-15, 07:19 AM | ||
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: NYC
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I hate heavy weight work too and planks are utterly dreadful I cant say Ive been thrilled enough by them to ever keep them long enough in my workouts to notice any difference. what is hoco??? |
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05-30-15, 07:20 AM | |
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: I love that dirty water...
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I'm a mesomorph/pear and my best are lying side hairpin, clam and deli slicer (Physique 57 moves) and pretzel, medium weight upper body work and pushups.
Worst is heavy weights and lots of impact cardio/plyometrics *I can little spurts, but not too much or I ache, and not in a good way. I also don't see great results with some very light/high rep upper body. It just feels like a waste of time. Deadlifts also don't seem to do much for me. |
05-30-15, 08:39 AM | |
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: New York City
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Body Type is wayyyy out of Range
First off, a whole bunch of mesomorphs represent here ...
I am an endomorph-ectomorph ... I think my daddy had been like that, too. As far as muscle mass, I am an easy gainer/hard-maintainer ... I pile it on fairly fast but lose it just as quickly. And I am actually weak in the upper body, still quite strong in the lower body ... (but joint problems/costochondritis flareups/cardiovascular concerns) ... and it is easy to strain and get pain at any of my joints or chest. So, I need gentle strength or stretch these days; but vigorous cardio, even that requiring a lot of agility within a low impact range. Least effective for me is anything requiring heavy bodyweight strength-intensive usage. Almost as if I had barely-controlled high blood pressure ...
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05-30-15, 03:35 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: New Jersey
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I am a pear, but not sure if I'm ecto-endo-meso. I don't gain muscle easily I know that For upper body, it appears that body weight exercises work really well for definition and strength. Once I started incorporating pushups into my regular routine, my upper body strength grew! I could actually cross the rings at the playground, a feat I have never been able to do. For lower body, it's a mix of weights and plyo to really give me definition. I love doing heavy weights, but think my body might just perfer body weight exercises quite a bit more than I previously thought.
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costochrondritis, hairpin, muscle and grace, pretzel |
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