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Neck Position

I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. In bodybuilding, having a bad neck’s position during an exercise can create neuralgia. These neuralgias are numbness of the arm with tingling. These sensations arrive a few days after doing exercise like dips, pec deck rear deltoid lateral, squat and deadlift. […]

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Parallel Bar Dips

I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. On the parallel bars with your arms outstretched and your legs in the void : Inhale and flex completely your forearms to have your chest at the bars Flies back to the starting position and exhale at the end of the movement.

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Bench Press And Morphology

I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. I think you’ve noticed that the bench press is the most practiced exercise in a gym. And as this is the most practiced exercise, it’s also the exercise that create the most injury per year. This is why, it’s important to

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Rupture Of The Pectoralis Major

I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Pectoralis major begins on the anterior surface of the thoracic cage and its insertion is to the anterior surface of the upper end of the humerus. Pectoralis major is a muscle which has the function of bringing the arm forward in

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Bench Press And Elbow Pain

I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Elbows pain arrives because of bench press. This pathology of wear is linked to excessive training of long sets. At the end of the bench press movement, when you lock your arm to block the barbell, it causes rubbing and micro-trauma

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Close-Grip Bench Press

I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Lying on a horizontal bench with your butt glued to the bench and your feet on the ground : Takes the barbell with a pronated grip. The distance between your hands varies from 10 to 40 cm (3.9 to 15.7 inches) of

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Stretching Pectoralis Major Muscle

I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and there is good stuff. Standing with your arm outstretched, grip to a support with your hand to slowy rotate your torso on the opposite side of the support. This exercise mainly works the major pectoralis, anterior deltoid and brachii biceps. Variant : It’s advisable to place

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Incline Press

I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and there is good stuff. Sitting on a bench inclined between 45° and 60° and takes the barbell with a pronated grip. The grip is wider than your shoulders : Inhale and lower the barbell until it reaches your jugular notch (upper chest at the base of

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