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03-30-2007, 08:06 PM
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|  Important !!! This tells you which muscle is more effective!!! enjoy -------------------------------------------------- CHEST Pectoralis Major % iemg MAX Decline dumbell bench press 93 Decline bench press (olympic) 89 Push-ups between benches 88 Flat dumbell bench press 87 Flat bench press 85 Flat dumbell flys 84 Pectoralis Minor % iemg MAX Incline dumbell bench press 91 Incline bench press (olympic) 85 Incline dumbell flys 83 Incline bench press (Smith) 81 SHOULDERS Medial Deltoids % iemg MAX Incline dumbell side laterals 66 Standing dumbell side laterals 63 Seated dumbell side laterals 62 Cable side laterals 47 Posterior Deltoids % iemg MAX Standing dumbell bent laterals 85 Seated dumbell side laterals 83 Standing cable bent laterals 77 Anterior Deltoids % iemg MAX Seated Front Dumbell Press 79 Standing Front Dumbell Raises 73 Seated Front Barbell Press 61 BACK Latissimus Dorsi % iemg MAX Bent over barbell rows 93 One arm dumbell rows 91 T-bar rows 89 Lat pulldowns (front) 86 Seated pulley rows 83 BICEPS Biceps Brachii (long head) % iemg MAX Biceps Preacher Curls (Olympic Bar) 90 Incline Seated Dumbell Curls (Alternate) 88 Standing Biceps Curl (Olympic Bar/Narrow Grip) 86 Standing Dumbell Curls (Alternate) 84 Concentration Dumbell Curls 80 Standing Biceps Curls (Olympic Bar/Wide Grip) 63 Standing E-Z Biceps Curls (Wide Grip) 61 TRICEPS Triceps Brachii (outer head) % iemg MAX Decline Triceps Extensions (Olympic Bar) 92 Triceps Pressdowns (Angled Bar) 90 Triceps Dip Between Benches 87 One-Arm Cable Triceps Extensions (Reverse Grip) 85 Overhead Rope Triceps Extensions 84 Seated One-Arm Dumbell Triceps Extensions (neutral grip) 82 Close-Grip Bench Press (Olympic Bar) 72 LEGS Rectus Femoris (Quadriceps) % iemg MAX Safety Squats (90 Degree Angle, Shoulder-Width Stance) 88 Seated Leg Extensions (Toes Straight) 86 Hack Squats (90 Degree Angle, Shoulder-Width Stance) 78 Leg Press (110 Degree Angle) 76 Smith Machine Squats (90 Degree Angle, Shoulder-Width Stance) 60 Biceps Femoris % iemg MAX Standing leg curls 82 Lying leg curls 71 Seated leg curls 58 Modified hamstring deadlift 56 Semitendinosus % iemg MAX Seated leg curls 88 Standing leg curls 79 Lying leg curls 70 Modified hamstring deadlift 63 Gastrocnemius % iemg MAX Donkey calf raises 80 Standing one leg calf raises 79 Standing two leg calf raises 68 Seated calf raises 61 |
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03-31-2007, 04:15 PM
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Gender:   | LOL, way ahead of you! http://www.bodybuilding.net/training...tudies+muscles As I've said before, I definately wouldn't structure a routine based on those results. For example, I understand why they'd say that pushups stimulate the pecs more than other exercises such as DB presses, but I'd still take a 100 lb DB press over some pushups any day.  |
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03-31-2007, 04:22 PM
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Gender: | I knew I recognized that. I agree. I think it's interesting but it doesn't go much farther than that. Hell, leg extensions are only 2% below the squats. And functional compound exercise win out any day, despite the fact that some isolations will show more "activity" in a certain muscle |
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04-02-2007, 04:10 AM
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Gender: | Studies are all well and good but I will take compound movements any day over isolations no matter what the studies say about "activity" in the muscle. |
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