This week’s Technique Tuesday is all about the bench press and why you must keep your elbows under the bar to press heavy weights. Want to know why elbow position is so important? And why gripping the bar too close, over-tucking the elbows and touching too low on the chest can sabotage your bench press numbers? Check it out: …
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I’m still riding the high of yesterday’s Optimizing the Big 3 seminar with Greg Robins and Miguel Aragoncillo. We had an enthusiastic group of lifters who came in willing to learn and ready to crush some heavy weight. We forced many of the attendees out of their comfort zones as they tried new techniques and …
No, you’re not seeing double. The second addition of Powerlifting Equipment 101 is just one letter different than the first installment, How to Use Wrist Wraps. But I promise you that the two are very different. Wrist straps are simply sewn pieces of cloth (or similar material) that loop around your wrist and the bar, which …
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