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robin_3_16 · 30-12-2003, 10:27 PM

i heard somewhere the farmers walk wasd good to work the traps, does anyone here recommend it?
just wondered, i was thinking about doing it?

**hackskii** · 31-12-2003, 01:06 AM

That is part of the WSM workout. That would almost be a total workout, the back, traps, legs and grip all get worked on that one. But to work you have to pick a heavy weight and like walk around the gym. Grab like 50 lb dumbbells and just walk till you cant hold them anymore.
Good Luck

**robdog** · 31-12-2003, 03:52 PM

sounds like a good idea i might try it. let us know how you get on robin

winger · 31-12-2003, 06:57 PM

Try this at the gym they will love it. Grab the 100 pound d.b. and walk as long as you can when you feel you cant go any more walk towards the entrance and drop the weights and keep on walking right out the door.

T-man · 31-12-2003, 07:08 PM

They are doing this in the worlds strongest man show on the tv at the moment with a 150kg (330 pound) weight in each hand!

**hackskii** · 31-12-2003, 07:56 PM

What? That would blow my back out and blow out the side of my feet when I dropped that weight on them. POW!

winger · 31-12-2003, 08:40 PM

You could train your whole life and never get to be as strong as one of those guys. I think those guys look so good. They look like the could rip steel.

robin_3_16 · 01-01-2004, 07:07 PM

watched the final today, it was great, tried that farmers walk, what a burn, i used 100 pound dumbells dropped the weights and though my gym was guna fall down!
what a burn on the traps though
but different things work for different people!

OnePack · 01-03-2004, 09:57 PM

what is a farmers walk?

**robdog** · 01-03-2004, 10:11 PM

its an event used on the strongman comps mate. when you have a weight in each hand and you have to walk so many meters in the least amount of time or i imagine you could see who could walk the farthest too.

winger · 02-03-2004, 01:59 AM

It works the weakest link of the body. It will work the traps and grip most. I like to grab db's heavy and do shrugs with them. I used the 110 db's last workout and I was sore in my traps. I have never had sore traps in my life. I usually use 100's and my buddy dared me to use the 110's. Heavy weights stimulate muscle growth..............end of story. Just dont overtrain. The fewer the sets the better.

robin_3_16 · 02-03-2004, 09:26 AM

yeh i agree heavy weights howevr on shrugs i sually go light so i get better movement
but maybe should sacrifice the form for going heavy
because heavy weight equal growth
i think that is true even when you don't eat a great deal imo
but if you eat as well you are sure to gain

winger · 02-03-2004, 12:53 PM

Robin try them heavy and you tell me how sore you get.

Panthro · 02-03-2004, 01:00 PM

missed this post..,..

As some of you know, i am training for strongman comps. These are an excellent exercise. I add them into my back workout and use 80kg (176lb) dumbells and try to walk 50 metres with them! (Ive got to get up to 90kg (198 lb) for 50 metres for a comp later this year :( !!)

dont use straps and use just chalk and then youll work your hams, traps, grip and back. your traps will BURN afterwards. good exercise to try, bit different to usual trap stuff. I would do your usual shrugs and then just do one "set" of farmers walk afterwards.

See how you go on, let me know...

winger · 02-03-2004, 01:24 PM

Nice to see you post superjoolz. Man that is allot of weight. You are one big strong man.
That is good advice. I think I will try that. I am afraid I might drop one of those onto an ankle and do some damage. ;)

30-12-2003, 10:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
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31-12-2003, 01:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
hackskii Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 22,649	That is part of the WSM workout. That would almost be a total workout, the back, traps, legs and grip all get worked on that one. But to work you have to pick a heavy weight and like walk around the gym. Grab like 50 lb dumbbells and just walk till you cant hold them anymore. Good Luck __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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robdog Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Home!! Posts: 5,577	sounds like a good idea i might try it. let us know how you get on robin __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 25% off for UKM members (discount code UKM25)

31-12-2003, 06:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
winger UK-Muscle Male Animal Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 10,216 Blog Entries: 1	Try this at the gym they will love it. Grab the 100 pound d.b. and walk as long as you can when you feel you cant go any more walk towards the entrance and drop the weights and keep on walking right out the door. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

31-12-2003, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
T-man Gym Addict Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: England Posts: 253	They are doing this in the worlds strongest man show on the tv at the moment with a 150kg (330 pound) weight in each hand! __________________ You can't grow without pain!

31-12-2003, 07:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
hackskii Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 22,649	What? That would blow my back out and blow out the side of my feet when I dropped that weight on them. POW! __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

31-12-2003, 08:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
winger UK-Muscle Male Animal Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 10,216 Blog Entries: 1	You could train your whole life and never get to be as strong as one of those guys. I think those guys look so good. They look like the could rip steel. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-01-2004, 07:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
robin_3_16 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,461	watched the final today, it was great, tried that farmers walk, what a burn, i used 100 pound dumbells dropped the weights and though my gym was guna fall down! what a burn on the traps though but different things work for different people! __________________ Robin

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OnePack UK-M's Mascot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 1,494	what is a farmers walk? __________________ Thank you.

01-03-2004, 10:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
robdog Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Home!! Posts: 5,577	its an event used on the strongman comps mate. when you have a weight in each hand and you have to walk so many meters in the least amount of time or i imagine you could see who could walk the farthest too. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 25% off for UKM members (discount code UKM25)

02-03-2004, 01:59 AM	#11 (permalink)
winger UK-Muscle Male Animal Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 10,216 Blog Entries: 1	It works the weakest link of the body. It will work the traps and grip most. I like to grab db's heavy and do shrugs with them. I used the 110 db's last workout and I was sore in my traps. I have never had sore traps in my life. I usually use 100's and my buddy dared me to use the 110's. Heavy weights stimulate muscle growth..............end of story. Just dont overtrain. The fewer the sets the better. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

02-03-2004, 09:26 AM	#12 (permalink)
robin_3_16 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,461	yeh i agree heavy weights howevr on shrugs i sually go light so i get better movement but maybe should sacrifice the form for going heavy because heavy weight equal growth i think that is true even when you don't eat a great deal imo but if you eat as well you are sure to gain __________________ Robin

02-03-2004, 12:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
winger UK-Muscle Male Animal Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 10,216 Blog Entries: 1	Robin try them heavy and you tell me how sore you get. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

02-03-2004, 01:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
Panthro Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,508	missed this post..,.. As some of you know, i am training for strongman comps. These are an excellent exercise. I add them into my back workout and use 80kg (176lb) dumbells and try to walk 50 metres with them! (Ive got to get up to 90kg (198 lb) for 50 metres for a comp later this year :( !!) dont use straps and use just chalk and then youll work your hams, traps, grip and back. your traps will BURN afterwards. good exercise to try, bit different to usual trap stuff. I would do your usual shrugs and then just do one "set" of farmers walk afterwards. See how you go on, let me know... __________________ "looking at picutres of half naked men dont get you strong. Lets get down to business and go to the gym" - Svend Karlson. 'Viking Power'

02-03-2004, 01:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
winger UK-Muscle Male Animal Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 10,216 Blog Entries: 1	Nice to see you post superjoolz. Man that is allot of weight. You are one big strong man. That is good advice. I think I will try that. I am afraid I might drop one of those onto an ankle and do some damage. ;) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.