Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Read in Men's Fitness that grunting may help those beginners starting out lifting weights, but it has no impact whatsoever for experienced lifters. I personally get embarrassed making any noise whatsoever, I just focus on inhaling on the negative and exhaling on the positive. Secondly this I learned a long time ago: grunting means you're not breathing properly. BTW this breathing technique is hardest when I do squats or leg presses on that upside down machine, when my legs are moving into my ab area and I have to inhale. My natural inclination is to exhale on the negative and inhale in the positive. Questions: 1) How do YOU breathe for these exercises? 2) What is YOUR philosophy on grunting? Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 My philosophy on grunting: I grunt. This is one of the reasons I built a home gym --- so I can grunt and groan all I want without scaring other members of the gym! Seriously, I growl and groan and struggle, but it's just what I " feel " like when I'm lifting, so I let it out. As for breathing - there are as many schools of thought on breathing as you can imagine. Many will say, " This is the way " but that's baloney - just because a major organization has condoned a certain style doesn't make it the law. In general, squats and dead-lifts, etc, are stability exercises where it is CRITICAL to protect your back. One main factor with this protection is your abdominal wall - it works with the back muscles to keep the torso erect and stabilize your body so that you are not placing undue stress on your spinal column. It has been shown that when you are filled with air and breathe through your GUT rather than your chest (it seems strange, but when you breathe in, you need to pull in a full breathe without your shoulders moving, then you'll be breathing in the GUT and not the chest) then the abdominal wall is more rigid and can support you better. I can see the difference like night and day - just by invoking this method of breathing, I can dead-lift 40 - 60 more pounds on a given day! I simply suck in my breath during the negative - i.e. lowering phase of the squat or getting ready to rise on the dead-lift. Then, with a full breath, I explode upward from the squat or dead-lift and begin to exhale right when I pass the " sticking point " - you'll feel it, near parallel for the squat or before the bar clears your knees in the dead-lift. It's not that I'm holding my breath, but I'm controlling the release until just past the sticking point. Try this method and see what it does for you! In health, Likness > Read in Men's Fitness that grunting may help those beginners starting > out lifting weights, but it has no impact whatsoever for experienced > lifters. I personally get embarrassed making any noise whatsoever, I > just focus on inhaling on the negative and exhaling on the positive. > Secondly this I learned a long time ago: grunting means you're not > breathing properly. > > BTW this breathing technique is hardest when I do squats or leg > presses on that upside down machine, when my legs are moving into my > ab area and I have to inhale. My natural inclination is to exhale on > the negative and inhale in the positive. > > Questions: > 1) How do YOU breathe for these exercises? > 2) What is YOUR philosophy on grunting? > Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Real men grunt! I can't help but make some noise on those last couple reps where it's mind over matter... my body says no but my mind says " YES! " ... I've never screamed, but I make horrible faces, grunt and blow and then walk away dazed but happy. And if other people don't like it in the gym... well they can go back to bouncing their weights up and down and socializing! I'm not there for their benefit. I hurt, I'm happy. Ooops, sounding a little bitter I guess... > Read in Men's Fitness that grunting may help those beginners starting > out lifting weights, but it has no impact whatsoever for experienced > lifters. I personally get embarrassed making any noise whatsoever, I > just focus on inhaling on the negative and exhaling on the positive. > Secondly this I learned a long time ago: grunting means you're not > breathing properly. > > BTW this breathing technique is hardest when I do squats or leg > presses on that upside down machine, when my legs are moving into my > ab area and I have to inhale. My natural inclination is to exhale on > the negative and inhale in the positive. > > Questions: > 1) How do YOU breathe for these exercises? > 2) What is YOUR philosophy on grunting? > Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 I agree with on this, I quit the local Y for some of these reasons, no heavy deadlifting, no grunting, no real lifting we don't want you to scare the barbie doll crowd. So I am back to the garage with my Kettlebells and weights. If I am doing heavy sets of singles on the deadlift, squat or bench. I have to grunt, bark, moo, rollover, play dead, whatever it takes. It helps me mentally I think, may not help for real but it gives me that boost I need. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Real women grunt too! Although I usually don't even realize I'm doing it until my hubby starts snickering. Janeen > Real men grunt! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 > Real men grunt! Real women sweat! Oh, and yes, I grunt too. Glenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Yeah, same here. If I'm working out in the home gym, I make all sorts of unladylike noises to get those last few reps out. Then my d.d. says, " Good job, Mom! " (and once in a while punctuates it with a cackle of her own, so you're not alone Janeen) Jen B. > > Real men grunt! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 > Speaking of grunting like animals. > See you and Brett in 2 weeks. > > rofl > BAD!! that was soooo bad. > > Lana... eternally in the gutter. > That should read Lana Queen of the gutter, because that was Good!!! I am so proud!!! DaPerv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 When I'm doing decline sit-ups my husband tells me I was quieter when I was having my son. «¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤» - Amy <http://www.elderberries.com/> http://www.elderberries.com Re: Grunting like an animal Real women grunt too! Although I usually don't even realize I'm doing it until my hubby starts snickering. Janeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 When I lived in atlanta I belonged to a world wide spiritual organization. In a " intro class " (sort of like catacism/the study classes people take to be catholic) that I decided to review the minister was mentioning the spiritual power of words. I'm paraphrasing all this, but I'll still get the point across and the humor too. He was giving the pronunciation of N. The minister was saying God made it so when people put forth a physical effort people grunt out N because it gives people spiritual and physical strength to accomplish a physical task. He tipping the lecture post grunting as an example. The Minister was saying if we made other sounds we wouldn't be as sucessful when making a physical effort to movie something. He then tips the post again saying, " YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! " He tips it again saying, " WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! " God makes the smallest, most unique arrangements sometimes. Matt ===== I strive for the impossible, to be the best possible. - King Kamali There is nothing I cannot accomplish, nothing that can ever be denied me! - Norman Osborne aka The Green Goblin __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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