Classical errors I read a Nerd Fitness article and I learned good stuff. Click here to read Part 1 and Part 2 Squat is a movement that we make since baby, it’s a basic movement. But when I started to do squat with weight, I make mistakes and I’m going to talk about the classical […]
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Installed in the bench with your ankles blocked. The axis of the bending is done with the coxofemoral joint and the pubis is outside of the bench : Your torso bent and you make an extension to the horizontal by raising your
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I read a Nerd Fitness article and I learned good stuff. I’m sure that in your gym, everyone says it’s good to do squat ? But who do your see really doing ? There’s not a lot of people, it’s weird, no ? I do the squat on leg’s day but the truth is that it’s actually a
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Audio file: For people who don’t have vertebral pathology, arching their back during an exercise isn’t a problem. Arching a little bit the back for exercises such deadlift or squat is necessary because the spine is rounded so arching a little
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I read a Nerd Fitness article and I learned good stuff. When we’re beginners and we have studied the theory well, the first time we train in a gym, we have this kind of questions : What weight should lift to begin with ? If my program tells me to do 5 sets of 5 reps at
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I read a Nerd Fitness article and I learned good stuff. If you didn’t read the Part 1 , click here Mastering the movement If you want to have lasting results, there is no shortcut, you need to learn the basic movements. It’s like at school, learning and progressing. The best way to start a
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Podcast : Standing with your feet slightly apart. The barbell is on the floor in front of you : Inhale, bend your torso forward with your back arched. If you can keep your legs straight or slightly bent. Take the barbell with a pronated
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Podcast: Standing in front of the barbell that is on the floor with your legs slightly apart. Your back is motionless and slightly arched : Bend your legs so that your thighs are about horizontal. This position may be slightly different depending
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