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. Sitting in front of the machine with your legs rigged. Take the bar with a pronated grip and your hands very apart: Inhale and pull the bar down to your upper chest by pulling out your chest and bringing your elbows
I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Podcast: Sitting at the machine with your knees under the pads: Inhale and bring the handle back to the sternum by swelling your chest and tilting your back slightly Exhale at the end of the movement This exercise works the latissimus
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Podcast. Soundcloud version Sitting on the machine with your feet on the foot stop and with your torso bent: Inhale and straightening your back and pulling your elbows back, you bring back the handle to your sternum’s base Exhale at
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. This exercise is to be done with a support like a machine or a squat rack. Standing with your legs slightly apart : Incline your chest forward and with your arm stretched, grab a stable support. Place your palm of the other
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Hanging at the fixed bar with your hands apart with a supinated grip : Inhale and pulls by pulling out your chest to bring your chin almost to the level of the bar Exhale at the end of the movement Return to
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. In suspension at the fixed bar with your hands apart with a pronated grip: Inhale and pulls to bring your chest almost to the level of the bar Exhale at the end of the movement Return to the starting position by
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and there is good stuff. Standing or sitting with your back straight. An arm glued to your head with your elbow bent at 90° : Take your wrist with your other hand and pull slowly while trying to bring your elbow behind your head. Maintaining the stretch
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