How to exercise

[IronFist]

Since Ford liked my artwork so much, I've decided to do a series on how to exercise.

Exercise 1: Lat pulldowns for your lower back

[IronFist]

Exercise 2: Squats

[IronFist]

Exercise 3: Bench Press

[NPMantis]

Gret pics mate! (Now I realise where I've been going wrong - making the wrong sound effects!)

[rubthebuddha]

hm. i haven't been using enough humpage. my workouts shall now have much humpage up in here.

[ComeToJesus]

lol man those are hilarious.
or I'm really tired.
either way
By hilarious I of course mean, informative.
I too lack humpage.
I have much to learn...

[Serpent]

:D

[shaolin kungfu]

That looks like me working out, right down to the squiqly black outline.

[Cheese Dog]

Hey Ironfist, you forgot the vast importance of bouncing the barbell off your chest as you bench. You can add 50 lbs. with a good bounce!

[Ford Prefect]

lol! You forgot:

Standing Bicep Curls - The underappreciated lower back exercise.

[rubthebuddha]

ford -- don't forget anterior deltoids. swing that dumbell on a bicep curl enough and your shoulders will adore you. :D

[Shaolin-Do]

I put my face through windows to work out my neck muscles.

[IronFist]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
lol! You forgot:

Standing Bicep Curls - The underappreciated lower back exercise.

Yeah, but no one even looked at this thread for a few days so I didn't want to spend the time to make more if no one was here to appreciate them. But the exercise you mentioned was next on my list.

Stay tuned for more exercises!

[Serpent]

Out of interest, isn't the standing dumbell curl good if you make sure not to use your lower back for momentum?

[IronFist]

Originally posted by Serpent
Out of interest, isn't the standing dumbell curl good if you make sure not to use your lower back for momentum?

Yes, if you use good form it's a good biceps exercise, and can work the forearms, too, depending on the grip you use.

[IronFist]

Exercise 4: Barbell curls for lower back.

[ComeToJesus]

keep them coming :p

[fa_jing]

good thread. This can only deteriorate.

[Serpent]

I'm going to print this out and start a personal training business.

[rubthebuddha]

funny thing is, you'll still be closer to the truth than most bally's staffers. ;)

[Serpent]

*sigh*

Depressing, isn't it.

[IronFist]

Exercise 5: Calf Raises for your whole body.

[IronFist]

Exercise 6: Shrugs

[Serpent]

This thread rules.

:D

[IronFist]

Gym Etiquette: Lesson 1

[ComeToJesus]

LoL
So when you're talking to people you should constantly be giving them the finger?

Also for the shrugs you forgot to point out that you should jump up as you do them, giving you more momentum to lift, therefore allowing more weight therefore increasing the amount of ladies that will want you.

[rubthebuddha]

this thread does indeed rule. i hope it outlasts the got qi thread, if only because ironfist is making such fantastic tutorial pictures. :D

keep 'em coming, IF. don't forget deadlifts and good mornings.

[SevenStar]

what about some lower ab exercises?

:D

[Ford Prefect]

lol @ the gym etiquette one. Best one yet. It's accurate in thetype of conversations the gym socialites like to have.

[rubthebuddha]

what's the name for the male equivalent to a gym bunny? :confused:

[IronFist]

Originally posted by rubthebuddha
keep 'em coming, IF. don't forget deadlifts and good mornings.

Exercise 7: Deadlifts

[rubthebuddha]

:D

i suggest we propose a new math formula to the appropriate academes:

ironfist + ms paint (or equivalent crappy drawing program) = goodness

[Vash]

I like deadlifting with a trapbar.

:mad:

;)

[inic]

heres for your abs...
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail77.html

[Ming Yue]

I like the highlighted "lower back activation" in the first one.

:D

RTB, if male bimbos are himbos, then I guess the word you're looking for is gymbo.

in context,
"I can't use that stairclimber until the spandex gymbo gets off the one next to it."

[Ford Prefect]

OK. Now we need one about the dangers of free weight squatting, so it's better to use a smith machine.

[rubthebuddha]

i just had a very scary thought:

once ironfist is done with the basic lifts, what happens if he moves on to illustrate yoga postures? :(








;)

[IronFist]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
OK. Now we need one about the dangers of free weight squatting, so it's better to use a smith machine.

Well, there aren't really any dangers if you do the 2" squats like I drew above. However, you could always do 2" squats in a smith machine. Good idea!

[IronFist]

Gym Etiquette 2

[Serpent]

Hey, do a gym ettiquette one on the way that people spend like 10 minutes doing a few concentration curls, then strut about for another 10 minutes so that the hotties can check them out. Then tell you they need to bench when you ask if you can use it now.

:mad:

:)

[Ford Prefect]

haha! I've heard people call that VLS: Virtual Lat Syndrome

BTW, curls are best done in a power rack.

[Shaolin-Do]

Power rack?

[Ford Prefect]

Yeah. One of these:

http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=PD&cid=167&pid=681

They should be used for squats and heavy compound movements.

[Shaolin-Do]

Ahhh... I want one of those real bad. Makes sure you have perfect form on squats, gives you ability to train alone... ect...
:)
Never knew what they were called tho. Just said I wanted a weight set with guide bars for squats and bench.

[IronFist]

Originally posted by Shaolin-Do
Ahhh... I want one of those real bad. Makes sure you have perfect form on squats, gives you ability to train alone... ect...
:)
Never knew what they were called tho. Just said I wanted a weight set with guide bars for squats and bench.

No way, dude, you're thinking of the wrong thing. A Power Rack has no guide bars or anything. You're thinking of a Smith Machine (the one where the bar goes on the track and you twist it to lock it).

And, smith machines don't give you perfect form on squats. In fact, doing squats on them is pretty bad. You shouldn't bench on them either.

You can train alone anyway, just use the safety bars that will catch the bar if you get stuck at the bottom of a squat.

[IronFist]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
haha! I've heard people call that VLS: Virtual Lat Syndrome

BTW, curls are best done in a power rack.

I've heard it called ELS (extended lat syndrome) or ILS (imaginary lat syndrome). :D

[rubthebuddha]

it's also called PURS -- Perpetual Upright Row Syndrome, or the "I-Can-Only-Fit-Through-The-Door-Sideways Syndrome."

[Serpent]

I thought they were just called wankers.

[abobo]

The first etiquette cartoon made me laugh. The conversation is my type of humor for some reason.

I think of male gym bunnies as gym mullets.

Oh yeah, and on to pullups...

[fa_jing]

good one adobo

[IronFist]

Gym etiquette 3: Clothing

[ComeToJesus]

you want the older ladies to go topless?

[ComeToJesus]

This thread is dying :(

[rubthebuddha]

not dying. ironfist is just suffering MS-Painter's block. :D

[IronFist]

Hmm, well for the next two exercises I'm not using MS Paint. Just follow the link in my post here (http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=25808).

[Shaolin-Do]

The p*ssy wont shut up, and she puked on some shoes.
Who knows how to reduce files? (pics so I can post them) ?

[rubthebuddha]

IF -- those are worse than anything you've dreamed up thus far. :(

[IronFist]

Originally posted by Shaolin-Do
The p*ssy wont shut up, and she puked on some shoes.
Who knows how to reduce files? (pics so I can post them) ?

wtf?

Reducing files, um, converting them to .jpg usually takes care of the size. You'll need an art program that can resize stuff to make it physically smaller. MS Paint can probably do it.