# ATTN: Those that lift question **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 10, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059 "2007-07-10T06:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/21 "2007-07-13T11:29:33Z")
> [@Must sea](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/must-sea/31254/11): > > compound exercises FTW. > [@Attn: Ritz Residents](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-ritz-residents/31265/10): > > burn equals lactic acid build up in the muscle and not necessarily a good workout :)🙂 A good workout is achieved by increasing the work load of a targeted muscle. that is achieved by forcing the muscle to contract, isometric, concentric or eccentric, with more of a workload than it is used to. > > as for compound exercises, I love them. Its all i do. Isolation exercises are far and few between in my workouts. there are a few muscles that have to be isolated, like biceps, to grow. Listen to these two guys…they are spot on. I like a mix of compound and iso where the most exercises are compound. ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/22 "2007-07-13T11:35:32Z")
when doing bench press, pause the bar for 2 seconds when it touches your chest. ---
**Author:** ![red04cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@red04cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/red04cavy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/23 "2007-07-14T17:25:17Z")
You have to make sure to switch it up a bit to keep your body guessing. Try alternating between starting chest with an incline press and a flat press. For example, if you do chest one day a week: week one, do incline press first, then flat. Week two, do flat first then incline. This keeps your body guessing and will help you feel the effects a little more. Also, more important than anything—make sure you are doing the exercises properly. Try [bodybuilding.com](http://bodybuilding.com) as it has really good info for beginners and advanced lifters alike. ---
**Author:** ![TwoFortySX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twofortysx/32/6014_2.png) [@TwoFortySX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoFortySX)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/24 "2007-07-14T20:57:22Z")
> [@WTF internet?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-internet/28479/339): > > You have to make sure to switch it up a bit to keep your body guessing. Try alternating between starting chest with an incline press and a flat press. > > For example, if you do chest one day a week: week one, do incline press first, then flat. Week two, do flat first then incline. > > This keeps your body guessing and will help you feel the effects a little more. the confusion principal is unimportant for a beginner to bodybuilding. A beginner with grow much faster than any other stage of bodybuilder because their body is clueless to what is going on. A personal opinion of mine is that the beginner stage last for a year if not longer even if the individual has master the basic techniques. I will agree that form and proper techniques are the most important aspect of resistance training. ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/25 "2007-07-14T22:35:28Z")
always change up your chest exercises (along with everything you work out). Say if you always do free weights for chest do some machines etc. Do not get into a routine with your lifting, after awhile your body gets used to it. Myself when im done doing all my exercises its hard for me to rep out 85 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Blazin\_Si](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Blazin\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blazin_Si)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/26 "2007-07-18T06:16:55Z")
> [@Motion to add :squint: & :tif](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motion-to-add-squint-tif/23275/35): > > I’ve just started lifting about a month ago but my question is when i lift chest I never really get a burn feeling like with other smaller muscles i just get to the point where it feels heavy and I just cant push it up anymore is that normal? Anyone else the same way? I never get the same ‘burn’ from my chest or upper back that I do in my legs and arms. I think it’s normal. If you do a lot of dips you’ll notice it. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/27 "2007-07-18T06:35:07Z")
It just takes time. I didn’t build up the supporting muscles for my chest until a few months ago, it took about 8 months to get it. Once I could up the weight and not fatique my shoulders and tri’s, my chest got a good workout. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/28 "2007-07-18T06:40:28Z")
> [@CHODA vs Muscle50 vs RX7 LS1 vs GTS Viper vs Psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/choda-vs-muscle50-vs-rx7-ls1-vs-gts-viper-vs-psychopjv/31394/9): > > I never get the same ‘burn’ from my chest or upper back that I do in my legs and arms. I think it’s normal. If you do a lot of dips you’ll notice it. You must not be lifting these enough then. 🙂 Machine fly’s gets the burn for chest and pullups gets the burn for back. I do these last and go to failure for a few sets. I don’t like dips and usually do a few sets of pushups after chest day. dips and decline bench=man boobs ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/29 "2007-07-23T11:29:19Z")
[http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23212&page=57](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23212&page=57) ---
**Author:** ![Vader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9d8465/32.png) [@Vader](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vader)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/30 "2007-07-23T12:07:33Z")
twofortysx has some good info. I agree with everything, and I have been bodybuilding/training for about 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![TwoFortySX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twofortysx/32/6014_2.png) [@TwoFortySX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoFortySX)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/31 "2007-07-23T12:48:34Z")
> [@Lighter, Turbocharged Ferraris in the Pipeline](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lighter-turbocharged-ferraris-in-the-pipeline/31497/3): > > twofortysx has some good info. I agree with everything, and I have been bodybuilding/training for about 10 years. Thank you. I started training when I was 14 and continued through high school while I played football for West Allegheny. So thats has been about 10 years of training for myself also. I was certified as a Fitness Trainer through the ISSA a few years back when I worked at the Greentree Sportsplex but that has since expired. I need to take a recertification course to call myself “ISSA certified” or work as a certified trainer :down: Thats not really what I want to do though so Im back at RMU working on my BSBA in Finance. blah blah blah. no one cares, now that Im done going on about myself I will say this: I have learned more from word of mouth by other fitness enthusiasts than any book or literature will teach you when it comes to bodybuilding. Jimmy ---
**Author:** ![wrayzor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wrayzor/32/6021_2.png) [@wrayzor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wrayzor)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/32 "2007-07-23T12:54:03Z")
thanks guys for all the help ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/33 "2007-07-23T13:22:34Z")
> [@Visio Issue.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/visio-issue/31499/4): > > Thank you. > > I started training when I was 14 and continued through high school while I played football for West Allegheny. So thats has been about 10 years of training for myself also. I was certified as a Fitness Trainer through the ISSA a few years back when I worked at the Greentree Sportsplex but that has since expired. I need to take a recertification course to call myself “ISSA certified” or work as a certified trainer :down: Thats not really what I want to do though so Im back at RMU working on my BSBA in Finance. > > blah blah blah. no one cares, now that Im done going on about myself I will say this: > > I have learned more from word of mouth by other fitness enthusiasts than any book or literature will teach you when it comes to bodybuilding. > > Jimmy Kinda sounds like me…I have always been into fitness my whole life and I also got a degree in finance [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059.md?page=1)