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**Dracoy** · 02-10-2010, 10:01 AM

Wants a big bench.
http://yanyanxu.com/2010/02/10/day-769/

**jiritt0** · 02-10-2010, 10:33 AM

thanks -- we've been snowed in all week working on details.. we had been set on going to hawaii for a honeymoon..but the cost of it all + 13hour plan ride is making us think otherwise, though i believe hawaii and me are a match made in heaven

self myo is best suited for preworkout to excite the nervous system while breaking up scar tissue/adhesions and facilitating blood flow in preparation for the upcoming training

static stretch + more self release is ideal 3-4+ hours post workout once the nervous system is relaxed

static stretching immediately postworkout provides little to no flexibility benefits as the nervous system is still very engaged and tissue is already very elastic (assuming you warm up/train correctly)

also; if you want a big bench, I would tell you to stop benching so much -- the workout you put up earlier is more aimed at getting a small bench and busted up shoulders (aka bodybuilder syndrome: lift girly-man weights while getting huge muscles that have no performance - sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, and destroying your joints through overuse/isolation movement patterns)

once you reach full blown bodybuilder lifestyle (I would predict 1-2years post college, maybe 4-5 as you get CL products on the hookup and won't reach that point as fast) and start putting even more rediculous supplements in your system than you do now, you may be able to get a big bench with that sort of training (while still busting up your shoudlers and have no performance benefits, and quite possibly ruining your systems longeivty all at the same time)

in relation to yourt post on day 765 - 265 stalls at the bottom because the biomechanical leverages are at their weakest at the bottom of the ROM, you can 2 board press it because the leverages are greater there... or you have a very weak chest and strong triceps, or a combination of both.

if your arms flare out the bottom ROM will always be extremely difficult, and it is only a matter of time until you need shoulder surgery

start incorporating DB swiss ball benches; it'll get your chest to grow and have a carryover to exploding the barbell off your chest at the bottom point (DB's allow you to get a larger ROM and further recruit the chest)

its the same for squats, you can 1/4 squat a ton of weight, but try to do a full squat with it and you could be f'ed. the bodies 600 muscles all function as levers to create movement through joint articulations.. certain degrees on these ranges of motion are weaker due to biomechanical disadvantages. One of the benefits of using accomodating resistances is to account for these disadvantages and make the weight the lightest at the body's weakest points (chains/band tension deloads at bottom of ROM)

nautalis and other machine companies attempted to incorporate these principles into their machine designs, but sadly they used an average male body size (in the 70s) and than had to modify said machines/body sizes as other companies patent designs -- so what you get is a horrible piece of shit machine that destroys your joints while providing no real benefits outside the potential for sarcoplasmic hypertrophy due to isolated kinetic segment training. It almost makes me feel bad for the average person; they go to these big box gyms full of douches that don't even know any better.. it's like the world is setting them up for failure in terms of health/fitness, which means they're more likely to quit eating healthy (fast food/industalized food corps make money), and then as they age they become sussceptile to a host of illnesses and diseases, thus making a boat load of money for major pharmaceuticals etc..

When i really think about it hard enough, it makes me believe 2012 will be the end of the world due to the stupidity of the common person.

**Dracoy** · 02-11-2010, 11:32 PM

Squat with Jeans = Fail
http://yanyanxu.com/2010/02/11/day-771/

**Dracoy** · 02-11-2010, 11:36 PM