T.~.ils ho(!;k is dte 'result of a ,C'onrvc~~:ci.'Oll. betwiiien Lon rulgo~J' Michael Hlt_nmm! and m "; [n [be SllmR'te.L'" of 2004. These guys hasicilUy accused :m' of ~41f.1e$,s In bav.in& not yel ~'riuel1 do"'f'!. Wkl1 I .be-w ;i1,b~u~ te;a~wng tile ~~$;, ll:'l!i\dn 't: <1ctYlllly cotllsidereJ. ,dun] ha"L.d .'Ilyt:hing esp-~cillny 1l,i'a:~U<lMe to :s~y beur le<l:ching them, hm. I hlJ\i"e in aCl Ibeen, ,coacbing barbdl5, a while so aid l: 'wollild start wi J:h. rhe squa.t c:hLlptcl" .U'ld see whar .hmp.pe:ned- I had 'wr:~tIXn a :f~w clllngs for' plJ.bheatio!l befQ.~n h:,i,vill'ij; s:t'M't.ed in 1980 '!N~i~h .iI! Sir::Il'a~~ anid'e folf.' M:i~ .l,am'br.:n' . ~e.gt"!1dm-y publicu:ion Pow.grlifutl. USA_ At the' nne ~'[ wasn't legendsry, ~:md rtfl. itfr"id m.,· 'i;tdc 'prtec:e didn't !roILy d~ much toward pr.o-pellln:g it in tlN:t direetion.
I Wl:'!IS "WorlciJig in Celerado dren. ~nd 'WS1!l nm y,,;11: ~n ih~ 'g.Vlll DUs].Ile5S O!S ';'r!I n.Wfleii. I had ~M wo.~king 10 the h "~h:h dub bus] nesS fOf eve.~.}~ .:, W~S just: starting ii " orr.rpeticive career in pOi!Nt!~ll ftin/5! aad Will .~~ Cci'omdo {lin ~ .,,,,,N,:Jrr'1!iftg silbho1tic'lIlJ, from :!11 rg~C!IDt d~iree
fII.d.tI. persoaal 'trn~d.y tb .• u b~d 'cl£rply ~fec.~~d :rny' Ij.enct"r-tl usefullilJess. ] !mod continued to t:~ ~n ~lld.llad in f~ iT'tended [0 rornimJ- wntwg wlril 1 w' ' cltere. BU,1i: r ctu'i1I'~y didn't
1m. 'V<J.C' much useful. 10 s~y 0111: cl, 't polIn in my ~ j 100., ,lUl,- v,i'titing 1 'Dlight. ~,'Ve-d:otit ;:u: 't'.h,;u Ijln~ w.iU :IlC,n be ~ligsfld illIywny'.
Shorily (tor :r,ell.;'Ui.n~D!g home' te \"{lic.blta, I;oails from Colorndg tQ :Sli:~ to; ,my ItliliothelFilj; h~it~ and flUllsh in)' dt.,.1~I~; I ~ld the c:pp¢l!fI~ni(y [0 b~y the gr:rn I wss trni'[ifu,~ IPt and the gym business :i:tl Wiemm F,;JJlb: hag. never been ,the $.iIIll1e. I decimaccd t.he cCd:ll.P'etitioIll~ iSnd
:rend! redl.' ,cmb~.r~<i.s.silfJl.g tOI 'be; II; 1JIghm: ·lU"t!lnmg ilDY1i1;l'hue else, A sfiglrt !i:.X~=e.rntian, w.m,;OO~ bu~ Wichi.u Falls luhletic Club irs one yf. clle oldest ~ole-p.toprlf'mmhip hlack m'ra~ ;ya im1 the ,o·untry'.
The wf.:t[iag :Sli:U~ bscl .. u 'UP ye-ars i.:Ji[eX·, once Llrad beCQII!:t: ~'!:.LUed. '["0 an oplrl;iQ[!. '[h~ough more y~r.s of exfJI&ri~:nce -atlci srudy, [ b~d rn-ade .il[ clne· prnic;y lof Wtchiu f:.dls Atl'iiH!I!ru:
Club that every{jne 'wjJ'l:O joined a:JIlId who WH 'phys;i~ly , ~p<llMe'.of doing. ~qrlLlJ,~~ would leO'Lni hiljlw tOI de them 1;;.0 rre c..cly • M'l' .~l£I.nemi.otil W~ i:bat all my m.ernbetSi b.e <It ]eo1St exposed [0 the (lassie biHbeU exercises, &0 ~ 00, carry 0[1 the h'a_djdot]~ approach 00 gym exercise ,thn .had 'been rh~ ncnn p.N!Ol" to t.he ad\i\t:tn of N aulilns-s[yh~. he:d:rh clubs, In le;LcW:rng. everybody 'tf.tjJjt jo.ined ro ~qu~1 ~'[l excess ,of 2500 p'~op.l,e ever more th~ti 20 ye'~rs), I :n.JJ. c~.tahlis~ecl. '[he .md·iini&m for aoctlmul~tlng· a .. rather J~r~ body to£' e:x;perit.nce and. em.pineal d~!1 t,egarrnng m . p·t"~b,le~ lS90Clailed wi~h re.l1chin'R. squats. The other barbell '"~ . reise'S sufie:rred tht:, 'ame fate, being '~ug:ltl'l. 'm 'lhous;:mcls ~f mere OJ[' I_e,ss··'W'iIDing innece nts -wko tNs:'ce,d rae wirh the; r tra.Ining.
It is still jnuntei;J:ing, to me th,lt wliie.ea Jive' yeatS 't·o. ·Ij.!.npack my hoxrcs., my i.Ei.teltuioilis i][WIl,:f.i b.e1.c,g to ,go 'back tQ. Co!.or!ldQ.,
AcwaUYi this boo.k :-eth,; R"S~r of my havwg i~.er my coot:b n..[jd friend B.iH Starr in rhe SlJ;IJJ1lllJ:t!1" Qf' :t'9J'9, He WilS in t;awn during :rnd. after' ih ! A.pr:~1 m i:arMdo. taking care of:lli ckl;!lgiuel' who 'W~ irJ~u.:reJ in dUl :stOr;m. I r,)jl into him ae oOJe 0" the ·t!iVo miSi¢r~bte'l!Dude vn;igin :!rOOWl:l)S; .~n e~i5"t-cnt~ iJl! the F'~1s 'at the 'L1!llU~ w,here Land . .l couple of equany .poorly~ i.rJ§o.:tu~d. 'mti.it.1!bag pw.ne:rs wei''' try:illg 00 g.et big, er <lll least bigg-er. Billy g[':a.c-icnJ.s~y took tt.1~
under ,llids :tli!l.tehuge (U'IId, :g.!f"V't:: me: ,~~t ~.(io'~Si I t.i:~eded 1L''!4i .g.et: done w.h~~,e.ver. I m.~gh~ h;;tve '~~tt:;r ;:I~o:mp·ii~h~dL. 'fh¢r:'~' ar ... ~ny Ci.f us, '!IF [i~:rllds ('.If. B]HtI!~. WinO owe '('~m.p~tl:tiv.g and p.rofess~o;Di;t1
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There hillye been ICld'u~:1!" pe:o.;ple [1:9',tn 'whom I h::il.v~ l.earuerl a g:r~aI deal, and ee "it'l'.hiCIrttii. I owe ~t :gre;Ji[ .deal, .My years crfS'iI£-elt!/plo.rmen~. ,= '~he sjtltE~uir)~ '¢h~t. ~now~d me so be in ~ :p(iSj~iM to 'k~ .5QJTI!z ,f~V{ ~hi;ng~ ~heut ;t;r;dnmt and, ~O\':M::hinb, - is, dw: :trli 'br~ part 'tD my (]I,M-est :fri€.llt1·.and :lSSOCiftEeM:atik: Tucker']J who told me m:I!llyyeaJl'S ;ilJ,~(l1 ,~JOW success 'Woll'~d be me:asmied. He~1:nd. ,my fa:llIlel"' were good !'$;l!IDp!~~ Qf .I!ii1:en th~[ trusted. ilb.eu:lIsehle,,'l' UJiSL Glenn P'e~dJ4Y ,1l.J'i;!ii b~en a. 't:~net1dotas hdp ~,er we 'p~t few y~~r;!J, wiih h:~s. ~b&Ii~y 10 e~_ntil ~ ~d. analyu hl[i!~ ~m..o:t!iIl't5 of. &,~- disci1ifu,g jD1pOrrmnl ~on~,pts, from tile oo'(;'kgtom:ii,d ,rlioi:se 'm, a WOlf" no' one else has done, The' nliiige ,o.f hls, '<IIb~i±[if:S !DC!i.Elt~ILl'les. 'f.o alJ:lElI£e': me, Som.e· oCf,hhe- ,mOSt ,irupo[1:ant CQfl..Ge:p~s: :~l1i, :this hllf.ilt ::J;ii:'iE 'i:Jj~ !t\~Siud't o[ Qrur "i:I.~O\t"kj F!I&1 [rain:~trI!g~ ~d th;;i:lili;::tI1\g [!5:~e~hej"'- Dr, KilG.'O~' ,ha.~; bei!,"li'iI, rht: iCiU~]YSt.~ for ~,{j~E oJ wln:t'~ bial": 1000tim-d W cl1~ de~1op,me:F!I:E '01£ Olymp[c' we~~tliiftin,g in N oreh T sx~s '.d:noL:!' he came flO, 1MIidw~tgni Stllte Uru1;."~rsi·ty in
1 Delli"]' u:_ 'b " '" t dJ "'. I _L~~ L h JI ~'IL ~ 'IL l_. "L ~ _ ~j "~' '7'71 " .nJZ Q!. VlOUS arnsue tasents all Ofg,IlIItlZ~t..la~ . :~~ ave ,waUebiUS ,IdOQ~ ,[Elb5!S.I.t:rlLe'! aan ,.II.
W'Oll]_d nDt reVe'jl ~",Q~s.±de.i" a pr.oj.eet Jike '~his withm.tt ,him. Dr, ']?'1tiHp Cale:e.i wil![} served as ~he. .f~l.'!!i:£h ~-;:illioo:r fflif' ~his ~~~, h# been 't:¢;i!!i::hing me ~hi:nG:i: :f.u't !1!, ~ kii.l:iS: time, '1 hope h~ ctJ;rl:tli1\tEi,S 'to 00 winin~, m dk) s@. St-.e:f Binldford has be~n h)' m,t ~;d~· ,th1' ~.ntir~ tirae, 'wi:lh ,gOt;ldJ :fIl.cil:vire, di!ipa5sio:.o:iI~e ualysJ:s, aM, .auiiiny' diH::eren.t '~. of 8I:.IppPrt., .All~ ,my m;rui1y,memher..s :iU~e due a ~E deal iilir I liatlb1, both fe<r pmV~dill:5; me widl. ",lab :rs,~·' m~n: d~t} pay dl1&.~" ~ciI. fat
]'tt; is! my ~;Q!ll:ren hope that. .lilj'" ver-.sioJl. of the W:i!.:y WB,gs are. dOll-iii' cOiL'itricutes to me SfLt;eecss;'of yOW!" :ad1lletES1!Ia"lci yQll1' ,p'.t"Q,V~jl1.
Physic131 streng:tll..tis; the 111'0i'~ impoJ;lta[lt mrn~g rn.llr~. Thi:s .is true 'whether w~ WillSU i~ to be er ·nOl. As humaniry h. 'il d "·ldoped thuou~boill hi!'itmy, physical sotrengili ~ become less cri;r:~cn1 to our. daily if! f.i&tr.:n~, but: 1110 less l~liIPllJirt;mt to our Iives, Ou.r :S-~I!.iclllgili, mere than any other thing "4l1: plOSS· ;s, still df'[:er.nillli\: ilie l'i.utility and the qU"J!u.i't}'" f our rime bere in. these bodies+ W,blUfll:i'a8 pre vi 0 usly out physic:.11 s.tre:1J!gd:1 dererm ~ni',,;d h Q"ii'!,f much. '~Q{!Id. we ,illle
,. nd .how 'W rm t1nd dry we S'~~d;, i J] ow merely Q:,elfcrr.IlLn 'S how well we . UJmCllOD 11l hese ~cW' !Sill r,c"c::n.:um,diDV 'W~·b~ii:· c TI1£t;gd for ourselees as !QUi ICIJ inu,fj has <WCtt!'l:u,:tI~'t.ctl" But '~,I'e are s:tilI iilnimals. - O'I!lJl" physi<C>Jl existence is, in the fmn;il i (I.D.aly~s the O[l~}' one 'tlll .• n actu~y m..1Jtters. A. we,1Ik [i["l.tn i:s .IIlQ] as hllPPY ~ :t1.-Jj~ same .m.RfiI WOliJ ld, be I f he 'Were ,stl"Ollg. This f,f:alli'IW ~~, affC'mive '[0 some pt'Qp1t: who 'WOll.1!d. like die 111 tdlt:Cmru 101' spi I. irualro ake prt,,>t"C&ence, ]:t ,hii inSi[ ruC'dv/'t' to see w~"lJ![ .happe!fIJ~ to. ·t.he.se 1Ife-.r)' people ~~. 'their $GIIUltJ[: S'u·e'.t1iJj[h gQe:5 up,
A:s the nitUlm of 01!!If' C!l1~U1re hi:!:!" chall9gnd, oar' tI'Ie1tlti.l'HlSilip C'l;~ti"~b physical riI.C[iVLl has ch~g~d"~ICing with it. We prev~{Jt!:Sly 'Were pHy~cn'My u'on!; ~1.S a fUJ]cIjon ru eur continned ~·~t 'lIlce ill a ~i:mple .p.hys.k;al world,W e 'Were ::J.dlil.p'OOd ro this: e:l:+ste nee w'!.:!U; sillice we had 1101 oduu- eheiee .. Tho :' Wh05~ sitl'eng,W':ls ~dtq1J;t. m the '[<lik of ~[:l.' iIl~, alive contiaued doing so, Th.is ~.haped 011.1 r kmsic physjo!.ogy. liInd that of all GlllU' verr~b!i'~~c associates on the budty litde. tree« t' ' Ii ll!. it remains wi'dt ~ tOd~lY, The relntively recent irumQ·~ arion ]~'lOWfii ~ :the .Di~{;I'J1 af L a hoJ!" .us.. ~o't se [·emOte '[;hat ,00:1' gefi:e1th: cO'mp os.utiol1 lsas h~ dmt.'! to ~da.pt agu.. '1nce mast olE '1;1$ IlOW have been freed from tht! Iuroessi.ty of 'p'e:r'W:if.l!~U·' oht:f!liJJll:J,g ou S~bs.l§irent:e<1' p&~~Cj'b~ OLC[.i.v.tty is reg;!! mlecl as {lp~oJ]ilI.L Indeed it is, ftam tie st..andpou:u of in;lmecH LIltC; Ji1t':cessity I but the r .<,;ility of miliiQflS of 'years 0 . mj;J!PIt' riOII to a ruGgedly p;hy~il;;~ e-xtS't..ence" ·w.U.n .. not lun go alV~r' beeause deiks ~ne i~.,\j'enl11rl.
Like .;t fil!" ,L"(i(lt;,'~ ~ remain The ~lo:sse$SOI1i of potemi.all}' SU'.PoE mus.,le! bone, sinew i ot.nd. nerve <ltld ehese h[l.Jil-won c'Cll:m1:1oditL~S demaad oue a'[[t:m'io:~" 'They Wfrlfe lLoolong iIEL we .If.il;llki",g eo jiJ~t b ignored, and 'W,f! do w at our peril, The.}" .a~ me ll'('IY C!I:unpon iiJe5 of cur' ex.;:£I~~ljo;, the quaLity C!f w.hich now depends Ion our eoruciiD'1J5.~ dC!"~ ted effo:n ; ( gi'mg ~hen:.l 'eDt! 5t:imujuS' they need to SEaI' in the c:,onditiu on .' h~n is Iml'mru. [0 tb~. Exc.rcise is' tbat
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Over tllnd, bove my oons~d.u;jjtigiJls of per:fCnl'U'llllre far' :rports~ ex e'rrl se i : [h~ 5t; muiu:5' dla.~ rewms 0lJIl" bodies ·~o ~h~ wIIdit..Lons for wh;t:h, d~c·~ were des\tg~€d.. Hl.Ifi1@ll's are 1I10t: pl1ysil:<!Illy normal in dt!:l . ,6wnce of .b'ill.'d. pby.sical [~ffurt. EXe:Fcts:e IS Plot Oi. thmg we do to Ill, ;:I, problem - it is a t'b~iS ·'l'.1-e must do a:[!,y~y ii ,th~ng 'W.ltholB.t 'whkh th-'te will·il1wa.ys bIl problem.s. E~erci is the dtW.g, 'e mi:i!st d.o to repliC'.aE~ th.e «lnditiiOm; under wh.tch our' .!phv-sia](lf;Y WOI:S adapted, t.1me ~nditign5 IllInf'l' w.Mch w'e UCIe' physic.aJly imiO,[lI'D 1 •.. [11 other words, il!'K,e;r(;"lse .i:5 sUihnll:!IlI,Le r=,l:Ve--IDi:II1I acri.v.i~y - the' thiag we need '~O ID!;alli:1: our bodies :Hu:l. i!l:'ll fact .0'1.11" :r.n.mds, l10fmal in t.he l[R Cf!fU;U;ry', Andll111eT-eiy normal, for raost '!i\l"{)l'lhwhHe htitr.innsi is. .1I00t 'gr:!Qd (,fLaugh.
A~ ,'UJliett!,',s deC'ls1QiU to b~ .- men,gth mU.liijl~,'prOP·lllI1 n111y 'be ll'lOll,v;;Ued by.jJ de~: i ' 0' join a. team. spoc' Ihiottrg!l1l1rres it, or it mi§bt be fo.E' .mIJre ,persol.h l reasons .. Many il1diividrual~ .feellh~~ ~hcir st.tengrilJ is iJ!L~dequ!lJte. or could he Lrn]lrro'!,\'ed b yamd wl~u i[ I'_ ~
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widlUiI.n the: carrot of team m€I]Jtb~1"5Mp" 'Whateve,r tfuJ.e r-JFinUV,lt_LOJiljl dtey lleJficl te be [atl:gh[ what to do ~ SC1Ull:ebad,y ~ ruJltd dlia'[sornl.~bodY' is, ).'91/." It :is fQr' th~e 'pe:o~Je' 'ilial,t [iE;id, then:~seives In d1lis ,PosittOfl dl~!i '[h!~ hm~k is i~I~_.ded- M~~\y p~ple h~,'f"re s!;lJir~dJ ,1ii1~ing '~igh!:S Qrra, thei r e'Wll, = either- ~;i ,~Q([~l'ej ~~ school 'wh,h ~q~,il1y ]n~(:Iiit;i1o¢d bl1,dd[~i 0[' lllii1mt the u aoqu,lIlifioo ,$~peIT;;S;i.O\iil of in~xpe'dc[);Qed 'CI[i<lche.S,. who do mere h~n]:lI i~~I1, g>ood, It: is ~tl"em..el)! dliEtel;llt, fu[ a novice ]if.t.er' to ~:ea'tll correct 'iIech1:11-g,U>8; from, picmres in '~.I~;<Lciues: ,~ by td,d, ~ilcl. error, without an a;Jleiie,~e..ed ey~ ~ro:v:Bdb'jJs mr;:' feeclh:li_k ~n :pos~ciM ~!1d, l<')l"m d1~t 'he: c"'<inJi(TJl £001 a:rad~, himseJf., The \il~se .mrorj'~y oJ pCQplif: "i1i(,ho S~tul wit'~Qu~: ,g;ood sHpervision 'e1~hel" ~t: ~~rr: i;}r faU '00 lnIlikie,~ff!LCie£l:~ p',rog.[1E'.s~ to n1a.nr.oITf.' 'their le[JIthusm,sm, and ,eIl!d lJI!P qR~tcil'l;t"
So" your r,a\IleJrere is ve.ry im!pm~m" You Carl: eeaeh iE:Clt:~dv - from dlie. .s'bI!OO~'iO~IfU, ('if
into Wh~I~ work.s, and wh:llt dI$eS1l~' t., A rJ,d, if ~her are the lcilJJd, (If fuU~s wheS(! 'eg'"O£' c.1l:jl :fiemtiiin, :til ~hel;~, 'fi.hey ~y ,re'C~pciv~' 'I!:Q '!earra-lng 'fr-om o'Lt!J~r C01t~W, ~nd ~~p:cr~ii1.oed pto£t>~i{)[lals. Pt~pJ:e~ who ,p-G:m~:iS aU th.€:s-e 'I::r.::.[Es; are; exo.lilptio:J'l!oU =' mOG'it coaches ~r;.e less e:ff'ectivlf'_ beC"Jrl!lse "O:r:(e:
Qt, moOre .of 'iJre.se ,by com.:pmleilEs, Is lairu!l]g.
TileR· are two klty df':J:ll!E~Ig; '~O :e$~t;hini !o~Ht'tiplka.t>.ed, ph~i.eal m(f';e;_metIJ~~ knowmg W,Uj the 'm,Q¥eme~n; ]go;l~$' 11~ when; h is done (or.rndy ~ ~nd utld\e[s,t"l.:nd~ whjJl[ the a!tlilstf: ,,~p.;:rit."l'i~:)' whsn the mo,vemeIU· :~5 done, a!JIJFr-ec~lr'" The fir-st, is, <1:11 db~.<diC!i.tl.a1 ikiU1 'ii:he
pd.:rn."'hry Will.}" the ,c~ach. dbl$jr15 lnfo:r:matioili. abou'[ :[he ,adll!e~·e.'·$ p~dtrl.lE;mce of the' moveme.nt. Tb~ second is acquired !by doing Lhe nlc·jtemenlt;. ~nd it b why some esperlence with ~ .!oiport is nec:e.ssary to coo,C'b ir, It is ICri.'Llal to, om, llEildeI,standinilg of me a:thle:re .
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p-nJU ems ill l.earrnng e. .wn:vemet!!tj. an . :proJ;1'W~S IDsng. tmto w.!I1at. to sa.)' 00 '!4'. mm ·tO~,Q rt
right. M:rJ.~r eeaches rd, prj m~ rill' OIiL du~ir ;abiifIy. [0 obs~trV¢, and thi~ WiO:t~~ fim~ most of the time, BtL~ a ~ru.l,y I~f~ecr:m coach. brings b oth ·t.lIlAenl~ 'eel bl!r~I 'wh~tEa. ru. helps his adib~ll·'& :hm_p:tQv,e- '!;l'uO!Ir performanee.
The "coaching e'Ye"'" I.S m~ rum.e fOil a :let of o~:Sl1!naciol'1d. ~ilind. <lin;a~yd(~l.~kHls n~5S,:u1" to e""ihJl<l:'~ff ;adll-etue p~rJIO:rrn;ajj'3«. Most s:ports:tll'e exp.~O'siv-e (or ,;:111:, ]'e'U~ q-t._~k) .in 1ilI.j]J~re, 2LIild e-oachillg d-~em.. it'eqlO!!i[,~ ~h-a4:, the mcvemenes i[[Vto1.'.,,~:~ be assessed orur.a-rel,.· at the ~eeti idu. which ' 'Eu:y .a"Ctu.<illy oecur, IE is 1tm postiMe' eo ~low down ~ pitch 01" ell!. hack. lip for.·- ilic:' oo~e:JJIce of I:h~ eoach. Ir is W\1.lUY. inoUti:lO'rolle.lltf albeit possible, to use '!fid~g ~~dul,o.logy ~!D Ill<Y:3llutltite tl:ne·veil:]f:f.U~ T,e.pea:~d1r jn' sLoW' .motruon. r..hi~ w-ould. :s~ow lEiown ,t.hr. ~-'1oif'ko!Jt~ -ma delay the irnmedi.-!re food...bru-;;k necessary for rtedlf.l.iqlilf: i:mproV!Htlen-! So the ('.i)~ must cl.ev,e.1op th fibility to se-e all the rde· ant an.gk:sil ,dj , . n,eC5-I, ;mel ,r~Ii1J'[.i.oruhips in real '~imt una -'I:' ~h e !i1Ln').tI~. conditiens of perff!irm~P!Jt'~.
Tile roru:hUitg err::' i~ dtrvdop~d thr-.ough .pr-.aetioe:J. iE'!f~ as 'tb!l;·.dti;ih of: the rp!lilrtilre< acquired by you.!;" u'-a~n;:. It takes many bo'lll'S: 100t ohse:rv:u:io!ll - wi 'n the lO(:used intent {C! audTi.:e thO!:t wMch ,i:si being seen ~ te get gtl .d_ ~~ • t; 'or 'most of the' movement we will do.i.~ ,t'his P·J:''O,gnU'III. 'the best 'po(lS!~r;,(!I.I,1 001 ebserve i ' the 4:)1:' olbli.q1le~ eirhar f1'D.m. tbe frM'or 10 ik~ d\cp~[Lclin~ D.ll the ~rdsf;' OIiOO bcitity 1~yQ1iIt .. In. this pooiti'on~ all, dle body ··~[tU~llt 3:flg1!ZS can Ib.e aceu,filld ob c:i;"i.\'t.'d. The e-XL:e'p:ciO:IiI',~ the :be-ncb. pre: s, wh;ch hi lb~5't !:oacbed, [mm tlilf S:pfUrl:Eig p{lisJ;~ion d][iecdy behind die' IrFt.er.'.~ :h~~d :If 'he Flh of the bar needs to be observed, it is besl: seen ,end-CJi~, from, iI. P~];!~'Ul dk,r:t..'tty. :p.f:rpe-.I!'ldirnJ,tIT· [0. the .Ij£~er. {fjgure A}.
Those of us; who:se :i.nct~~( i . in ]nunim peflOI':momce ~re c{!in.ter~\r;:d '!iIr'ith IProd~,J~in!l: me 'best el§.<:~p,lles of [he. burn'R ~:IU!IiO-type tbi: 'wiE eaJii in oundve:; :;UJA. in d:'IO,se we .have 'been tfMs¢ea: wiili trnicilii~. For Ulls .fealSO!IJ!, 1110St Effec,~'v,e C(1~he5!a'ili]] themselves - either wiujj !:hei.l!" " Ehl~ .JJ..,r by themselves .irlrrer. 'P\)nl.cti«. The" ff..ective coach unde:r.s(a;t]liis wh~1f. his
r. ini'oiie5 are feeug and 'ttFrie:t1!!1;mg a'S htil' coomes them, and me o-ruy -way he can kl1JGlW these thin_g5 is to ha.ve· done tth~m himsdf iP!f1efe:rtlbl.y ,I"e(',enciy.! The he~' ;c~";I~hi!:.S hi :vc learned [rom themselves 01:5 m~y train I .and the (lQlllIUITIJle4 ~er,jenoe' of ~o.i H.g it :lFlr:sthmd is iavsluahle in
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Couches who theerselves train ]:5'0 :6av\e a:niIJ1±n~'r .impm:'raIu :il:d'!ldLil·~~.ge' over th¢; r :re<ielITlmry" dise:tlg,ag~ OOI!':ul'lerpMt5l .. Thcir own :l'Hlt]"".,4t~on re itI'IIproll;l-'e 'I.:I!I,'$ du~m in til£' shoes of their .ailiJem:t'!s· and buil&s an impm:l[Utt bon-d. bew.e'ell, athlfl!l- ~l1d ~OlJ;eh. tha cannot exist unless th_e ;n.hl(l~e .krH'JW-S- thas the' ccrath 'U"~fi!5 me! oJCc~S]olll11lnr sees him do ·iif •. This: ~on:o~'Cti.(i!lJ! .sbo~ld ,lliIlDit 'be ·1lI11.de~',e~E.i.:tniuedo a'ehJe't~ . '~p¢ct @. oo;1lch ''liil1o is w.imng to de ~~he' "amt mints he ,i'Ilsks of .ru~ traiaees; Eve.1:1 olde.r c~he'S wbo eaanot .Fi!.':fo.rm. as '[.her pr.eviolLt 1,. 'Gould. needl tQ tr<li~. bDth . Or' thems -1\",;s asamatter a : continued 6~~Si ,_'nd cOi'JIching competence • and as :l. WfaJY 0.£ "':p'rnclicing what 1'01Il. p.t>mdlj,'ri'
A.m:ang the ['ir..sr. tools 'delffl.Opc.d. uti pr..:tC'tice' ,i:'¢sl,s[UU ~eii:'Di~e' '~r~ th~ b-arheU;, .a! ll~g !~t~l. ~h;tft wh:h ,(tOme ~,rPc crf wdgl:u ~!'l, ,t!aeh end. l'.~e ~ar]ies~. b~I.1bd1s ~~d ~]~lb~s er :l.J?hl::'.r~ f.Q:f we.'ig~tj w,b:bi:-h {;ould be adju$.ted. ,EDt ~.Mm];.ce tlrtd .. lol1ld by' £il.lmrg dite-m with s:JlJnd or SfuL6t, n~vicl 'W,illmlgbhy"51 SIlperb b(mk:~ The Slillper .Athle~e~ (A..S. Barnes and Co., .1.970) details the hjs~Q~' of 'We.ighcl:~fliEl~; and. tb,e eqrl;.il;p.ffl\fl!:ll~ tim-II .made. it :pos$iMe',
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".&v~~I!:8!ge Q{ ~he f-ae~ ili~'E cliff~t~tlJt pa:r!;_s or 'm~ :t4~~ ,o,~' mo:t:ion ~r each llmh were s~orrs~'( tb~'[~ Oth_~n:. A. rmtchl[t~ WijS ,d~;gniUI f'Qf eatib Hm_~ or bu~r :p,Mr,. OlIti~ .a, c;:mm, 'W~s i ncutufomttd info the chain ~rnched to the 'we~,gh[ stack. tut 'yal!"~i.ed the resiseanee ag~.:si: the joint during "ilie mO''i,_1\fm.enl:. The m,."l-chin-;¢s, were di11-sigiIDed ~o he used i fl. ,i:l!. :ipecifJiC ii;}1lcl.eF~ one !In:eu. ,1I!1l0'I;.he!i" wi~hOllt. ~ 'Pil~ beffi~o, sets, $h~e-.e; d!if£e~:nt 'body parts w~.re bd~t l;.fOrW :oon~eUidve'[y. And the eentral idlilOl (From til. cumtl'Jiel:\ci~l. ~lrujdpul1iL'~ wu 'lh~,t :if G'n.ol1gh 1'J;la~hme5 ,_ ~t:h woricintg ~<se,rliJ:'.l!i;re body ,parr. = wer-.e· add.M·1:0gether in :;J; lciocmt~ tn.ee:.Ilil:'lr-e !boor waS ;being tril!I.L'iIed. The' ,ltnac.~ine:iwe-re ,ex.oepi!.iDfi::.Hr well n'ladf'.~ncl. handoollle; Rtld soon most Iifl1nS had the oMigatory', v.e0"'e~pe:r:l!s.i'file, :~2~~r;,':uiOi1 NaUl1iJu:s ei':iX'l]iL
Exe'~~~ liltiitbinc-£ were no~ IltzW'. Mii)$t.hit\'h "$i:hiUlot~i h~d.;l: Uni\r~r:5al1 G~O'Icli:nt1l.r· multi-s,mtio:iJ! unit.,. 'ljnd; 'leg e-.Kte'.IiIS.iom and lar puillclDwII.S were' :b~i'iIlt to ev,erybody th~It trm,nm with w.ei~:tll. The diHe're.n:ae \V;!l!S the :Il1L-<J;r.lk.e.(iMg hehind the. new 'eql,lip11llte!lH. NaUii:ilm, touted Ole 1;D~al~'bodi1 e.ff~Li:: 0-1 'l',1b~ !!:lPfn:p1efe c~ritj;d,'[) som;e~hi~ ,~~~ h~d !t'I;ev'er. '~dO'~ 'beer!: e~ph~~~;(jeriL 'Wg W~~ It'"Ca'i:ed '~o !i ~ri~ ~ bl:fo:re-:iiti:d~{rc:r til!t'ls l\cat1iU1'li1g ¢n~' C!l~r 'V'ia'l.'lgii;', :;!:it ,~nclividu.',JJl whQlud !lp,par~nd,.. g;iin~d ,j]; ~Oli]sidernb]e amONiU:I:t 0$ w~tgllJ't 'uswg o~l.y N ~lJ!!ih,lS '1aqui'P~Il'~ •. Mis.s ill g, hO'Dli the ';IdeS w:as: the rnf!m:n,aIiol1 mat Mr., V.j atnr was rf'II',Jl:llWl1g ru.zre ,be p~'luo~l;r ,had ~,N1ired utr.O"~,h m,OIf:e ~m:Jv'~UiOtlsJ ~edl~~ ~ ,;lin ~~:p~n;ei:'l,ctd. b~d,ybillJder.
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The p,rililary :te1iI.SQIlI, for. ,dus was '~t ,~'IJIci'h.lS' equipment illJa~:cl. 'the hei~.m c'h:l,h (Olft. ih~ii:illte' kllo\'!,i''ll, as me "'hetl!.kb, ~p:a;n) inJu'.s,U'y· itO @Ife:r ~'O dlf~ 'tJ-e'l1er,al :EllUblk il rhing; wh1dl. hnd
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b~~ pteV',iou ly un a vailrubJe,. ~riOt to tbe in.ventio.n of N ilU.til~s~ :if a. member w-anted rOI t ~ill"il h a rd~ in. ,ill m.o;r.(:" t:bho!f~e. w. y 'tb.m1 Ul}i.v,e:rs: ~ eq.WPltlef!l ,p ·nwttce.a he hiUI m· learn .hm' 't!Ji use 'ba~t!U&,., omeone b.'I,G to tea.ehbim. ,his. M.oll'eovr:r, someone ha-d, to '!?aCh tlre bCiJlth- 5p 'StMf !mY! to, t6a£.I:lI h~mtil 'clJ is, Suoh pro' e.s5>lorul:1 ediULa~]On 'W'.LS, Jlfld. slilll~ time eO~tlling and nOI w~Jdy avaibbie. B-!litt wi[h N@"l'tilus eqttLpn1.ent" a minmU;l.m:-'W.i!j~ e.mptQYec could be 1!;<l.1Jght "lelf1! qukkly ,bow 00 IttSC ehe whole -ciit;u_it. os[e'nsiil'I).- providing:). total-body w(J,rkOIJl:t with [lute i r.J'i,rle5Jted .In em p1 oyee' elh_1iGs'l::~M" .furirhf'rmo!!',r:~ ~h..e' e.nt~iI:',e cit'C'''Ulit GOulcl be performed in abeni . .30 minutes, th:u,$ d«reasmg- uil.embe.r<trme EIin, ~hC! !'!~')e['L!'Se fI'oo·t. inr;l."E'.asing; rraffi' c~p:a_ci~ in 't!t~ d~:b, :lIucil'mmmWni,SiUe'S tlxpmtllr.e tlO mO'n tf.il£O!l::. N~uli],u;s eqt1:ipmfnt quiu~ Utel'-ally m,a,'Cic the ~i.s!iE'.n~ a! tha modem In-:iltb dub p-o~lb]e.
