Training Update

Here is the latest on my training and nutrition!

1) My current split:

Mon- Deadlifts + Back

Tues- Bench- Wide Grip and Close Grip + Triceps

Wed- Low Bar Squats

Thurs- Intervals or rest

Fri- Bench + Tri’s

Sat- High Bar Squats

Sun- Shoulders (designed for helping Bench Press)

2) Working on total body tension:

One of the things I have been working on in my training is really utilizing the advantage of total body tension (or radiant tension). When I do any lifts, I try to keep my WHOLE ...

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Conventional Versus Sumo Deadlifts

There are many different ways to do deadlifts, and the most popular are conventional and sumo. More and more, sumo is becoming the deadlift of choice among powerlifters. McGuinan and Wilson (1996) did biomechanical analysis of the sumo and conventional style deadlift. The following is a summary of what they found:

1. The lift-off- The sumo has a trunk angle that is significantly closer to vertical that conventional lifters. Sumo lifters were also found ...

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Big Back, Baby

DanaBackJrUSA

(Dana Linn Bailey with her awesome back!!)

Tidbits of what I did today in my morning workout: BIG BACK!

The different exercises focus on the same muscle(s) but just stimulate them in different ways, so it’s all to the good.

I started with Pull ups. UNASSISTED OF COURSE!! I alternated between wide grip and neutral grip.

Conventional deadlifts.

Wide grip lat pull-down– dropsets.

T bar row.

Smith machine row- alternating ...

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