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I'd do deadlifts after lat pulldowns and press tbh

Deadlifts knacker everything mate

Gainz though, always nice to see! :smile:

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Original post by Angry cucumber

I'd do deadlifts after lat pulldowns and press tbh

Deadlifts knacker everything mate

Gainz though, always nice to see! :smile:

I'm usually fine with that order it's just I was on holiday for 2 weeks so lost a bit of strength!

Away on holiday again in 3 weeks for a week so gains will be lost again - first world problems lol

Cheers :smile:

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least you're making progress on them!

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25/7/14

Dumbbell flat bench - 27.5kg (5x5)
T bar row - 72.5kg (5x5)

Only had 30 minutes to train

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Angry cucumber - do you reckon I should do dumbbell press and lat pulldowns before deadlifts when I train tomorrow?

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Original post by Reps4Jesus

Angry cucumber - do you reckon I should do dumbbell press and lat pulldowns before deadlifts when I train tomorrow?

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Personally.. Yes

However it's personal preference. I nearly always ended with Deadlifts as it just exhausted my entire posterior chain + shoulders and traps

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Always deadlift first crew checking in

In reality put the lifts you want to progress in most first. Whatever your highest priority is should be trained when most fresh.

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Meh I disagree... you can max out your deadlift after just about anything, however not the reverse imo. It's the reason powerlifting meets are organised the ways they are.

I can curl and do things like skullcrushers.. other than that I'm done after deadlifting lol

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Think ill do the DB shoulder press first then Deadlift, really want to progress on the press

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28/7/14

DB shoulder press - 20kg (5) 22.5kg (fail lol) 20kg (6,6,6,6)
Deadlifts - 112.5kg PB
Lat pulldown - 60kg (5x5)
DB extensions - 15kg, 17.5kg, 20kg all x8
Side raises - 7.5kg (2x8) 5kg (8) 4kg (8) 3kg (12)

Fuuuaaaaaarkkk those deadlifts were hard, still gubbed from them
Tried the 22.5kg dumbbell for shoulder press lol, guess I can't progress as fast as illusionz :frown:

Very happy on the whole with that gym session :biggrin:

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Original post by Reps4Jesus

28/7/14

DB shoulder press - 20kg (5) 22.5kg (fail lol) 20kg (6,6,6,6)
Deadlifts - 112.5kg PB
Lat pulldown - 60kg (5x5)
DB extensions - 15kg, 17.5kg, 20kg all x8
Side raises - 7.5kg (2x8) 5kg (8) 4kg (8) 3kg (12)

Fuuuaaaaaarkkk those deadlifts were hard, still gubbed from them
Tried the 22.5kg dumbbell for shoulder press lol, guess I can't progress as fast as illusionz :frown:

Very happy on the whole with that gym session :biggrin:

Progression on DB OHP is hard man. It's a 5kg jump for you on what is a weak lift anyway (OHP in general that is). You're jumping up 12.5%. FYI that's like me trying to go from deadlift 200x5 to 225x5 in a session.

I would heavily recommend using barbells if you can.

what grip do you do pulldowns on?

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Original post by illusionz

Progression on DB OHP is hard man. It's a 5kg jump for you on what is a weak lift anyway (OHP in general that is). You're jumping up 12.5%. FYI that's like me trying to go from deadlift 200x5 to 225x5 in a session.

I would heavily recommend using barbells if you can.

what grip do you do pulldowns on?

Barbells range of motion give me elbow *******s :frown:

will hopefully get 4x7 next time then try the 22.5kg DBs the following time.

I do quite a wide grip on pulldowns, probably 6 inches or so away from my shoulders. This works more of the middle back supposedly and coupled with close grip t bar rows for the lats i think I fully stimulate my back. My backs definitely got thicker and wider since incorporating wide grip pulldowns and close grip rows into my routine :biggrin:

60kg (5x5) was quite easy but the next weight up is 65kg so I'm thinking I'll put a 2.5kg plate on the weight stack :smile:

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Agreed with the above

For DB press work up to a few sets of 8 before progressing to 5 reps on the next weight up. You needn't have 5 x 8 but something like 8,8,8,5,5 would be enough.

When you get to 30kg though the whole thing becomes a pain in the ass due to it being hard as hell getting the weight up lol.
I found resting them on my knees and kicking up very hard is the best way.

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