The problem. o:~ (O~. is. rJ!l!.a1: m;·u:hin.e-based.lrnining. did .lot work '35' it W-a:5 .aclven:ised." lit' was ~J mOoS :in1,PO siMt=, '!:;() grun m,usc-..J;l:[ ibodYWf'igh~ doj I'I~ <L c-ircuill;.;. PeopJe ~?'ho were t:ryW,og to do sn wou~d tl"a:Lfi fi!ithfWJy for memhs '\'I,mmu: cnJ rung -any S Ltimil'ifit;llnt l1l'YSCU'~M weiih'~ :iI~, al1. W1'le'~ ~hi!:Y wen,tt [0 btr'b IlU-alln:hnlg _ mITaCR~OUS thmg would h_ .pP-t!llI: thmr wo!UJd. mmediillldy pin·_ widw.,~;l, 'w.- e'k _ more ~j'dght than dl¢Y had gained EJl1l;'be ~nl:iLe l;mli! they had .r,gu~ln 'W ilh tb~ 12,-~mtiorll ci.rc:t~i't,.
Th.e re<UlOitl eb illl i£oL:tEed bociy-pm't Ir.:ai~:c; <1;1.11 machines d{!l~JIU:-~ w,oirk is, 'C~!L1! 5~Ul1e reason thfft bil.i'b~lh ·wo.m &11, w, ']I~ 'bm~r cllM .iiiny other '[ot}~~ W,e ctln use 10 ~iJ] sir~'Jl~dl. th,t: hWDIil!ll. body fllJncri!oos :H;;,Ii. cc..:ln'p:r~te s~y;j:u.:m - ,~t wor'l;;:s ~__at W';1VY'~ • [J.dI. It lil"e;s to be' 1i:.r-~n~
that ~y.lt doesl1'1[ Uk~ '0. be 'se,pa!t!!Il:ed inrn ~tB CGml' tJn:u:tj;~ oompa(:l.enU; ndJ:hen ~vt: l:hme camp nauts. exerci'e t:dl S'ep.'.rl.IiiIIIely . :>In,,c' the S'&re.ll~g't:b. obtained (yom. training win nor be u tili~e.d, In this wary .• TJ1e' . 'n:eril: ,p,utem of JS:rrength Il(Q,ttsici.on IDUSt bt: the s:!jme as; ~~t in which the it~l1gth will. be !Jc~ed~ n .pril'lcipl/E· knowf.!J~' Tr01!inimig Speclnt:it)". The I1ervo-y$ :syste..J:l CO:J;l'f;fO~ the :muscles.. lind 'me rdi!itionshi!p betwel:J] dUi'm is .reJ'en~d to ,~ DI1l!E:u.rom:us-cuJal.". " NelliromU51;';1].Ltll" s~l?eeU';,;j-ty· is, an Ut~ fortlln:aie rea]1lY· ~nd exercise programs: mus t .i'~p ·Cit this pr,i.nc-~ple the saIlile wny ,they ,['es.pt!.!l:t the iLaw .of GJ::l:l,V,Lty.
Barbells, and We p·rillila.ry exercises we 'U:5Jil them to do, are .bI SiU!petiof. to any erhe i:' !t'J.-airung reels that have ever been devised, IPn,:pcdy :pe1i"formedJ. ifWlU ,r.:t_i]!ge."'\o,f~motli!ot'l 'b!ii_t"JliIeH le1{ef.dse-iii eee ;:-~Knd."tI~y tliI;:. twctiQ.tud ex.p',f~5(1on IQ'( hl.!l!man sk!e!~e~~i ~l'iId mlliml3'JJ anato-I:ny '~l1dEr' iii, ,IQad~. The exercise :ial. cO.l!lIooUed by m:t-d the :result of ea£h rr.r :lin ee s particular :tl:!:O\~(:mmt pi1IUf'.nlS min"tteiy £iil!l.'!-tu[ledi by each jndb.~u:)llimb length, .miU.!~ri.i1M a:ttaC-Mlent position, ~'re~,gth ]~¥.eL!, .f]~~ilbilityl and n..eu·mnnlScul1ti' efJi(ien;;;;;y, Bahulce 'bC'C'w-e'e1l aU the' mtli5d~ i!:1\.l\i;Jlv.ed in :<Ii movemeat is mh:li:'r~liIt in the e~rcii~l sinee all ~hr; muscles in'l.f[)~~, co.ll:[f~butc their ,U1!,~:rornicaMy' deterMjrmd s.ma.J'e of tl'iitt 'Wor.k, J!lhl:fd~ move the 'i r)in es bet'W"eEl] ~ __ bones. w,bici) u-.tm;fe.L" force to. thi<' loadl, ~Jld m{; WolV)" this is. dOric:' is a ful1ctiO<r1 Ipf th-e of-sip o.{ [:he: :s-y..s~e:Ol ,=. when mr,r[ S;YSl sm is used ,jt'1! we manner of its' de-sigr1!~ ~i: [l:i.na~lJJl.5 Qp.u.rnit[y, and trai:trd.n.g ~holllM .CllIow 'L".his; design. B!J~[~s' allow weight to be .muv,ed i [] eX'<:Y.cd.j' me 1/\ .. If ,the 'bod..y is d£s~gned. ec move if. sino: 'v. ry speec of the movemeat i!i' determined by the' 'body.
M~cb.L![l>e$.; on the ether ~n.d , .force I£.h e body to mOll',t: 'lite v.'ejgin ac,cordi lilt to the d~jgL1. of cite ma>ehil1e. thit1 pl;]ce;s Slom~ ,t',n1.cr· .serious .U ml'tilbOilliS ,r:mdle a bi ~it.y lor "dlC
eserc ise ~O .mf'1f[ the .5pcdfiCo needs. or dl~· ;I[We,tf4. For l nstance, m.ere is 1110 w.ay (or ~ hum.m bein.~ in ii,1 L~l bt-c tbe qlll;ldrtCe'p~ muscles i!iil. mwl stien Irom the hamserin . in jl,ny movement p!!.t~r[1 1:.1111t exists ex:ce.pr ~1. Ii t1't~chii'J~ tde.f,~:ned for this p'i,.l!rpnse. N 01 n IItuml movement I<."tirU be pcda.rmed I]KU does Ihis. QU.j),rld.ccp~ and lut.msl:r:imgs alttt.a!yF uaeticn tO~E'the.I" .• :It'[.d, $1Lme time, [0 balance tM.j! f!)ft'~ on either side of d~e knee.Siacc they aiWij).rs work H)~dte,r, why sholilM ·they h· ~'/!o€J ~p"tnuely.~ Beesese :sO'mtlbody invented l :~rlrl1i;) '~ha~ 1~t5 :~:S?
E ven rnashines ilia.'!: .1I1C)w :rrl'uhip:l~ joi [)t~ to be 'Wo.rlc.eJ Ii:\[ the' '~{i rime are less I[han optimal, since [he P~lLrem. nr r.hc' IDOVemf.IIE ·th.l:·Ollg,h S:P,l(;': is dc:U\!.m:UJ:1.ed by (he .~lJ3,Lhirte,. nm the ~ adividual biQ~l1«hl1lni(,s, of the' ihu man u~~n,g it, :&i!['btII~ parmir the minute ~d;Wirmen~ dluing [he 'movement that allow ind;:vidiAa~ m'r!tropo.metry ito be expre sed,
:"1IJ!nh£':r1l101f-.f. barbells requi-7e ~h~ .individual. to ma:ke dt~ :MI~w mcnrs, and m.j'mhef' ones th.at .IInig,hr be .m1e"'C$s~f;' 1-0 retain ;l:O:I.'iI'IToO] oyer {he mov.tm(!llt![!lf dle w~igh:t. This ~~~c~ of exercise C'1I!.i"IIl,Q'1;: b Q'v,ctstiilIt"d ~ tlse conrrel of !:he b~_f .• md the balance and ,cflio<tdin~·t ~Qn d.en1a,;tu:l!ed of rhe trainae, aee unique Eel, b .. tlf'b~ C'1':~rc;ise and cOlJ!Llpl~l\E'ly a.bseru ~n machineb;:tS'ed tmininfi. Since ,every:up CL oJ th~ movement 0.:( 'me load i cont ro[l.~d by the trsinee, ,evcery speer of that m.ovcme:_r['t is beiag trained.
There ~r.e o(hclI" benefits 01S well, An.oj th!;· r!:xe.rr:is~;s deseeibed m this bl101t r ;lined mmt other Ibarhd~ ,ii:!i$~Ml.i;;e e1ol:.ere6se£,. jrl:vo~\le v.lryj ng dq-;:rees of ske~f'l<IlI .loadifi.@,r A ter -;tH, tb~ 'b('iH~~ ,}I'1:l what ul.ti.m;;uely iS~.pPf:l'rt Illc wt:igh.t (lEi. the bil!l". Bo~ . L~ livin.tj;., $t1'~~re~:rQ.lllsi ... e t:t5SU: ~ : ust like musde ] i~rn~nl, tendon. slk.tDls nerve, .Ui.cl bnl n ,. it Old lIip ito ex:if'f~'C~:S~' i U;q! 1 Lkc. .my ether tissue, !!.nd btl xnnes denser lind baroe!" 'm :r~ptJ1'IS4:: to heavier wgigl~l. Til ~~ ~sp 'ct of harbell u"9..i!t~!ilig iii> Y 'ry imp0r'i:ilIll1 ro older tn I [Joe -5; and women w:~me bene d~n ity is; 1 nL'1jor fa ,·t or in oomin.ued health.
In Ffracri.ca.l. terms, fiv . er 'S~x very funrttjoll!li~. weLgb:~ room'S ._ in 'Iil;;,,11 tell. ron be done Ii~frillr hundreds of cl~{f.c't~lIlt~errise.s - me, be bU;lr '~.u tb cosr oL one circuic of :a~y mode.rn exe.n.:-i. t: machines, ]f cost is tlOI: ". i~t·too r, ll.tiJity sh;jJu·~d. be. The 11.W4lI~r of pe:(lpJ~ li1.'<I!inllfl1i;; :!;~ !1 gi:ftri time pe,,~ dol lar. ~I.jpen~ ... -quipprng dt81Jl. mi:"gln. be an impo.rt,l1Irt CDIIls;bilf'I'iiUlon in deciding which. r:ype OIl' ~q'lliprn~n[ 'ta'l:my·.
The only prob~~m with barbell ~raill.iDg is th~ rllG '~hat t~,e vast, O\Tef.W'lie.J.m.irli majo.r'.ury of ~O'p1t' dO-J]"1: MOW how'H) rdo l'r co:r'fiCcdy, This .[5: :511Ificiefid~rlleriull,\i iilJL(1 legiri.~_,ate a concem ito jmrlfilJ.b.ly d~COl.ll"'irlge' mou:J.y people fr,o;t l U1Ii~~llg with barbells in ~he' .1bsenc-e of qualified ili'l.S'tn;l:ctLQ.riI. And if most people d.CI[]. 't kn,o ...... · how to me b.u:,b~e:nh.l correctly, even fewer know how to t.e;;a.C'ln. theie use, M~t peoplCl' 'Who cleim ro ,now hew don't, Adding eo the Pf9blem. is. tire f ct that d,eJ:'c' ;lfel very few places ro le3Ji11 OOW't!OI 'toCadii barhell c),j,iniEl,'g. h ;requuJI.'.es, eKtefl;Sl. e pe:rwlJi~l t!X'pe.r.L'euC'e with barhelh; >lin Oli'bility to c[):!]1!moo1c.1te' this experience. ;and '[he C'.l,P"!lm.t'y [Q acilb.lsl[. '00 dte needs and :llibil .. Ll.ies of the indivic'al being .i.n1itrYcttd,
This !r:Lecliod. of W1ICru .. l9g Ihe barbeU e'li;erc~~s has been developed O'le'j ~5 y~iI-~ ,~[IJ the oomruetdil~ fiJt:t1i~5 tndmrry, '[be ti~.j.1" tild!1:' part of it thai: re rna; ns in. Il:b, 1 i;ttlt.is of indr~c1'-uah; I:{.'tm rnittoi>ld. 'to' remlt!!, uarte!r\,[.y ;'ilib-o'!.u wh~t 'Wo.rk5, andehe clme-hc..'lrJ'lo:retd 'prindp~e~ of rE'Me:re.tte ~r~ce. It is sugg€.s'l;oo '~h 1!.1 the .pt"05ipecr:ive: ',coach"i!D t: ~t;__bC! mgt hods ,he,rei!fll df'~t:ibed m reach
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T.~ squ,at h~$ b~~ n 't lliI.e ,mo:;~ Im:pllI1:u1'L~ ye'r ]~]mt :poQ,rly 'illIJ:tIdS"rStlDod ezercise I[JI me. ttailiJLKB1g ;/'I!fseiiil:<i.l :f.o!f." as lClng as d'1le:r.~ ,~,'I,j'e been ,rn,mi vsred ,~th'~~~,~ 'wid} barbells n~d o~lh[}p.edie :ftlr.~~a~~ that &i&n't; theillBeh,es; do, .sqr~<1i~. The fylllt.i;~tile of ,ilI!O'Q:IO!l1 exe[Jc~se knOWll as the :sq,L'l,{)i~ is, the singIE" 'i"nDlfi, U,1C(liil ~~~dse 1~ d'l!e 'w~ght r.,~m, It would be i:rltt"resting u) 'see an ott~gpcdl( ~,ea!l [ell n, kud_not EO ,~:~~y fuorbilml hrl5ketb~~jl 'or :5OC-CElT, 'the' spt):.r'ill n;h~t ,[\ewh; in the hulk (]if .h~~ :kn&e practice, and ]~'V'C' Fult 5l"Jtu.l!il :o:Il(ltillli'. h, wQtiM, i~~ ~2 ,i[JIitf',r-escimJ.g. '~Q; :maw what pt'rt:'Cint.1~"'" 0'1' '[hi; SIlml!: ~S'"ur.:geO'lli.s praetice is the resulr 'Of :fui~ squats. O.itth(;i,p"d~,Cl' SI!,l:fJ;~O:f.!:S: are net ~e.[',dse JP'm£~5SieIllilob. They are ·5'UlI'geO~$., They $t~dy sur.:~:e.f..lll and seme aee C'i.1\~1Ilf g:ooo !lit it", Bl;~~ 'they are ,[1:0)[ u·a,; ~.ed, trt exe-ro@ meo:ry or. [echmique~ ,mDst; '0'( d'ltrn :~~V ' ~:er 't¥'~r;f.'!Jed OOii:r>ect:ly ~ rnMlY" b~'I!e .never 'been m "3. ,gy,IU. The :rnml2: ~hi,nt is true fo:r :pll~tL~' 'tbe.r.apii~ts and o:mlCm" quasi,-,9:mdic.;J typ.c~. whose u'ahli.[ftg ~1l!d le~penise' is; ,m J:'"e't!J1"iIJ!rng i[;a.e phy-rucaUy a),"8ruillC[]ol'l!al to runctWII. u.:ei."cue' -f'01? h.tlal~hy lI1divh!t~3h is ner the S!il:me' tb il'1Jg' as dtt!',rnpf j i!l[lrl a iaocl w'O!I:'kin§; .ki1tZtWled~.e of ~l'IDomr and kiinelii;cJow~, while ilil¥orcM'u mad iI1e.c.es5:My~ is !lO't th~ (;ItiJly ,re.qliisil~' ,f;nr. ex,per[i~ iii1I~N:eocire' ,presC.f.LptEOIl...-md pm;gramrning. Medical ,P':r:o~e.5sioIllal<$ 1..100 'to d~.llmg 'wi'tb ~niii1ir'ed :pa'[ie~,tt 1tl.<l!y H~nd [0 -app:ty d:1f W.['Ql1g set of p,ril't.cipI.Es 'Eo healdlY :p.o,p!ialatiarillSl !being cam;e.l""taci;.'C to the poim ,o,f h~'il.g :sj]~y .. As slI:l"e'ngitl:Ji a:nti], LQndi~,qfl!~ pfcJ'es"s:;o.~~IS:1 we·deal with heahhy.arnletes, and Wo!1i must Ieam the mo:s~ efhctiw ~<!irS to ~~le t]iu~rt' bodi.e;;;' ~nd, m~n& adapt to me. ,!I:',ig,o~ of sport, 'The sq,llWI: is QUI' most v';[tlul]b]e tCl;pL
TIl!~ ~qUi:lt Is se EFfer.tJ,V,E :itlll ~xerc.D~ OO!:lf1U~ of ,thtl. WiiI,Y' i:t '1llS"t:S dl:!!' :mySde~ ;l!tn.uud ~he eere (If 'dic body. MJue:n b, m~~ iZlif eere strell:grAl mdi fortunes have ooetIJ: Intllde ~Il ~iIlg iI1~W W:ili:y.:s to train the i!:OU ro.~l~~. A rotted :squ~'~ p-.er.riec:cly ~ai!tllus ~ll the to:l'Cf'S areuad me knees and me hup~; LJ,1mg '~hese' ml:i!El~ in 'eal1~tlY' ,th~ W(lY dlrt' skie~~tit 'biCi!med~$nics are de~ig~d fOf' d~e.m u~ bE, IJ~I ,(llller,tlueir anilIDmit:r.Uly fun T"3l~~"o£ moiion ~:f;l!tc: t)., The
IF es h:);J",l!J l 'mU!Stl~Si ,o:f: 'the lewer 'b~ck, m;e, IlIippyi" mralC:~j"~ "1Ih.d.Qwmail~: aad l"I.lI!eTa1!:ftl.ttJk ttvlLl'Sd s, the ,!}osrnJ "ribe:-.a,g'e~ ,ml1;sd~ 'I.llll!<l: ti:~, ~hl!:' ~hol;ilW~ts ;i!!f!;ri ~r.~~~ :tIIf"e w.ecl iSilJim~erica~~.y. The'.Lr' ~ta,tic oo1J!!i:rnci:i.aD: Siupp;orn '[he truak and 'trm5J~rs kiiildlC po .. wer £iI:'om ~ht:: 'p:.rimo ,!lfi!l:l!'V,E:!Di. te th~ b<iJf,. T.he tiii,1ilk ,~l~~es [Wl.mjenl as the '[ft]ns~.io[L 'wlmile the liii~ ~d 'le~ arc the engir:u;, N ili'~ilCo!l:. Ul!:;tt mi,;j ~'~ O'f ,~~ body .!.!J: ~:~ 'f/.he ~lttE'r of: d"te' squat, that the muscles giflt: sJ.mdLeT [he farther ilWiiliy Irom the Qore they are, :;jnd lila)'!:. '~~e ~@' wOlrks d:H::n~ ,~, e:xacI'~l' '[his p,r.io.rity
(fi~.re. .2). ~aT1ce' .~s. p.rooidled bY' time int,ei"l'IlC:tiofl !}J [:h~ ;PQ!:il'l;if.~l ~'i;IISl.des w ill'i! thit' :hips' and IL;g$~ s'm:r~etli~ CIi. litt; gro!iill:ild at dt~· f~i: and pr:Q{'.eEld.in~ 'I,llp 'ti:! d:liI~ I:MI1;', nnd: ecmrelled 'by iii. ma:ssI.v·E, a.mollllli't 0:[-' eefi~ !Jl:'en"l:!'11S ~[e:m st:'[~'!,/;'[y ~;J!iIl~e:r 'lh~ I:a~~eious ·dite~to,t1 of 'Lhe il'tht~te~~ milld. In .000ddi'~~on; ·tIl!: sy.s'1:e-mK: [i!titm',E' of 'the maVe'IDf'IIlfi: 'Wite.ll. done w[l:h lle:.lVY w~igb:r;s produces _I1Dn1'lQ~c.u !f.IeSipOnsf'.\i cl1('!'E .1!ffC!L~ the' en.h re boody. No~ only ~;5. the' ~{M-I~ :s:trnngdJ.~ned, itis strengthened ia the context o.f. a total physical ~:r:lld .[llellJllta] ex.pe:r.Lfllt;e.
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ACt :sltnbj"l~ :i";gS ~hc kn"'e:~ it p~E:lIlts the tibia :from, tr1J.nsl-u:.ing. (urwa:r.di J:iehui.v.e to the .~elnlJT.'. ru Woe ha ... r~ .otlrmdy .set"n~ 50, dil1e.s t.hE! h::un:s~ring,G:ro),Jp of museles, Uro:Ierde'l1floped, w,B:tI!l:. hi:t[ustxl.rlgi' i:hll-s-.pi:ay.:a T.'G.ie .i!lli ACl if~lurie~~, :il:fid :full squ,,-I!I:s; w.ol:'l~, ehe h:1iififil~triiiligs 'Whj]~ pMtla] Sl(_l'I.ilIlS de fLm~ In rhe :5;illit!~ -wny 'Iilie ih8m~l:r'ii1~,i) l~rot~c:t' ·thti klle:e du:r:i:Dg JI full 5~1J!i1·ti .h,,-oan,n.nU.gs dli!ill ,~![',t: ~ir,o.tlgt,'r due til) flilI15qU..-lil5: can .!Protect t,h€ ACt dlll!r.ing ith.~ ~s'porr. we .1U'.e squa'run-g '[0 t:Ql[J;dihQ:J] rot .. In :r.l>!:[l athk--li:t:'.S who ale mis&mg an ACt C:1!ll! safely sq-tla.'t: .h.ea.vy :meigh~. OOC<LU_S'e the ACI_ is 'I..IlfI:de:r ,1;1.0 stress lil!l. ,a -CO'_n',e_l;:'dy pe.rfo.r-.rned .full squ~.t,.
~tt,~oth:.ef; pfQbl~.m whh ~~,rtj:;d .5q;i]!l;t.~ :15: 't~.f~C't that ''I,i\~'ry h~,vr ,bacla .. may be rno",<"ed. due to tht snbn mnge of mObon iiI1:U~ 'we' gEWiVe:r .rn:ecoh:mic:ll1t::ffi:cie,!i.i.cy of the ~Llaneii" sql!.!i~~. p,cos.iIcimJ. ThiS ~med.Ls.pmes the traiaee to bllek ili:lJjtllr.i~$ as ~. reztih: of ,the:: ,ex~remr: ~pJn>a1 ~Qadlnt thar usultS'.ff.CFm p'liJtcirJJg a. w~igh~ a~ .b.~$ ·bitck d'i!~~ is ,po~ibi'r in (iX(;~S5 of'itD:ree limes 'the weigkt dt~.,~ ,can be- :::.~r'd:r hiindil;;;~ in iii! mn',glO:t d",-ep squat. A lo!: (ilf. ·fomball. coaches are :£o.lldi of p:;1r~ua1 ~,U.lt5;j, it .. [lows '~lNm ro ,Sot}" tb_:a;iI the:it 17 YJEar old lme'lUt1f.IJ ~re .ill. ~.U~t1iflg ,oon n~$!.
o Q[JIrit h~'~ this .hap.!Ilf'1'I! ItO Y01;ii. E1r yOliU" pro;ra:~ .- :YGU do ![I! ~'t tlol;i2d ~~ :p'robl~l'tL5 ttha~ Com" -with 'j[fai;gees' h~1:E1i.(U~ilg 'um~fe :~Q;'-'&~ [:f' i:~:\~. 'w~ IteS/V'}' ~~ ~ ~a~ be~,@iW f~rn[lc~ ie's ~'M' he;1.vy 1..'0' b~~· on ,th~ hack. O'~ympic 'W-e~gh'difue_t:~ provide a perfect .iUll s~l'aci(l(n o:f [he safety ornd. b!2'nefi!s ,of tn,e; full 5Jl:tiI!HLi:. CUrneIl!rl:y Hi.7 oJ the 192. countries: ill: ~he w~fld '~'O'mpc:tl!: .i~ Olympic. \Weighcllihin~h M!l)i"e' U'I<lll .1.0~OQCI ~~iUvidtial~, ,·t)~pc;~,e in liti!l.:erri.ttiD[J-a~ W (l~gl!n]ifting:
Fe.dernliOtlJ. evr,::tWi'Jj i!J.~, ;and' the f111;Ulil'b~'r (If: pa-nj,cipant.':'j illii 'DiOI;:;i)j] {[--.om the 1.67 cQl1:J]ttie~. would :be' :sra,g_g'i;:rin);, .iili.~ly 'l1l' the at'd.er ·oJ.2 to ~ ttJ.UU.i.OIII (ChimL'ili. alone boasts over. 1 multiof;L lif{~rs ,., r~t M~.Jiari P~.[qgl. An over.' the wad.d!, ·w-e.ighrl1ft~t"S ~q;~a'[. w<~y be:!(!iw par;lld ~!ifdy', me5't o.£te'.i;l ufiing some :fonu of lbe. ~e~f,s.i!::" either b-ilt:k sqUO'lf$ or froot squars, eYi~ly day" l'Jil;Jlit .is cerreet: dlley st:]II.!J~U" way b!:i,uIW _pmral ~el (!VoE!ry' I_r.rumng dPlY ~ ;and L'U~I !pl~ug;r':.ltms call for six daJYS-
p'~r w~'k. Isn'i[ ,ut :fase.i:1l1J~f!"g '[ha~ cl~Ey ~.'1b0'~b, .!il!.1'Qim'~ 3nd 'IiiQ't" '!J,'Il tm I:' thecate of an !,:lrthOp.e.d:tr:: srur.geQil,l?
Therti' ,~ 'imply no mber iaKe'n?ire, aad ~arnJy ne :m!lehii'1~; rhl'U;, pr.OOwt>S dte ~~yel gf Ot:ti'l.':fil n~i."Y(;Irn sy.n!"tm "lilc:ti"'f7~ im,~r.Q.~ ~ahnt;:e ,~ciI, Cetord~'!,!uion I' 5kelri.:~aIi loo,dililg lme, bone d~ii~ao/, IiI11!1J!IC1l1LlV Sci:ill!ltiaiio,~, ~!!"\ld ~rtfi;1t~~, 'f:;tiiI'tIJiCiicttw 'tI$5U'Ei stress illlid~ .stTe:l1g,~h, p~1L.hal ~,(!!1 de'.rnL-afl.d '~f.!.,d, 'i;(J'!;!!gh~ess" and .o:v,~tnn ~t!lIllU!:' tl:omrntuil1wug I]S' the cD'ff.n~~I].' ,PErlOr:tiI1i!=d, f~U ~q'ii;;.'!':'. III'L tM :ilb.s;eElQIil of. an ,ffiilUf]t 'tilill( pii:"f,'!;Teilil~ dlEj~~ belrlli J?erform~di at <iliHi !O."V';;;:Ty,ij.lle 'thtn, ,~ift'8 Wtiig]rn1S 'M!lJllld learn 'ito do cl1H11 eO'ti'ec~ly.,
Now i ~f[':g ]';;[:!I:n~ hfl)1;1,1" te '~!lcla ,th'tli movement u
1. Th'e squat heg1ncS ~i[ ~lle rae:k, OJ." the s-qt'l~t stlindsl w:b.t.c:heve:r" is ~,vill;bb]~, The rack heti:~.t .shO~ldd, be Se'C so tha.'t: [he bait' ,~ ~c: r~G:k_ l:s iii;!::. :albou~: the lof've] of the trainee' S !/itf(i"f!lU!l'it riglll in, '[]jJe'~1!idd.t~,_ CWe 'will be ~rng 'tille' bail: ill the l!Jow·pf5sitio!'!l'IJ·o.t), the posl'erio:r (k·lU],
i ~~~I;!W, of dite! nap ,_ more' about i;hj~ b:[er~) MQ.y 'w,ill p~i,~e ~hi:s ~ roo lo~,!, to !.It, ~xpb~n that Jti.,s, better 'ito be a Iirtie La·w 'Ij'!lidl the :bar OO~, (if du,': Pl:~k t:l1:;m, '~~ :b !iv-e to U;Pit'Oe: 'bacl{ ineo tile ,r:a~k wid~ ~ I'!!~vr w:t)i';~1:. Of~n m~ .emp.ty filicl. 'Ii~ this ,PQsittOI1 'will ,look 'Iow:t 'bebf4U~ ~h~ dl~l't~~~t o:f m~ 'bar '~i-tl:i:IJ~ in, thL!-.hco'ks tens me e:li"~ til diO;e~il'l ~tary a,b~Q1I.'t il!.1!) true ];u"kght I'll, ln~ n(;k. Wl:u:-Ji the bar is, plMe;d !J:ll, me :Ldti'k~ U'lJe' eye w~l be mere c;Qm£nr~lblr.i ,with Ihe ,settliIJg.
,:2~ 'li/x7~ win 'WI:: ~ (::Ii rly ru."l'~r;illl t:eilJ~ p11l!t:'C'menl!;,;. WJ~h dt~ heL1:~s, a:bout· .showme.r width3!part~ the toes !Po.~nled Gut al[ .abow[ JC degl:,ee8 (figl1.~ '4). ,ExeesS!iv,~ width ti ght.t:rt::t the h:iF:;;;'~J: the bt:J'ttum, md e~~~ive It1iITQ'!;l7,tl~5: PUV>e!IJII{j: :ili~cj:Qr S,,:ti'etch and CiUlSes ~e qtl<lLQs to jill]] ~gp.ijut: the hf';Uy iu, he<Lv1.er. trainees, both, (If whi~ p:1:t.~nl:
P[\Dp~ r d~~!h. ~05't trn~ rilei;i5: seem to seLf~ select too nolt;L1."GW a HarLpe'l possib.ly dIU.if '[Q me le'lO'il infhleDL"eS of fli1us;cle iY:i$.g_:~:lill-e._~ An d'lie~e :fn.nilj:efb~ Mi;l$~ be l?Urg;OOj l~G ,e;'."e:ry
w1OrttOUt turn ~n~o~, b.i{l~·fes~.)l
Thi~ is ak;~ ;l~ ~rni rlm~ to ~Jl!i]~~e 1h(7 trainee widl 'w'~ere on the ,~,Qm his we'ighl' is; l~ar:ded. H~'j1e hl:m lift his hlB~J.s. ~ ~.~ wfl;glhi.t is. IW.W' on ,his l'PE~!, Tne.~l h;:iv~ IJ irn 'p&ck his OO~·!j '~p o:f£ ~h~ ,pJ.i:nOrmL _, his wle.igilu:: ,LSi '~aw OJiI, ht!O ,heels. These win be ti~~llhirit~ l~l'oor.
3.. Now C!:IIT.hi:$ '~h~ 'I:rt1t::ial part df: :lYeiJchlillg the, mQv.emeJu. We are 'G,'Oi:nG 00 'ph .. ee the 'cr,tinGe i'n the pmirio.n he W,[i[ !be ill a:i:. d:l!f' bmtoni of a ,~:oi'ft'eC[, S:(:llj;~ilt,
Thi~ is £iilt s:!i!!p~riIPt 'W :na'Viti~, h~·m dlo~ h fi:i,!:I 'w.i~h. d~ har, bE~U8e' ;!lily er,~or&. in positiDn can, be easily GQii'I'ettiecl. withou~' 't:.ltre' bar -adding' 'to dw com,F)kxiw o:F' dl,c srs~em" H~':!jf{~ '~he'~raff.!;e~ ags;UHlle ~!he' cerrect 'm;mce~ audi, tell, aUn1, to n',sIllu.rul d,ti,v;.rn.1 all 't:.fu:e_ 'lMOliy,!i' Th~5 command
.,~ - .,IL JI ~.'L· ...!I~' .'11 "_,'L.. .JIJI.· .,IL
t100(f (they u'Quld he}! your knees are ih.Qyed eli't n~ 'w:lttr.e dllt:¥, ;]U iH ;:I; pilnUd Hnts 'wi:cicg, y0~ ,[eel"1 ,md your. klliees iJre' [r~, ~ J,l:[~Le in front of. yout' toes" (fi~,re 6)" T,~g b~ck :m~.1 Of'
,[flay J] lOt be nillt: ef:l!ol,t~h '10 qti!!!ilify as C{]!H~( [1' d~,Fnciljng OIl incli\1'idu~lJ fit'xibiiilY ~ b~lt this is r..H1t crueia], :re t.
