Goliath Member 383 Member For: 14y 3m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/03/13 05:15 AM Share Posted 06/03/13 05:15 AM That's good there's no knee pain. As long as there is no pain, you should be good to increase the weight. I would focus on your hammies heaps more though as the muscle is has been weakened significantly. Pretty sure you had the hammy graft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 06/03/13 06:12 AM Share Posted 06/03/13 06:12 AM Yep spot on mate. Having been inactive for a few weeks I lost some mass through my calf and VMO region of the quad but the main concern for me lately has been rebuilding that medial hamstring group and Gracilis. I might ask the phsio on friday about plate drags as they're probably a little safer if I cant do deads yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,419 Member For: 14y 10m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 06/03/13 10:36 AM Share Posted 06/03/13 10:36 AM someone needs to massage my back ^^^^^^^^^^and groin ?:/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 21y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/03/13 01:16 PM Share Posted 06/03/13 01:16 PM tooooooooooooooooooooooooo much information. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 07/03/13 12:34 AM Share Posted 07/03/13 12:34 AM So did chest again today, this time off the smith machine..Didnt do as big warm up, just 10x 60kg, then went straight to 7x 80kg, 6x 80kg, 7x 70kg after went back to 60kg and just did as many as I could.. I was concentrating more on form today and tried a few different grips..Next session will be db bench, ive worked my way up from 20kg when I first started at gym to now 27.5kg which im happy about.. Gonna go for 30kg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 07/03/13 02:01 AM Share Posted 07/03/13 02:01 AM How do you find the smith machine compared to DB presses MiKa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath Member 383 Member For: 14y 3m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 07/03/13 02:16 AM Share Posted 07/03/13 02:16 AM pfft smith machine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 15y 10m 28d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 07/03/13 02:23 AM Share Posted 07/03/13 02:23 AM im all about the DB press, did a pb last night 3 sets of 8 with 42.5kg with no spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 07/03/13 03:35 AM Share Posted 07/03/13 03:35 AM How do you find the smith machine compared to DB presses MiKa?Well with Db presses I can't go as heavy as you have to keep everything stable and in control. if one arm is stronger than the other you quickly realize. (Dunno how to overcome this) Where as with the smith machine the weaker arm gets help from the stronger arm as its a straight bar, the weight can only travel up and down so your stabilizers don't come into play. The only advantage of the smith machine IMO is if your gonna go heavy to try it out on there first and to get some confidence that's what I did recently and I'm now lifting heavier and not stuck where I thought I wasn't ready to go heavier.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Member 573 Member For: 16y 3m 1d Gender: Male Posted 07/03/13 05:22 AM Share Posted 07/03/13 05:22 AM I love the smith machine!! Haha I don't really use it for chest anymore unless the bench presses are all taken. I have gone back to DB press and find it gives me a much better workout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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