Archive for the Strength Training Category
Now you’ve bought your grippers, it is vital you use them correctly to avoid injury, over training and most importantly increase grip strength over the next few months.
How good is your grip? Can you explode cans of spinach like Popeye? Crush apples or pop beer cans? Amazing as these feats sound, some people can! Awesome grip strength has always been the marker of true strength. I’ve never seen a big powerful guy with a weak wet fish grip.
It is entirely possible that you haven’t heard about kettlebell training yet. However, I’m guessing that’s unlikely since even the latest Rocky, at an age when most men think that lifting their TV remote is hard work, was seen hoisting them in his latest exploits. The cast of “300″ also swung them about as a major part of their training regime and kettlebells are increasingly being used by athletes, film stars and the military. So what are they, why the upsurge in popularity, and most important of all, what can they do for you? Well, here are six reasons why you should train with kettlebells and four drills on training with kettlebells. These aren’t the only reasons and exercises possible but they’ll get you started!
The 5% System, devised by Muscle & Fitness science editor Jim Stoppiani, is designed to help you gain both strength and size. The 5% System is best used with basic compound exercises, such as the bench press (flat, incline or decline as well as dumbbell versions), squat, leg press, shoulder press (barbell or dumbbell), seated row and pulldown. Stoppiani also suggests that you perform no more than 2-3 exercises per muscle group and rest for 5-7 days between workouts [e.g. Train the whole body over 3 days (Mon, Wed, Fri) and then again the week after].
Why is there this obsession with knowing how much people around you are lifting? Many newcomers to the world of bodybuilding start off on the wrong foot.
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