A 'Word now' abtlll:L~ knee po&ili:,~ I] and adclJI:ltlto!F fu:r.IiI:::t~ODL This melh ed lL~li~~ ill, ktll~~Q'LL( prnit1Ci11, ~Qth. :11\ the bouolin and 0111 Ule. "MolY dO'W'!l.l!. Kn:res.-o.;UL does ~,WO ir.npo.t~IDt '~hil1g~, for rj)f' Sq!J<I:E;; h .1] lows (or Cill&t~:r depdli and. i~ ;1dds ~h~' acldl!ic~o.rs! the iiigroirl" muscles, ~o the- ,rnCf\1"[!lThE'i1~_ N,' f.or" ek,plth. n:hc .u:ore.mt!llciotlcA j iI~,g ~.ffe(.[ !DC dL'~ dtugllS agai nHt the b:~lIy Ill'~~ ,mrn( 'tnlin.ef'!i> ,r.eg;u-,cllE'S':5 of tbe de:sr..ee' [)[ ch:~bbii1~5. The :!:t'I:MJenc-y ~o 'stop Ihi2 d~~f;rlIl or u.1!; hips whc~ !the !beUt C'0'1'I'i;.-11:1t5 'l:ll e 'Ebf ghs i~ ~ trnoST. I.Jniv~tStl~ ~ is the no,nde:ocy' to' round d~(1' lO'Wf;lf" badi! ''W'hE'1l '~'k5" bJil!p.:p~JlS, This:. in !;;Gmhu:<!:tIDn wilih fhe :fuC"1. 'thilt if the- toes POil][' :fu~;, as L~ ~1a1 'Wi~~:t.l 1J.<U',r.O~f .st~n,ct;:'", the M ees W.[~ [ g() farw,;lI~:d too, J!n~kes '~Q(:!d deptll ,h.'I!l!'d ta, re.'1:t:h. The knees t::aTi: travel. ,r\{;l"'~td ~nLi] cl"t:y Ii,t;e,rnU,. 'tou~ ~hc' Floor', and the !lip 'will ilO't clrop below '[he p:;ue.!Lt (HgJilt'e '1),
The·ltriee.s. CQfiJ gQ to 3, point J~~r in .rOOlnt of me lO~S,. ~flJd iliis p>()$.I.~iIJJ], w111 \',""r.y W'itll the ;(:[iI:tl:amplJ!meitf}' (<I fm..i:_1!' waY' of <:laying i[j;dividul~, p:hys:.li:"l!l.t clime!~~ion~) of ~h~ tr,ajn~. If t.h'i! kner;,S are ;[00 fitr bae.k, too m~d., fuiiW';l_:rd Jea[!j wm be, req!.1!ifd 10 h!l~~.c~'. Kta~~s too Jnr fOI'W;:trd p'rocih:i:~ tC(O ~C!J[e ;], k:m!f.' ill1!.g'~~. ith:r:owimlg; the weigf.tl or.l! the: roes .1IiU.1 l.f.t~king, hip drive QI;,1It of t:h.e, bo~o:iitIi i1lLef:ftr.:-~ellJ:['
'the' .ro~e of ::iddll'CMn? in rh:t!: ~qU[ii:t ,is'ii bit i'UCti!re diliffi~~h to rtlndern[~d. A good, unde~.sitomding: of du~ .'lIn;uomy h~ is- i]J1PQt!,~nt (figtire :ij. N etc dl>:l!: ~li these: mmd,es: >i!t;semwily Grit; n1iite ,w die :groir;i, ,,It:~a and ,~m~rI Oil the Jlt'!!di1ll
Pigu,'ff.;':9.. D~Ifi'ij(I~~!mtttm of tbl:l I~mgdi clHJI,.!~ll~' ilI1 I~ ifI1'liSooI_R~dre!Jri;ghilUlm:!:'l 1m, the p::hnj:f.and 1[j~l'tiElg im!_o [be J;1I1ee dl.lrrill!J:!l ~~ ~lJlI't,. N~ 'titu.;, 1m;;: rope J~ lfiil.!lt iii 'thl~ bo-t1om (~Rtc_h - ,u~ 11) mid, IDose n;t'llM 1l'i5EI~~ {r~~ht t.
(Jem,ut :a~(i!. N' sueh, ith~ur. fUJl.cli,oilJ will h~ '~J:il ~h,or~l:rJl dlg dh,'t:.lll'cC' bl'.',tw,t!er1 '~he~ lI:.Vj,'o points. 'When }"Ul1. cS'qj~r.:J;t~ Of.' simply sq,ll'l:lii: d~, llD,OUCg wha'[b.-apP;EniS Di)' the &stnrnce, between these ewe p!Clii1lUl ,_, h iW!riJ"lense5:.: as i:i!n be It:asUy riemonJItL'a'LJeti by ,phLcing Ollt' 1inpr oQI"i the oriij.~ ~ the. grom, area (do this in the ,pl"d,"I.f:agr ,oK yOWI' o.nice) arod !.tl)JDrl'l!er .finger 'p~!leecl, I01:l!, tht"; inside. 'Olf '~he knee", As Y'm!, COm,~ baek up, '~he pain-itS g~!;' closer 'ClJg~'~nf;TI' oofiniUilg thiii: :[ot(;;. o:f:' these, ,m.mdes ill, 'the sql1i~[' {fi~re 9). T.1.l:~ :i!!dtlue!ilJi!"s, f1l!illftion :[iIl [!J:1JE. :squat. whet~, the 'ki1ie~s arc' g\.u, <!i(:id tbult CO:ri'L'ri~,u:: ~r,j me ,ttiO'lf,eme[J[lj sin~ we-1:tIie tryw;g to ~mJllgjthe:[ij, mere !D!lus::::le-.s ilU1td ,lEf.1 mor~ wdgl;r~~ it makes SI~l~ to iJ,lS'e' the ;;l..dcli;,iJd.Otrsl during the! ,srrlll~L ()n~ ~IU![Ir: mdlli,;i!Jti(llJi Gf wc~k ood\!~~Oni is ,thl;: inability tp keep. dl~ liurute!l: Gm Q1i.uing th'€ S"'l;I1a.t, ,9, i3yn1.p~m~ rhaI seme,[i1:'QCS- ger:s ;if!lte.rp[,e~'OO as 'Weak. abdl!l~l!io.ri;i~. '!'.he '.n;u.seles, o,ii! ,th~ o~'~idt;, of me hlJp'. U the' tp-oin 15, injured1 this: ,mfv.mI:uloJ] ~s, 'u~fMi~ a'S -w:ell ~ ,llt!J."!fC t~e 'ef..airi ee s:qU:<I!I. w,; dl :a closer .s:t;:af:l;C'e: un ril E( n.e.lis.
,~~ TR~(j 'P'ha,~~ of ilJ~'tli!Jt:t1on 'te~~'h.e~' the V'f'q ,imPO!riSlflt COJilK1B,fJ![ of hip dr:Lve. E1eC'cr.omy~grs:~hy!Oru~a have' .sb'L1i!l.~In, dU!iI. dJ1.e' gJu'~ OIifid hn~,1,';rin~;:!R '~1: pcime rn1O,VcJ1l' 'II1t1i~ ohll.e- b-ouo:m, elf the fu]! :squ~,tl ,HId ,ith~ (JQ:nID1SEld. will he gin tc !f'J!tlhE!d the :idea 0:1' w!p clr.i'iore :it'l'i;(J '[be 'miij~~ It; l;rl:LI,vemf;:'nI f!w'I![[t::'t'n., Smnd faJCmg; t'b~ traiaee's 'pro£a~ ~t 'ri:gh'~
!1Hl:W~li to h~5 :[m:J]/lt, c·l.o~ eIilolNgh t1Ql'to-nih him w.idl y~ou.r ,hiIllas. 'TeU rhe traiaee to !'Jj]D,W ~OID~ i!;IIp o1;tt. ,of t~.e b~oo.rn." NYi ma:r~~;r how he does 'this! tOi,it:.h ~im OJ'l i.'i~,t;b~:t tilde iiJf tb.'t! sacrum wjth the thumb aad middle fing:,e:r of yOUl" hand, {figure. U'l}. Sar,y '~he fullowmg. !IN@u~e' that you ral~ YOlJ.r btllt/~;FrJ~s {te:,lrrn ,de'p~fidm:g, on the- cOilicil/a'tMet:c' l'el-a,~i(J1l1sb.ip~ out (It th~ ~tIDm.;' H,E" will
OODicept~ ir '!I!.till be dpp-a~Eil:U, frum, t~e side, If eorrect bip d:ri,,,~, iSi bdiPJ,S ll~ed, die bu,u: wi1i !l~IiUi!il1t rise ,Ij, lit.1:1Ci' LltSl~ 'tbiliD the: sha~lcle.rs! pos5ibl'y making'~ Ib,u:l{ .aJlg~e decrease If.\"eb.ci,Vte to the :l]OOE. This is fii!l~ ~~ '~h;so lItage.!, B:UJ 'd~, k ~$iJy correcred l.tl~r. b might ~(t1L~IJ}" h~'I,p 01 tt,1j!ir.ror.:: who :is. h'lI'1,1·ing rrouble with '[his '[0 ,i.l{St1.m~' t.be bonom ,P.OSillL'Oftl~, and 'Chen for. [he· coach 'EC! place a hs:tll,d <1I,g;tlf,L,;n: .b.tS' ~lletil,iJm,. tt~h ~ bdow [~~·l.l,.I.tIl b;1E" ~J1,d i~~ abITift.l the t.U~bQn,,"
f<:! ll owed, ibf th~ QommandJ "Drive up <iI:gp1mI ,!Xl],,' ~:il:nd; Push.my fuaRd ti'ii:f:ai~l!i up '!fe!~·lk··.:ttly am of the bQHo.tl:J:"" tfi.:G;1,Ii!i"{! 11.). U the '~r>iiJin~ 'cafiI, '&0 tllilh ~~'IJ b!!bn~ he witl be 'U1...hng, t:O[[e~t ,b LP drive.
7,. 'W-e are IlJOW re::ldiy. to 'sqlJotL. H~~ him ,t',h~Jk his: I:i ;m,-ds_ Chdk ; s; a~~".lY.5 a good iclecili. becsuse ,it dries OL1.'[ {he ':drin1, and t!T}r sJ:cin Is I~S5 prone 1"0 rrudilli"!:~ :'lind ~brnS"J on ,t::h9l!l rn.oiS!i: :!ikin" ,lind rhercfere ;8 less pro1.'lle '[0 p,roblem callus :l'OTm."'u:iofl. If th~ w.r.4tth~ room is nOl equipped 'with dmJJl~, the rt";iJi[I ee :!lih.ollld pii:'O:Vtde. hi!> own. N'ow", rake htm Co the billY.
A.l. \WAYS an em,pli:}~ bar. a~ [~J'st. Ah""ilYS. Th~' 'Pttft!rte:d ~Ut pl<t>cern:em is NOT h~.gh OJ) the lr9!p,S, flUS~ ~dO'~I," the :~eck~ aldm~gh, 'millt is, :r~e pm:(~IT,ed 'Plrr~men'[ f>or Ol,yl.n.p~c weig!H~:ihe:r:'s;, 'W~', cl.v('J~~!:! d'i!!i! 'Ul'i~ of the ,ICiwer. P[)1W\f'Ji"Ii ftmg-style, :position. whei:I!2i' th.e 'b,ru- is carned ,il;S[ below' tilt' splr.J.;g' of lhi!: !S~~.pll.do1. !Dil 100P' L':!f the pesserier dehoids (:£ig!)ll'e 1.2)!
This lower ,[1;Iosici,QJl shortens die' ,I~v,!.;':r ilfirn f-o;rmecl, by the w2!lgb,t ofthe bar tflliMmlnccil. d~,;T1i tbC' h.lJ~:k to' 'the hips~ ,pffDdbqcing ~~S5i '~Qr.qllit' ~t '~h~ 10'w b:id~ Jincl. ::Ii, I,;U_ilsequ E'rtdy sale'r. ezercise ~fi,gu;re- '0)., for tr~in~es ,with 'lltr}' inlle~dMe sl:l!~wde,r:sl the high 'bmT p051l,tion is, of CQuts!;:" p.~fe"'.Jib~e' te not sql'ULning <lit all, '!but lL lLttk SlU'ctc'hi ng (~il i!:1L~tI!,tUy flx thi!:l 'Pro'blf'~:l! in :ill c[}'IJpieo OF w{;C'lis",
Tike< m C~fe.ti!, ,tip u~l clle b.'11\ rne,;l§lJlr,ed, hom the marki 11I.g;s pi",o;.d en 'tb<: b;.t f,~i' 'lhis ~n.'ij"pm~. ,8, 8lfl:ndilId power DliIJ hes 1'7"
bet Wt::it!il dle ~~ of the om,icle irnll1d~ and 32 H b"'l"'Wr:c.l:iI the score m""rk!5i~ the 1J~'~ gap ia the knurl ,inrlic,n:mg ,,] Ji'::~] beru:h P~$ '~ripl.
G:tip w.idi:h for dle squ::n: will oilvl!i]\wJ r 'ViU'] wit.b the _.;;~~ of tile ~i'.:titlee! aad widt shollM~r ilrxib1Lity, but jn gs~mJ '~be haftdli> wiH be
be rween these it"W'o IiiIlar.ki [I~ 1)01] th ~ Ityp~ b,.l.t
(6gu:r,e. l~.) . .A ;JJllt"J;"Owe:r ~rJP Old] 0,,,f5;;a :t1exi'ble ,perso.ll, 'EO" :S11:ppi)r~ the' bar better ""ridl: '[be muscles of t-b~ Jlostcrim' Siholllde~' ~I hen the dbow$' Me l[f.t~d • .aJmd ~ 'Wtcl~ r trip ~llows ill]
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IJlUJbeXlI!J',[e peeson to ~~ 'more eomtortao e
under tht ~I - iIi either-case. <I, narrower .grip ~i'~lI!);C;[ils ~he $J10'!JM.e:r mu;s~les: so [Jw"'~ d.Jlt! bar is '~"!.'!i,ppiOrlY:;d by :nll1.ls!:k ~I!I~ OOt!'.£r).·' dag into (11e 'back (fi~tlre i 51.,
Th~ ~bumb 5!h.ol'l]d be p.lllOOd on 'LtJ.p of 't~t: b~r. 50 thaI me '1!;8,!'.ri;g[ ~an !be held ,ifl1 ot !Strillgh~ :t.rne 'wid:1 the fCllr~.1r.m. If ~ lack of flf'JoIi.bili.Ey (usuall}' l n, ehe cn@lt and sboulde'r~ ~oi! ~he WnS1E:.S) piFe'l,l'~[lt:iS[his pm!t LOrJ1 mU$L mbnlt"e5 '1;111J bold 11: lml, the kS!O desiRldMC! h'Lg'~b.ilF ,p!J§~ciQ,tl undl pruper ~trt!u;rullg mil 1~'St,;l!b!id.l encuy. 1i1t'j[i'~~litr '10 get ir GOW,lI [0 ;, btt~,t:t po~it~clJ. Mo Fe en th~~ lrtfr,.
nR:r!o~ 14. I bLiid p.w!;~m~'_ Ni:)l~ amI: :UillF!1h ~ ""II the !Qf) ~f~l~ bl1llilld il1.ia!.!!tIl.I\!IfIlIilii' ;(!JutC'f rilf:'I~ fi.i}rJ ['hI: f~JIii,}~ ~d!:l~ of the I!;l1uD1iog_
Sg ~ht,! bar :should be p]:i,cil:d ;[1 the correct ~o:iU{:iOJ[ij ruse inu'i!!!~clliudy [uldE'f the. '"'bQ,L1~· Y!l'l!!l,a, :(~l nr the mp ,01 d.l~ :dJ'01.l;IdCl· blildes~ with tb~ hl!l-:Ld:!. :<i:nd d:w.m'b an top IOf the b,ill:'. il[~J then.seeured l[lp:t~«:' by Ii ft:Lng; tht:', elbows ,md. 'the !::hc:,t .n the same til11~ (figll'ri~ J.6). TIi,J!'j aedQfI! ti(t6~ns the rnIli!rCI~ ~f the, 'ba.ek, .tnd lifts' the the'5'i:', :pbcing d'lt:: 'LhtiiT.,~clt:, SpifLti' 'in-an iltx!Jenclcd, !; ~trorlg'ht" POSiUCi!l, .nd Fix4S; mmy o( dl~' prohl~m!!! ~f~e:i'1l ~Ii1CO'1J[1t,,"red earlier witb 'l rwnd,..o:ado 'pC)si.tton • .Enormoo5 w~iglm ("lll.[L be .si~dy bnndled, t~'i5., willy' 1:ilI[e]'".
li'Lifhl!fi~ irh.~ ch~sti! is aa .itnpm~~<!nt: ell!!:" O~lC!' 'Lh~l will b~ iiJiSOO .lnilln.y tisies ;]i, d'~f in :_rQI:lIf weight ['oom. and this is ~, gpoo, tj[jJ~~ lOT dt>C' 1t-atneC' 'to .ge[ used m hf:;,1J'".~1g j r. It: i!:rtit}f b", ~Qn:fu5:ii:;Lg Eri:t: ~Of~; 'who 'm~.y intarpret dl:i.s as nuking the 1,i:,_lr.s~lJngle more vertical (figure '17l. h can be demonstrated by IOULh~ll~ lh.~'
1;:~~!i'1l~ On ¢hher sid~ uf ·the' sternum "Wlth; ~he ·thUJll·h and F.i.tl.d!dle .fuJ,ge.r. ;;JInd dllfl cm:nJuaucl ii.lift tJhD:s upi" given (figure 18~. .M~ffit wi~[ .iU";C~ dU'.if u,pper back at: th.~~ cue. It will hoe impO"rtant f,ar 'metilli to :Ie<!!i'.~ .how t~ ';;f(~.h d~ lQ .... f,~t ibllliik iii is !),. Mor.c about this b'ter.
B e. Fi'~ :lti~ for~mQ5t" At WA vs 5-UP BACK OUT OF TIm U.CK.. AVX1A YS~ NEVER PUT TIlE BM :BACK]1\1' n~ RJ\.CK. BYS'TEPPING EA,CKW ARDS", mVER Th~ C;llJllI:l:01I be d:O'.oe ~a:Fd.y. A tr.;tlrlf:t $ho'i.iM ne \',ct be in jj FQ~iticn to ~"H,II,\'-e ro step n.ltkwol[-Qs ;lid! i!:''lIILk "Ii 'Wei~Ju .1t 'l.h" end of a :sC't. Be ~ti iii t:it ~~e 'I:h~ nooksl nna l"I{I',iIJi wiul i'p etters there will be ~ ·wn:'cik.
Ncrwlilie· bar !l.houid l!O,w e1'1:.m .. !lgl:1i.i[l.1I1'Lt':· .iC';tck itJl!~'~ ,l, ~onq'Ul~'~ ~~ r,e~u;j'cd 'L'g. g;~L' 'it om o:f i:he' ~k~ S'Oll'te ~r.-.u.nCie:t ta;!ncl 'to ~r-r 't;C! do diris w,uth tl-l(i:i:r hips o.uJi.y, doi~.giill ilgo,odmorru1tl!~·' widl n;he b~. "rh15: i:,io ·fLrLl2 with ,n ,e.JJ.l!~ty bill:"', b IJt as Wt~ighii: is: added! it: beeomes ii:',uhe-.r. 1;.Iu~f,e.
The' b a r i.lJ~gillld be ;,uikert o~t OlE '[b~ :rack ,in t~e. ~le: pos;itio[]l [~ is. u) b~: sqi;l!~:I;l.",d;, W id4 '[lle torso 11L:nd sn.cuildier.s' tigh~~n,""d~ me 'I:h~~ otlfl!d. ,~U~iQW$ ~.~fled, a~d the heed 'pos.ftioIl. down {m(!;r'!!i 0'11: ~his beL~) 'figu!f~, 1i~) .. E"VteIYth.~g should 'be; Ih~ ~iU'M as f~r. [he, {\nil mcve!'tle:1][. In ,~liS ~'~1'1 aL1Y ~ig_ht (jill, he W!lTh,ed, ~lr out of t~~ [--ack. Many pr-obl.cims ... re ~-IIIi!,1iSed ~ doing thi'S wJ"O'JiIg~ .r~ i~ very t"t>.m.f:[~on ~:@ ~e tie u'lniiilfle take me bar' Ol,1ti ,!J{f 'dlt'!, r1!ic:k en O!; leese 'back and cl]:est~ ~d 'men itrtt€llJIpt to d_gll;~ti:h iOo"VJZtythii:1!S" r.igh~ bdCllle- :aq'l1r.i11.tring. Et ,is obvious])' 1111 u cli, i2S~lr 00, tighten, ihe. muscles ,~[Ld TfJEN' take. th~ '~i!iilu~ ,t;ball it ,is w I:wt [he 'we igl:JJtl, lei[ ,it m"sih, diiYWijI into. "hI;:" !bai_~" 'W}.tili(, $t~,p.!8 011 so~e crucial s1.le~gt[ll 'rDmpfO[g£n~j a~d. :rhc~ ~ry '[I'jr
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tJJgiJ.:~eIli. ev.e:ryt , i:JJi15 up l;iIjjliJ:!:i!tn,.~atfi!, rt,
MiillY t~eetS like ti.:)tl1ik:e; ~ bJke 'w'idt the ba:r ~ ~t::ki~i: up thxee! (U' :b:;ttliF n:e~ befcrre ~ei;-riil,g '1Iii;P to squat. This; i:s: UUD~sgary-,.and -cQialcl 'b~o:m:!::'.l1 'prohl~m iJ we'se~, is~ h_e,ilV'j"! .s"o:ttu~ (JH 'u.nrdi,ilbllii;: ~nd '~he 'mp h.LCk_ to d1!e :r.a<ck. is:j'UiJ too f'ilJ[ on 'Ellis, 'p!IIrric~br' dl!i:Y'" o.iiif step bgjc,k. 01;.~t of the m~-k (o:r1'l, trni:n~ w~ili g,-ood for..m);] is eJ],m~gh 'to.cleill'" the rack otr.Ld. ano~
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The ~11a1t1fe-.e 's:hD'll:~ciI. be me same as Idhe' !Q[].E!; u:s~d dlJ.l!iriiIJig ~hil:! s~tdl. A~UIfi, heels shou ~d be :a!!Jiout :shoukJi2't-"widL~~ ;ii,p~r!.':, eees l;1(1in.'J;.ed lEJ,tIi~ ahQarc 30 ci.egr.ecs. 5om~' 'tmiiJ]r:;:~, need to be '[oM. 'EO iOpo:i.n;t ,the '!tOOS. om' :ti'liOirc. !th'lllrii, y;;)'~, ~nll.'. 'EO.."
,,~ A~~hi:s'I'Qi~bn:l' '~he tt;line:e is marly to :squat; 'with 'ru-e etlii~tJ hilt,. THE EMPTY BAR. All 01 me Gtollndw@d·~ h~s 'oee.a ~aid~ the correct bottom pmiriQri .f~ .fresh in his rnrind:, and me is [)jaw in ,nt' CM.tr!t¢ $~r'~it!lg POO;d,c;,il, Eve,ryi'hl;l!1g
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slreuld WDI['.k well iQ(r .m0'5~ 'i:ntne~~- A~ iLhis pOliIlJl!; if is: uwful tIC S"L!ly the fuHowmg, rnln:~;s; "Ewrythiag; you ~lC~' ."Iib(l\u to d!Q is! the ~[Jm~ as yeti: dv~, dtll.[Ung the st.1',!;'!tcln .• o.~dy rn"y ,t..bi~ ~ are di.(fl::'rtt.!~. On~~ Y"GUi. clan '1; il~V~ y'Clu.r :E'l.bO"W"S .. tII'Y'"Libh:le!:o :puSlb. }~Qur .ki:il~r;~ 'O/l.l~;. ;tiCli ;f,gy 'n~cl '10 diO 'drrs: witholll'~ the.m. 'TwO', dQult ~[o.p a:~. [lif' Il:iQ110ii'tl;.JU:5I~ ~O·d0WiiJi ITmid immedjately 'come' oork 1Ji_p~ drivii'.lg YGtlf bun eur ru ili~ .bolwm.!! A't '~IJj-!j; poim, the .final i~trucrilQlI1s should 'b~, 'glVf' .. u ,. Say! '!!No"mt ~ ~lf;~.;JI bi~; br-C;1l,t;b ;[IIn~ :i::lOld it, .loDk dlown r~glll. there," l?aiiuil)-~ U} ~ .. 5pot o:r~ th~ f1.tj((t nbOli.'l:~ 6' in. f.raliil:t 0£: his: pm.i~iDni' ii and :squat, '"
'\l(ta!'.ich du' .fiftt rep .. Ii il .is fir.'E~iy gpoJ. hn ve h~ m dO' .1 ~f of .r. ... -c. ran.dJ rack ~I. H .it is G!filzy bad, .h;a:~e bifnr.tek i~ ~nd r~pr:.ilIt; 'the pn;"sqU,ft1 [pl"'O:Ged:w;""e. To rack dte' bar, .b~ k~. walk forw,i.i!r.d. until tb" bmr tm.'lch-c,5i the' ven~C:'rll p.1J!'i[ of'd'J,e l'a.c:.k. Tell him ~o "'find ehe ·~ri-shlSi;. t](.J( the b oft: !:l(IJJ, 0:[ meJloQli. YOLl, can't miss '~he' 'LiIpr':tgh~; and '~f you t.(!'lu::h th.er~,. yOy IU be over th;;:: hookl. b:ur if "QU "Cry to :fj ited. '[~ ~M '~rt; YO''''. 'C~lI. miss it and" be Low 0.11 one side, Rig.
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If hl~ fOm:il ~ ~l.'! .. iC~ptable, t6;e ~enel;il. plalill. is to do :1.c:Ol!!I.ple mt:!re sets witll me lemJ?1,f!b~ r to .lilru~ dawll ·ifrre fGf1'iIl! "G!.!ltd .. the:tii .. lI!dd we:i'g~:ut d@ "8.i1Cith~r sel of fi.'\r,e, :iW.d k~p .iIIICE"ei1!SlJJ,"g, in e¥€1'I: inlCf.f'lNemts. 'UllUiI flOi"~ l~ coml~l;romiS"~d! biy th;e· ·v,,'"eig-ht. Iacrements will vary' "Wlth. ~be tralnee ~ tLgh~wci!]hl!~ 'j;m;~o.ndi;~imJ.~d .kids, :Il~ tlO< go up in lOlb e.:r .skg. jurn.p$~ oi&e:r, ~~[',rYt1~,l!.j;" thUlliei25 ~, use' 20 01'" pooslb1'y 301b! 01: lo.15kg_ ineremenrs, 1rfhEII'i! j·t ber,f'jmC'~ apprnIit '1100 >"our eye ·tth:u t~.e next ·i:i'!!!=.re-ll'~ w'C!i..l.lcl i'lI1 tlClf" thi::' f.Q['[]1, $ropth~rn rulcl dID t:W{l wore sets of :li\f.e'. r.h.a[ j£ the fiN.t sqUtlil: wcu;k.O'llL
.. AJ'fOUl a rlill'd: o:.E fQUrtrnl:m!~65: wilill. do- a :perf~[ ~ua[ l.~e ~irst unle, A !l'l!mhf'I" ~hiM. wiU
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reql,i,li'C minor eorrecneas iJm.<JJt .p:ruoID.:.\e a eorreet z.;quat O:~. ~n.e ~OOfl!;:).:Ell' t.1U ~I •. ~1~ llllst
third will need wi):j:'k, Now" ir\!; time ro 1b~~J:h ..
Head' ,a1ul11.~ck
'The 5"mgfe MQ;S[ eemmea prob.le'm encouurered by Wi'rof:e~ii;ln~l ~t..ret]gd. r;ai1:rfLes is it'he trainee who has i1.reil!dy been stlOW'fUQ PSt'u~·t" by .!j;1;'lj1l!!tCi;).J]e who has ne'!;.TCr himseU done ;a correct sqllllil!L li"Jvarl~bly ,~~ kl~ will iaa¥t: '6" ... 11 (;.iIiJJ!gh~ to 'Ntook up :;II[ ·the reilll.lg.'"' when. tbey ·iiq!,.!;1't:.~ 'p1"1~~,um,a611 6e:t:~I115"e '-lOP is; dre ,wl'>ecuo:n [he bar :m;~.:S[ g,Q~ i:tnd j·f Y<;itL loek up yaurn f;!D up, or seme such rwsddle, T.hils is II V€:i'Y' clim6:1b~ b~bj.~ to brtj¥ GnC"t! it ·i5·~t"4iJMisJtt;d., and it has ~ mtl.[D)' de.n:lmei1r~l.erfeer<t On: sq.U!l!~. ¢"1I.':-t;:cu.do-:t:l 'dtu some 'I ~'1;l{ ·i1.gi.lilJs~ lot 'win e\'-enm:-aJly have '[Q 'be: ;ad.opEe~:L
iL{;IokillliJ; up wb~rIi sq.ll1attln.g is (hi,?" e!J.e~y of d:ep"t:.h~ .l'tip drt'Y"e ,o'fjt. of cll~ b01,':~·O'm. ~_[u.i correct >the!]i~ position, tine- three m-Mi!: lmportiH'iI.t f~e.'tQT.s 111 a ~~fe.; cerrect squar, This bl.:i5ilJfrie :n~(d{ pmtt<ioTI I"S il1..hertl:l'l!dy "I;!:o~(,e :.1F1}fW.ry. to p6cIit '~he c£rviclIl spine in ElXtr€niie hyperexrensian (lind then '00' p],a;~,~ hm"ry '~igh~ on the' ·~pe-z.:il1S mescles di:roccly u!I'I.derMe.a,q:h iI .iso! at b.est,. imprudent (ffigIJJre :2.'0). l.lIm,ti:h.e .furm. errers creilired by ~t,oki[1;~ ~p (nml:Jii.nc wi !.til thi:: bad neck .pas.itic!Il1 to :p:if.oj]uce a mO~i't:il:e::tii:C du!t. is: :ll!l) un!Sll fii: .. 1S 't·o. ~httost :i:noJlk.e; It nooerii'ilil'J:d.ahlf! ·m.rE ~.Q m'an,y 'h-es-hh-i:;:Ri'C! pJ'(Ifi';! .. ~~i.Q<.n~ls, <ilid.vkse a~ii: the .5q.u~I:.
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l±' W,~ realise mar bJrp drive is, c!,,:il[.ic:ll 1:0 F!(!i"l!."'er QUI(; 1Cl:t r.~iE' bmT.,Otll oJ [he SClU~~1' the :~,U ~ eil~Y" Ti'Y ~hi$~ ::Js.~'!.lme" ;1;, 'Rood deep ~9HOEl'il pus~ t:~OIi, .35 d~i:n bed, car,tier. wuth krliii:t"s out, toes put, and heels: dow JL Puc the: c'hil1.s.'l.ighdy down, .md l.oC'k at" iii po'tnl (In 'L':ltt: 'Roo[' nve er ::;h:: {i1.:er. ill i ron I of you. Nuw dri.,e' Y(jiur hip5 up olin of the bottom, sad m!i!:ke IIliOte: of how this 'f~.eb. Now JD ehe S;;LJ!J.~ th..i!l1~ while ::u:tempri.n~ 10 Tntlk .,~ the Leil'i'rt~ {f.i ~u~' II )., Y O\i, 'will distO'l.1'I:'f' an: ilrn.liZ~ng thing ~ that cb.in-dO!i'm Qookillg dowlJ, keeps tJ~e. dum dow 1:1) ,,,nlh 'ill;;:: n.t:'c=:k i tI_ <l nermal M1a.ttloH:'LicJ!l _f-l'odtiOll (ad~ it~,n~~ nip drive, b (~di L!:~\~ ~but-LJP' dll~ .I1Dtr.mid ~n;n::(jmi:c.:I1 pcrsitio..n, fGH" the dLorae:i"e spine under load, and this Is also a gOOcllhing.
MQSI p.tic!'p:~~' b~)]d ¢l.i'~:f ,$'Ih¥ltly 'W:he~, (hey lo~k. lI.1:p. A~.~.~ UjI' dl!is Y'0.'Ur:selL N m..iQe that '~ilcillg We head back chru1~;es "L:he ce~H)~' of gr,w~ ty' snglnJy i en!QJ;i!gh "'0 ~hil,t :ttt~SJ~ peop~e' ,I~f:!! for.~rd, s, little tfl CQJn,pefl.sate (figure ,12). W,hen dQS is d-one with. a bar IOn the bal;k h !Ul1oets the pasi'tIo-rt o'~ she s~l rue. usunlly :rE"~~~[ing iii, B, 'EI~ncilerl,CJ· ro s-hiit the '\'i.r-ei:gnt fO:~I[-d the toes :ana. ~Wi1y f.rom ,~ balantei efficiC;;fit liqi~:a'!:.
Looking ;u, the floor also ,pr.cfllicles me ,eye. with afixfid poruw:m, ~£~n,t:"{i'. ~y
mu, .... emili:f;ri:. of '~h...t= body if- clet.-e~:r;abIe ~~insm, the :rn.fd, p.rnitiO:I!]~ ;tm1 the co:ne.cli: squat beecmes l@miliar a,g;1I!i:ll:it ,hi.:s ref,,"re nee. ,Any d,,"'Vi~:t~flfI, fr,om ~hii:' 'i:)f.~~ tTlove.!uel:U. p<altern, .g,et~ :£eeJbllG'k aga:insc I[~S 1:e.fe<RIiblJe aad Cill.l], be adjlll5.te{i !!L'5 i1: hOl,p,pcm, Th~ .c:'iliilin:g ~jso: provides a reJfu~n,c..e, 'btu.:'i:~ dl:e espease o:f :sa:fe. :~f!ltk pOs.1tiD~ . .A..ndJ, g.e:lirefaUy s,p.eakin.g, the ,[tmH~· ,~, dD~!"'T ~{;i th.e ,eY'eSi th'(il~ die. cr~d.ltlO~ .. ·,(u'i:a ,;$ rhe1"ffQl:le jllO'te 'II..!~efu.l as a i~efe.re:l;ice ~' srol1lIle:r ,Iltl GY,eme nts can he d.~tm8d ag,~iJitS.t !it ,do SoC r poinr,
One problem ~5iSC'Ciailied. with failill:tg 'to keep the chest Up' ·wl:! t!riI ,sq,uani n.s 'i:~ d~t ,t.h;Si ,~~,;;orr'e'Ct :pos~tiD:i.'iI, '~el~Ck [P i~t~'t· the petC~pnQll of depth. ·Ma~lJ" trainees, whel:;l, 'Ii:Q~d th;xr they ,are ~q'U~:t;l):ing, hi~h 'rnro~Lgh. '£fJjnUc.~ io lewer lhii:' :bip\S; will lean IOilier. ill.C!f>f! l1ttt !the bortcea, thus io,we(ing the b(j1[ more (figure 23). I~ ~Cd5 de¢',Pef dl.lS 'W"4!J"; bu\, depth b j"~d~~, by ,hip position, ,Mlcl mere]:r lower.ing the oor ,more by 'be:nd~.ng; ove-r fJ:l0r.e incl[eM:~s the' c~ct:, {;If ;~iLuy ~I;~iie ,d.e..E["c<1Sifllg: the- '9lrnA21tlifU af work aOlJie by the m![];.s{".~es we -an! trying 'IDQ USe:.
