tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80882950993146128.post2336234834787218226..comments2023-11-02T03:40:51.714-04:00Comments on Once Around Venus: I'll Ask What You ThinkJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17077930691017238101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80882950993146128.post-1987997011413419422009-08-23T23:12:35.881-04:002009-08-23T23:12:35.881-04:00what's a waiter's press, faizal?what's a waiter's press, faizal?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077930691017238101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80882950993146128.post-8024478859216091322009-08-23T20:30:15.598-04:002009-08-23T20:30:15.598-04:00Bottoms and waiters presses also connect the lats,...Bottoms and waiters presses also connect the lats, but in different ways. Try them...I like multiple bells because typically you can use heavier weight. Sometimes the lighter weights don't carry over to heavier ones.Faizal S. Enuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00631830187638099134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80882950993146128.post-77464553934981723442009-08-22T19:16:05.343-04:002009-08-22T19:16:05.343-04:00Ya know, Mitch, you're the second person to te...Ya know, Mitch, you're the second person to tell me to incorporate the bottoms up press, an exercise that I for some reason always forget. So I think I'm going to put it in my routine where I have been doing plain 16kg presses.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077930691017238101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80882950993146128.post-90117819215640809322009-08-22T09:55:56.077-04:002009-08-22T09:55:56.077-04:00I agree with the connecting the lats. I like to u...I agree with the connecting the lats. I like to use bottoms up presses to retrain my lat/shoulder connections. It has helped me considerably.Mitch Seagondollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16041720095361426289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80882950993146128.post-52667449837796569592009-08-21T14:23:57.194-04:002009-08-21T14:23:57.194-04:00Thanks, Faizal! Right now I don't have what I ...Thanks, Faizal! Right now I don't have what I need to try that, but I will definitely concentrate more on keeping the shoulder connected and focusing on form. Another online friend suggested that maybe the soreness was more from the push-up than the pull-up, from areas' not having been worked in a while with my having been off. Regardless, packing the shoulder will help, and I'll be doing that. I might try to post some video too...Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077930691017238101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80882950993146128.post-34679225007281648502009-08-21T12:34:04.219-04:002009-08-21T12:34:04.219-04:00Always hard to diagnose from a description, but it...Always hard to diagnose from a description, but it sounds more like a connectivity problem than an activation problem. In fact, if the lat is not connected, it cannot be activated.<br /><br />I have had problems keeping my right shoulder connected since dislocating in March. One thing that I started doing was pressing two KBin in one had. I don't know if that is practical for you, but you could try it with maybe and 8kg and a 4kg or 6kg and see what happens. The two bells in one hand do the following:<br />* More squeeze, compacting the shoulder<br />* Forces a more vertical forearm, engaging the lat.<br />* Forces a more "lateral" (not forward) bell path, spreading the load on all three heads.<br /><br />That connectivity will help compact the shoulders for the pullups and pushups as well.<br /><br />I know that I am making a big leap from a description.Faizal S. Enuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00631830187638099134noreply@blogger.com