How To Do Bent Over Rows
Of course, like all exercises, this is how I do Bent Over Rows. Other people may have different opinions.
Keep a slight bend in your knees and your torso at a 30-45-degree angle to the floor. While maintaining the natural arch in your lower back by holding your head up, grasp the bar with a shoulder-width, [...]
Should You Roll Your Shoulders When You Shrug?
When you do the shrug exercise you should not let the shoulders or the head move or roll forward. If you do let the head and shoulders roll or move forward, there is an excessive compression, torsion and sheer placed on the acromioclavicular and sternoclavicular joint. Over time, this can cause damage and painful degeneration. [...]
Harbinger PolyPro Dip Chin Belt With Chain Review
A dipping/chinning belt is a great piece of equipment to add to the “must have” list if you are setting up your own home gym. In my case, the Harbinger PolyPro Dip Chin Belt is what I am using in my personal training studio for working my chest and back exercises and it’s been holding [...]
Myths Of Bodybuilding
Every culture has its myths and bodybuilding is no exception. Like most myths, most are nine parts fantasy and one part truth, though of course, some myths have no truth to them at all. I have spent much of my career attempting to expose myths surrounding bodybuilding and topics that relate to it, such as [...]
Getting Better All The Time
My friend Mack Kay wrote a post over in the members forum on FLS and I thought it would be good info to share with you. Just like the rest of us, there are things in his fitness program that need work. This article is about getting better in the area that you are weakest.
Corrective [...]
Enjoy Your Workout Time
Comment: I have read Fat to Fit, up to the end of the first routine. I have decided to make my workout time on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday AM to start. Is it ok, to start out doing the squats, bench press, using dumbbells? I will admit I am a bit intimidated by the barbells, [...]
The Power Clean
I’ve been putting the power clean into quite a few of my clients workouts lately so I’m going to put up a description of how to do the power clean properly for referance. Here we go!
Power clean start position
Start the power clean with the barbell resting on the floor place your feet under the barbell [...]
Shoulder Muscle Training Trick
Weight Plate Pizza Presses for Massive Shoulders
If you’re looking for an effective new way to train your shoulders,look no further than the Pizza Press.
You won’t be using a barbell, dumbell or cable for this one…all you need is a weight plate!
When you read the description and see the pictures of this one in action, you’ll [...]
Burning While Working Out
Hi Ray,
This question may seem unusual, but I thought I would ask for your opinion.
While doing the leg workout for routine two (F2F), I noticed that while doing the exercises, I could feel what I would describe as a “burning” sensation in the muscle (not indicative of injury, but I just felt the muscle working [...]
Strength Imbalance Left And Right Sides
Question about strength imbalance between left and right sides:
In doing dumbbell rows, I am discovering that my left side is stronger than the right side (I find this to be strange as I am right handed).
Do I need to do anything other than just continuing to do DB rows in order to get the right [...]