Te eerreee ]oiJI~ing-l!JP; r'i~ the. ,gye~ !O:~. :!l! 'posJ~IO'.n on 'r1£: ~c!Of ~ to re,[iI. Jee:i:' in fr.~t o~ rOll, 0[' if n·~mg·!l::.kt~ 00 ~. waIl, ona ,pll'1!ie OJl! n:h~. will th~I m~~~s; .in the ,saline' Het:k pnsicioJIa ~g-ux;e 24). St~:r;e :arE du~ ,f~~:L1it" :and get 'Q,l~~d! l~ lo~g; at ,ilf. so clt~t .i~ . .re.q.ruxes: no.- .c;(,!'!]:.';r;iQUS
c=Uorl,. M;~st. people 'wa~ .!:i at .!,j,ik m.dI'· he;tcls; ~[J; [he· point wht:~ tl~lO:k p~i'ci'Jjj i~ .~£f-ei!:~~d if they ~r,c' look.i!:lg down. SDm,€ stubborn tLoUlIJ ees [M'Y :~edi '1:0 heal <.;t.hin dCfW:IfI:r· a couple ot times before. they !J.1rJ,~r~ri:l1.!If~, .A, .U'S.d'ul. ·th~lP!.~ fOIT iilo~~e 'to b,e,ar is, ·~.r1~· like you!'w holdlliil:g :;J; gr,a.pe:fmil beot-w,ec:n YQ!U·f c;hi;n iIlll.d ·YOJ:.lL' dIe-ST .. '" ·ill¥ellI.iV€ coaches n.lv;e used I.erulU5 'b:dls; for. chis PU!i:':fO~~ a1;icl b~,ve ilmic.ecl, Will h oo'rr-ec'[S ~'t po.S';~ion ~);t d1it; :Sfm~i: li me· 'fi$Ul~ l.iJ) •
. [t wi] I be '~h~ rare tmineewho 10015 dD'~ tiOQ mtl.c.h~ but you .mi gilt: have one. ']I t~e kid is a('tll!alJy ab-]~ to·la.ok. down te d~e eXren.I. that he's ~DQkil1ig il.t '@. poinf het'W'lien hjs- .hecJ.:s·; you h~1(.e .'!J v-cry £l~~lble t.rnmee; JUSt rell ~lm t·t] IQok. up '111. ~ttl.e., remembering
Fljf.tlt'j,·lS. TI1ir: Ir:il[ji~ bli!'11 [~Mlr(;l:i~.. d,~ J!~~ on [he floor' Oil:' wall. 11. '!,vowd be gJQOd .ur a~~ roa.-::I:i i!l:'li~ pr,obit..ms Wf!:i"e. Ehi!;·.tatoy re fi'x ..
Squntin:~ in front of :a' mirror is <Ii [cally bad .id~a .. .M."ln.y wl!:!i,gh1l:. rooms h<k¥c mirrors' Oft all tDe W:iI!Us! JDilkin.g ir i:mposjilhle to, sCJ,'UI<tt witham a mirror ii:ll'e'.re, 'm,;T(~ eyesight", ~;hfj~~ '[b~ rrainee ilS- .had f'eed.'b!l!.ck. A :mi~f." is !!!. bad ~D.,,·I be.c~~' il p!i:'ovides in fo.mW!ll.01J. about only
;ti;nJ!! p·lnn.~. tht!! fr,ont,lt and ~!:pdl ~f:I,)!,U;it 'b~ ·iud~~d.. by :~hc ~mn~r:! tlf.l!d.er. the- I1dt :F(Oi'E\ [he
fmtit, SQmt: obllq'IJ.i:ll'ie'S$ o:f iolnglc is l'·~ql'L.~:r[;d. to '~ee rile' r-el.!1tioll~]:p' b(",~'W'~il.'.n ·~~t:n~: .il!OO hi,pl crease, tlnd !I mir.rOJ" set ~( iiill. ob.iique :il.ugte wOl.!lM, produce a lEIieCk_t:wist. Ce IT~C;all'O[iIt.iora lijtd~:r:il: hmrvy 'biJ.1t' is jUYI :l)j b~ an IdJ:;;II. as ~r\fkal hYpE'!i:'e~:r:e.nS~{]fI! tm:d.er ,ill hetarvy bAr. 'Bl:..!lt·m.e be~ rC~n nCI \0 usc ~ ttl irror i:J:1l [Wllrt of ~~l:y m'[i!h:H(li !tl't 'I:}.~rci~e· Is ~.;'i;~ '~f' ~1i.'1itte,e ~hO'i..1M he, de"!(~llJp~IDg kinesthetic sense of movement by .Jf!!lJying. ilItt·l;\!ntlf.rn 'tt!:!' ~11 thc:' Sii.:inloory iripu~ poovicile:d !by p.ro~r.~o.eepriO:ll:l' mrllEi.' r114ili. :fQC[!Is;i~ m.erely 011 visu-al.iJ.l~HJt from ~ .. I!lI1LEl'o'r:. "Learn [() .Fe.t'l :i'c; tH'j ~ '~l. !irl:!~' it,; .. i5: ·~",;(!d[en'~ ~clvi.e-e.
6"rip {Ifill Uf'~
Gr.ip e!l'r.n~ ;;li~ cn;m m'¢rn. I~ ~['j. 'iN.i (Ii ii:xp~ri:t:rtiLed '[ii;'i,trtee-s_ Tire :grip Cliil the hal' .is the lir5t mcvemeat made in. r:h€· 1~e~.s, m.mp.o.f"olJ.I7' fl"l~;tj![!iru;hir wicll 'rhe barbell itJN:~ we I'e£t:r:' 00 lIS a "set, >;! If th:l!t grip is w.['tI)!J]g~ none' oJ the r~.rs in tha.t set will. '!be optima], because the l'el.aiIio!l:l:Ulip of. cl~e hiJdr lO [he bar is. derer.mmed. first by hmd pos..i:ri .. o.lJ!. on the b;.lr~ l=<u.r .ifi~~t~~. ati. 'YrLr;::~.n'r;.er.~cl ~d ~~n:'i~:tH. oi b~r ,nn bj£;k :rr;::n.j ~ in a!iymi~,etrlLal·LDOl.di:fl& of aU 'the. components under the bar: more wlcigln on om: leg', hip., lind .b:ll~ th!;l.~ d:tri;' !tlIlht:,r~ ro~; wt:U .lr~ a .spinal :ill1ear •. 1\. L."Otr~1e'5S· rLIi!;lp.roili~h. to ~L'ip p~ce:me.:tlfit could r.:e8l<11h. in .P reblems wi.th. hEi;ll1,,7 'W'e;g:bts. ~1cm ti':.tiJ.,e~1 as di~LWsed. ear.l.h~r.'. will. need ·~o ·ii:.:tke.· <Illl eveil gr.~p sm:l:lI9,rhel"e' between the scnre :j:D.,"Lrk ~ncl ~htl er:!t:i ~f Ih~ 'ttt:ilutL
There iS1 hl:JiW'e~r, m impom\1I~ ii,m;:tI~.p~iCiJ1i 00' this ,rn]e: for ii 'tTttkri:!l;(! li'.tl:lh m'liktdly clitfuren( :fleKibilitr '0f'EW~n .sh,Quld;etr..s1 ,til 5Ylnrn~uical grip ~.1liI the-bar wUl~ :resuill in an ,a~Ji1i:etdc bar pO'!iL.:ioii'l. o:~ 'tilt: b~~:k. \Wheo tb.e :!tble~e .§Oe'S ttMf!'.t" the ba:r.! me ci.g,h~ shoi;.llde'r
,keeps the' uppre:r. ann, i.l'Uln fro,m, 'the: ribs, Tbus, ~h!: 't"i~b t: s:ltOlt.lder will drag the bnr out mwa:r~ thtLt si(te,j, r.eS'i.Jj'~,'E~~'jjg ~ti ,the bar Ib~in:c; I:lff·celn~t IIlrJ. ~h~ back, :aJ!lI.d i!:el'Uiij:j:'ll!d 'iolilding of dote' 'b~dt ~:£ our Pii:'ilfl ~ry If; 0 no'e:rn, (fi~tlre: 26).. F'(J.r 'these' 't:r;W.lee.s, the ood , ... "ill 11 ilVC '[0 cle[.l~:j'.mi!~£' 1i'.r.hail:h g:rl:,p Cf!1:U~'~he 'b;u md ,re..!l'~Ji'ld ~hC' kid '~Q SEt ,it llltu 'Way it'ViCry time,
the thumb s:lu~cld ~e pl~d, on top of dl'e ~~l:lJ'f so th~;~ th~ Wf.BF. eaa 'be hdcl i.n 01 SoTFrugbI line wi~1] di~ Ioreann (fig-Litf' 27). ThCltt: is ,~ t.lln!, liult' p1.l« ll1il
:O.~y 'eo. put his·lwi:lid~ !QUI ~o wide O):!! the bar 'ibalt '~he f].~geli"!: er ,f:V-e>U the pur-us. oo! the hands ~re in ·CQjU~.ct with the p~a,t¢S. &. binrre as this S'(iu·~, we Q.I de J.:' g~,i'S:' ~l~Ve.' ~~eJl], this, A~ gr'Lp width increases, t1ipp'e;r~bac'k mJL'l-Sde dgl:u:ne!iiS d.eC.fefitSe;Sj Mel m1.15ei[ajtlr SIJ~,pOtt iti'L" 'tthebar is:cli.~ished" If the poo[eiio:.r de'h::cr.i:cils. rOliltbf.' clIff muscles! t]\ilip~! aad !r.hoJ:'llooirls relax d:~c lO ~ wjd~n.M grip" t:he ·S'kdf!'tOf.II bt;:rom,its. 'il:ilre &£0.0,'1'1; Sltfpon: structure'", Th~ is Less tlsan dltsi!t':abJe. &d ~heril 00· add '~O the problem by ]?la'Crng. tnt.: h!.ficls, @!1 [he' pJ iiI!~, :<1. ROTA'm..~G pair .~J o'bjeci:!ii &t rJ-a.e fi:li' ead of the' b;lr~ w.e~" this ~ just .silly" '!!r'§!,rJ,' m,ro.St be' in it:O,lIJ:t:ro] of it-h~ '~_r:i Olliid '~hi;" bliif' musr !be. see lll',e 00 the- 'back!, and we mum: purge '~l siUiIl!~' from our I;['aimring h...a:Jli,
,~~ is o.ttell the '~f' iJl :!!'cl'l:b~tiLsr; one p[lDhkr:o. is jini:i.m:a.tdy, a:s..sociati!ed with a:J]Dlhet~ and ebe solvi:iJt: of Ollie f~s diC; other. A bc_k. of $hotdd~t 'L:l,gh:tniC:~ ;i.n~ f;iiaU~ U~ k~c:~ the dl~l up 1!ir:.e ;ilmost me saraa I[li:ioblemu 'iIInirl ,[[111.)' he Wildli~dfm'.[n either clir.-etti'Q'H, [f ,!the ,clbow"S dmp. the s_I!D,u)del'S' ~V~: ,rel~ed~ i1 ,ti~ e:lbo,ws, ~, 1if~ed!, the sruould1.ers'llgbt:eEm." Most trainees will
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,L1i:§lf mell;' cheses 'w\beT. ~(IM to Bi;ti~ the ,e!LbiQ'Wlij beeause tlQ'[ te cliO :so would! C?1U5.e ille'l'Jl to lO$e .ba'~~:r.!"ce £orwruxl" lifting the C'hss( ,t"e'q,wr:es ':;l ~on,'[j:.-acli(lTii of tbe 'UpP.El:r hack, lijl!usdes~ e.'~'Ji~eialy ,th~ superior pCKriiWl .0:1 the ltf1i,tlgi$.~~~5 dOI'$i (otllplex, So :Iutmg, [he chest is ~h~f~l;i!l; ~m",jl ex[e-:Il:i~IDIl, .01., 'ba'C~ i]ltl!)rveEl~·{n:. !:~!l;iJ'~e.il'liilJg the mu:nllde:rs and ttfur.g; the elbows ;;lids ',hie' 'thoracic-
Flglt~ 2&. iE.1~Ji.,snoo~~ b?>",]o:~'g:~d tiJ '[h~relkr, iWt d IrA.:et&y 1II'1d~rnil;!9It'.h Ulo!!, bar, '!~ :p~r ~1<~n~ll. Ih~ ,dl!i;I].!I~ilI~r5' C'a~ 1J~ 'iII'~lg!1t [IIiB'~U}, I nile: L:"lbifiN~ nre clJll]p~~ f lL!:n ~ U!!l:.1J tbl!' .... _ri9"~ !'lm:dl L:'LL10Wli: ~Uf1, (ilw:'~jI'j:; 10;..'
p'~_urj.Q:i:l. ~tl]ssh .. e WE'.l,tl'll!!:S h :l.¥1!: hc!;::tiJ s,ddy s~1Jia[Eedi r·e~ :m;il:!:!!Y ~oplf; Sl.il.ffcr disc injuries white' pickiJ1!j' 1J!.ptitl' ·lJew5pape.r. Injury IOOC~ when. force is il'p'p lied te dli~s. i~l a :p"Oi.i~i(lJ] other. '[han .nornl~.L .Proper f"Q1!lr'"l!'t form 'IS I'!I:O:f.~ :'iI:mJ.atomili~d :pasitiiL'Ul. fo£" dlf:' ,5Jine.
Thf;t' vt:"~b fa_'" ~!O'!iKh earn other i:lI !i1JiI.other point, Ih"e f.1Ce't; io:i!JI(s, These lie 0!l [he posteeior ~i&f of rl,~ bQ~"les:; ~:ncl are Oil sytilo'!tbJ j'oi' [l'~ 'like mnny' 'Qt:~~r j(ltLnts in. the body., with ~dk~~ ;j'Ii]c! fluid QOlltruned by .[iga:Lnel'lr(Oll[5
.lmf,l{i'ii1IM;:~iI.Pw>.~ F';Naf maserial oo.llll.prisi!]g the ~.rt.i.·r:uLt[u@!l. The ~~ mijo.rity of minor b~d'i. i[liur.~~s are h'!iCC:t jrunr~ iriJu'ries~ b~i!;:.._nr i ilfbmmoll"Ory in [La1I.lT€' and u';~~.!,';;)JMe' wid]. NSAIDs1 rest, Off .1iJl:.uliipubtlfiln. These {':i:ID! be .suffici.emly p~ii:'il:f'LIIl ~o pre'i.l\t.tu. ·j[I'.ain:Ll1g 0.[" e'Ve'I.1 :tiliI.'H:,!nal aca:i.";ty •• U: My b~k OWn~T COO ~C!1J V{:i~ •
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.Iild er.m]'s, em. hill divided .iJH:O u;ppe:r'
back :mdJ iDW"e~r ~ock. We ~lcave .alre~l· bc~ne~ ,t:h~ i!l.pp-~r bID:'k sii.UJ!J;!!Lill pt{;':m'Y mllu;:b IQ ·cl~l/th. FO'r most poople, thr.1 midclll! back is; not :<II discernable lL"~giQ!I1! and. is' cl1f'rf!~o.re !lEI l. ,a. wd'u] thlng '[0 consider, T1H~' k~'!,,,~ Ii" back 'p~!::e[ltti ~
:t:L.et'.i.]ei'lid·oi,.ils chal'te:!:lt;.i: ~'O' ,~~c ooarh. in 'ilia"
these pr~:l;blC!ttJj aJi"e' ofmn ,'e:[)'" diffiruh to ~ol'i,\'.el 'b'tlit II is. exli\emel, tm,Ponar.!'r. ee ~~l .... e the:!ilk. At the .ll:IilL'tiom.l ~evel~ lJiJwi'l" baleR :tf:Liur.l~!i: .'l.t'('oiJltiil. for a .!l'uge p~.n:ef.n~.f;'~ of wcrrk .n.lOm.dosE due: to inj 1,.11",/, :\ hug~ pe.n;.e.fLlAgt!. '0 r WL.i<rk~It IS c~pcn£!ltion dliIliSl and are 'rl:~f' most ex.p:o!lSiV,E heaJtb. Ciil~' prQbl~m .rw J"!C!{;ip'lili: I}g.r;;~ ,;1fC1-50. M,an,i m '[~ low h~~k injuries 'ih~,t tre ~ ,p'rob'l~m ~.fi.t~t IT! life werif fifSE aoqtLiH:~d.m SPCH"t:;· wh.ile YOUHg) and. condn:ue ~o :p'~~gue us '~or m:illfiy y~<l!!L"S; If we asconches arc a hie- [0 pct"e\'em mjury so cur .. ~thlJ!!:lr...1 'while they are ia Oil r char,gfj [lJ'ld t:e:ietl d~oein thl!:: pl:tlplIT' WiI!;t t!d' \1:5>" ·t;h~iT· l'rjIWi.·,et·Ib~C'.6 whili: .Iilting~ we"wiH have .aoiflle ·[hem. :3i i!)l:i:'ea'l;ti' ,[Crv.~~ than me Liult ~iilot5 w'iiJ 'CW,Et' be able. to ap.!P!rJBC'.ba:te',
MO¥[ Inw~r b~~ errot'S ·fall into t:W~ broad cir_~go.ries; (J} if.t<!a.eQl1;lle' ~~db;~ity;. ~r.~d (2) Ii '~:;!I~k '0'£ lci~$t1o;:tic re~e. :rim, iIliildeqU'ilte :l]exibilii[)I' i!8 it ['dates; lUI S'1;UI!!!M form r.t'c(]Uirf';5! .\15 'u:5u.~~;, 1.1Ii1 IIii:i:dcrslaadling of the o1ina~orny' iiJif: die hlp .md J~ Il'UJ..'tt;uliO!.tllil r .... {figu:r.'C· Il).
The ha~i:J".iIl~~; :<M:\E the key '100 good .k~w 'b~k po,~'ti en, The' hillms:~r,uHl!g g[lQ'UJp'
censists 'oF '~b~ ~-~iup IerniJ'ik~ dlLe s::em1me.:mhraEl.DST.lS1 and the :setL'll~~e~.difl!~Si,1!S" .~l ~ ,threr;:· (If wh~ch <lrij~ -[r.Qm tile :~clll:d m~i:'o8ky of ~h"e :pdvl~. 1'h~" .1.·~l il'J;S'(.1!rt.n
Yal'iOU5 pob:rt;s' on ~l~' ~bi~. 1~'L~' 'O:WlFi,gu.~do;M1, means 1ili:tl!E' the ,hamstrins gtu-up crosses tWQ iQhlts~ thr ,hip :md ~he kn:ee. iilll.d
t!h(;'n;:~'t<e has :two- run.~eioJC_s~ 'ili,e plr.lpxim.\;l!1
flulL'C t i,olJll hi" (i Kit 12! as i>OtI!! :;LJld rih;t. ,dis!i"ai {Ui1 e d 01'11 ~iIlee f1i:e,x:iio.n. When we :squat,. h~ ~Ilr,;'.nsion-i' ~r sE~ill:iuellil!il.g .. tz!m'~, :i~, what: we do '~1!tlh ~he ,hatttS~. 81 ~g w;'d~ '~he, ~'h,U:,es <fi~re 32). :Dri,ve out oJ '~he !bO't~om. is hlp e~l¢iiiI!;i~r.t, 8:Cl.d,
S,uli."~, r~ :[l:no;r:',e up Uir.l.we we nave, 11.115 15'
~ut¢~f ~ilOOr.!: 'w:hr :&-Dod, d!e.pdl is ,importnJit; the. ,cle€~r' "We. 'C!iHlI. sq;ml't '~l;!th g,ood ,fO:__m1; i!,'!le. mlD\t"f' the hamr:IiStcil:l'~ ~lIi;e .!itre'tclH'ld.~ 'lind d],!;;, lQ1~t th~y ,!li"i;:' §~i:\emb.MiI the kFJJg,e.r they ean rn:i:odUf.:~' :f\Ot~ when '~he.J ,r;:~!1'tt!i:1lC'[.
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Wihe'll. we' :sq~iiilt:i or lift ~I'iiyth;~g oH ,the
:F1oor.·~ 't~,e :po-w,er. is g~:e;nlted by the ru,P~ :alnd, lr;;i9' ;;11fid, i:1' '~.smi"ued! up lIhe rigid, tuuttk .segmmt: t'!:!' ,~'Ib., ~, d- ,~"'h- -,-.-, :--..ij;';-iI'i~' i"I,flJ mt: shoulders 0.11:'
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,~omgil1g fT.tom, the' arms, ThE' SpJ[liaJ, cg~urn:n is ~dd ~igid i:~, normal <tntl![omic~l ,p'm~it~ami by t:he: mLUlclt:~ ,of '~be h~Lk~, .side'E~ ribS! ,!lnd ,iJ;hj~ .80 thar
1fJ;g~r,(! 3'4, JL"rnmpi~: rill" i5"r.f~iN:~, hfi.Ck ,1'i!t!®il~!.ID t IIIJ.IDbllr e-)oj~ill:I~~rnll t!l' I]J[I!imni'l:!!J ihut d~I!I~I~ mll[] Lliilt\propr.lill'l!!' pos.:iiioR r imnDmr iiI~, Oil or I'(!IiIIlKI~I:l~ M i'lj!: lltoJim~!:' ~s-t~s, W'r! q;::'iI~r WIM['!t tI1!i 8I.;]oat dlir;;; ~~_
,~ (0Jti!Zl :int1!y be 5lIlf-e[y tnu1I.smi'irl~J ~ii) the load 'ihr,('YI,'!gh thr.:: 'tnfnk. These muscles OQ[Ij[l'';1lC'[ imtnetr.ieaMYl that is I they M _ :f ,j!t1i po:r!t~lic,nl bl!.l"t i;m~ no move:meIliiE ,[GI' c!OCllJU!,~, ,md ill! elbIng; so. 'Eber pmn,it. fie. ~'fociV~m~iI1f 'tip, 'iQG~1rJI r. Th'? peJiioS artieulases wIth !the' ~p:Uil~' :lft cite L5/S:I. area of the :liUlwer 'bac'!li:! th,... ,illL'iom righ~ above the, tl:!l,[J.bo,r:Le. The :m:~llictes zyf the JO'i....-er bad.;;;, ,th~ ~~t'l2lr 5.ipinae gn:rup, imen O'lll, th.e :pd:'l1is. ,and, ;'U' l:1!L1.i1'!Oe.rous pohtts. i!iU ;31o;lil~ amid !Up the' sp,inal eolnmn ~ .s:o' 'Lhm W.bl.e,H these m,u~,(J~ :1r:o!: in, con~'nttion the p;glvis' remains in <l OQil:lSEtlfiC - ,p~iclo:t'l ,fel:,l'I;:i:ve re Icl'll~' jUIlJb[]J::: vert-Cbroe. The erector s.pif1<le serve m leck rd!le 'pelvis -,1!_n,a ,~~ 'loweii' ~!:"k wgtn-he.r to p,L"l]Ite'C[ the -v.er.teb~:":at column :artl,d, $P~I'i;'JJ C~~, from :rnQi:,'"{~mlil:t lUuleJ." ~oa_d. ;:11],d to hold all ~_e.se :~rlts; :ili'1! :i:'iiOrm~_l !3na'rom~C'a1 p05i'ti~n w~um, liftilllg he-~v~' 101& !lfjl dt~t ths inIerve'~1;e.'~r"JJ dliSC5 are nor damage-d. These muscles, -ationg wi,dl se:vernJ. :I~yert; of: :Hg.:a!l'fe:n.i;S and ,g,l:het ool1nectlv.;li t~;ssUie, aet to ,keep lhe 'lower back £r.o:rlt'iJ MS:I;l!'llin:li nnyptcO.s&tiol!Jl 0'] 'Elifi~'O'fi ]JlJider' a loed, T.Ii1Iis area needs to S:l?:ay ""l!i:reb.ecl.'R' rn :ita}'" :5i11fc- w'hi;;!l!:'i! Iifcing (f.uglJl-:e J..3}" Thus, 'we use [he tooehi:n;g: cue '[@",,~,i"(h your dow oock. ." .And thus the peivis tilts ferwsrd .:l'lL ~h-e same gj'l!gle- as: dle h-YW'I:::r' b~C"k 01'5 :Wi;;; 1~ail1-O~Id "W.ith, the h~!L'k ~ock,l::':d ,in a me ,e'::t:t:e.!lcl~, POsill.nTl!_
Ho .... r,~,.\'er~ as the squar ;jI!(lJproll.che!> the bDli:O~ 'P!(!i~itioT.!J, dw n~ii!-';!55.1:rr :fo:rr,!I,1'";ud lean of: t_ itJ:'llm.k has a {ende.n.cy '[j~1 En~k(;i: '~bf!. ] o,Wl!:it bilek, ::t!iSllmc [II, 'lIi~lt.e.cll' "rounded" ~'O&l[n,t:ln (fig'llii:'le 2J~). This is due '~o ~hc;' .nO!.ms:'trin.gilfi'Ol,ii:;OD1Y-. As; the :1i1.],UflJ[ d~pdll il:l.ere:!He~, :and [be. ierse ~~um~'S ;a m{;!:r~' OOtw~;rd u~Jt, ~he 'bottom cf 'me. p.e~s' {I;.h~ Orig'i.fl, pj)-i~t Oof' dtt> hQ:!l~,t.r; E;I;~); io!;;k«l, ~1l't;Q ~ rigid spice, tilts a'Um;Y from tlite knei=. (,;he in.serli~n po~~~ i'lf ~h~ h.l!msl:t~l1gs1. fu tlae;s~ jJIIJs[\~_es F~-cb the '(Ifi,it of [h~~ f' ::!!b~l ~IY ~o ;rrfetC'h. they Pel:.om", 'i:ig,h-re..Il" end Ibe~,m, to. esert ,iwcu·e pi.illi on berh tbe Mtt: Olnd thC;f pe:lvi); cniID.n" Here ,is the source .of the Jower b~k pf;'O'!b~.em:, :~f IUI.tl hiimst(ing~ bllck ~uffit:'~~\11~ fJ.e:~ibiliry"'", Ilt!:'Y w,~H ~['~ ~o.ug1l. '~e.~s;1on ,on ,the bott'O'1I1 of ~h~ pelvis. to pull il: (m;t of,iu;~]!D~W, ,pmi~ioi'l it'tl, ib;e Jo,weit billCk, b'~ki:J]g' m]J5.t;~br tensioa l[i, the efOOi:QJ:' ;spinae:; aJ!!id.,_pE:;t'I'tli!.li.og :t6t! lZiUj rIC: lo,'W'.¢r b!ll::k 'to I;;om~ OUE" o:f extension iaro <l '" OOtu:u:t" _P08iciol\ ~:u:r~' 35,).
Once' m,;(1' lI"...1hlSli' ohID'S p,[iobJem is 'lIl11d:er~lL"pod1 h r.;atiI be eorreeted 'WOllllgh iIlilL§i,eTliit !Sm~~e~.i.J1g" TbiC' 5qu..:'lil. i't~clr. i1tn:.~ ;15 a ~:r:re:l;J;,,':hl i'I.!l!Id :wh:h c:ar(J1ful O'Itbt'nllOili t'tJ tb is pg:ti:;i~n 'm't Col[D, ,cor,re::1 itself ,m ill, filion time ~' l'W;~ '3, few WOrkO!l;l,t'S. OFIDei:L, u~jJfD:~tl;ln<Lre.ly ~ 'Ene ~i1ict-. of ilf'Kiibili,ty is 'p.~i red, witb ~!'J.Q,t:b!l.:t :probh~tn! ,~, th~ ini\bn;l)" to ,i..denti.fy w~ch ,pjJ3~riQU the !o~'\1r b,~ck is in •
.A. ~ek of krnesti1eti,c sense., the ahilitY' ~(ii ,identify d:tt p~l ~;D:~, oJ the ~ooy. or a booy pan iIiI .jlti'3~ rd~litiQIl ~iO the lioound 1t1:!: dte
.!I.0i25ir. 13([ the 'boo,?, is, very' cQmmOrli, 6S,pg!!:.L;:d1r in yOIlHlge1; U'aillees~,Th~s m.igh!L be due to .1, lack of ,emphi!1L.!>i.s illt"i ;'.s;I.U; ~ UP',S:LIi~~gh~'" ;:Ij!l we. elder i.ndj"'icl,tml& ,remc:m'ber h~~ri'ng, fl'"Om Gulf pall)f'llIi:S" IDd teaehers 'bac't-.. i:JJI t'l:ile'.B-mnZil" Age. Ma~:r of ~he~'l~' kLds b~'!jfe ~hs·d.utely ~:10 idea, ,that: '~hi!ir ](~\Vc:-r b!:lGk i:s: ,!!'OtJ:rI!d ~~, 'cite bo[cQ(rrt; o~ the squat, or' Eh:it .Lt is arched correctly M the mpl of the ~,Il<J:I'1 Qr' <LIllY· ide.fli 'wkat lPa.sit~Cln it ,~~ in iIIl, :iU, It is, as 'lhou,gh dH plXlp,!rioeept:ive ;,iia;ivlL)' has cw,;l,std ia til ~s: p:.trl!i;utu' ;ttf..t ,ed' ehe body. MallY :i.nOe:cib'le trainees ~Khib;_'t 'too p'roJhi:eru~ 'but mmY,perfecdy flexible kids 1;":2:~~Clr assume a 'pOs;i[i,Qtl! of ~.urrib\:lr. eJriteitSiD!IJ! i1Ind hold ~~ thQ1:~gh ">E sq~;un~
There .1r;e,' ~."u.i~ W'!f!j.'''S to inl:r;od~ '~n!l.'!
~,~";U:',8.J:l!es5' of lowlE'J~ back posl:uon. They-all i:nv,olv.e' ;c~usi;~g 'Um.e trsiaee to cp:t1Itr,a'Ct tb;e 'io'wer'~'IJ[I[[Ib~l'Ij" ml.'l.::it:l'~-and, '~CIJ, mak~i\g him, ;a,ware. of 'Wh.iU' has itllst b'!lPJ:!elIDcl., ,50, dlti3t he
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I;fiilii, 1I,,!I!i,;I' ,i,'[ ewry tame. He tle.EuS [0, ~ue a .:t.1II,t]" '~O·
plli!:t. ::ii, mi!ii$l.,i~ ,gr'Otl!p ,j;j)tc! ooflll1;1"a("l:.iofi is .ami im,pC!rI~mn 'pl1rt oJ Sil:r'e'l::iigith t~lIlmg,i' iiirtcl. 'rn(l hnii:f::r. ,LUIl,su''o...tciOJ]_ QF ~it5" ..importa:l],C'e' can 'be r"Q~nd. thllil t'Ood ]crwt:t borik 'p-os~ci'Yti+ ~nj~i~~s ,thi~.;$ ~y~ &'e~nd beJi~&e' t.he trainee'!, £rtMg :hi~ prOfLi;g. Tak:c the tl:mmb md rniddl~ Em~r' af y'QUI h"iittd !lncl, touLh him lI;;I~ f~i:h~'r. side of the sternum .. -and SiP!1 "'lLifit the chest, Ii' d:rf!III. to'Ll'!;b him, Wil11 the oQ'~her h!ltiid an diw£r ~idc 11;;1'£
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the ~f,1i";tlIC ~t .;libeu,u: the lev~] oJ '~he L3 ve.n:ebuoOLi tlnd S3Y'I' "'N OW~ !:L:ic'k. yCU,lf' hun 'i)lut" ~&gul"e' 36}. The 11i'l~r,s ~Iltit h L~ erector :>,pi Ill,;),!;' my~des, will ttiJ!~i';!: .hl~~ ro feel these museles '~ they' !l;O:l1r.nOC'~ 1lJi1l0t2"f thE! mlt-'!:i1; mild the fing~[)5( DIll hi~, ch(i(~'i: wm 'M~P him fr'~ j'!.;u~~ ,1(,.'Uli~1:'!i gv~r. If
rhi.~ wi~l w~rk for .m~[ .poop1e.. ~Ttd. ~hmllcl. be '~s~d .immediltd.y l.f me trainee l1xhl bi~s; '@. tfiliIJlO ha~k when .:iql1 Mii:ing da~ f~ rst !WI. If ~-p:iov.~mGn~ is nm f:l:n~.fd ~£n: Ii' t~ tS; cO:Ii'.recE.i.CI~1:, assume h: .i~ ~. h_m:nst'.fil1~nex]bilitr problem aad address I[ w.itll srt.;eu:ilm_g, Att~r. ~. coup'le of hl1Uill.~flI-®i strnlEh.e..s,. I[ji"it !.1:-g;linl and If l'adiif:-iI imp.r'QVeme~'[ i~ ito.t .seen, try·lLh3.s :I'1li:Xt trick H@."vc dl~ tr.UI,'I.N~ U~ down aLl hLS bd[y elJ] tbe :phuforill •. T c;U hjm 10 l~u.t hi:;; hmds· behind his Mi;ldl and 1::Ji~~ his clli&St up of1. of.lhe ftOOJ,-. Y au m:~g'~ t:. 6.ve to ~:emrnd. him te lift his elbow!li wh~'j]J,e do~ 'this .. lVklsl of his ~l; will now be ~~ ex.~eIJsim1,. T~en. tell him to li.t't~ 'h[l~ fu nees up oJJ O'f ,the :illoor teo, Mi1I:tly f.'mLn~e'S w.~_t do th·~ by P"1:s,l-iing 'tht: toes down ~mid 1 ifWrn[g, the kj]i;1es lJi_Pj 00 JFOU'U .h~V"C·[O then LeU him not to [j:SfL~L~. toes. 'W.helll he d!'Je_~: [hil: correctly, .be'U bend .bi~ bel8:S :sltghd;t :iJnrl we bis iil~tes • .h'M:l:l$~d:n:~. O'lInd most impO:rJ~ ttY' 11~' Iow b;lid~ 'I:.o~ nt:ik.e w[s mov:,z,mem:, ·Whf<~. he gets :it .li'igbJ:~. cl~r;' only th~~J:~ reueh i[~t; mil!.' .f:I!QOir will b~· .n ~~ belly. Now S:jJY' to hiiI~, '"This is wh-at It. fee.ls-likoe· to i.la ..... e YQur low,ct bask if;l ("O:r:i!IIr:~!i:'~io[J.. fed W 1~ ereh, Kei;m ~!'I;d -do it' a gam .. io H-a~ him [if!.~t Iht~ unm r:nc light g;oes. CI'I:jj (figu.[e J,8) F I[ Ui5o'U<!IUy doe.!!!il "t :t::.ke mIl-:my dme-s: sifi>ce' tills is: JH1dl ~i 'We'ird position a.nid i't f-e~'s dafE:l:'!'ttrt [hil!l1 :lInYlhil!)~ he~5: ever done w~l!;h his . .bad.:.,. M'QvlL':mc:n:t patterns th","[ ;!lIT '~~gnijit::aJ!iIdy dj r&'ren:t
:lr·I::'i'.ill: th(}.l:;~· dlillt are faro ~[Laf are, iiCr.'Il1.:J!Uy C:l~ct· to learn, sine:c du!}" do not cadlict "W"rth 9iSitkng. shnil~t .~tterm:s. B)'" p]~~ing the ernifilet,; in ;]. position wht:re he hills to C'On~C"t his ,rIXeIL"EGt" :sp]n.:.e .[e.pe~)~ly wit'llu;::iur tryinl; '!;Q. dQ iiluytltiJ:lg else 0lJ1 the' SRI!lIU tl~t!'i he C:l1lI efilbed dt~s R-CW .!IiJotOtIi' p:!l:t~"W\itr' q;ui'~My auui. ~~'i'lr, wi.tbo!.!l:~ h9"'ing~(!! try t Q d~stijl:~iih i~ fro.b'Ll "Cdr!;!'!'" de-:m-en(S OE,;]jfi un fami[irur mollRt,[fl·t:!i"!!l •.
