Pre-Workout Truth

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Strength, Balance and Mobility from the Pistol Squat

Dave is killing it on his first time trying weighted pistol squats. Pistol Squats are an excellent exercise to help you build balance, strength and control of your hip muscles. It's also great for the hip joint. When you do these properly, you'l see increased range of motion in knee, hip and ankle joints. 

Go outside and train!

Now that the weather is nicer, we're taking a lot more of the workouts outside. 

Lately, we've been working out with the tire and the sledgehammer as much as we can. It's a great workout which helps you increase your speed, accuracy and functional total body strength (and it's another grip-strength special, which I always like). Here's Paul getting in a great core workout with these few swings. Go outside and train!

Pull Ups: A Great Compound Upper Body Exercise

Pull Ups are great -- there is nothing like using your own bodyweight for exercise - and it's a compound upper body exercise.

They're a great growth and strength builder. Each pull-up calls upon several muscle groups including fingers, forearms, biceps, triceps, shoulders, back and core. Plus, if you're a serious lifter like I am, it helps increase your grip strength. Play around with different grips (wide grip, reverse, close grip) to target different parts of your upper body and back.

Never done a pull-up? Start out doing 6 sets of 2 reps, with a 45 second rest in between each set. Each week, add two more pull-ups. You'll be amazed at how quickly you progress.

START TODAY.

 

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