This is a very common technique problem that most of you are probably doing: pulling too much with your bicep. To properly work the muscles, the forearm should be parallel with the ground during almost any kind of horizontal row. If your hand is crossing the line resistance and you are doing a curling motion …
Credit to @dante_trudel, his original DogCrapp training guide online had this exercise in it as one of the recommended shoulder builders I don’t know why this exercise isn’t more popular. It’s stable, easily customized, you can move lots of weight, and it’s a great strength and mass builder. Yet I rarely see it done in gyms. …
Exercise Index – High Incline Smith Machine Press For Stable Pain-Free Pressing Read More »
Pankration is an ancient martial art which mixes wrestling and boxing. The sport can be traced as far back as the second millennium BCE in the territory of ancient Greece. In Pankration, which is over 2500 years old, fighters were allowed to throw kicks, the exact technique of how they through them we do not …
Exercise Index – Front Kicks And Pankration (Ancient Greek Teeps???) Read More »
Boxing training has not changed very much in thousands of years. For ancient Greek boxers and pankrationists, shadow boxing was a regular part of training, and they would often use hand weights. These weights were not heavy. At most they might’ve been two or 3 pounds, and the goal was not to develop hand speed, …
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Years ago I read a list of exercises recommended by @dante_trudel, and one of them was a high incline press on a smith machine. I’d never heard of pressing this way. My understanding of the overhead press was pressing straight overhead, not at an angle. A few years later, I heard John Meadows recommend the same …
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This is one of the main rowing exercise I recommend, along with the horizontal row and the dumbbell version. No spinal stress, super stable, and you can adjust it for anyone’s structure. All the same biomechanical principles apply as any other row: elbows at 90 degrees, line of resistance aligned with the muscles you want …
Exercise Index – Chest Supported T-Bar Row For Building A Big Back Without Spinal Stress Read More »
I’ve been programming this exercise since year 1 of my personal training career. It works for all body types, it can be progresses or regressed myriad ways, and it’s an effective all around muscle builder for the back, particularly the upper back and upper lats. It’s what I consider a self correcting exercise: it does …
Exercise Index – Inverted Rows For All Around Muscle Growth For Back Read More »
It’s only been in the past few years thar biomechanical knowledge in the fitness industry has improved, and old school exercises that were previously forgotten are being rediscovered. One such exercise is the “intermediate” row or pulldown. This pulling motion is done at a 45 degree angle, not perfectly vertical or horizontal. The motorcycle row …
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Some years back I was experimenting with doing seated pulldowns on a 45 degree angle, and I maxed out the weight on the stack. As an experiment, I tried this single arm version you see here. It worked better than the bilateral version did. Because of the 45 degree angle of the weight and sitting …
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This protocol was developed by Dr. Hirsch, an orthopedic surgeon and shoulder specialist. This is a general protocol that develops the primary muscles of the shoulder, anterior, medial, and posterior delts while also restoring overhead range of motion and multidirectional mobility. It also strengthens the trapezius and can improve posture. It can be done by …
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