No"i'Jl," ,ilave':.him. ~1:lllJd up :;J!J1od ~JfrodJUc~' 'tb is mO'l,l'emeIIII: 'whiln &mndiit.i,g;.. The:mt p\iJ:. t.h!C bon- on hi~ back .::J:ilJ, ~~f!I have ,him rc£ll~:i1t ,it sevenllimgs;, J\.ISit to be sure, ~ h~m i.I.!:nlock his kue~ ~n~ hipS" ~o about: <1 halfrsqlJa:ii ,posicio,o, o1JnJ, ~eit if he c~_n still pc.rf~nn dus ll1,fllthar.' ~~nsioo,; If he is s6J~ 'w1.th ylO'tU ~m thill po,l;nl, he sho~lcl ~ ,~hl~ '~O k16ep ill;S h~ck, i.M~hed ihl'OHgh the whOle 8"'11:)4[; jj' he is ~£Ii"Ciendr 'fUexihle:. ]£ he: c~,"t, IMI'J, streldn h!:m ~}fi!I,t ,<)!tlldi ~o thiiOlJgh due whole procetlum on£: mme time! and eall ,it fJi dlay"
A Ij;'I,;"otd ItQ:W about: difficult trnifl!e'es~ :as' :<l! Lo~i~) r'C'Hi learn more :b-om, the hMdi cases 'th:ln yO'U do :from fiarur,al ,athi;ei:efo., Any ,idiot CQuld, tcilC~ 'G.reg l ]:eIT.iderS!DlJ! {'iur:tj;"i[:erb~k ffif ltice ~1.1Q4' ,IHliW re sq~~~_ These pCQIP'I~ jMs~ do i~~SOOil',eC'~y because dtf'ir booi~ 'tJlld,\eIi:'Sffifrid, biofit!l(',LhBrII~c$l' e\l'~.:IJ, ,if theUir braias ,cl,DlJ!,'1.. YOM;;M'e :a ,g:QlEld cn<i,dl 1 f y(J\~ mil teach c~inpli(:aae.d ~''IopBople. who ~ve :ne.vr;'.f' be~~ ,!!I bi !:' FO 1~r.f:I them b~~lO'fE', fwd a ,3,5 yeax:!Old. w,oml.11i! wh'!J never played, SPOt~s,. I,')f ,j]! SO reM-(I,l~, :s,edenu1.1' e.xe:c~,ri"Va~ ~ te.:l!eh 'chern '[;0' sqU:lt" This is 11~w yt1U gc~ 'to be f,] ggOO [:oa~h • .AJDd ~ good, roach ,!!:'ter;o~~i"?-e~ ,~ 't:t,:I~url;!~:~~'5' '~irrUts. There hi nb~hi~g '~t) b~ ~~ £;rutin fmstHtmg ,!IJ .1lovi~e: ,[~fiIi:C ~ili t.:j;~1:i liiit his own in<1biluty or y{]lJj1t h);~k of l':esi;;;!u['.ce:ru~J!less... "Ihe :Il,ex;i;. w:;:n-:kiOtil win ~n,VO!I)'""$ he better,
Th~ ruPlS a:fe'i1he g:ut.s, IEif me sqiI4J~l. Hip$ 'prov~.d~' the pa~r~;r out of bcttnnr, w~[h W.e t!r<lni~tl,lI)ll.lID' the' quads ~bQ've ,pillt',aH~l takj·n'g cin gf i~5'eIf. K..I:i!ees roIDol ,bips are !tied oose'th~f,t cOH<!Jepl:uIIlI1y ,QS weil ,~ 'b,r the fr:mUlr. If the 'hips are ,['00 forw~ the :k[!ic,e!s ~rc '1"00., In 'the :tan' ill:5!E!lif.!.t:e ~h;n '~M hips are too raJ." h<!ick~, i:he'.n, '~~ kn.~~~ ~:rt 't:M:'},J; in: th~]lF correct ,p.es..icioLl!, rd~,ci".f" ~o '~h~ 1,JOe.s. It is easierto cor,reel, :for~!b .. sck i;;;FWn; of the liups by correctillii 'd~E U~:;-; :sO
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wl1' WiI.I!J. no tnas. srer, For ,[I;Ov;'l',; "Vii1!; -WI~JI C""O'JliO:em oQuflieive·,s. w,~tl:lI, 11lj:! ml"i:~.e..
AI!. rn.tF'(1ld;u~d eiilrHiZt, '~ip dtiV!e C"Jt1l be ii:,aM~1:. 'W,iiib, the ,han$, 45 C'oIl!!l m:M1y things: in Ekif! wei.s~~1 rQOm- !that h[l,Ye 10'" oo'with pmi'lkn!.~ :r~~~g the' !:;rn.i:JJeil' at I:he' QCi',rrec[ hlZl:ti::{l1n, :Foshion: and ha:llin~ hM:l!!I, drive iiJJP ~g~ifil:5l YGYJ"' harJd is IIlSU""rllll.y' all t~'l;3!1:. is :r.1~:Cle~;!iry lO
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increases is; 11elp:fkl in r E1s:mbllishw.g cl1i' rmcvement, Fo't', the cali,chl there hi (!ruy a subde' diff~r,ettce .w <,pfitanmce 'betw:eeE3, ;gQod strtmg Jmi,p,' dri;r and iii, squat dut l~t'ks this. A di~~:u ICbm~fr in back .angle may be ebs rved, ami. h: bel;.."'cme5 mere ;arppa~~ as the bar g~~ hC'ii!ivier. Bar ~pe~d jn.c.reoM:e,sm;lJ!".bdly with. the S~me we.igh[ w.~e.i"i ~. G,Qod. hip dr..iw. Is a!dJd~ out 0.1' Ihe !bo·t-tom,. tJne inere .• $ed, p!l)'wer being ,ev;~dent in the ·w'.hole ~t:(fnt :3:05; the ~om~n:. um g,f'uer.!!i,tA:d by gooo reooy.nd ,<Mild dirive, .~S; c~nitd tilmllgfl. Ar; d~!iI:: '~ee does his work .rel'.Ss th~ fQi.\y bl:' the' on/Iy CJ!.!ili: he needs, the [."¢5·t· or tire mevemen . having, been 'l'ie:mt!.di up' il1!JJri~G: wiYTIl\lfs;.
A common error is the teudelllCY for :Some' ~ifre.r8:tQ nn""e the .hips fo.twa:rd, imre .. d of uf~!llrd. es.ped:.[]y d~hr befuu fh~ ·I:f;nfl!!itioo. berween ,iluip {hive ~d qti~, ,~[ the ])oii!t iwt above ~rail1d (£igu1re 39). If: [he: .lamps go fo.:rwril, Ih~' kDet"Si 'Will '~OO, CIU.1-S~~g; me·weighE to :cl1Ui fl!}~~ to the toes -an_d poss:iMy p',roducili.~ a mr.dl :l!,1moor flexion ~t the : ~me time. Thi . IS bed ~ for- lElcQW€f and f'Of safety. If rhe ~~!tU;C'$ of Gr~.l/hy af the lifter/ba:rhdl ~e.m 'shi(w; . 'fOl~lIxj ·rhen·a to'~ efimpot!!l;J1lJt has been .ifitrod1.ICed in to 'me rnOVtllle[lt;, 1'.his: com,p:lj,e".nd 1I:11!rn~, lbeC':.:Ii~!:: :;'!,nytb.ln,~ '1::111,111 'dl~ whoie 5ystelll mO"l.~i!!J!g st["ili~[ iIlp is l;gs~; 'lZfficienil:. a.ncl will ha:~f~ to be ,u.~~llS:ated for bdoft!! ] O.C::kOUE oC'e;Ul:'~ ;ill!:. ~h~ ·IO.p. "rh~ best :piO'wer .~s: achi~red wihe'.lll the hif!i conci~u€uli~lttup. out. o;f 'the b-O!:~Dm, tb:ewe~gh:t }mys In. the mjci.dh: oJ the [OOE! ,~. quads -ex,en. ,t_hcit "xooce; ;!lJ.g,~r th~ ;[lloD,r th.rm..tgh cl1~~:s< b~<lnood fom pO$jciQ~, aTIid '~he knees and hips leek OYi[ sim!ultl'U"'1;@U~ly iiI' the 'EDp. Once. ,~g)Jiml, .it .is not ~o.:.s.5;lrY' to. ·think iilboL!l:t the qu, dLri.ceps = [h,er will dQ dum' . al. w}U!1'1 ttl:'Y ~~ .suPPQ5:ed to' if the lr.nnee st!a.Y,s' i[L buance mming :Ilp. (Ihe 1iboy~ oomm.'IillJ~ ,~pp,l:, specifical1y 'ro '~h· IACK.SQU AT •. The F.ront Squ.n is umiltt m.n"tt'f Il!-ntir.eIYI and tiiu.tside' the seope 0: . hm!j:·disrustiofJ,. Tfu! two. ~ ,ctunplet-ely diffe:~~' mevernenes, ~Itd (,orl:' this: reason it ~:s:;Jiw fS pruden~ ee l.earo one c:ampl.e·rety and, I!:or~dy before ~1J:i..(l,y.in~ ~o 'the o!:lhe,r; Si!l]c~ the back S',%Ua.:~ i~ 13 more ge.l1er'$U,.
khtl1Y' 'rjm,es w.herl me 'trnm wfu '[~ hips f.owwaJrd. IEnmfug 'I.'~p he will also uri~ock. d~.c Jow.er back. to. do ·this ({~gtI:re4'O}.+ T,rul1> h\mb.lM.' .flexiaf!J O-CC:!Jl'i a-.s: m.e. a,ttempts ·to dl'iV!e l:11P' forwa~ 'and stay off of the' toes, es~n:tiily ,teaVm:Ilg the b>'l;f behillld:·;a$. the bips shift, This. ~fi~hm.g";' '0,£ '~b~ b, ck is: ett:renldy' dillng)"'['ouS:r as; m,e: h:rmb.al: .discs ~,l?erieJlic;e a CM!!1ge 00 i!JI!lJil1~ :m;'!j.tomig:.i~ positien wbj]~: IO:lded. The bsck ~~ tmm <lil"C.hed eo rounded. WiJIh 'w~~h.t 01.1. the h:aekJ rurtd me discs are :n.at des~gned fo;r dni:s; type- of sil Ii 1!1'1!S$ •. n thiS' f.tld~ is observed . nav·e' r.h~ ti\linee .raelri. tb.e .~[" [mmeili:l:I!:Ely Mid esplain tile' sirgu;t'l;iQJ1" Umran:r a '!Wt!Td or three albol!!t What'WilIS O{b-5.."rvea anda l:'iermnde:r to drive UP'i :l]cn fOf'Ward:. w,m: ·c.t:lrrect the pf.·o.b.l·m,
"f/Jl.lre; havre illll',eady mtmclillced the Clln(,spt of ihe "'hounce:'" out of the bO'ttnm. Sj ace .tt is
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. '~ms :~~ke a fin.e time [0 ,i:fueu.$$ i' • Once- ~g~i[lj~ the bounce DO;ES NOT DfVOLY.E: TH_E ~EE. ~'l: ,happe:as Wne.ll li:!:1;!: :hmnstr.llll,gs. r.ea-ch the lh:nit .of' their ncrmal :rmge .of .m"o'tIQn due to th,e J ight far.w·a,rd. mmi.o\IJ of the knee ;md. rlle .proDoiiU1ced backwnrd .mo~io·n
of thr.· hips. R.e:tn.emhe-r.: me pelvis is iodted in p'oo~cio~ wi h. the '[{]fSO 'by thiii :~aw
~6k. 1nl!!lade.'t1 t:h~ hamstrings at~l;h t,o time iJ£(h.i!ii 'ruberosi't:y :al tn.c l"otoom ai'tlne pel.vis! .!lJfia the pelv.is: rilrs fo.\l0VMd ·witll. the tor.so. ~5 s:ql1lcdil depuh i acreases, 'd1us
.Figrrl"~ 39.. H r,p drive ls DeFt ~~IDPfl!d ill 'I.Iu: 'Pi;J.!j~~kim .libi;J1JIi·!1 lTI die' .tQ(:! pbologrnpo, mot in '[1m:: knees ~~lr\V~«lII!}!!I~iti£.il) (lQ.n.il!Jlml.
f'fg.rH'). ,j~. ]~~i[:'lg ,('if Ih: ib.p!l;<k, (3fl: j'lJj i!fil;I: !t,\¥<:[ . phi!;!i!:\ during .III~ dl:\i'!,'li! lip i :!! Il!'tlhl~m.
$!.felC'hing out the halrnsH':ing.s ["f'.Lg!lll.re 41~, The blO'l.:mc~· .In the bl;l\"tlO·:J;(l. of dlJt;! S{f!J.ili"; is e..ssell'[idy
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a ICOt':i:"eCt me nr tue $~![\ere&l :ren~X -IDJ:li.e:rel'l.'t In. al1l,¥, UY,liIiMlll<;' rnuscre i:ontti1i:;i!:1oD;, It a li~' ,e, i'~ :i$
OOI'.J;"¢ct, ,tnd il l; llJ!acesEtI'y If h.~~vy w~1gb.'!,':!!i ~re 1(1; he lifted. The, Qul,y 'W)lIy i:t (:.<In, .nun the: knees is. if the' :M:mstri:ngs iil're I.'d:ruedJ ~t 'c.ht bOit,~'O:iifii viill,k'h 1:ij,fO/i.1J.,d, resu~! ill ~hf' kn.ees
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l(,Q, ..... d!itlg f:c~r.d~, .ill'0'(e ~hr)lllt t.hir.s: Iater .. ]I we .hi~s: WJe. s.h(!j.ved ba{'k ill: 'dl.e· hOt'ti:J.M! me' hiJfMErio,~ wiJ I 'cighteti~ '~he kn~~ will 'bE pr,a't.-"(u:~ Md, po.W~'f~UI af ili~ bO~!EI. L~ _,~[i~dl.. T[nl~'iilg he:re'is. impcr.rnrn.l,. ]I. tlfle. bomJJii::e is med! lCarrecdy" it win be i m mC!dLi~l't;d.y Ifgn~wtidi by ~ .I1aY-4 _~:hii1e. up .of w<hips:-. It is, impo.rn]l( to :JJi.ote: 'mai dle' bouace jSmLlJt ,[oUo'!jl(-ed by i1 p!lL1JI~ wd. llhett a dri.~~{:. up,. Tile bOti.[t'Ce :~u:l:t. be i:tl!r:QI'_pp;a;tell. into ,the m+'le - it .mutt be anticipared as ~h~ £[r.~t pm Qf 'diC driVl~., ,One: '~j" '~!J' coach clli_~ is 00, 'tdl th,t;!: 't:rnh:1e~iI ~ThUlJr.: ab(li..i[ ~hr;! '~u.p' I~ri~';in ,the way cl'Eii~"TiI" I?O'J]:~t thil:i.:k -ahauit, goili.~' down w:~u.itii2' ycn:i,t'fo! g,Qing down - dti:JJIk :ahout CO~III~ up the whoI'E time." 'I'his rtedures me. '[e:m:i:f'!Ilry tu.:~p:al[',ne the di[~'\""e from. the '~l1ilee'f ~iWiiOe- ,h'!li bEing; :!ti1,tic:i~lJe~~. ,~\'i:n befo:re the bol!!tl1libE o ccurs , (IlY!l cue wor.ltli w-ell am :;]il llft.!! witl'i 00 iWCCtitTi.C.ph$~ ptecedlmg' ~h~ cQ]i~ntru;.J
Tim~ng of the d!eso@:IJ!i and l'e:QCl!'!laI1di is etitiml1io tili.e perfO'l".iInilInJ.I::e of :good, ~q1J!~ts. lHiuuoc.e ifiOCli,l:r.S o-primdy ij![ d1!e. correct speed of descent. If the descelJiK is too filst. tn.e bounce 'W-1tl !:ie k.~s leffe~~:hn:!'! -atIdJ rr~l,J!i~l1 t~ ~ft~ because 'the· {.'Jilly W;liY te drop 100 f-ast. .~s; '~Q relax ~QJI]e't'h~ilJig~ T~gtI~ m1J~les in 'the' squilt d~ce:nt :stQr~ elastic Jt;Ilir.o.Q!iY·, as ilk~~traw.:d by our specific ,ex.:'lnl'p~e .of t.be' hiunul.ing .re'boIl1lJiild.
Tig,hI :linl!.,!~4es: also keep. [he· back~ ruPS:l lnd knees ill '[~ 00l"[\BCt.1 .saf.e positlQ,['.L, If e:t1:~,:Gh, loo~.flf~ ·e~s!l;$ l!.':Ci pe:r~llit ~ ,(_~n~n.ball~Uke. Oi'O.P i:n't:o, d~.e. hGtlet there is. .no ~rored, itbstl(, eliler:gJt ttl 1~ itt O!; ~',ebQ1jJil1d; and iilJ] ,t;~ ll.li-'l'W,a:vci (o:rt.-C mu:sa:. then be iG,r,i: ~"I,~E'j,~ecl·'!j1.dlhO:I1~. '~he be'11efil: of a streteh reflex. {This. is essel:1'li.mlly the, .lPttrpo$e of a~ paused box :sql!a1l: ... an ,il!dV~ficed. ~rci!?e th:a[ ·m~kes. die. l~fltif'--1" ereare 'lh.e ensire le.xplo'S:lo.rn. 10m: of 'ilie' b~u@m; ;l;!1Jd qciu~ O~!\~~ dtw. soope of~.r di'seussiM-) Atlld dli!t k';.~~ de.SlC--efill
1Cm pf'.rrn'~!t jcir.u:s to 'bll: jammed ,m.t'Ol pmh,iofi;) EQt wh ~!;h tJrey were not de:s.~p,t';J, a sf::ricn:Eily .'bad, d!~al. At best, m,1l.' squat will he .h~avy , nd ~-ill ~eel ,heavy. due to' the~d:ded mom~n[l!Lm p.ttxi1tkCe.d by the excessive :speed.
MamellT:liDl is (~l~i!ib;tled. 'by me 'Weiglu of the' b~lf muhiplied by the ~peed 0'1 dl!!.'l d.~SoelU. Some fiWme:n:tu:JiIJJ is measurable i:!J, c:v'r"rry bar movemem, an rilevi~l)I- ,CQIlS'eq,uence of milS.S ,atLd :mo:ltion. The cliffe-renee!, !be.t~e:IJ..;']J 1974 G.rJ:diUia~' g@i:ag tWO ]11irtiS :~rel" hOtH' and, the ~mit car gO!!!].g 70 mpb. ,is 'tha4:, YQU, can Siep our in :[roIU oJ cl" 'slo;w one ilnd .stop.it bf}' absorbing.its S'mal1 Wloun ef mOme!]UlInr_; if h's ilJ :ru!'IJ.!.t:.ral So. -:il! s:JioW'e"n;...ollovJf!!g bar. is i2';;!.;5WI' '[.0 uu·,t\ ~f.'ou_[Ld than one di.veJ hOtm bed, :uU'o ,tile pktf:o.rm.
By the same m~ll~ ij the &SOSlIlit is, too iliOW'! mstllffide:tl ~ rebQURd will be ge'Jli.ealed O'IlJld, ;i!I. ,simillar ~i,uado:n wm OClCUr' ~ rebound wa[lb;e in~,d,-qu."u,!i.i due to the I.Mk oJ :strg IXh iI.';('i!fU_ex dficif:ncy. The ~ight witl feel heary 3lfl0 the squ~t l'Orill 'he: hard. Aba [he '[r.Wt~ uses 100 m.uch, gas on ~he way dOWIl! to have m1J!ch lcrE:t .in the taak for I:~e' rrip oo'Ck 1JIp. An entire ~sll!:m ,of '[;rn.iuimlg fuas been 'basiild oJt di8 i:iIpPilli"lElI1dy eeel :~W' 'o'bIle['t.'altiCJiJ]l' -!t.he l1oo:k 'heit'llg till!: fat~igue produced. by tilie' :sLow nrevemeat and suh~u.ent J,'Il!:t;i1:fI~' .1:I;:C'lIlmu~a;rio.!IlJ. Ho~'V,e.it W'i: are tr.yl.MIg·h.ere 00 l-e.aID!.. hOw" '[;Q -squat: [he'mW'l weight, ]],ot ;jIi !.ErtLe 'W!E'.i,h~, iir.l! ;3$ ineffi~.elJJt aad 'u:oJ,-o,m(:O,mbie a manaee as pos:.~~ble..
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The knees:are the area w:he.r.e ~h~ :gre4cteS"~ 'V3inety 01 rorali ,p,r.oh~e.~ 'wi:i~ be obsefV'ed.
lin . r correct hIck squat, theee ii!l es ~rI' 'illlily- one eeerect ,pJace ,fo.r Ihe- :knees:;:' .s1:~ghdy OUE in, [mat ~f d»e toes! t~ En~~ di!i~;ljlo.! be"ing determined by '[he ;:];ntbro,pam~llr}~ cd the il1dilvidlw.!:l~ dir,ec:tly ,w, Iiu:t milt he loot' so' t.bat' lb~ ~ _ fi1W: and the 'forn: uepar.,anel :md ,e;oll;gmen • This basically ,~.eml~ dJ..llt rlle. .fe.mur. and ilie fool $htmld be im a s.tr.'aigl~[ lirn'e ,$ '\!~I1, frOID dllr~ctly oiliO"i.~~ $0 '~hen:'; IS;]!IID tw.ispng of the lunee. D~pendWgl on th~ f~muthibiJlrud dinlen~O:jl!s, oJ me trainee, 'the' knee co~d be I!IJllywlu!'re &'O]1lJ dii['ieecliyp!umb W the ,[005, to three ot' {QUII rn.ches ,w :E~[LI of th~ 'I: res: ~figJUlfif 4'~. The ~~tti! 0'£ the n,ru!I)[l~ ribciv:e so the' £mn,t1lB phuJlf'; willi,
therefore de'[e;rmine' tile iilng~e o'f the. knee as '~IL In geue,rn~; 'Ibo~tt 30 degre~ out from the pe.fPell~L'I;II~:!!11" '''i'I~mJts fur [f!Io:;;t ,~eople,! <Lh::lt~u-gh r]ul,s' alsol "I.rati~. Tbis ~~e ~lIo"'~$ the m,M 't\Q clearthe le,gs. at [hf' bertom so rhst :goJild, d~pl:h ca.rl, be itt't:.-mred. These gr;;n!1,ri[ pmiLto-mn:g bo.dmt Irb ~y v~:ry slighdy aJJ30fllfJ individuals but. tiley iII!J":e very close to the (iptim'u m for. correct e:xecu:ciom of a: de;epqUiilt ilnd &~Ollld! 'be folio-wed as do leIy is :PEISS~ ble,
The two arost; !l.,':otnnttm lm'ees '-e:t'mrs by :fur are' knees iilll toe mu~h r.I.d knee! too' filt fu:r~rd. It is i:\Crm.illy unusual to see ~t novice trainee M~ make one er botb. Df [b_,ese' errors the first time he sq,U-alS as both ;lJfe tttiltoo to :8.e~Ib~'II'~ nd pmi~~c.~.iil ilW,1.['-eness. Th '5le two parameters ,at speci.fic. 'U, d«~"eIGped, u,d, cotttc;.wdi by S-qUi_t'- lngi., They a..re ~y error 1[£1 fi~,,and fl1XtnK:; ~hE!1lilI develeps f!{!,Kibilirry ,and 'mov,ement skIll two 0:£ tire fl'l.l!lti reasons Wit' are hi:ite ~nywa,r'·
When d'ie trainee :a,cldl.iu::LS dl.e kr1eeS'~ aJlo'm; ~hem to rom • dm~iI."'ltO~e~hC'.r oli~ .m.y po.~1![ d~u"ing ,th, squat~ the ~~ 15, us.uaM.y w,r.:t1~ I ddliJc:toliS (ftgure' ,~,)" 'This h~ bc~'J] pl"evEously ,&SC1iiI:tS d~ ad an, 'U:!ukr~trundiLig of uu- aIlLa~omy md fL:a"Iic:tio.n. ,is esse-.!1I'ci;al, 1:0 dIE" coo1;h. Cl)rtoctmg 'tlti ' :prnb:(,e:m .is im:poltiil'l'itl: l'llV1.n1g ,~~, '!.i!nt:JlJlfI'et::u~d CretkJt',S a potential .for knee m;Utry' due '00 't he DJon.-:m:ltom.im~ position of the. lll.:tded keee OUt of line, ;]Hd I~;\i'~' the addiU.Lco.r muscle g,!f.'OUP 'un:tmiIled. ,A . tr;l!i~t bee Ii~ is, itnportam, o ir.b!llt th.e me]li~ ilit1.1y l0a4aJ ~:enly. The m 'dial and lateral meniscus bear' WVoiiG~]t in the' . C;p.l~t· as [hey. lie' difi'iCl~:Y ~tW{1e:r:JI. the Ic:ofid:r'~es of rl"e (\i!ml[~f' im~ I:ibi:!li a.1l_d e'J1I;I]ble these two bOJ!Le.s '['CI,rol_ re against eac,t-n other. When th 'kn~ ,i ~" nded at lh~' 'tr;,;.p e:f me :sq:ual.i Uti'; :lik~h~[~:d oomp!:m~rn5., indtldit1lt the" m~nl5.ci ~re lb~dDg !the ewire weigh, . of 'the h\U" IU comprressian.. As d'LI" knees unLoti ~he
~ _" it !Ulg~~ it whidt, the load ~s trat'}sftii[~ed thr,uugh
~' t~~ knee cbmgras. A,t th-e bmffi~l'i of the SqjU'U! 'the lemur' ~~: $!l:iJl tJOl.Jilsienit1g' the lead '[0 the tibia, but j f the stance is correct and the kn~e is in lrair,ht f]mo.n~ e ich side of 'rn.e meniscus
h . rs its ,~itOrnll:;iJ15h@rle' of du~ 103& :Mus.cuIar 'lge.mio:D ~ b().lth. die 3:1lteri,[,H" and posterior :&ide~'1 provides; ~l.lPfi.0rr: fo.r 'E~ knee ilJl this, p~_i1i'~mo.n. This'rusltmmeS"l:b-a,t '~1c femur arnd rihiil r~ pi1lraUel, 9!md cl1e'~rore' trun the .condy,le..s are ['1il.f<hI1eL If: they ~re []O~- dl~ mgausd, hel;:weeg ~he ~aiu:~y~c5' !Il"e; dilfeteJ!l:tiilll, loaded, W!lttll th~, kn~es go in IOil th.e: ''!i1r.'';3i1 dOWIll, or. ~P' the' ht.er.i!!.l, meniscus ge~ mashed: bel.'Woei!] he J teral C'ondyies (figUre 44).
Some coaches wrongly '.l'S~"''ll!lle d:iJlit the OJ're for :ktrees.-in is to 5'tf1eng;m:h on fhill' abductors in isoI:uio:ru" w.;~ilH1'ilirc)lJgh the 'use of an exerci5e' madil.hn'1:!;:' dr:-siSIJIE'd '['01:' this purpose, These d~VJ;~~ Me 1101
Flg~~' ~:fi. Q.uA!I!J:i1lg by n~~~~rnuiuD @i] ,Q.:t ~he' Q';i:lfL'!.li1i·!J1) .;tI;!lIJI'!l me OIl!lil'NI. knee .posIi~IJf1l,.
more us;ef'!IJl rhi1LlIi. nny 'c'tner mar'h.i..Ml ~d '[his. on~ i~· '"S,ped:ally ldist L'1K1:ing s:iiIu::e til ~ pr~bl!Cm ~[]''t whJiL dt~· ~h(h,1f;[ors .. Uj~r, The: i:i;f~er is tlJ!OI:: .h11\'mg trouble ~~ns; cit;;;= in lliS'i res. Illml. "the' O'll'~idf; c& me hip~ he i;s having tr.o:uble i/fiSil1g, the [1;H,:i!~]~ oJ tltB tr!itD.~n~ whidl ilrlr>e 'wleak, In. all. aitwmp~ to mJ!iikJe i!lp fO!ii.' the htk. of add.1K"to:r· ·.hl!ilct:1OI'J.;. hi.3' knees 3t~: :PliO\rlng clcser ·together. so th.a·!!;.:th~, q.lIl~drj e-eps (~n do t~;f.l: iob r._ti$~d .. 'WJi,.e[i. t!he qoo.ds.- are .fio,trod. tlO pill;:'k up ·tht! rol(.> :f.l\[ 'dl,¢ acld.uacl'i'S\ they h,,1.Y<e t-<i! .n.1!OVe te <ILIl <1ddlU!:ited pQSi·i;.]Q'Jl I@ do :5:0.. ~~![L'gr::.heni:D&!' the- .abmncto!fs1. j], iOC!(!J;.!fl'le~!f s itl all. :rnt1£dr:'is 00. '~ht ro ou [aeeral <!ispect of me' .ruPI 'wi]1I1,ot: .so.lvjl! ~he p'l-01)lem; bewu,ge· rhey' O1f-€ not ·itY,l;;D~wd .in the .pmbJ:S-rrJ!. The '~l;~Y w.:J.y ro
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.t:~, '~K/9U'iJ.UiCmr.s: rs to :ffiilit!l:e t~e. 'it'NLne¢ !'i.e~p
his knees OO.t:5iOi lh~t '~he adduCiJOl'S ·M.M ge-t stronrg>el'·. So :gQ8df form is -a",~liy th.e Ctllr,e .fm ... had :~Q<rrn.,.
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Ofteq Q01rrect:ion oJ 'Ihis :p,roble'~l ~ ~ $l~l'!Iftle ,~ '~,elli.~l,g d:Jc t:r;.lll'li;tt to '~&ij;c:p y'OlIiIJ" lmN5 QIl][,!'" ~nil.. ,illri]S'tr.a.titlig [h~~ visu~Hy by pCl~n:cintli 'to his knees with het b Mnd.;5;)5 yo;u 5\tand in fro~~ of him -;'Judi 'moyin:g your D:Illmb a.l!.IIt '~QW1lIl"Cl; l!;I.iiher side to ,iliusu)l.te eJ(orctly me' dire~~on you mroll, (fugure.4!}), Y 00, '11M, enhance 'iliis ¥frbaHy by e~ag§el'IlJIf~g your deicripu[~ ,O!f whar to do by "Saying ~O'.L'!IleU'll~g ,~a, • .¢.! ';';1 WM'~ you .ttl! teuch YI;)t&t .righ~ knelt: on dJ, a it W~] i ever ,rner.e w rO~l" :6gh'!:., ,~!rd ~O'U!ch ro,ur 'I~f~ krt~Cl' on t:hii'Jit" r~ck (liVer ~he'fC: on YOIlir. ,~e~!O a'S yau, ~tu:n::: '~'li~dly"w,~th yCi1ll1' ,hanos '~O ,illJ!d~c;;It;e the nsovemeet,
,E:~§~[;,,!tiOfl ,~s: often, tl 'UlseIyl coarJldng !'OIf}L It. can:~O'AIYe.j' ide~$: to h"r.d ~~d lcids tbat'are :Elot '~r['ib~y g.."@.oo, ;l,'t 'uwdr;:t'S:'lll!nclin;g the 5t!bt!et:i~ of fme ~mo~o[ skiUs ~nd the uuanees of ~i1lnli.U:;i-i~' :m, ,this rn.n1t:ll.d~'u'" e~!UiLli,ple., ,it ,m.iPf !be necessru-y' 00 "CPfer-can'eCt:n to' ge~ ,a,. oen,eGIJon. Tcll the t![.aJ1a~ 00, "'--ShQVie YOlillJ:" knees out on each side 1l!I1'!I.ti1 youii'" :knees: ~a['tE OUIL~;J~: yQ1!ii fee!:. Keep ,p1J!Shil:'!lg [hetli out '1I..unti, ,ut :f~~$ iikt rfl!u.r knees ;If'e ~~o w,j(je'., VIl'tf'l OO!l) v.rl de", Th:~s pillsili:;,Qn, w;&te :i~ @1n3l'J11lbJc' by' H .imfi~b~ kid, wollid oU'Ofiously be; wrQ,~g, but he ear r" [ g.e'!; there ~;Jif or h~ WOtl1dlaJ:~it. h<1v:e' !luis fo;rrng, :probl~m. ,But in an tl'J:J:eJtJp,t to, ~[, ~e.re~ he mU'gb;t jlISlt end up im the eorrect posiJt:ioll" The at[e:I1l.1:pii: at lE!xa,~e:rdlioll will o:fte!l a'!{er.,~~E om to exa:ct1r '[he eOirre:ctpooiri~l you ~~:t him ,in (!!grurr,e .. 46~. The ~ui~~:ty lOr d'ai~ (o.\t::hiIig pr]ndpLe t-~fl.n'OI~ be ,qvf:lisa:o:!.aie~. It Is laSe{ll,! ill [,I, wi,d!~' YOIirie:l:.f of SbJi1lO'lti;O:I!lIS md! '5POrf.s1 .. tOO :i\s, limi~ed g;nl,"" b,,' tie !:OijC~t:li; ,rese!l!rrehil[1;~55'.
