The idea of doing a one-arm chin is one that chases a lot of people into madness, or sore elbows at the very least. However, I would say that unless you’re a very big man, you’ve probably got a half-way decent chance of getting one. Why do I say that? Well, I’m nothing special and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Introducing'
Introducing: face pulls
June 16th, 2010 Comments Off
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking recently about rehabbing my left shoulder, which took a beating from a week’s cycle touring holiday followed by a rushed bench session. To be fair to my left shoulder, it was probably more to do with the decade of neglect than the recent events but hey. Anyway, I’m [...]
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Introducing: core stability progressions
June 2nd, 2010 1 Comment
As you have probably noticed, I tend to go away a fair bit. When I do go away, it tends to be on cycle touring or mountain walking holidays where I eat badly and sleep on the floor a lot. When I do collapse into a mountain hut or at the side of the road, [...]
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Introducing: soft tissue maintenance
June 1st, 2010 3 Comments
A while back, I had a project where I worked really hard on my hip mobility and lumbar stability. Since I have a desk job and have had a desk job for around 10 years, I had found that my hip mobility was poor and that my body had worked around it by increasing my lower back mobility. I did [...]
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Introducing: round up
March 2nd, 2010 Comments Off
In this Introducing series, I’m trying to cover exercises that aren’t run-of-the-mill in all training environments. That doesn’t mean that you won’t have heard of them but hopefully they won’t be so familiar that there isn’t a tip here somewhere that might help. And as you might expect, most of the tips relate to doing the exercises [...]
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