I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Podcast Standing in front of the machine with your feet slightly apart. You take the bar with a pronated grip and your hands’ position are wider than your shoulders width: Having your back straight and squeeze your abs. Inhale and bring […]
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I read Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Podcast: Back exercises with very heavy weights can create injuries to the long head of the triceps. In fact, the latissimus dorsi is a powerful muscle and its function is to bring your arms close to your rib cage. It’s because your
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Arms stretched with the barbell with a pronated grip. Your arms spread to your shoulders width: Inhale as much as possible and lower the barbell behind your head by slightly bend your elbows. Exhale returning to the starting position This exercise
I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Lying on a bench with your feet on the ground. You take a dumbbell with both hands and your arms outstretched. The dumbbell is on your palms and your thumbs and forefingers encircling the handle: Inhale and lower the dumbbell behind
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Sitting on an inclined bench (no more than 60° because you don’t want to work only your deltoids) with your elbows bent. You have a dumbbell in each hand with a pronated grip. Inhale and extend your arms vertically by bringing
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Face to the ground with your arms stretched and spread to your shoulder’s width (or little more). Your feet tight or slightly apart : Inhale and bend your arms to lower your torso to the ground without arching your back. Push up
I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Lying on a horizonzal bench with your butt glued to the bench and your feet on the ground : Inhale and press Exhale at the end of the movement This guided exercise works the pectoralis major, mainly the sternal parts at the
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. By lying on a bench with you head down and fix your feet so as not to slip. The bench is declined between 20° and 40° Take the barbell with a pronated grip and a hand gap equal to or wider
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