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~., e 1i:@nc~[11 Gil U~e 'c'!J:e' 13 a!llO~iJlel" exLtr-eJJrl£IY ,lID,p.'O'l'lilIlI <COliC l1Ilg toru, h cue !j ii!. ''If,ery
sherIit' werd QJ' phr.ase,~ Q]" even :a. nwse ll:la;'t:: cq.,r.r,eo:s: a 1n.pvemenq;: e.tl'O,!!" 'by ,~e~indi (J~ ehe Uf~et of ~11l :a;1re;ady;'~£Id:Led. c!!i<r~tio;'!;. h m'i;lrSit be sba_rt, aM, it, m;u$t.: have been, '!Jis:ed bc-£ol[];l:, so d"un" h Ir(~gg,e:t's '[he ct):rl',e~t;lGi!l 'jil;'Llttil)iJft ,tht:: n~d, ten" iQiI,uch men~ ,p.lI"ooeSiSing. Sentanees C'!JJ:UiJ!O'i: be ,t~U~~ ciley ",roe like symboh, in, th;ll,t they must contaia ,1l:JJ:l'LCh mea ain g: in a sm:ul pa·dr:-9gjB. TIl:ej'
and '[he' Ir.il!irt~. CU-e'£< are ~ry 'iji;'j~w'l :in a '1:@m.~ti'l![ve :l_~u:;JJ.~ 'W'tte'n.:' t.im.e and e{fide.~v :iii;;O"" to .. , "".r~i
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'W;:tIi~~.1l '~"O~ fa:r :('Otwaf!& pres-~~'i;:S, ~ ,djI:ferelll. d~~ne!i1g\f [0 the caach1, ~, :LIs: cause ,can 'be. t:l'~her fle:_icibility ef,' 'pl;:tc~ciO'Jm." U we.- 'kid~~s, ,~nntsD:r.ing~, an; ~li$b4 ,it (~n th:rt~W ,th~ It_[l!e~.tl ftH-w:IlIrd· but ,[f his .lrFJ.e:III1,w, model of !the movement br!it,5, tryifllg tl(!, do is 'w.rnlI.!~,~ 'ith~' cQr~tio.itIi
clQ in is, th~ mqv(;,"roti:n~ with 'his, 'back in !ill ''Il~rcic-a~ pi,WiJI~~on. to bl!;jI'1J th~: 'ba~r up b:etrte,r:, },!",p.1,l! kf.!!o'W. u: the- ,tto~o 'is vertical, the knees "will De' too [air 'farwardl OO~1J~ iJ' ,lth.;;::y '''iV'e.r.0.aiJ, it; hit 'W'\ol[i~d '6e off 'l2!ih~~ce b!liclr;.w~rd., ,A,s.k, ,h~:'tlI. f.l!oom ,ChiS' ifycm, ebserve hiS" knees '[00 :fur fcu","ram :ilInd. 'h.ts, oocl,tt tpo. nt,...cp ~n aIi~~~ ",L~t me ,~s:k y-ou '~h!$~ ere 'y{H.iJ, d1.i:~'k1n;g YUll i:l,e~d ~D keep yQUr. lba'Ck V\o/.l~£~l wneJiJ, y(;nJ ~,u~n:?~ R~!]i, 'U~~]ly S1f¥' y,~s, 'f~'11 him; "y. au 'c~_mt~ dlo, ,~t;1It. Iws ut~:li~'i' to I e4il l1, o.¥lff'.It's part q§ 'il:hf:' m'OVemU:E to leaa over, Go ahead 'and try' ~t.:ii' I l:e"s been ~'3.it:inlE :fUg YOIl ~'@ ,tell hitn, d~h ~!'r~~l!iy! h.fLC;1Luse, ~~,1'J1E~hi:~,g do,eSJ;1,!'ii: £ed, :rigllli[ about h:. NoW' 'Wialtch ,hill1 squat: ~t' t1w ben~,f bntk ~_n~c tfid r~irncl, 'hlm 'IX) use his Wp$. Thls, :E1.~~s: i'e :mN~, 10£ '~e t'i~e.,
nit, ,doilSn,'t, dWI'e);iff mMr' dl~-'~ rhat caLTI. ge~ the kmJ~if back. If tire wcitht is 0(1, [he :n.eels,du:n]!Jf;, t:h.e Sq~I! th,e kIlees. C"!!l'n'~, he; FofV;,'.liJ'd- :SUflig,es<~ dtBl!;: :~c ,kti!_~p, l~:ts. 'W~i!l:~~ 01] 1m hee15 'Whll~' ]]~ ~~lj~j "1~]nk abo!Ut the B!l}f!k" If this ,d'o!38n~ii:: wll1rk ..J~{!r' !two 'Oil!" three !r'e,PS\ '~em ])1[1:l!, te s!Iand wlith ~h~ ~r.' ,in ~q,u~n;, :!i:_t~f.t~. i'!:~d p:id~ '~ ~ ttres {r.~rc' 47), YOLl obviOlls'ly ~ l n'r pic'k; 'up your tees widlO1l!it~{ll:Qg 1011 the heel:.s" Thi.:s JUS!l: :s'hifllWS .him what it ..feels liike' to ,~a'!!e th~ 'w~iSh~ b~cJ~ Ofij cl:J~ heels. Orl;ce w~ls'b:l is on the heel:s~ "n,1:v-e him SqlLl>;li(;, Whoo he'
,~Ila(s;, :fl}!:](ffi the' h~h! his knees w.ill :5.tili1 b.tck. N .ow., he ,vtiU [l:Q~ '~ able tiO OO',I:!;1:fU;U~ ~c s.q1!lS~ all hIs h€~hj bec~l!.tse dus i~ also all 11I1iD.bat;:u:tc-OO p.O;snt~QriL! b~],'t a &-e:r three or fow- :felp::; d~i.s lnck '~1l have dam. its jo.b m1d. he wm, have setded ill'ErJ! the :m_UddJe of Ills:~foot WilE'l'ie he ,shmll.ltl 'be" OJil)[lg Ime-es are oocl.~ ,[lJJlost will 3do-plt [his fQi'.m bif'£II,.tI!se rt fed~ ,~'MiDr.e' h aJ,ilU ceil, ~d !>:[i"tOllg ...
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A wrrih~r us dy I, pk~ o:~ tquipm~!ll for l,e~hit.lg this r.echniql:.le ,is <I, 'bioe:k (lif 'Wood, ap'p.[~m.m~df' l~'!; Xc llY 'X, 4i~; ilth~ ~~y $~~ '~h.1t j1i) a liLn~e raller '~hafl kILee-,higJJ, dlat will Si~nd balaneed '0[11 end 'W,UU dOl (figurr~~' ,!;;_z). H:,1~' ,t.hill! '1tI:"l1~;IliG(; ii'i:S$U~, 'the :sqU;1:~ S!t.a~e wid~
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the 'ba:r~, and 'p,f:1tre dre' block ~lbD'U1[ IOil~' O'L '~WOi in~he~ :En b··Cfnt 'E1ll d~e tees, wid,t .enough. so 1I.h.~!': '!:.~ knees lIi:lfUSl: b,g· p1Lt"'-~ttd re cl1J~ ·F«\. ·~O, t'Ou~-h :Lt, thus kilLi (]g two b.i.r&s 'MIh 00liL'! 5t'Q~~ Ollie Mock for one side ~s. sufJidem,. C!:~' ii:~JOtIJ·M. Ib~· :aJlY'Way. ~ Iave me rrainee ~q:t..lla:r .. and t:el.~ hi.~ 't'O ~ cQII,Ech me MJCid~. W;dl pcu.r·.k.,.e~;, .flts~. t.h~g, bu,t dAj'J]!'t ·kno6.k it over. ~ The b'liOd. 'w~l·lim.it dH~' fonvMd I:fii.vel·of me 1Ittt~~! and as he'saives t1Je Jltrob.le-:m of h()w re OOf:l.ll·if:I'Ue m depth w.i~h lrnees:.gll1l.tLo.iilI~~'\ h~ wIn le,'3:ni hO'w to '!J~ his .hi~1!l c"'1:rr,ee1i~r .. U~ th~ bloek tor ,.lJ ooiL1.pI~ of !iets, th('D! me 11. fo.r th[,~c.;' to!l!_P>s of a set 'Of five, then use .U( for li:h~ .first :rep ollArl' then t'il~~ it 3"J;",;ry", SOllllE' diff~f:lih I(a:-~~ee§':n;!{It:!lll'<!;" .reJresiIifllg Oil ib~ «Jtf'f!~t:ton. :per:~~ciil]t. O'I~ liD ~m~dd!Cd! .jj'j:~m~.nt ·~l!fli:;;.rn ill; !i!:IW·i'!iY$l hOlm to O'Vle:diljf ''g,r1,rb,.;; ~ilrn.LJiiI,r" mOf~ ~o.rre(;[ ene, But: when workliug dlis 't'eI::illniqjl:]e wiiilJ. noviees, .ir 'iJStl:a.ny ,~B~ we' J?fo'bl~m per.IlI.iIa~e!1dy - 1\n:d '~f has the< ild:v1ln~iilg.~ !:If being .ilbie' to ootr~C'~ bC~l:li kne ·S'-f'O~ rd and knees-eut ar the. :Sill!lI];~ nmi3-.
AnO't·~f'r.l'eC:blii:i.gtli~, 'i:Ju, C'.;llI1 be \:l.,d t(! OOJttcC"t~j'~ ·oJ [he~ ~f.!.t'!~ 'P(J~l;io'J:i! plt,O'blc-ms .is 'to b~ni';: tha trnmr.?e ~'tua.]~Y' 1 M-k !it~ his knees, In Ms. squilt. stance, at [h~, top with m~ bar U:t:IJ iP:o.si't~olll. OJ~. bis; back, have hl.~ ].oiUk stra.tg.b.'tt doWl!!l: sr lit .p.Dim O'ii'!I. till! f1.rJilf' b-el'Wr;!et!! his toe-s. HLl!'
.(t;ijg'll~~ :;r2 .. A t,€l!~bly lifSefifl'DilXe ef will.s~ ~. u!t:Wf(! Gj his krttli<!'S 1~1<!lliv(: to w:s f-eif'[, and the
lWood. ~ B.'Q~~ !~b t[l~ ~IOiik ill' ,If.
,oooo[;I:)u:' 'f8!1]~ f!iluriP !::ri~~Qoff ~~.itlf mov'cm.cnt of his 1m fles..j';'f!~.<1d.ye· to lw toes il:S he gGes
thrm !!I'Ir! 1Wt:IJI~V~ fOfW.Qr4 ~rgfii[i~iJlii I~ dGlV'II. H2LveJ:~im hJo'k ill; .his knees all, we 'w.1i.y Jrrw!l ;mcl
~.~~t'4s. . back up ;a: c(llIlp,Ie of times w'i-d'ii the !:mp~;'f b.~r· br:[oft' he
.ge,t"S: much. we~:gl~.t 00. il,. ~.e will !)eoo. Ul' pr.~ttio: this h~~;uS(! I't will ~~em awkw.rrd. ar fi:i::S,l. But as he wa;tc.hes- his, l~ees: eh;Jj!t!i~ prnit1o:mt, lhr'G11.l!gn th~ .mov.em.eI1lI and! as the ~[.S; geE hefi:'i.~ie't".~ he ''lJ;Till ree ~~Ltl, wha't ·th~ prn'l5iems ~ ~dJ mere :i.I'lJIf:'l!CI'.rnurd.y. be W'illlmve- :;mmed~,re f:~oob?i!t:k on Whilt .he needs 10 d!Q TO :£m: tL If hls ,CG.nce.:l:u of ~he ~q(j~~ JS OOIT~c:t. _. if 'yaW! .b"we done :i!J good job .Qt. de:9C!I"wi:tJg, i.E ro him =. he·un see wh~:c .hLl'i· k:1TII~ ;tr.c dial [IN: wro:ag :and fix tbetn.
V ~ry Mty; a coech will enceunter .;m e~EremeJy !Elexiblr. y01l!l1g,ej" kid who i;,;.,ln rn~i.tiI~~e 'Eg. go.both '000 .a~p''ilItthe bartO-li1l a1'U~ [00 wide' ow·ith. 't.l:t.oe k!i1t;:t:~ ~me..1iI:1in!1; the' kn~!i!Jf.e mLts.id~ 'the feet, not ihmti dlle sranee ,i~ H~O wide) (f~r,e 53). This' dD~n!t nappen :vt;i:T often, as '.this -deg;ree of' - oint. a~d. ~.iJ$(k: ~Uy 'Iaity is !Il1l1[:(.!Su~l. These kids must be 'h1I1l§;h[ how
'1H}:~rtip .~~. coo:rr;.-ct depth before they ~E!Jt. so. deep' t::her g,et .ifi~O '!tl:ei ~ iliL't;,,~;!I.l kJ1~e ]~melJlii:5. StI,dlklds, wiU relax ill 'EIre bot~o.mj ::t~d ~ tr'.emi nder ee ~[:lI}f t:i ~b't ,lit the 'bottom 'Will uS!laUy' hdp t! lOL ]f d'b.e 'Ir:fsl[)'tt: iIi~~£l; orr c"o.IilI.'~jnumg ito n..J.;JJx too
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The f;et;:t: iIIli'~: 'c:'hf!.: £itse ,!:!leme.!ilt O'f the kinetic I;;h~ tlhat: runs from the gI'"Old1:Ut Ita !the. ibil:t" on dle ;5!houlde.r.s . .A:s i!,.lC'Jrn.~ lhe:y an iI!lllJJ,O'rt.rn,'[ iII, T'~t d,fJ" <l!iiIe ~u'~.ir thi!:!' 't'!\1!lri~!5: finE O,~pOf~~r:'dP;:y ~Q ,da $:U'm'!!ming 'W1'iPllJg~ 'W,p, hii\~ ;:d~1]dy disrussea, SOl1l:1E1 :fom ,!:u:oh~eJi1.S:~ 5,n~h 0!i5 w.eig,ltt 0]] to,e1ilJj as they ,rda.t~ re 'li::le:m.e'n.~ highe,i;" l!J~ d,e :k1:!.i;;l:LC ebain, :5E;i:tli~ "..ddUl 3!E!.d: g~:@iJiUitr1 'm~ri't 3 .serious
~);l;~rlifi_i:n~t:jOJl.50~nce they hlJ,'I,.~ so ,m'Uc-:b, lile<l!f,i!t1!g ,011] t~e.' ,mecb;;lIru.cs: of [he 'Ii[t,
TI:l:e ~O'~m~d~d Smnce: is, h!ll\f?~:~r at; ilbQ'Ut s.h~'UI]def.' W.~dlh ~pa:r.~, 't~ PQill]~~ Ou't "tt ;ili~.t 30 .d~n:e5'. '1Il A'Iw~.t;'; :refE"'.!;'S, ro the Wlree.~rty ~h'4!i:'.eiU in, trJf.iin,~ ~o make.. hllll1.lilms meve 'l1k,¢ we' -w."Om't them. tIl! W~!I '~. do~"t knlolW ,'l'thit~~r' th:~Y' QiJin. ,Str.illiDe is, ;ft. high~y ii'l.div,idl;J.a~ thill~~ aad will wry wi:t~ h:~,p 'wiiclih i,lllp li~l1me:g],t 'tlght'ne;Ss'!, femur lUldl '[fbi'll, ie[tgth -and :p,roJJ.:ol1ti,o,rh ,!II04m::oor tmd ht!Jm5E.rJn,g ,fI~in]ili!ty, bee ,~Qi~l ~li~nl~iU; ,md mkle< nrnbilu~. 'Ev.fryb~dr'~ mn'ti~ Wi be,.sliJ~jhdY' d1i£fe:re'~,q ,(U'VY ~.ffprl! [~ mak.<: ~U rrainees ooilimr.m, to foo!)~p,rin(.s: p'~U[(f{ed on the' ~ff]:OQ1" h evhl~l!;ct:. 0'£ :Euxz.y ihIDki:tig~ An experienced oooch eM, 100k iili~ a nOI!{;i;Ee '[[a~iuee a:nd.he.ii~ ;'i d'Clc.e[L't idea of:b~ stance, bm ith.e. trainee m,u~ '~c.~~I[y 't.1kl~ the:
for '~~mpJe'i ,;I tall U"aimi1i~e with, 'Vtery lang ,iiem;!'u'~' :;I!nd ,rCi;ttlv'cdy narrow ,s;h'ol'Lider:s tilceds :I w,id!er stance thta!il 'lhe' 'I.l:!ll~.i~, !iIJliU:' h';s sih(CIulden; are nm ,h~j hip'S:~ fault" Dr :ili killl, wi¢! ~ very loJJlg tJoX's-Q' 3nd S!~J)lrt legJ,ic 6ru)1 t6al: uneommen iii body zy:p~)t wm need a 'bil n~t't()'iij,ft:t S.1}1i!jI'I):~' d~!:l: ~rgr ;m~~ would ,proo[ci:. 'XimeI.imes; 'E.he Mgj!e' :t'I!~$ 'to be ~jm;ted. A p:m!:riJcedi ooJ~.d±n:g i{ll-'le! will li@<m.etim;~s ci:!I!wh evloif'r.i,ce (If !the need foj" tb i5: in <Jj, [kid !that ,is 'p,ug..eon~:toed~ th~' £og~ "aDg~e 'W£i1.n~ed ~Q be' !!Hp.clly mOt(! £o~fln4-p(d_n'ting than the mJOdE'~~ ar :lUo,i:'e Ii:OlltITLC!l'tly in the ease of Oi!.t'L",!I,oeitir!;; W toot 'win need to be :F1>Dimi:oed '0'Il'!:, m~, 'Jh~e 'oorr,ec[lIMS ~tt. ;(i]~¢~s~.r;t te '~eep '~ 'OO1't'tBct ne~:f1rnl r.e~~cltm:ship l~SIl:Vi.re~J:t ile femur i11nld !the 'fibia; $0 'rh~t no tw.u~tj[J!g ocC'1;trs. in A"he cap.~ular :I!!:Ld medWlmrnmD -ligam.ents o:f 'the kaee,
deep with ¥Ul~"ep i(f!.U, it mILey be 1IT~~Sruq 'CD ha~ him SIiiOp dEii:ld ,1;1I,t; the aOinec[ de.p:En, <Ji!i1d knJ~e pOS.~t~JQIl for. aJew :r'f"pS l!I:E1d~, ,he Learns: 'W~:er.e cl.i:s lP~j'c:~ojj"j: is: 'ilti!d (~$.i r,;.;p:ro.d,'lJ:t:e it 'Whho~:e:u: st.up,., f-]e can ]eMn dm ,r,ehound ~,~hm~PJC' J:~e'r' a few 'worklDuI:SI. bll'i: 'dlist 'Wi~il
~ ~OTe diff~i:Ii:IJi. rnt him bel;:~USi! he wm h~",c [0 cOf'J,Scious[y ,pili'ociuc:e the ,~ruillg' rightness: ~hii!l:, (:~~ nf mr:!iUy ,to mo"S::{: ather ]ifter.s.
sty,-e :t.~ no~ Spi%'.I1~)C ro iO~':U" progrnm nor
'!'I;I~ for !Qur trainees, 'The two thmgs, are net [he' ,UiL't1.lie~ a i:lcl YOi.l as
3, ~aLh :MUST u~d~rn.md Eh~~\ A wide SJaj1Ce does ilU01?,r mCl~'e we,igh~ 00 be Sq~liit.t~" but: ao .~port: '~'c:pr p.ow\:n.J.~hin~.g C~~ we StreHg.(n de\~!i.)pod !1rI, this 'S1;a~,e; heCaIliSe '~hilt M~fl~ does
~:r;h ge,Ilrer..1li, Sllld. spetffic: ~ngrnl in [lIar ii ig :a'~'w~~ good '~Q he ;s;[m~gr;'ii:"! s.peci'ic in Ithi'fL't 'me' str€'!EI!glli needs '!;,Ol be ~quO'cil in ,II W":a.Y' tba.t .a~]lfWS 'I~ ,toO be 1iUp.lP'li~d 'EQ ,mD"l.f.em.ei1~ pilJI;~rmls used illil
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In tnt' same W.!I. r, a n1WffiC!W"- tance squar, !ltit::h J.$ thQ:W frequencl. ptnun:d in 'the muscle m.aS:lt.ill~, &e~.~op-s- ~fII ae;;ih~t:i.cany pleasing, $el ('.if quIl.ds (f~guIT' 55h b1,:L~ .~ plan '!JIll lIMg 1J1'tf' nst of the .Iiti.p. m!i:UiaJ~ture teo, ;rn,rl i:[ s eems IJiI nwi~ to Gmi:l ; C, (rom the URtll:ung pl'og:r.a m. Jrt is very' diffie~tl fer' people of tL'IIor,m;J] flajbiLity to get: deep '~[L~~h with a narrow S'~ rtt: ., "HI:!:! oms ih~ 'h:.tm.nr.ings aee itl~¥eil' ~'1i;lg d as fWly as ~Lth._ more g.ene.rahi2ed i~r stance, Alse, d1.!;! nar:mw' srance does not involve 'r:be g;I:'i01.[l~ ,mlJJ:fd~; as d OCIJ.S~ed !l'!i.Yller. As. 5i1de.1lD it am lie tJ$Eful in d1.E event 't?f a groin .~.iilfur.y, ~nd 'I;t1I1 be used for seve'rai w·t;~S w 11] Ie the adcluc.rot . are heai.ill,g,. If Ui;it'd aU~ 'me time, mtil:r:row stance prNi:!ii,p-OSlt'S fui" 01 gmlll inrlll'lY due 1(1' the tldi ol ,wundi ionj Ilg lor these li1li~cl(!s.
It ~'8 'very cOJ'fI,mOI1 to see ,1jf('e1iS ~r ~U levels of J;ltroficieillcy .sq'U~t~i:f]g 'With theil- '[DES poirn:ing. it.mQ::J fo.rwliJJrd. The- ,redly trong ones do it to.in R"a~~ ·the joint liii1l~1Lifie~ ;l: ... nd reSitu]-c;mt ;r~'brnuuf ob:mined b:-t :plllcmg ruiditLo~ I'O.~3C un. ~h~ knee liji m~n'l::S, and the novices ~a:ven'[ been 'C()IT cred yet. 1[ is 'ver.'!l important to have. ,Illh~ bones ,of cl:rielegs and ,hlp;li ill [he best p.Q:S~'tiQ~ to gene1:.aH'!: {o.~ wi~hollrt beJlLl~ injured. Here is 'W:J1 EO see ILh~ rehtio.tlSh~p: S:~f ,Ln a chair with your lme 5: ]j~~uly bern. ;;Y'I.d. YOtlf f"ctr out in frofl~ ~f vou, [ iI1~ your legs tlcget~r and 1'l00t(: ~h~ t four' me'S are po:i:n:tn n . :l!;1raigllt' fOl"'t';;OLOO, Spt~'!l.d them eut v,."id~ and ncie lhttt your to: ,ill'ie poinD"" our. In b-CI1h posinous y(l~.f f~ ~ OlSsum:e a ,paralld ~i[~Qfi 'E'" your f.f:m:u;[', ~md yOW" J.Jl:f!it is i'li an rulilltDmlca.Uy tlt"il1;:t';l~ po:sitt(Ul, wid111l~ lW.~~rig (figuft', 5'6,. As YOUF knees pOl'n,~ tm:t. your roes point om; ." he' wider. tbe knees! 'ililO; mCr~ me roes :pain! am. As the kl1e~ Wi~il., me femJl1I" r[~;l1I!l~ !:'It-t:c'rlil.aJlr,~ md dt~ 'l:.1b~3 'must rotate With ,~t to. keep [ht!' 'kn ."' Ugamei1fiS. in nor.mal :1n.,tumic ~ position, aad th tcu: p cints om: mere because .L[ is' ;,i,ttru;'hed to 'rl!ie EIU~ of dt~ :tLbi . Th~JS arutJJ:o.n!:tiol rel~f iall_:s.hi:p DlLlSl. be llf.!.d.e!1J:lgod and r.,e~«:lcdll last 'pat llar []tlC'kint inj'l:lcie5 resulr .fro~. ~n!n;l.Cnti,ve t::01!chillli c;r lnin h:s:rdhozlldedness.
The ptru:tit:e o:~. ph~Lng .. hkl& OJ:' a 2:8:4 under c.he h~.f"I$ is not as, CO.r.llrnO(l, as i'~ OJ:){)B WS<!J h~c figure 55)" The p~~e- of this; .~s [0 make ttL ,fuB iql.l<1t positien easier ro reach, and ~II'!. i!.m.de-.r:it~!Ildinll!i o '~b ;rc:Ol'SOJ] iliis works is necessary to idle ufirle!l'.5ltafi_ding. of why it s"nDlLLI I IDJ{ be done. ~A.. blrtJdt uudersbe heel 'thro·w'S the kn.ees {oii,vard by till'ing the shin .fO(L .... ';l;nt
This: .il1irn, ;3l!llg~e csuses we ,i~lr'cign polint of U1e- ,R'Ol!Il1:5trlng-s to move b<l!cir. eleser 'II!O 'ill;.!O L')rI.~~ 0111 me pelvis! thus d~C:r.',e3!£inr;' u.ti' :imQun;E cf stretch ,1Il~ce..sS:l1:ry to ge.[ [0 the hCU .. C111 ('G~gu:n: 57). A. ~r;;~in~ 11:>'IYLng Omhilr~.,. problems ~eftl" i£l'I1O'Ulgb_ to need iii, btoek t.mder hi]; heels wm nO[, hEtt~£h by bdng pl~e:l,i'en:tifd ,[mm stteu:~ .. l~g thl:' mU.5cks; t~ .. n ~rt ""'0. righ~. The S"t1jUilt I' being ;l :fUH :l:'imge gf rnoti oJ1 exarcise, PfOvWe1!i a, bereer !itre:trh than mes; w:r.e'te.hes (kil. F',ir beucr ro approach .fuM, i:iq,'U~1 ,d~p'th Ln!:.Ti;;m{'!n.t~lIr"
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'Slt'rc: tell Olin; the traiaee in i;LlS~ a :couple. or wur.k,ctllllS..· {hall TO use an :itt!:iBl".':j;]! lit~d 'u:hrif wU]l pm~eil[ him fr.oJ_r.'il eiJ.t-!Jini Ilg ~nOiJgh smtcb to c","¢r fix ~th~ IPflo'biem.
itiiq,1JJI,'f! Sf; P!i;!il.i-iilll.B n blilc;_k Li:lldl!'f iJlI.:O ,liH:I:'Is IiILlM'NG: LlD~ 'kl!Li!:!tti and hlp!! '~ ~';\!: I~"""I!JIt1 .n IILFli!i[r!l~ lifir: trnlD~~ to 1)SS.1IlTIJi!' a bi;:~'li,"J'. J!lliM~ t!f!!~gl'ii 'p(Jsllium. A qui.et r ...... _ 001 ~iJj:.n !tlt'!SH'~'H ~'I'Llltf!'l[fj ill' 100~k iIl!f n!:'ii:rnilli.y.
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M,lIlth oontroiversy ex~st:\'i: :ohml[ bre!u.h;'ni: p~tt'er!'J-S ifun n,~ exemre, hl:r~ly' due '~O a rnisappJic>'ltioJ! of the CYA" prbaxdl?'1e., h is thQu.-gb~ 'by WIne that ~~]]lDalil]g On rhe 1.V'a.y down and exhil!itli§; dill cl!(~ wa)r 'iLEP" is a good, w~y to eiimi!ll;;i,re the fiDssibiliry of L.l'!'e'hn;;i'lfil.!~rub I" ~rXidents: dilrin:g exercise, by ,J,OW~!'ing cl:li~; peak biooo 'PJ\e~!!j ~ di.ilri_,n~· !the rep, T.h:ri5, l1llity -very ~~l ,~ooit ,~.mo'ffioent;.u"iity elevated :~ystif,lllt:1 dl.'fi~~It: prcsG,U;t\c" IhT~t sach adviee overrates the 'Iike:lihiood. QJ; a rereb.i:'D'llMO;th'U!" '~!i1:i'iI;1ry'i ;)I:riI ~mC!'ly 'unCOmJIUClIl!, event, and underrates the ,i!.ke'lihlQQd or an o.r'clil(lpedic :U[I jlllry" an alll"1!oo,coll1Jllo:n occuerenee, Ir be .. ihl;!f[)\1'¢it us ~t1 und~(!:;,t~fid ci:lIe ,hmttion of' [hot: 'VaisalV<L !in~'Jei!1veit.", the breill.l:h held ;j!jg.litt~;t: '" (:'105«1 ~.Citt:lls 'while pressure is applied by n:1,e- ~MDmi~!, ~!ld th(1~cit; mLlSdes;. ducirug the sq !,.M'[, T.~e v~l~ is a '~C'hlliqtie that .:he va:t~ 'm~rOti"tr of hUlI:ffillis wi1~ Use ~'::tr unti .. l .:O;]?l.'QfesS'ip!U.H}, tr-oUuedl':l p~i:«tn!i4~li:tn;e.r:fcre.
U yo:ut ear fW]S out ,O'f g;:t.:5 it], 1!:l: i.iilm::tse£t..iai1! l<i [i.d, YOy, have 't Q push it ml,t; of the 'W"ii)' or &~t 'ki[l.edi, you wjll QpeJ:l yOLU" ~<li!f." d .. car ~ pl!.!l'l Y(I\ilr :sb:iD'IllJ\der On the doorfrnlltll;\ take ,!II g)f.',eaI big breath I 'lllIlld push the ear - ¥g~, wm poob<1lbl r not 'E'hb~l~ "f':NIc'e'pr '[I!) take ~Dt~ei' quick bre:u:.h uil'[il tha' car 4:i:iIJ, :;'0.1,1. are out IJ\F thtj 'i11iili1. Furthermore, yau will not !i:ve~ r.hmk .lbout thi'S, 0:15, IT<t~r:ty millii:JirlS' off)'~ of J'Our speci~ pushil1g, u~ h~a\'r th,iIl!g~; hM t.li!lilght YGlll r central n",t'1.i'Qm :zys~eDiLthe' eerreet w:,'ll:Y 'til :piG~h., "P'rof~~i(;ll'l'jjn1 rrained" ,l!lflson~f'1 pmhably do it Ihis ~y too, yl~t, [he!}' i~:si~~ tin ipgnlllg the good advice of tneil" UN A while i~ [h~ 'i\"C~1}h"t r.lD'Orn~,
W;b(l[i( ytin iJ.1bah~" ,~lre'~S1Ulr.,e ,int:i:'~~s; in :rQ~'iI 'Eh.il;iltO!!~ei;, c,nti:I,Y .. When yen hold Y9U1.' bl1"eolith ((TId: tigJlIte>ll YOlif.' ttl,1:wk ,~it!!l1$d1(;!::>r dtls prcSS!llr:ti' mITeases more, $!lJiC~ fC!:LLrthol1"roc <lind <libdoID'Oi ~~I Ol'ii'l:ll:i~ are ~!l.ipah1ted 'b;Y' onl;,. yOlli' diaph]~gm.t iLfildofl:1!i.f~:a~ J?tl~~u..r.c. increases too. TI:Ll,lS'" presst:are is. b€.ing s:pplied '~I;JI I:he ,.u:g~rior
side of yDlii!" spine" The ~pimi.J: '!;,"olf.teb.rlile: Me 'bei.ng h_eldi. ,L.n oorfie.et 'p,a$.j!d(ln; br dl~ 'back
Il)ftSJt':I;.IJ atJl1r.c:, and this Ciorrrcct: ,pooiiioJ], is! [-e,infou:eci hy .:Ii ,$~ i(: pf~5t![[\!:! heilid trans.rniltJt.ed to the ;;!Itue.tiot ~iicfu of the' s'p~ne by ,d,.e .hyih:·,Cts~;llti" ,eoimn n o£' the Wn, the ~e:DIci<llUJ~ nonwmp,r€(Ssuh!e CQm;e11f('s 0'£ the a;bdwrunliJ ,cavitty. A.s p,resS'lJiil"iE' ill. dLE' 'iLho,r~i:.~L c~vity iI1~nm.5~ ~th a big br'C.§,t:.h hddl rund 'cl:tis' pressure ,is i!lcreased hr' ute li,;hreti:i:n ~ ,of 't'bilii i1 ~ lilld ohl~i,q\lEls;1 .more !lti~riOf :support ,de'li'elaps :fci.l. ... th~. spine. The b;lr:.ik m,'1i,!1Si:'!~ ,mPPlJif't 'li:be' !baCk ,[r,arnl, d:ue ba<:'Ii; 'f±ie' am! with, me aid ,of ~ bi~, br~'m I !:iu;pp.con i't -[[,,(I'm. the :If.fO[L~ {figl;l.l:"e 58). ,/\ w'eiglulifti.ng l:lek ~~, 'i;.CI mis eff~t;;1;. its milln, ,funCi:i;QDI. 'being 'EO !ldd rn Mteri!Ol" S'UppCi:r1l rather dlM, ~~ ~fptr :Pre5!j,UI'r.; :ff:rom the back,
1'iI~' concern of our '" tt<uiD.OO pn).r~s;[ond'lsllo is, that this thOffii::1C and! aJbclomiuaJ ptre!: S;U ['E' is <USQ b!:1if'],g <l(p'pli.e-d 00 ~hc. (W~OV~sctl'~!l;r ~~tu:n embedded in the 'li:runk, and tba~ dl~· 'itl:~t~~1: in P'.rf'SSi(:ll~ is beii'fi;'m; 'trnli~ltm '1IJi(i! 'thle hi\"g v~!rSf!h to the heig(ll~ ~d. dmt lh.l:s incre:!I:R7 in pr.e~~:rt' 'nas. 'tb~ pot~ntiaR tn eanse ilL e~,reh:ra'l.n~~ult'!.~ ~ccidctl'i:;1 such as. :tl: strok:.e r01'" 11111, :aflmrysm, This: :ig.ii1,Q'1"~ Ih~ !<L'Cit" '~Jil:r ,:the Si'1tn~' P[\E~ll.~ is ~in~' app~i~d to the' eershrospinal fhlkt, w.~'kh 'l;[J'aILlS<l11iitS, :pressure tip UtW~ t~ 5111lxlllra! ~P<'l:ce ,m, the skull llld mr,otlighotli\. d1:e i;;T~!JI'iI;H~l!. babrm.ci:rtg ,~rd;£I,~c'U!iltr :p're:s5ilJiit,~ across me blooJ/bF'".i1iil ii'l:t!e:rf~cr_ (6S"IJi!Te s-?}" ~llt:rthe:L'mo:r·f', 'nO (.lne: ~~!t$ under ,~Q5 lbs .. and cSqUil:'1;.S h Wi~'i!iLlllli!:t t~ I1lLn_g" Tbe IritrdigvasCWM SY;S,[f"tn ad:l,pg:]: to resistanee itl"Zilruug jru:;:t :ID;:e all (If the ot'ht;:r 'lb~'!J~ and systf.![)JS; in dIe body" "ltci E:his; i.ld."-1lp!.'1l1-~i(!l'!I ,OOCil.l.rs as s't reng;lh i!'!.c1:"~~. lmyoniC whC!, is ctl,pllhle of s_qua:lIw_g IffKt.reJluly hell,yY' w,!:!igluli js ,id~pted, for it in all. '~b,,' IlOOe:~aJ:y ~"'"al'S~ Jt. ,is; '~r ,mor.e Ki.k:e'!y d'i:~'~ the -advled' to "inhale on the W!ly' do(w.E] :and. JExhilE on the. W<1.y ,tl,pi; win ne~uiliny C~n~ 'W orthopedic: iIDjU t'J" than thil!! h wlll p:re}'"e.fII.t a C!E~ebii:'Q;"!j.':a!lCtlhr. j:g)iary.
