Increase your power and velocity now with banded bench press for greater chest gains.
We all know how to make an exercise more difficult: add weight to the bar. But what if we cut the weight in half and added resistance bands? What you get is an exercise that puts constant tension on your muscles (growth!) and challenges your central nervous system (CNS).
If you’ve been doing every ab exercise known to man and still don’t have a 6 pack, I’ve written this article for you. If your ab workouts are too easy, keep reading…
A lot of us start working out to see results, which includes getting a six pack. Counting our macros, running around the block fifty times and saying no to donuts are all things you’ve had to do to get that six pack you’re after.
But what if after all this time, your ab workouts are getting easier and easier? After a while it may just seem like cardio to you.
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In the context of the gym, suffering through a workout means growth. If you really want to reach that next level, you’re going to have to push yourself. There’s no way around it, it’s a fact of training. 20 rep squats are the answer if you want tree trunk size legs.
You’ve heard of Feeder workouts for chest, but have you heard of Feeder workouts for legs? Probably not and there’s a reason why.
It’s really fucking hard.
[Read more…]Stretching before working out has proven performance results and that’s something you should do before working out. Stretching your chest has proven performance benefits, and you’re only missing out….
…..but most people don’t warm up and jump right in. Injury prevention should be #1 when you’re lifting. Since if you injure yourself, you can’t lift. Seems pretty straight forward.
In this article I’m going to go over stretches that are best performed before your chest workout to get the best out of it.
Let’s break the topic down, which will then funnel into the individual stretches.
During chest pressing movements (eg bench press, dumbbell etc press), several muscles are used simultaneously, namely your pectorals (chest, duh), triceps, and deltoids (shoulders).
