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Smith Machine 1-Arm Bentover Rows

This is a great variation of 1-armed rows, if you are looking for something new to add into your training routine. Not many smith machines go all the way to the bottom, for the most part, so if you have one that does give this variation a try, I am sure you’ll like it. Execution…

★Electrical Muscle Stimulation Therapy

As many of you readers/followers know, for the last 4 months I have been dealing with 2 serious injuries that I have been recovering from; both left and right arm distal bicep tendon ruptures. I am now roughly 19 weeks post-op on my left arm, and 12 weeks on my right arm. Throughout this recovery process…

★Know When to ‘Shut. It. Down.’ and Back Off The Gas

When we go into the gym to begin our training for that day, we all have the mindset of pushing past our previous limits, and taking our intensity up a few notches if possible. With that comes different physical sensations when our muscles/tendons start taking on extra load/intensity. These sensations all must be carefully listened…

Leg Training – December 24, 2015 #log #legday

• Seated Leg Extensions 4×10-15 Warmup (hold at the top of the rep for 2-3 seconds) • Smith Machine Squats (I would have done barbell squats, but all the racks were taken, and I am not one to just sit around and wait. Plus smith machine, to me, is just as hard as it doesn’t…

Bench Press With Reverse Resistance Bands

Here is a movement that is great to implement into your chest training programs. This allows you to control the negative, and then really explode to the top of the movement and contract the muscle hard! Make sure to really get that deep stretch, and squeeze at the top. Here I’m doing a few sets…

Banded Rack Deadlifts

My Athlete Tony and I training some back tonite. Here I put Tony through some banded rack deadlifts near the end of the workout. This movement almost removes all leg activation, and just focuses on targeting the back muscles (which is what we want at this point). He’s 8weeks out from the ‪#‎npc‬ muscle evolution,…

Leg Training – December 19, 2015 #log

• Seated Leg Extensions 4×10-15 Warmup (hold at the top of the rep for 2-3 seconds) • Smith Machine Squats (all done with controlled negatives) -Set 1 135×12 (rest/pause at the bottom for 2-3 seconds) -Set 2 225×10 -Set 3 275×10 -Set 4 315×9 -Set 5 365×5 -Set 6 225×10 • Hack Squats (machine weight 150lbs)…

Deadlifts on Leg Day? Don’t Waste Your Time

Ok, this is a thing I have been seeing here and there, so I feel it is time to address it with my personal opinion. (My opinion do not associate with powerlifting, as the 3 main lifts are squat, bench and deadlift. All of which may require to be trained in 1 session to test…

Banded Barbell Shrugs & Banded Tricep Extensions

Since I am still under recovery restrictions with how much weight I can load-up on pretty much anything (playing safe for another 4-6 weeks at this point), this combo is great if you are training back and arms. Give it a try if you have some bands. You’ll notice the barbell is double-wrapped with some…

Incline Bench Dumbbell Rows

This has got to be one of favorite row variations. Reasons being: You don’t need a ton of weight to stimulate the contraction and achieve a good stretch Total isolation of the lat muscles Great to use if recovering from an injury (which is the case I am currently in) Share