In fae~! i'~ is :~,ood ,ildlvir:c' 'to 'iteadl trainees to [a,ke ~Jld. hold ~e biUS·I2.s.t brcam they tllD.
T.he V.ab~ t'i,i):l~ :mi:tIi~.v.e'r will p,re'l,l\f'll[ fuH more ,p,roMe'ElI'\S '~h;u h has the' pD"t"Cl' []tial to ever came.
J'ilder ~ wilmt~ .IS not OIl Y cll!!Ii e:ffil:.$r~S;Ullj; p-g~l~i;g;n, ,~~u! -a 'tcmmy lJl'f'1Ii~ctJ;ve 'iIlIlu. ILIIJlSiI!I:e O,1:I:l',
.Mer ,~]]~ if tile' lifter ,is SO ~~~Dl!o:US :;l,>S tio dNP the bar o:f1. ,hm back! as S<Q.tll~' wilti wh In dots' the gruY' 'p]'~!I, 'DO do? C:n~h ll-r CO!Jpled with the' fact rn~'~ ~.H.y he·lp ,~'!.1'exi C~;2 ] L{,~r by uh~
C~re'~p.1I1 ... d iIluid 'P1re-5!ii.Jm !I'I iIhf' C'IIll"dl'IThI '~I:!trld~ ih1I):~~ as. ;0, ,~';::!i1;JJ I: o ft h c: Ifilru.1lIf1 YI cm II!! r !Joio rI'<:5fi~J,c' ,dhr.D~ ItIf tb~
fig_lm' 61. :Si~t: p~diIi ~pJiLtitli!! is net dl~ ~ "Sin~iltifijl. It ~~ im~~"..::' l}l.U ~~tJ.: tr.:.mL"C' 1..1I1U-:ilSi<'lti.d ~btiIL tno: ~'trer wi U ijinwlde Cit:1 LY'
11U! .. ort 1,!f!tf.t!r~Jld dI3~, ~f1t~l'l !3~' neta ~~J!'I to q;lIftr !ril1~ ">'pott'!!f5 ~~ . JI(:It ;ItWfUi\t8-.iirlcli OOf'iruE~at~d ~~ 1i!l'eir ~tro!ii!:. ~srm'nWrri.ellll ~l.'II?Icluri:g no I~t~t.[ln een l~!:(u.f jj[jtli K~lll. ~rn 'i~!el1')' ~lb.tltt'l\!'I1 ril!lliU,~.
In a. d~];e li:m~fg.ency; •. spotter' ir.l.~gh be abIe to' hi!p by SI:m.dliDg diroettlly !:N;hillId: and lPushkl~. up 0Jru. the bat' with S",En a lllYld posicion as caa be m1l'aaged, <1fI"ie1und. :he .sqlriult·.n-"~ ~rip :'U!!d:. OO[ F!']~1l1el1t. lh.i.s :tIla)' not 'WO$5 and if so e"i.~rybQdy needs EO take care lOr 'h~lf 1:l1"'gi1::cing !!I.W,Il¥ frO'ffi the< tJ<'I.I' ~ safely as-is possible. Tbi~, is a cempletel ·~voidable ~i~ationl 'C·fii!'th'il!t. indic:111:es tlrat eldtt[" ithe Wro{1~ w,elgh.t :~s: '0'.0 ~b.e. bill', 0. tb. 't thaee .~~ .n O~ enou h help j fJ. the w.e·~,!ht .roalD, Thin~ sholJj!d blil" chilul§ed W !that it does: ll'O'~ h!3.ppen agt!i rt.
:qtl'iliuing ifi:side a power .rru:::k .is. s.ometiri:l:eS· .l!le'Oe~ary, JJ thE' weigl_l'n; room is n~! set up lc:or~tly! .. i.e, m,1',i\' :ll1f:ta:Cf' ,0.[ ,the' .pJI'lIfCin~. ~g~i!:lSi! the P.~}""w.- reek :is .1:1t'.i1 flu:s.h with ~h!: imide :floof" of ili~ rlc~ Oil" if y"1fJ1Jif rack .~aik~ !'to :ltoo:r'! .ll[ will b nece-'SSary to SEll}' .Lru<rd.'I:' th~ .ra.ck te avoid ~tepp.i:rlig down ·OJ" over iliiu~ 'With. the b~r on rile bock. )\_nd. if: there ,Itt!:' absolutely tiC sP@Ut."t"S and .ilt. is', .:!!bsoluE;e1.y :mteces5i1lJFY Ito sq\'i~l any-wi.l'· ;·t 'ilvill have ~D b· do<.lJe.' .ms.itk th1i! rack \""~idl the piD~ Soet. t we ccrr.rc.;;Ct heig:b.t. Po,wel'" fiilLks should: be desi&nt:~ with a. .heavy tEI.iJorlh :~ can he .m~ :Flush. 'llivi'th 1m adjiilC.fl'l/l: pktform. :!ilO' th ._t mom: of die . mae sqUAtS c.:in: be W llkcd. OIlij! .qd with 'U:p.r:tgh~ buih with :the ,CmTeLI[ dim ·nsioJ]s SA:! th~'t if JleGessa.rf m'c cam I!:ie lU$ed: to .s:quiU inside. 's'qij,i-atti[J.g-.inslcl~ ths ,meh as a. :i:[!;liitte:r of .r~~:1!;r ·p.mcl:i.oe b i!ii·um'f:itllm.I!Qg. 'L:nJI m~ght be dEcta!lied bY' d:re lack of proper equ~pment~ but whi;!:r'II :iqUELttLIl,g heii'7 i ~ ~re'!lltt:1O a Fot~iIlci.al.ty d<mgtro~' sinIa.n·£:tll lot the spot:ret.ll: and t~f'J:r ba.nd.'il if du.~ bar Is inside the :i."tlCk. For' the U ftt:'iF'~ the ll:lf!.tight5 visible p1!rip~el-all.'m f']be !l di!ii~r.illC1:iQ[1, rheir presence ,p.oss~ bly .1Jlrerm,rg tho: b~T p.ad'i in an :arm:mpt !o. st-ay ;W.1 from Go:~:t:, t.:t '"ritlJ, ·[hefttl •. 1\ 'Ila~e .rack widt EU.£fio»eot de-pth fi::ws. mast ot this. Bln: ~ti.ttritll,g, outside me l'at:.k i prf{!nhle~ si.fl.o i, lv~jlilble Sip . U 'n remove the only :rt'Oi:son [0' sqi)jgt mide eae ~:n 1] property .. qu~pp.i2d wcight :roIJlIli.
Sq!Ja~Eil1; in a Snlli:r.b :in . ch.tne· is: .i1JIl, oxy.moron. A Siqu; l (,.awl.o-t: he perfof.lL'l]ioo.!Un ], Sl'n1t-n mElchirlc, as u.ollLM bt o'~rv:ious f1:'OHI! ;til p'l'ev.to1\J!!l ·disms:sion .. Sorry, And a leg p~':i~ machine -. [hCi ''If[p Si![.d," _. m:ay' be-even IE'S5. uselt1ll Both of these devices reserict moy:em.em in body :regEne!lJ!ts [h~Jt. :tlo:r.mally ad~'!;Ji.5t ,Pos:i[i.o:o dlu.cing ;I]J S.qlliliZ, rhm .reSJt:rl cti!U , the expf"e'Ss-iun ef nermal bjomedlllnics. TIle les press IS :p!lrti~larly heif.i.Ol.i5 in t.bllli~ le ill kilWl the use oJ b.llge
. ei .hltS, Mid W:r'!n:$Olf\f he.] E~~W UDwdir.~~·edl b.r.:l:Gl&1Jlg.., Plc&'re dap thii: [J(';:t;;t .per,so.t'l I!.h.;n; tells :y.ou heleg,-pl',C'ss~d a.,dlJous.md pounw. A 1000 lb1 .. I~ press is as If,rdcv,ilIfiI as -a 500 ·Jib. qlllaJ'iDer.··· .squ 1 •
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There' e}l;lsts a wjd.cva:riety of p t:5:omd lequiJ?m~n[ tIl~11 Hf~ea"Si .like to us , En the weight rocm, The reie.v!l'u. q~ti0I1. ]~~ ~ hid] eqt!lupmern: i$ ·t:lISE'fl1~5 which is not, <If.Ici which hlS n e pwu;;' ~ ~ , . llin :1 $u-tngtlL piQ.g~m? M.rnt of it . .1('li;u.ally .filiUS' in the ]a5~ r<1~ecory. SUPPLl(Ll,j<\I't; apPiimX has absolute~y no pl;).~ in YOill mr.::Qg:th pJ.'ogt'llm Q1' yonI' W:e'~gllt 1I'00m. These 'thID~kS 3U de.signe&. to help paw~rIm:efS tif,. mO'.m;e weigh:E U.,;Ii meet where su-eh ~ui.p.-.m,eDiI is. :piCI'.muitteciL Please :url",d~rs.und th.!$.l~ftimlg'J[tlO.re we~ghE ;,5 fl!O~ al'!llO'.ys [he same IDmg as. g-~nill"l!~ S[l'O:~.gJ T .. For [be same reasons of a~te£y .illld .s:tr~ng.t:h prrx.it:l:Clti:Ci'J}! we·,d.~ not do llitf s:qun ;5:'1. Qd we C)D'fl(:ll. U~ 5'qU'ill ,Y±t5~ be-.Ildi's!:lirts. de'a:dlift wits.,. really J(ight i!md[,~3ir. and myth.:ng i~s:e ,clevdop~dl by ree-ired p~r;el+Lh.er< "x- sale ro rIJ~fi-Y'~t.recil'e~
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PQ'wedilier~ teO, arrcifieia:~lY' add we,~gln: to their.' l1bs, This siIouM he obvious ill LL,g~t o[ the p.1,ri~lcjp~.eS ib:,e~.dy discussed regardin.g s~~Ii~lltW1g, i:li:!]d: ~rel1:g~lm,
Less a'bvic~Ll!: ~ ~h(O 'role o£bel:~ md kn.t:~ wrap:}." A pl'?per'ty' cl4:'Sig;n~d 1ttRd, ~ju:sted, bc1'~ f5 'iillSefcl O].,S, a :s,~*ty ~,ice w;i:um . .sqw:ri:tti:ng: heavy w,eig'ht5. Tl:te [tote' of the w,el.gh,illifting belt it-arvirllg j'lJI5ii been dmc!llisredtJ .ir should 'be stareI~ drat a belt protects the 'sq)me. whi]e ,lli:ffrin~ beavy w,eig'b:t-~j' 'bil,U, :i\ siui'[, ~ctui~~y :!.U:uklfS. ~~3"vy w,e~ghli:s e~!ei!.' I~ :~$t. By :s~@r,~!I.l!13 snm~ o:f lhe. lri~e.tic
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mmcie undf'_[' the 51J1itl aad me.a], .miikLllg dLillt ~ner,gY' aVliilahl.e tu thill: 'liE'wl: as he rehlon.r:l;ds, up, [he ~ii: 1:!l l[1 ,f.~ct ,;)U a:ITiJi.e:hd ~id. II oo:ukt he <tl"gl1.ed 'ma't me be'lt ,~s [O'O~, but :!pir:Ll~J..SUJ,P.'pm1: !ti1d. ~~fe't.Y ~re r~iil'Ce~~r.lt; v;"h1k: :!Ii, iiMlu:~t :20% [}!t:' ,~@:re ,in e~~s: 100f tb~1 w.hkh. c,ould bEe dO-mJ.e UEuided
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A pro_F:r.ly d€signe.d, belt is .f0!l.l.[' inches :wicle all me 'W<Ly :lII[oUlJ])ci" Mal:ll,y ,miiUi,oDs; of Ch8t11P:r l1;.!lI\lzy bel'i'2!i have be~. f!!l'Q.clJU!ceJ, ~th two-inch, 'bU.c-kJlfSi ~i1d £(CtillS'l' ,fill,d eimer four Or.' six i~ilCh baeks, These Mlll,Uii'ng: d~vit:~ we-it! d.e.sl$iPl!ld, tly S@!tle-t1~r: 't.b~1 ~!d, not 'u:rgder~t4L-nd l'l~W ,1 b-el-t works. F o:r itt to. ,bJ:JJicT.;uon ,cor.r~tly it m;!iJS~ iiCt iJga1l1S~ th;g ~b5'j nitJ.t dw b!llclL, md 'l:he-:r,iOi' :ii,s; no reason fOE ,~I[ 1;0 'be wude-.r in me b.aek. [ib!lll in [her from. Four inches it"l, 1:lbGut d-"J.e vrinest 'bell: r.h:~u m(iS~ peo;p,le. !t:~il.gt!!; b~~~n, ,nh$ • nd hips!, ~:adl, SiOm.e .&ho.T~e'-i; kids< :~~Y' !t1i~cl, '1';;0 :~l!;!Ike ;;'Ii, t.~~,:l'n,h ~'It~ rhLckn~ss is, lmpCn'un;f in ,tbllt ~,'j,,'ery ~_hi('kj liuTIm~t~ ,slj~e' b~h feels ~t2'ry good tllnde.r Ol! Ibig wl~igh;t:" Its aJmos[' oDmplg'!:e Jack 0:[ sit'1~i1!tt:hlua:k:es fUIF :ll, oo:mfCl'I:tiI:'61~ ndi2'" SUG:h. belrs ~~e' ~~l'Js1'Vle thQU;~, :lfIJd ,~ur g;ood ~llgie-ply 4;0 ]e'l'~her. beh with ,it goo-d bud·de w.il1 w,otk. E'\,I\e~ ~ ~vdl,-m~_(~1;! 'V elere bele wi~l, w{j~k (fl~:re t;l)"
A ~eh:. should b~ used judjei'ollsly', pmsiblf' ,m~rjctecl; Doi tb:e biS'[ Wotm!L-.Il1IP nmU, 'w·!JJffk sets, if. dl!en, $O'!ne [ra~fte~~ wm i1~!: tt:q~r.e ~ 'belt ~t, ~n; .far ,mud'IJ of dtt=: early pan of ·ihci.r ~raini~g d;we:t, iill1ld if th!.: ab:s :ite' :sitti~ ;jlnd, the oo&U:riiIJilj"llH-e-d. :m~.y _pref;~r' 10 Ilr;;.Ver' 'lJS~ cne, 'I'his, is !it illJdg~ttnt:':IL'i call, Q:J]~' dl;llii 1l1li15t he. ttulde 'wIth t'!heo ,Un,p1Jl,t: 0:[ the ~l'".ri.n~el' OUit it is probably _prudem to er,r, 011 m,e side o:f ,s.uery if d1en i!;l rmy qU~~lfi1'll at ,o;!iH. .~bOlH iE, A ~e.]t wij]!, :~,Ot prevr;:·nt ,~ U'li;Ilitk f1ioti"t 'geuirag ~cl. ~{ayi~, $.U~'Olt1g;= tthi;r,i! b p!~f,!ty '(liE. wm'k ,fo!~' rh~ url.t~.k m:YKc'k~ evert i'~ '1ilI beh is WQrn on h~ary sats ,_ ,tfitd j,t may' help the trrunee: 10 ~Je'ly s:g_II.1'l1~
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!2m!QU.i~;m 'We-,i~hl lO ~di~c.1ny ,u.mpm,r,e ]lii:.~ :'.!'~rm.gdi. 5Omt"ii:hing, h~, :~:tti:glu, not he able. to, do ·w,~i[hm:l:[ ,it,
Kru,",e Wr-.:Ji'p~ :!!'e ,iUlD~ber rn~tl~ L"., The' li,r,tr"51 Jnnj o.riW O'f the time :i1i traiaee 'UseS, t~gll:~ W.ft),p51 'it'D@': O11ie"wet~r Or ]clilger b.ea,vy kind with the various-cclored .s:r.nPIi:S, he .is d01J'lg !:O 'to: 1ift mpl'e' we~th'!:.. The mechi1lniru:Jl :i! th~ !'i~;ml;l: with wraps, as witl::i :ljqw:t suits, 'hI d~.e ah~se~(t! of
~ I" L ~ ~ I_~ • _I ~ ,]I • ~':L ,JI ,""f I I!.. .! _t'.. 'I'~ L _ ,!UL [fm) IiJry i Atiltii.' 'W,~8 .InuS'!:. ee QJJi!.5~lU!C'rc'i.~ ;Uw usee '[.0 ~.i. 1 w(~r,t:' 'W(.':J gruLr...s, .triu :;Iil~Q;tl.~ I!'lor IL!"':
W:Orn. 11 th~ w~i~ht 'C'an:ilot bit ,!;quat:t~d withe Ln, a ,s,l,IIlt ilnd Wl';;qlI5;, ~t '~s; lOO hea'\F)t. But ,in the, C'V~Dt of cen:.ain :k flQl;:' infu ri~:i,wra.ps ,C:ll1I, b!t= hdpfulll~ U'S.ED CORFtECTl Y. If t~f' lL[';)lil)ee has om old. 1 i!jlln~lll rnju11' rnu,l has ,he~l>ed, as! weoll 'LS it:"~ gping ~O; 'wr~p$ :tU'"E" u~(!.!l~ to .,dd ~G31hntlr te the knee (fig-tire ~:3). A n~t, ''''~L'1lLP adds SlO:lnt ,pre~lt!m '~Q the whole l .. nee ~~t;mbly"
I-lg,rrfi!. IB:" '!;l!i'r.l,!p;'l; IIi\: ~!IlJ ~!J u.ss:i:g, l!'!' 'I.nliini:n.l:i \'L'itll ilfi Iialt IbjlJrf~!i, iI.lI!!I to 8~ in Il'n::~j[ti~m or [nJllm:c5" i\.'Oli' ~D ~WIH lOO~r WAi~1~5. ili~ lil~ti!f wiJ-Jk!j in l1!fl!!Nerl iIllilrl!: CClmp:iitii!!D bot is l1@t 'S~I iil1:'I,~ fOr <cpiim.lol rtil!J!lEl'll[l;F !1k,rd El1fiI~Jq l.
~~'ci~g ~lmGst lik~ :au e~l)l~m~l c~p:5:t11e, as well as m.u~[ttlil]ui!lg "'ir..1f.mlh. and pi:'Olfid1llg some prQP\fioceplLive i:U:plU ~o the ~~i'krn omd :!HIp~.rfkQl srructures {~l bd(, does '[h~ .:tlmc- 'rhing ,if used (,Q.I:"l'e~tl;r). l'h(: C;tVC<'l;t is '~hisi' if the wr.wp.li arc 50 t'i:gl'H thar 'i:ht'J [Qil,l.:_ll' be' loosened d'u.rir:lg the workiBlIl~~ thti'il they 'm :a'0tJ~i ;JL ... ..ti&s and nO[ as, ~UP.lPEl:f.'l., U dt't 'wnps can be kfp¢' ii:lill. for tht: whCiliB ''Wlo(rlwl!.ilt 'widliiJiLU Clcducling bloodflO"W' 'to the ~ower Ie'~ dlt~y
'!JlI,m_P1!: are sa hea,vy 'm;u: IthlO!":y reaMO'~ tl!~l:llmn:r be 'i!i!'!£i:d as :l!j 1 OO~ support '''i?,IT<t,P" L.Lg'hlt!ir "W-ri1:Pii are :avai]able, ;.u m_Q:i~ sport;Lr1g' g,oo&;, .st!J\re'S, ~11]d dlifY' 'Wotk fine f'Or OUf." ptlrpme-.s" or
I[ mall is net :p:ro'1ided by dl.f f"iciUlJ\ as i[ ~h(j~1d b,,! ,the :uhl~tt:j 'wilt rtem to bring, their own. Chink is n~e~~ty md 'im'l?gri;MII~ 1i!,5' a 'way' 'Co :I?'l"e~[J;t sore ,b.an.dl1i :and, )f!x~e..ssi'!Je' ,e:t!Hrtt5 ,Cn;"'ITiliLtICiIl. Y ~-lr;1 :Ll n];llL~~3 il ml1'!:I4S, and 'kirtb: ,mllilst DOl: b.~' allOiwecl '[0 tlietuiU.y ~adlf! in. il~ ~Jiut tlwy ,sno.ljjud be 1€,.tDiooUJ'lilig:ed ·~o 'lJIlif i.'ir prope:rl::r a~d, 1:0 try ~(] kE:t:-p :ut Over ~:.h'r: dl.ulk :b~ w-nf'lleV;fl: poosibh~.
Shot~ :;lift! t~c O'.mUy p.cea: oJ ,eqli.iip(m..e:ru tk.T~ the 'Lirrlline-e aG~lJ;;ill,Y' needs to OWIl • .BelrSl and ·Wj'~p.;i~ n[j![~ bt'~g :riz.ecl ~it~mSl can be awned 6)' the -[1l!~.lity :provided it.h<'i.t measures are i~l. pL:!C'e t~ p:r!2'\renl them hum. "'walkuli1g on" .:5ut a, good, 'p~ir' oJ :5ifj;U;;J.l: shoes 'i~dils, cnoYiiJ;h W dtiii ,effiCteilCjt .of Wi' .itlDVf.f.fieIU t:h~'~ the· coo~ hi rn~ly ju:>trfied.. FClf ;;]III~'"'I¥he:Fc :h.com $50 -[:011'" 'Oli. used prur ~f) S [to f~~~ ~, :fu.li l'Ct;J~1 p·.air of the: neli!.1'est I;\clida-s w~ighcl~f.u.l!lg shoes, OJ. pai.r IO£' shoes HIfJk~ a 'b~'[l: di'rfenm'b~' ,i;n [h.e' Wi:ly :.1 .sCj;lI<L'E ~e.d~ (fig.l:n~f'· M). The :llladlil :fe~ruiJ.'e of ~ :S~t.ll,u: :~ho~ fiS
h~ b;tk of hed ~Otn'pl~ib;Jj;~y". The dciv· om oJ ,lthr:.; :bottom ,$f5ilm~ ~t the :[ICQ.f), ·where dIe':fee1: start the :~IDetic c-.b.am_ If. the C-Oifllratc~ b~~e-:tl the 'f~l and rhe :l]OQU' is: ~ ~utshr gd or .;ci r ce11 ,of l rof;i_l!'!Iln:g ~lm,e, a ~:vee'n~gc oJ thY!: £Or,tel: 'Oof the drive ·wlll be absor'bed 'by ~h.e COJI1JpI'e.ss.~o~. of the cell, 'f.Im.i..s GO'nlJp.re;&S:.i.O']] ,~s: :fuf.Lf! .For.
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re,p'ft)[;h.llciibiliF,f of 'the mnve.Illf'.nt l!):a,[Eem! .re.llde~ti:l!ilg v,~n~~]y .every ~1:Iiat ,ill. w:~lilJ!; !i:i<~""f ~):pt:r.i~fi~ ~nd pre'l,\'(i,n'cin_g dl~ &CVI.i;'lQP·Wl1!l[u: of th~ ~.t. ,ft~dimi~.i!j~. :5q,ll'llil'ciD.g .in . .ru~g s-hoes . .is.1li.ke sqU;;1t[illg !OIl a. 'bed M~y :peopllf ~!I: away w,i~:h il fer .ye~.t~ but serious 'tIi-Ufitt:~ i.n~~5'~ in ~qu~:t: shoos. ThIZY aren ~t '~.J1.i: ¢x.P,£'rni.v€, ¢speciaU.y compared to hmnrn: ,[!lew !t]m;tjf'·hi~ud <l!tJMe~i.c .sl'l!cES<~ ~nd [h~y :i:'ud~~l1y ~i"t"~.pr~vc :tq~1i~tti:f:!~; cffil;icnr;y.
Pi l:la]~Yi ;i! Ibr~iZ'hvard about ,dothing js. in . order (fig)!lfe i5~), h. is: b~r to §~ULlJt i;n :a .~~ .5,hir.i;~ i'LS' opposed to' :L.ltwlk ·t:op, hlt:~~~I::' 'L'c:l'~itu LO~f more sltl:~, ihm ~n'ks arid $kin i5 tiJiik wh~ 'S~ilt:y, and ilick is nat good :£01' keep.Wng "he' bar in place, By the ~m;t€ to3!:e.n!, 'the shin: ,sholillld be cettcn 0:1' SID/5Q" ,:i"I!~~ ~'r'!Qfi 0[" ,;lilt
The: b~n(h pte_S$ is thr;:: :m~f populwf.' ,e~~ise in m·e, weigJu: :mo.m. Tlte.re· :il'[ie ;!ff:'I(rer-J reasons For' this; SO'J)] I:: of thc;;m. g.ODell. 5(:I',m.e Qf' ~hem itOiL~ ·qWle ~)O .;G,ood- The -g,ood !i:'~a:SO:[r:Ji!l in'i,~'I,i'e ['he incredLble b.tnefi6; of the exercise, .;HId! it'S· ~CipuliiiiinrJJ].1J;S -an .~ Imequ:ilitidib-ui'kler or uppet hody !i:U"f'J'lfglh. The s;illy O.i!'!J.eS ir.l.'vO:hi'e the' exerciseis t>enQency to iJ:laike the ""peQli;'" grG'w Ii,:Nc~si'il,cly 'when high r-eps art l!!l~ed (:tFld. :t.l'l,1i!ll:y' ,[Ii'·ain.ees:~ hnptr.ess.:loJlI. dUlit these 'a!lI:'E' 0001),. jlIucl, the bet thar you gel: to tie down wild", YO'Ii! do it.
'TI"ere an' lew gym1i< left ill the wl(l1.~d that cloD;'t: have :a f!r'l1lssmg 'beruc'ii; jljncl·~'{)·t ~!"Q0i'..~ .~~~tJi1= the bench p,ir'~SS, ·:tLii'I;t:e tth·e 1951ls~ has become di·e .. mOO!;: w.udelr;.r,;eCiOg[[izedll"e:i~t1i;n.l;;e m.overnmiilt ill ·the wQrld, ·the one ~~A:r·cn:e :m,o:gt :rtfp!l:',e~[j.[al1V.e in ~he public· .mind. IOf iba.rber~
kr!i!rer b:;!.{;kj rC;I!U.~hii.g Jeh~n:e i.SJ.~(lflig .P:bysica:1 culrurists all c!lI{:l@'r ·!the warM •. N(l .. ~ .. ;,ild_:a;!'\)r [he' ~m.iCr-· SihIU~!IlCY newfungJe:dI bell];ch'P[~ ibt;l;J]i;;:h 1$ st~J!l:td equlpm.eUE, aad only a :few :lnilQv.atiViE. '[hin~e<t:S iII tbe powed.i:iliing (lammlUI~i[y bot:~;er wiili dtrdlJ~~ dL~ ~~~[!:t:ls~' t'h£ ~j'lJl ha'mer; ~t'!id .maybe b~'[;'Ee[t' ~ W'il'Y. Afroer' all, '[he lUore :i:ruvd,vecl the n'S[Orise1 the :llJit:liL'1" 'rJle OOI1<C{'i:ise- ,Lll'VQtv~, Iii 'Il:rm3 Olf' mu:.~t,:J!C·; neree, and conrrel,
In f:a!:t" the d~,m;'bb(;jl VU!J'LOI::i Q:f di¢ eeercise, w~:!Jiih ~i;4!;.iaHy predi!i!·e$ dlt, barb_elJ ·vers~.o.n laue 'to. :utg Jess s.pe(;iIllJiz.eQ eq~lipm.e.ll.'!l: :re.qlJlll'i:n.rae:IiiI't:S, Is' f!:tO'!b,:j;b1r _lij beuer e~r.ii$e for·nlOSit. p:utp[1~es: other than pOWf':rl~hit1ig ca..m:petido:~."T.ms is, espedal1y 'U~ if the: · ..... r,e~~:rs tl,Sf;;d a~ :S'J.f£demly h~~rvy; ibilkng~[tg' cl~~' ~b~~ity oJ '~he lifter '[Q ;ac.tuilly fi.rus.h;a set, MQs:t traiaees we. d'U~m: as a I~:gh.t; [i;;;sis,'t[ijIil.~ mDiitC'mi;H]!~ :iil.fiU :lite~r' npil?:r;eC':t~i\-e hOlW ~:I!ard die.']' are or ,h,Q.w
l1.S efu I . .Jrey ffitl. be, The'f .1lI~e· pe-nor.rm;o an a simple 'fiI~~ h~ncih;, .flnd '~'fikiag t.he dumbbells. Oi;iit !5J dlE~ niCk o.r oJ'f tho€: ~.oOil'. genill;g iiIJIl:o position ·an the fllllt bench, :ancl, ge'tting np 'wi~h 'it'bGm ~fu!r (he ~I. j S' ~ l)af~ ,p.1'[,~ of [he· :[Utli. ]Jumhbf!~:~s: - 'beiillg IlQt lied, 'iJoge<lh.el' .it!] me hmdS as
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:Rt:tj~ 1. 13:i;,g OCIlCItI fJ~S-ses lillW b~n BlUWSD' f['if as tlj!liii~ <Ii~ Ill!:: H.i'l: i];35. bCil!!'1 ~lft~~iJ. CI!J;;:kwi~ fmqn ~ Jii!f1L: Mi:I: H't'~~sy., J'ii!1ll wlm'i,1Ir~., 1.1l1Y:t' !'f.3r.;·iJ"teo, Mi!!;~' aricl~es. lRi!;k~y Dal~ i[."r.itil1, '!?til C~I:J. tI)otig 'Y"1!l! II !'IS " Em ,Kili'Jfl1iii."l', M ih MC'OO'ruU~ R;(M'il'il!.: It.:Iy"
w.ith iii. ha:!I:"bell-· .[',e~iUre· .m~[',e· a~d"'~I~, coascious (;i;);ra:~[(Jl.r ~Iid! ~1It'; djJ~f!Efore h a rder '1:0 do. This is
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w.uy '~~r ,~t,~, net !1.!!O'nj~ illS c';:UtI;[l'JIQ',hU;r ,_ '~O 'tlll~ Iio'v::i,O~'l' u~· j,'5, :mu'!;,' ,IJ:)OlL't'1 :L.mp..r:>E'.M!ve to .u .t ll:ng~e:r
'V.;<d~~t:li '~h~[JI :i:!t is to w.ot.k h~e':r~ <l; thiElg t:cJ1 b,e' kept :in :1!lI.:illld. as ylQtIi ~~~,~, all '[he. Hfts.
