Creatine Stacking information?

Not bad. Let me guess, you did this elbows out, flat back on the bench.

And let me guess again, you've hurt your shoulder or pec area. Right?

 

I've been working out on and off since I was like 12 or 13. At this point form is second nature. I don't have to think about it anymore than, say, I'd have to think about which fingers to hold down on what fret if I want to make a G chord on the guitar.

Nope. If you're asking about the accident I got an industrial size water heater dropped on me while I was helping somebody move. fuckd up my back and my right arm.

 

Ummmm, that doesn't answer my question.

 

you mean did I ever injure my pecs or my shoulders? Nope.


As far as what my form looked like, fuck if I know. Like I say form is pretty much an engram at this point.

 

Are your elbows out, like in a crucifix position, or in at your sides?

 

Out. How can you put your shoulders into it if your elbows are at your sides?

 

Dead simple.

You bench with your pecs and your shoulders.

Maybe you aren't injured yet, but yer asking fer it.

Bring your elbows in, and when you bench try to bring your hands together and flex the bar between them. That'll activate your pecs but make your TRICEPS the prime movers.

 

It's kind of a moot point right now. Like I said I haven't been able to work out in almost two years, and when I get back into it I'll probably go to machines (the kind with a leg assist) for awhile so I wont kill myself if my back seizes up.

 

The thing I find interesting here is how it moved from infomation about creatine stacking to a functional strength vs body building debate.

Naykid - Did you train Deadlift, back rows, and over head lifts?

 

Yeah. The thing about deadlifts, squats, or alot of moves generally associated with powerlifting is that any move that uses your whole body shocks your system into releasing huge quantities of growth hormone (that's the theory anyway) which helps you even if you're just trying to add mass.

Back rows, pulls, flys are pretty much essential. A lot of guys blast the hell out of their chests and neglect their backs which eventually causes their shoulders to slump forward due to the fact that their pecs become disproportionately strong in relationship to their back muscles. their chest muscles literally start pulling their shoulders forward.

I always did the overhead press on a machine, to isolate the shoulder muscles.