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| Reinvent Yourself Self improvement through diet, physical and mental exercise, body-building, surgery, chemical introduction, life extension, tattooing, piercing, scarification and smart drugs. Medicine, and other body related topics also belong here. |
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# 1
2008-09-06, 05:14
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wide arm bench presses
Hey i currently workout out with my bro and a mate on a bench press.
They both lift with their arms balancing in the middle,
I however, lift wide armed, with my hands right next to the weights.
Both my mates tell me that they are working their arms more than me because i am using the muscles in my shoulders and my pecks.
I also read that doing wide armed bench presses during puberty will give me a layer fat around my upper chest, so instead of having muscly pecks, it will look like i have
"man boobs".
is this true?
EDIT: they may be called wide grip bench presses, im not sure.
Last edited by J-MAK; 2008-09-06 at 05:25.
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# 2
2008-09-06, 08:14
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Re: wide arm bench presses
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Originally Posted by J-MAK
Both my mates tell me that they are working their arms more than me
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They are correct. 'n you are working your chest more than them.
Quote:
Originally Posted by J-MAK
I also read that doing wide armed bench presses during puberty will give me a layer fat around my upper chest, so instead of having muscly pecks, it will look like i have
"man boobs".
is this true?
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o.O
?!?
The only way that lifting a weight will put fat on your body is if you then proceed to shove it down your fucking throat.
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# 3
2008-09-06, 09:55
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Re: wide arm bench presses
it's advised that under-16's do not use weights during exercise, but i would imagine thats mroe to do with bone development than fat.
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# 4
2008-09-06, 19:29
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Moderator
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NJ lookin at NYC
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Re: wide arm bench presses
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Originally Posted by Spliffing
it's advised that under-16's do not use weights during exercise, but i would imagine thats mroe to do with bone development than fat.
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it's advised that lifting weights is okay for all aged 4 and beyond.
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# 5
2008-09-06, 20:55
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Re: wide arm bench presses
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Originally Posted by Hung Like Christ
it's advised that lifting weights is okay for all aged 4 and beyond.
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The british government disagrees with you and enforces this rule in all UK schools.
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# 6
2008-09-06, 21:51
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Re: wide arm bench presses
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Originally Posted by Starting Strength
So why does this mythology persist, and how did it get started? Most often cited as the primary concern is the epiphyseal, or growth plate, fracture, leading to growth asymmetry in the affected appendage. The entire body of the sports medicine literature contains six reports of growth plate fracture in kids associated with weight training, none of which was specific enough to detail to determine whether the injury occurred under the bar (or if there was even a bar), if it occurred as the result of a fall due to faulty techniques or improper instructions, or as the result of injudicious loading. And even in these six isolated examples, not one subsequently displayed any long-term effects that would indicate that a growth plate injury does not heal just like any other injury.
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....... weight training is precisely scalable to the ability of the individual lifter. Soccer is not. We have 11 lb. bars -- or even broomsticks -- for kids to start lifting with, but a full-speed collision on the field with another 80 lb. kid is an inherently unscalable event.
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5char
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# 7
2008-09-07, 06:50
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Re: wide arm bench presses
so i should be fine?
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# 8
2008-09-07, 09:07
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Re: wide arm bench presses
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Originally Posted by negz
a full-speed collision on the field with another 80 lb. kid is an inherently unscalable event.
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False. I have the 4th-grade rugby team I coach practice on 2 year olds before working their way up to beating up big kids. 
Perfectly scaleable. Unless, of course, you're the poor toddler who got sacrificed on the altar of sporting supremacy.
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Originally Posted by Spliffing
The british government disagrees with you and enforces this rule in all UK schools.
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The British government thinks pedophilia is bad, total surveillance is good, and Saddam has nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
Don't you think they're the most worthless possible source to quote as an "expert?" 
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# 9
2008-09-07, 17:54
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Wherever I lay my hat
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Re: wide arm bench presses
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Originally Posted by J-MAK
I also read that doing wide armed bench presses during puberty will give me a layer fat around my upper chest, so instead of having muscly pecks, it will look like i have
"man boobs".
is this true?
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Nope.
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Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul.
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# 10
2008-09-07, 17:55
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Moderator
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Wherever I lay my hat
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Re: wide arm bench presses
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Originally Posted by Spliffing
it's advised that under-16's do not use weights during exercise, but i would imagine thats mroe to do with bone development than fat.
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Wrong. That's a myth.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spliffing
The british government disagrees with you and enforces this rule in all UK schools.
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Lulz.
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