What's your favourite exercise / lift ?

[LionHair]

I've found Luffers thread on Whats your lagging bodypart ?? a very good read.

So, I thought I'd start one in a similar vein... but a bit different. Instead - post here what your favourite lift / exercise is and why you luv it so
Come on share the luv.......


Me... I luv Deadlifts only been training since April 2007 (female, 5'7", currently 11 stone 11lbs...) I do 'em once a week, in 2-sets during a twice-over full-body circuit lasting 60mins. My PB is 2x sets of 20-reps at 60kg. I feel like the king (queen?) of the castle when I've done them - I find them really meditative - chills me out (even though it takes effort to do properly, not wobble etc.) I get me best feelin of achievemnt on this far above any other exercise I do. Clean and press comes a close 2nd.... plus it helps I'm stonger on these than my hubby (I'm a bit competitive he he).

Me + hubby do the same exercises - we currently do an hour of bodyweight based exercises (inc. plyometric squats, burpees, push-ups, lunges, star-jumps etc.) on Mondays.. and we do an hour-long full-body workout on Wednesdays with free-weights (DB curls, deadlifts, DB squats, tricep extensions, flyes for chest etc. etc.). I'd like to do 1x more day of weights + another day just for carido (might give tabata a go)... then I'd get to do more deadlifts.

[radicalry00]

I'd say deadlifts too. I love 'em. Closely followed by chin-ups. I know what you mean about getting a big sense of achievement out of deadlifts. They work the whole body so hard abd make me sweat like no other exercise.

[Jake]

I love chin-ups/pull-ups but get pretty frustrated with them if i plateau on the weighted ones.
Them and bent over rows are the shizzle.

[LionHair]

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I'd say deadlifts too. I love 'em. Closely followed by chin-ups. I know what you mean about getting a big sense of achievement out of deadlifts. They work the whole body so hard abd make me sweat like no other exercise.

Yeah - 'cos Monday's I throw in some weight swiss-balls crunches at the end of the BW exercises... by Wednesday when we do our free-weights... I get a pleasant surprise when I do my deads... always end up saying "hello again" to my abs - and end up feelin' themmore (& more DOMS the next day on them always follows)... the human body is an amazin thing.. never fails to interest me how it all connects together - I never use to undertsand how deads would get me better abs/flatter tum... but just goes to show eh?

[LionHair]

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I love chin-ups/pull-ups but get pretty frustrated with them if i plateau on the weighted ones.
Them and bent over rows are the shizzle.

If I have a really good sesh on the deads then every time my BORs suffer But the next week they improve (even if it's only 1 more rep)... so my improvement on deads must strengthen me up for the following weeks training.

[hailtotheking]

Probably the split snatch. I'm utter rubbish at them, but that exercise has works it all - total body strength, power, and stability

[Luffers]

Undoubtedly squats.

I love the feeling in my quads when pushing up on those last few torturous reps and the satisfaction of completing all the reps plus some is unrivalled for me.

If I could only do one exercise it would be squats, a big set of quads are more impressive to me than big pecs.

[King]

Flat bench for me (BB or DB), I feel my most satisfied when I improve on my bench than any other exercise.

[tru]

Hang clean push press probably for me, or seated arnold presses.

EDIT - Because I get a pump in my shoulders and they look great when theyre pumped

[hailtotheking]

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Undoubtedly squats.

I love the feeling in my quads when pushing up on those last few torturous reps and the satisfaction of completing all the reps plus some is unrivalled for me.

If I could only do one exercise it would be squats, a big set of quads are more impressive to me than big pecs.

I wish squatting gave me big quads It just seems to give me a big ass. Actually since squatting with oly lifting shoes, my quads have improved.