Nev:-€n~Hflresg, we wiH ill. '~e. "heiJiih p.reS'Si~1Jg wid] a 'Mrbd~ i as the wl!:~-gln ~F :history 'ilnd precedent dem;;m,ds, T.~~ beneh pr~~', er S'L1pi:r.Je: p-!t~s: (Q:tI:1! oiX:.sia.r:rOlUy .l$i:ifes, old l'Ie£ereflc€S, to we ~p:ro~~' pt~;'QI m !b~d:_ly ~'(nJt~, 50Uflt~), is, iii 'popll!lli1lr, u~hil enr,ciSf!l mcl w;e' ll:H.!I_!sl be pr~p@red 'tiJI kc>;1r'Ii1. iit and teseh ,~!i:' c!'J\rr:em;llr. T.hrf:·ib,eJflcn, ,P:.t''ei!ilS: ,is: :il!rg1;l(1'b~.y the: be$l~ W.1Y '!:IO' develop nllw '1llI,p'p:e~.bod,y s-tre.r!L;iUl1 ,~!Ild. dnn.e CQIj;'f.r::r:dy it'r:an be ~ ~~~Jb'lc 13dlda:!:IQi:l to OlIni' $'t_r~IJ;JI~h 'lind, f:olldi.r:;iot.'!,i1'll!!i: p~~ra_m~
The bt:ficll P~' ruc:tlv.ely- works '[he' .IiJJiWdes, of dae 'mii:erlol" sh01l1d_e'E girille, ,;ma the trice-WI's, M' well as Ii:rtefQ(ff-arm museles i:sornetricililr. ThB. pr.:irni<J,ry 'mo-v.e;r!'i, ~r.e 'i:hJ: 'p'!i!l;';tQr':il:~51 mal'~1~ and the~Ull~rif):r delcoi4 ''lVhld~ dlri¥~ ,ttb;e' bar ~p of!: tbt· ,dle:s~, ;;!In>d, th,'!! niGe:~~ which. mlvt! the ~Jbuw el'l:lli.;ri!~iQiJi te LoiklOm. The' p(l.c._~iJidiiS' minot iillJIcl. 't.'b,e 'pos-~e:cioi rot~;t:or.' euff m~lO:li;>s ,ilC:t '~o :Stabilize <l!l:llid p'~enit. the ,rQt~!liO:JJI of !the humerus d:li.Irimtg me 1,Nl.G"""e.~enrr, The othe.r pO~!I".uor m;4sclE:1l.~' the '~!:'il!pe;l:il'ij1 the rhQt]l!hoidi~s; !Uli~ Wiili~J." ~~ne;r m~~de::i' ;[!!Ion~ the oervical and dlQffidli: spi:~e ~ a~ isome,m(rJ,h'" re aikhl;C1 the ~Q~~ldleiL b'IOI1_ds:s: and 'keep the cl1l,!:'k !SlaMe ,(3$:iin.~1!:: the bt:ncb., "['h~' ]ats, or kl:'~i.ssimus 'd~~ muscles, :iti:t: to' rorate the ,I'~bcag.e 'up! ,:i!"'(:h~d n:l"!;tiv:~ in ithe :~~r ba{:k; dier:reasrng ale ,dLslii11El,Ce' t&J~ h<llJ:" hss [QI U'l"lei i1r.l.d a,dd1n;g '~o
,I!!gam:st the h~nc:h_; bellld1. ,pl-:e5Srng makes the nel:'k gtI.',ow· roo, making:: !I'Ile 'iV' deess :s~:lli;ro;; 'iftle,v.flabllf. !51n(~ '~h;;: ber.L(:'h pr.,t5'.\] l$ a -fr~~' w'cig'h'~ sx£rcist, C'oo,t'ffiil of rl1e bar is ; ~:t~grail 'L\!o ,tboe ,mOVeme:L1l.t1 and imp.ro'\!'f'l:lflen:'t in C',Qm.trdl ,i~ '~. o:f the 'be;tle.[~l. or d,oiln,'g ~~" {fi~1;Il4'.e 2,).
f]cld i!1OO 'ID H:!i mil:' iq .de!~'~O'J)in_g ll!j;il;l~r *~~tl~.
115' ,II, cCJ.t.n,pecift'iv-e :~i:ft "Will :p.rob~b]y 00, (lpp.r.o.1;ched clirf~rGn.]y than ker.e;,~ descri bm. If <1Ispi.l"i[3!i po"".rt:i~I~1t.5 re ,;1Ib~,e ItQ bc;llm useful wO!l:·:IIl;,l'eij~r.l "[,Dim these COJ't'J.menltS., that is 'lff'ty C'otd. The ,:udu.tJ['" W,EIIS :me'Iff\r,i!ifl :J.o.;;O'mplis.hed b~(b. pre55f)r, and dils flfle'~hoo .v;,~s, not derived from, not is, it intended 'CO b . ~ed '[0; ,deVf]iOp~ a.n:y speci~1 level '0': ~k,] ~ in the modern C\1mJ?~!;jliV{l lPoweil~fliRt \"C rsion or clJie benciL press, So mtili~y .!ll.:re:o ·th coaches: h f'I.I"f suece.ssfuUy produced ,S[l·O~lg bench p.rf:;,se'f"$: dIll!: tb~rc will o~vi.:;m$ly bl; di15agriE!ellIeflltS. - SOII~1;; superficial, and some hi1i5ic' and fnn.dj!fi~n~~l Thms. !lledlod is dcrivoo fio.m the ;)lLt.hor', experience in ~:5, ,1"eiITS ,o(f '~i.'lac:b.Wg ,thee ,mO"'II<~JJJ£m [0 uevices, ~nd 1l1C! claims are ,mn::a.d ~ ,otherwise. Any di :gteemenli the poweJ'lifttl1g co.mm,unill)" ,~ay inrve wo l:t!: win ~'!.IlS:~ h· 'I/e eo 'IiVa~t tIi.il:uH '[lit:' ,I)UiliCl~';S ~Iflr Injutit:s heal, and dle~ " •. em take i:r ol!1itsid!e.
We will be 'l:lsi'IJg ~~ndo.rd 'PO:W ,t ban ancl benches rOt learuing and '[rainin~ ~h~ be neb 'pI-eS8~ heC"~Ii.:!:S then~ is DO need to t'cin"!.i'!iH]i[ the w.hteel. Pu~r stmlinar,dba!l'S ;U1" widely :l.vailo1;hk". and. dUs cmlfl:~'·jQn hils pro","'en l:[s<df as dH~ most usefu] evsr ,tb~ ye I""S. The .sp!'i!cifu;;;;nioflSi ;[lliI:',e. simpk: the b.aar. diamere L sh onld 00 2:8 • .5 EO 29.5 mrn,., length Sb.Olllci be 7'1, Uti::' klliUliillg sJ)'lIfi:1lIlld be: ad:equQtf' but Ht1t ' ,00 sharp, md·,should. e'",",1:~ml! in Irom dolt teii:'Ve, So thata 17'" §~p ~ ld, ia the middle .. WEclJi center knurlil1& of ibou:t 6 prm,fided {f~@,u;c' l "he' lQ)urlin~ s.houM b.e ~Lol'Cd il!~ ~it!he:r end (!If. U"IIr,.: har 'with Q &ii~m::f' of liU b irwe(!DI the ,maiks clenot.mng the ,l!Ua~ml.,im Iegtll grip wiciJJ:h fot' ~mpeticia'n. The $u:,£'1 heuld he. of suffi~i~rI', quality th r cl1 ··hM' ®!lSR"[ bend llQfirl!ct- Dcrmal U:5e, b'ut H res when sppropr] 't.c;. idf1Id tI1is sholldd be covered by ;11 W01{rllJf.i:ty Ihat: will Al:f'llail 00 honored by ~ good, company ~M' .in ease 11.:1:., tI ''5 ann 1 [ as d'll' Ol.~ [,e,prese:Dl'"ed EO be). Thes bars em be 1;:1$ -d, ~D;r all be li.ft I L ~t becomes nece'ssary 'tel use them tor de."Ui . OI.r.Jd Sill tches (alth.o;u.gh mis: is not opri.IXk.-~) U tJu,m: are simp I,,, riot aV,lIahhl:e1 use w h~'l YOit hllf'!(:l' ulliI,ri.l, 'beI!er cqu.ipmmt can he providiO!d. ILlrs. are absolurel " iLh~ ""W":Eong pl ICe- [0 a'i.'Ifo' money.
ihe benches should also be' to s[ruldii(,ci 'P~ almo:ugh 'dt~ i5 110 SUlJltfurcil.
ICbn6~.rnEi.on. M1!iny ,clesigm. Ire v311:ili1e_ in ill wide 1,"iIj1~ ~f pr~L":e5l but a ,gCiodl, .~fJinp~e" i!lie~pensi.ve bIlnlih :PiDess he!fl:ch Wil.5: dC"'eJaped ye:.rs a,lilo<') ,;;Ilnd is every hit as 1,L~{Ili!'t as rLt1j d~sign ever' made, It. lhIu tbc iui'v,anmge .of :tlOt ~adU:tg '<ldjr~.l5Uble u'priglill.'S ,I) J] d, is d:ej;ped .5.>0- 'tbn~ 11111 'but the Vf:,ry $h(Jrt~t-3J:'ll1ed. ,1Lf:ftf'f.'s ~Jln use 1, e.a.sily. It lias been ~l1l11fu<:turecl, by $l:V"~rii oompallie~,. find: should be widely ~\'""il aMi? CfigLUE 4). St.illdl11:rl spr:=d tmCOLtiDm, require tbA; hcigbt of the bench ::;~rf.;],'C~ to be 17~! and ir this is toO ~iIll for SI!lOfl tr.ilit e.s, block'S .fal!" ,th~ J ~fli::.rJs tee (lJlstlail y JUSt batbeH plu~ ) 'W'il1 need ~ b~ pttwid~cl..
M'ost b~~hes are provided wi,th .some 'E}"'pe of vii1~i~ I,JIpho]s:t:e.rYI 3i,thD.ug~ nto &ea:t fabric ~. proveil it~eH ever the yean 'flO' ,fast long,-I" rumd prov:[d.e beuer traCm:liln 1m the back .outing th(i'; 19'ft.
Some .faciii,ie,s tEl'It are cramped fot SP[;Ice or funds ,ll1l))), choose TO use [be po,wer' r,ack:;l!ud OI! fI ,t bench ;s [he bench press sUI;tiun. This has tha !ild"~..tn.t;;1ge!>j: In:, ~fficLe'II!CY, -u:tllujl1ig .'ii:p~£e (W,ice ~nnl;1;ad of once, .lIiild !1:exibiiity! since ehe
powel" ,m.dt ,i!il ~dji:lSla;1:I~e for 'h'mn~ . .s: of all, sizes and ~~!:l~i(ll:rili!:. Tnili!' if'" :Hilt blI':Dcb. ~s ''':n,
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~:lXiXEd;;'jfo! the flllc£'oon -of[he' S,~e.~ se t ~:lidc for trru:nimlg. In faet, ;_4 powei' ,[';<IJckj ,;Ij, ~I !benCh" lind <iJ ,~t of ~i~~lI[s is' 11 r~ldr Io':!OmpJ"t~ 'tmiIlilil;g l<tcilti:ty (figure 5).,
AM .c:ompt:ci~h,fC b:~IJ]d.~ are ma.de'wicil, .:I:,:dlsta!:i(~ :b~tw~'Ciit 'moe U!prights.of about ..,1.,5; iil1ch,,"·~1 wJn_k:h plfLCe-s the' supp-ort;, hCiOk$ just :~ilSJde ,!thc 1 oodrng si~ of [he bar, OceiltS~!fi![I,,"~Ulf '6f~e wi'I1 ,seii!' Ii :rIarwwoluplr.'.igJu, ~e:!"1lch iii!'!. gI; ~rjjg;~ 5"llie, OF 'e:"ren .Q,~ the ~Iit~ :[Jo.!;1ir of :I] hornei!:'iNi~tcis.e equiprn.ellll seere, The'm. ,;& 5'!.ilppon c:m:mgw:,uioll is' Ji:'b1:o,~~:!Jdr ~S:l,;':nl!i;1 ~ for s~fe kmding <Lud use 01 dt;: 'b~ti~,~ due '[Q the ~lloy,irL!g ,te:nd~]' or gm:v:h:y to lip an lilI:nev,ej1ll.}1
Lo'!1tit!d bar l'E ,r:iIOt .li!t,ppo,~d in. ~, 5t01bl~ '[QlmlgulFiitia,lJ. This, in .lIdWt:ion '1;1'Ji the JJ:~ 't;hJr.ha:l1dis, ite:ild ~D gp,t di'lmil~8d baclly when r::I.ekW,~ uhe: bali jf tile' gn,p' Is elese to 1l!!ln'OW !IJi,pright]~ rendersthese old sty£ej, du:ap be[]!!:',~cs us:el~~, .F-Cll;" :!;l)!ost j?1;iIt[)0'S1;!S:.
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A$ 'U!lU!:l!l.! ~~t wil:h arn! empty bar, ALWAY:) st.'!IIn ev,~ry- hfr. 1i:i,fith an einptyir-JJ[',; w:h~mii>t t~Lt,hmJ:'ilg 1"1: for the first tOe or w~:n:g, up Jor a :pe.r.sGrl:L1 :L~md. 1P'ooit~on YOll rself ,illl, the. standard :PI~aee fur.- cqachmg the beneh, in the ~m~r bet'W,ee-.H, me 'U!prigh:c;s facing the ,~r~d ,0£ th.e br.;:nch (f~lur,1o: 6). H~:~'C (hI',;!'
FiJ:;u it, TI 01)[(.11 'iI· uld p1sitioll ·l)i~1 r ill ~ Tl1:1l.111lB er 11:0 III iii j 1lIim:' IJ IlJs:e [;'1i,uD DII~ [11 fltrI:!£ Ii ) 11'1, :11114 ~e D~C"[i.;;~
Fig . !!'II" i'. T lJ1lM ·S ~itiilml t 'til. :h ~I .11;. NQI1~ mkli 1j • !:}'i:!i.; 1; !Jkmg·~J~. up. eee me \:..,itIJ'.I!: en 'ilK' ''l:il.lI:lDib'I' ~-icl!!: ort1~·oor.
traiaee Ile d!orWTi on ~he bench wim his ·t:y,t;S lo~llring .st.LIli'gKu: up'., In [hi ·pO!'iitloJl~.he should he f'a!."eno,i,Jth dJOw.n (ruWair.s mf'a~g u').'wll1'cl me foot~~1Ild .D.E [~e bench} from the barth-at when 1otJkin~lr tIlp. his ,ey[e.s are em the' hu mb side of the b:Jlf (f~~?). His. :£ee.i~ 5hOtlJDd be fl~l. Or!] the gr,oum~, ~(' I:'l eO.Hi~r~bl~ ;Sp<1f07xn.g co:mp~bLe ~CiI tit!!, - quar stance, with ttbe s.hin$ apiPiI:'oxJim;t1J~.ely \I:~rtLci~ (figure 3). Hisupper baclt.' hould be nat iilg"lJjiLl~i: me ceiltb. w~th the lower oo{;k liffi. ¥.I[ ~,[jJa'tlOmlcaJ!iJy normal 1:'I.LY.irt(."lI. p~-5i ion (figure 9) ,
Whera. mis :po:~iti'o'll has ber:m [e's:t3ib~lled~ h,."t:' bim ·I;i.lke om ow'rh;u.'td ,grip [0',0 'clo~· bar, The: grip shauld. be omew.here DirtW[een 2.1. ~n.tl ..... 8 inches, measa red be'fWle.m tbe iDd K :~rngenJ ai'l.d ~hl~ will vmy wid~·ly b.~ed on shu~.ld~r widili {figure 10)1 • .A 11 ~~ijvely vtide or .I'kffI0· grip .' - to, be avoided, o.~ which mowe will be discussed later.. The barhould resr ·o!.t\ 'Lht heel of the palm, direrdy t,)tfet the Dones; af me forea.rm1 aill:d net in. me palm nearthe flngl~Jf5 •. $0 that p~.f:i bEill~g 'tf':i!lIJ!5J:11ri ttiOCl ID the ~ lip th.e ;mIT:I;S g(!:~s dirocily to clJe ~t' '\~1~ho\!rt; be~ng cllf1t1tle'~cd tnrQuigh [he Wl':is( ('~gu.re U). ThiLe fiLlgers .should. W{ilp . fOl.md me bar .AFIER the ~r hll5 been set oo'«ecti), OJ] . he heel of me. .h;md, This lcrip is 'be-Sf. ~.cca~lpjisb cd .. by tl.unilJlj, ·t_be hands: and eU~ows, !o'l.n~ wid]. a s.~;p in[Efi!'ila] ro.taJliQR of tile <arm. TJ:lii:s: has the . ;;La.'v:antage of phcimg the b~;r in iI good posiucm. on. rite lla"nd.lIm1j pJacng, the cl,b~~ :5 in a u.seful pcs1:llion as wel],
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Hie is· :i1~w' ,m~dy \;Q' rn'~ ·th~ bar out OiE 'tEe tack. As j~OU $1t~iIld. bellnd, 111m! td.t. him to :push tip 011 d1:~ bul, .ilnd ;aB:._ does n:hiB.z use bo·th .h~_n,(h 'to hf!lp him m.Qve: the' 'bar O'l;llt to 01.
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~liLlg (BUmimLg of ocurse dial t~e- \Veiglu roOi[[!; hils Ii ~nm~ 'ilml 'th~fli pi(~ur,e ,is hi~ refer.en>ee f'OJ' the pam d1,2' 'bar:- will '!::;lit!:;:, ~~ h~ mlij}Vt;iS it: down OlIJd up. Ten rum to "leek 'lI!J.i1 ,!!it '[he t"eili:tl!gi" N mice ~hi't pi ct'iJir~ Y"!I,], ~,",e agru,ll1.:s1: the :belling. YOll SI1l~ '[he bar. a.gru.nsr. t:he ~ea~ng. -LQ{1Jk a:t i~ :pm~'c:ion,1IJ Now'; take ycnu ,~nds ilnd IDm'li: me' bar a ciIJ,y bit, Say ool_fu!.im I' "'NOi:iCtE mat ,if tbe biiii:' ,m,o_ves e:V~fiI <lj lirde tha~ YC)IIj, il:;u_t ~d~, by the ,~h.l:~l.i: ,~~ m~s, wi'~ the o:.iilllJJg'."
Now ten him thi:s: ;q. See the 'pl;1(';f!, me b.-v is ,in nowr' M~ke :S:-Uf.lI:j gf oou~e'j w.il!J; h i~ ;:~ 'the CO'ITt;ltt p];!~ wh~, ,giLl tdJ him tR~'.\>., "l .. ~'Wiel"' the b®r to your c'he.sl! '~olJich the ehe,sf!, and ,[~il drive iI, l~i.ghr btl:Ck '~~ where i'~ is i1l0w ." This ilJl1~~ rl'th'!lg Is, 'E:he m:(lS'C :import~nlt part of' m~ instn:l(:It.;QJJi:i~ OIS:t;';;]Jre ~,t the place OJ::I, ~hiP. cei1i!l]!lj, '~"',Ae[-e the ib'<l:r' .15< '[0 gn. DO NDT' lnok al d'!.e ib;3.r ~s i~
mov~s:j. dD NOT £OU'IJIW i:hf bar wid] y'OUJ' ey,8.s,. bu!'t jQ!1St SKn:e::i'I/[ Ith!!: cciiing,~ Mal~e the bar goO in mail pJa,oe e''il{;ry ,[oep,'''' ThiS is 'l;Ihe' Jkw ~o ~he ' ... "riilIQ,lf' merhod, If he uses a J1Yed, ~f~rell{lf' f'Or '[he bar :p9tLtion, he ca~ :~~ke :it go to u.!';: '5~L:I;U:U~ place eat~ te,pl, 'but if he foH~lWS 'me' ib:!ll' '!!.1iti'Lh his. leye:;.; he W.m, h~,~ no way 'ED d!.tecl :t;he ~I" to l~ll1.'L fi!)trn, correet pl~l'! since he is loob I]g lin dl~, tbl.ll,g k-e 1:s Tr:I,o'v:tng ,and JfJiOi; rhe platle' 1~:e 'IJ~drl ~ i~ to ~Cl',. This I;) the same ,prindpl:e as is used, w,. ,fuciE i:1: golf'~ o:r 3, te'.E1I:nis: 'blilll:, ,th~ irnpiem_t:i!l~~ :mo""es '[0 !:h~ '!,';;i!~'C"~, aad [he ~;:a'rg.~t i!i' the objer:~ '0'$ the eyes'.G~n\~d .. '~f'llini~ ooib: move while golf I)IlUS :00,[1;'[1' 'b'lll~ dill: 'kam eoardi D!iil!U:S d1J~' '~[):d5 to 'go' 't!C} ,th~' it~ widl ~~bli! dub! or !I:'lif:q~,. Clf ib~ hec.;1!~.!ii: ,t;he: tIDyt i~ [he f'eife:re':flGE [email protected] d"J,~' eyes. \Wn~i1, !1 tennis 'hill m£l",r;:~, the head ,i[tlIlO"I';,;~ w:i;ii:h :i,j[ lIIf.l~ .i',e:n;d.c~ it :Sita'&uQ.r.li'<I!ry' relarive to the ;J.;1~5" ,f!o.rir!ill./:l.a'~d:y, most reiIlinG~ d(!Il"1I: mmJ\f, 111 ,m,(lS'L '~gh:t :rOOjn~! :!l~m!l; t_a-~ik miS easier iUl:i!:m, McEnr.,Dc.":i" hut. it. is; similjrf. ,iiI '~~1iI1: we i'lH cl.dving an o'biec[i~ii our h__~~ds tow-ar,d. ::JJ ~~ we' are ~dyd,r LookiiI~ Qt (fi,$IJJ:t"e It},
,F~ro I.ll ''V'i~\\r rr..:;i~l1 the !rnliJ~,e~:!i po~itr(il' OJ] i111o!! b!l!f1tib .. Dw 'l'ie.~.i!Jm Dflln: bar 3[ I!l}Cb::iLi[ is uek~J!_,!;~ il.~~ii1ii~' ilK Nil~(li~
Thi5 li.t;rJ~t.r.~ck works :90% of '[he eime, tie firSi~ '[~.riIle' h Ll, ~ Even hl1l.d!ly CQ@:rdIIDu;~d kids em do ,<I. faij-lv ~~d, be,~ch, pres~ widiLn <l COl!i1lP~.e. ~f li~l~ il;bSUJU; t:rr~!j:'recll;Ll~;q,ue. Bali" path) 0,F' iOgr.oove;;"" as riI:l!f' r..:tr :p~ih is oftf'_~ rergr,n:dto !by ~i]iCht p.!!',eS;Gers, 'is dle nrst aEl.d, W.JOSt f-irusll'a:til1:8; 'probl!<;'m tll!~t :nE!l!?-r~ trainees '!i\ri]~, leK,emll!C~1' -and by' fOGusi~: dusi:r eyes: .oil ~hr: ci:iiling they !11!!:U1 dimi:mLl!lE' tlllls' pr~,bTem '~he V'o1!st ,ma}o.n1.ry '.of the [i~'l:f!_ U .:he bar :finds ~h!:!' g,m~ :,1,umm<lIk::idljl"" a:s' 1:~ do~ Wllh ws. :m~thocit. ,~,tte:rn:i!0n CD 'be ,dlreerted '~iO od~e1" aspects of mij; ~[(ise'.
Have bim, cto' a !lett or fh.'e with ii:be bar!, l'iC:inforcj~.g his, ~yt'! P ositi 011, ,M: n!f\G~~ry, and thell h~v~ him ,1I:'a_d; .. , 'the bar, 'W,Lth.llXked elbow:::;: ,ahg« the 1~5t ,rJiip
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lS lUn!S '€!i.-!!, <l;V,!il ~ m mQ¥e tiLI:~' 1i;;I;U" 6iat:l'IO to 'IWe lil,(P[l:gju:t5 'CIi] tne lIJeiIJJli:;'JJ, u.au~.I:I, tnera WI:ti~ 'me
bar, Md the!], set i~ down, in, the ,I!lOGJ~>< This. sil,ouJd IDe .d:one' while' y(]i~, ,mu~M, rh~ b.JJr ,l1gb,dr" :nm [WmLg 1l!ny 'Wdgh~ 'Q'fi~ bl!J.'[ ,p(rovidin,g g}tI~idaJlwe~, esse he l')1i~J::es.., AtlclI:her. ~t, (If five :j:'~ps: '",~hh d"ie: emp~y biljr ;;\1 a gJOo-d :tdtll~ to rd~f(:)roe' d.e J\Qt,Ii,i$ 'po~~n:oo ~nd, 't:~ ~e4n$q;u(t,.md tht):J] ,~dd, 'w,eigh:r .:iJ lilttJ,e at a '!tittle, 10, pOllU.dis. ;rut ,<11, '!'ii~ fo-.r .sm~I1~1[ kidls., 20 OT evea jO pounds 10m: b'.ilgg~r ~u,a,jJm:ees~ !IUiI:tUl the bill' spf'ed be:glm, to. slow ~d form: SI9:l'tS' ~Q dJ!a:lli1ge. Sta.y the,r.e ,fer two :rno~ sets (if [ive, and, cluu'l's !the ,fks-t ''W~r.,k-(}'!;!!i, N';oW'l' :O\n to the ~!I'dbl(:ms.
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The bill' {he.ing, in, ';lI pOSiL~OI1 O'lf,'er' rhe ,Il!ead. fac,.e!, and neck ,cl'l:lI~,il1g the bt:nch p!f\e.s,g}:p:reiSefll~ ~scme ~_gnif!~ne ~r~[y 'prllb'lems: :;f Lf:min '::O:tri!It!IOit'-s;en:St:' pn:~tiilJt[!$ ;;ire ~[~~ ,obM\!rved" Tllw 'mbject O'J ~PQ'tUl~r$. end sp~1."cin,~ wiIJl 'be- detdr.;, 'with iii de'~ btet! so 'I:he~ C(lI,IIIiInJie:r:l,ts, 'Will lnvol"'ie 'th.i!q~ 'ch-e tiber :IIDIUS~' do, 1J.4ayhe' tJJfl' hliggeS.tl' d'!Jmhe;8~! most C--Q:m:mon ,pmmem ,illvoiv.in8 tn.e ~ Is Ihe: ulie ~f tile. dt1Ullbl-ess gr,~p, T.his: ,i~ ,ahsohl_tcly the W-Q,1"S[' h~ii~ a ~ni~ee ~n de¥d~ '!V,.th, :f¢&1!rd 1:0 ~f~~7, ;lJld, is, dli';,.-n'm~l:I:U~lJ ~.{i, ~~r£Or.m;H';h;~' as ~d~ (ftgU:rcr.; :U). MaD'y trainees &mrt wi~b, 'l, thumbless grJ,p il1i, an Ili.t[;em'p~ to g,et the ibfll.r o'ver Ithl<1: 'very' e~d of t~e ·~rIlli Cliff' ,of the wris:t." But dciiJJl~ tlJi!§ wiith OJ, dlu.DJJh~eS'S, grip. is, uru;Lerenary;, 8 d]iE.:s.anl~ :ILos;ii:~~~ ~n, bE Qb~ed, wid1. '~h~ ili~illh h~~ked, :ilrl:\OllInd 'tle bM 'W~rIl:1! Htcle c.bnge 111 ~h~ elbo-w position, md me t~~ 1:I,f hOi¥illJl~m '!iII;il£(lc.ured. bar OiVer dt~- fnct!' ;;md throlilt ,~s jwt 'l{Oo goo~,t ~o t.olero1~ ia a pu'b\lic: ftwciJi1!1" The ~tei' ,[!If dus: carmm truly' b~: ~pp~eC'icait._-ed 'Wlul one :!ie~s me !e:ffec~ fi,rs~hllnd. If r;\ ,Iifte!l:' ,insilim; Dill IIlS1ng; :;Ii dllll!.l11ble.ss ,~~~p ~:1l [he be!llf:h!, :mte ~eeds ~ do, h :;!;~ ho-.me;,:so th~t ~'!!en ,th~ iUn'b'i;l~ii1!iWe' CO:J'I'Ii~S; ,gil;: d~:m:"~ dis-.m,p,t ~~ro-~c ,~1se;~~, train.ITtg"
,P"igNfC' .lj_ Y~l! ~'!.lm i5i!)~ iIIii'!l!f!~ !ryilaa; ,tri '!.!!s-e-~h~ dt1,ll'JlihlC':5i5J ¢l' (I~€I!)., Tlu9; its ,~1:1 ~~lnMj",ai~ 5atr~IY tsme., TIm I'Ill!Rb~I' {!!~~ ,kjH~F ~I!i. 'ilw. we.iStll ,~I'm ~~~tIi ~l1!r is d1~ bcflCfa. p~S5. ,ft it;; jliOO$ihi'" iiilt;l!: ~~~ a~~~!1i..!l";!~\fen fa~Ji:ties eaeh ,~rn!:t!" '-\'~~' ~!ilI1S~ by net w.5iJt,8 me<!:~c:!:., !litt'! 8J~1" (·~ehn.
.Anotlrer cdis~d'!¥"1lJm.tiJJ~I8' to the 'ifhumble--ss"grip ,is, dt~~, lr c,re,imeS a,tI. 'i:fficit;~,ty prob]~. \Vha't the h-a!t<b, eannot :s:qitl:e~ me shoulders cmm.oi: d;rj,"ii\e-. This p,heITOl!iite!l:10il is observed W[!~,fi!, 'Il!!si!f~g: h __ !!',~ ,d1[:!!m;e~t;:'.r bars; ~ild ,tu~ haflldtecl ,dum bbe~JlG;:, fOlf no ap,at .. nnt .r-..e:!lS(i(J]! ill, 2:ri bidE:' is- ,ahout tw'ioe' a~, hard:_ 1:0 ,p,re.ss; ,illS <l! Sir:a~ar,d ,2~t.:5 :ru!m, (1 1.1:8:,' bate" 'This- ~ due ~CI th~ 'g~ili"o/ af a :pers~~l 'widl ,;)I, noma]..s]~td, 'hmd to ~lfeC'~I~])f' sqlJ~~ a 'bar' '~h:it ht 'W]th. a good ,t:iifj,ht gn:p" SCJ:1i~"eitil,g; 'iljl,!'a~,ve~ dosi~'!.g dl:E dlum'bl ~~d ,Hnw:r~ aro\l;u~~, 'the bar untii dfsQ;cive ,~mSiL-]['L1i- ean be' '~l'p'plLed "~ri~h 'the'
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'liO'.t"e"M:m: m,'!JS:C es m JOOiliuelne -Con:l:lf.<:lIct--J:o'r.J,
,~!IlC"r~~:rg"g tne r~,g'h:\.n.t4Siof t~e f~us:cle:s en ~i1~ d!!t~'1 ,\O:idtl, of mt: ,clb~',; mn'kjng
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!I:',eb!):i;i[ld out of the hotoo:rn mote effi'Clent" ia.'nd. mcrecin,~ .motor IIlf!r! [ temu:t:JDent tlLfiQUgh.oul th~ U'ID5, <JJncl upper body .. The dl'IJllifibl :s,s gr.ip is an exeelk~u 'W+!ly to 1Ic-cl.'lllltar-ily reduce the
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':tllhiliry' [0 squee~e' '~he hair, T ff .ill:' YUlllLwe1f fior dlemJO~s;1,;r;t~i(;l,1l pueposes, wftl'l! a Kgln w~igbt.
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Some PM.P~.e Carll. eff:eCLi~f 'I!.:!!S'~ ~] lhu'l11hless .. grijp Ol:'!J dn~ ·p:~s· iUJid rm:my big; beneh presses. h~ure heen d!o:n~ ~,rhh a dlumbIess ~r.up' mel, The. poin:t is that .slime the standa:m grip i5 safer and il".l;g~ effecive, it should be 'Used by ev,~rybodr dnat hcas Ihumhs.
The '~h1limblelllS gr.ip is an. .auempt, "" pr-e-vU;iy.s1:r :starern't'm gei mitl! i;!.,'!!r into. a be~t~]" pooitloJiil. jill tIre h;nm, The fo:~ ~iC'fierntt\d by die ;si1O'L!ltcle:rs aad. UiCi~p5' is d~Dive.m:l1:O' d~ile barr '!through the benes a dl~ Ioreann, The eaest effi~ie:i)l tr;'lln5m~55iol1 of .f:lower to the: bar 'WQ.liJld1. be ro~,ett!r frnm the; ,~e~~. Oil the pdRU W th~ hO!lr (f1,~1"e 14).
Y'IL " h _._1.:1 IL ".. _ _J .~'L •. IL"· .,~ ne grip.5 oure ee pOSEUO'Jl~ ur~UI 'Ui~S .In mL!L1.L4
w-uh u1!e bar .p'b~d, dir'Elctiy ever the .P'Il-~ h~t:] and chJ;!J:Ii die hand .['Otatecil. ,Lim. so '[h;lt t~~ thumb CJlrli hoOkal"Ound die baT _ Onte the ,h nd is .En .pml'[iOf:ll . 1ile p!i!m ~f lh~' J)ruad s.~.auJd be 'tigb.~e~ed SQ diM the .~. ,I' .~s well miPpnrt.ed ;J;IJ d
. tXS: :tlOt move duTI.Elg the fiep.. T,eH 'th ~rnl nee to "sq'l.llll!eu.,"OU1!r' hand Hke you. iilf~ ii:J:.'y.ing ro squee-ze' 'ehe bOJi!~ 'Of you:r forearm '[og,ed~,er." T~e mumb does [JJG~rn'[t'rlei,'e w.kh '!:b1tl PQsit'itm. '!It. ~u" Once dlJf dmwlb posicion i$ st"(ured. the fing:er~ should. I'£lip :u;,~:ad the 'bar. Fi.mlge:r :p.es:.licio.t1I. t~ less ; W:iipOJ:tallil.t~ iiI.S di:e' 'IYJjl is; -&f:iCUttd 'by the ,thumb. ana most people \\I~II1 hoM the bar '!.'joo faa: 'back in the- h:;umd! i.! ,the tlII!,C.Jl'S are dlOUg:ht te be 'Lhe
'lJ.h~j]g that ,grip'S Hd ·c:'Ontro~~ lhe bar ~~g1Jj;e lS,).
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It is common 130< see 'me ib~'· shift back in the .ha:JJ:d ~OW :td$ lWC' filllgt!fS:
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whecre" .it ~r;anw. This,is the .I'€su~t of the train e not mamt..Jlining ligh,meSl!; du.nR! . ,~ht set, J1 the bar -swft,s much fi'[ illJ :iil Cin dlange the lifting .~~h:!!'niC$ by It.erm,g :~k positioa or t~ ],ow. :rdIlJtl:w,e' 'to tb~· rauseles dl!'ivU~ h IUp. m.ikilllg II chaa ge ia elbow or. !lh~u]d~r 'p Os]tll'iJlll duri.n:g the lif~' ]ik~~ .. E" d~e bat J"a~ baek iDl me .b.md;. itt h$.$ rolled back from the e]bow Md ~ho~'~tWrll md thElY ~.ve to. SJjiUJt. ~O' nuintrun thcir drive .. The Ib~r ,~h@'u~d. remain locked firnll.y i~. pbce d\i;nng; the ~e:t,1 far eUic~fflCY and saf~t· "
Grip wIdth, wir.hin :~N.tr.ema! fu.l:t.rgely a m!tt~~:r of indi.vLdualprefie:rei'llce, Since we are ·t:ryill_g to develop _.~rtf;ntfi, ilnd not spee:wealJy 31. big ':O!tU;C"$l
ibe[l!ch press, iEiUI" fm"m shmitd ~e 'g'gne.n]iZ:eci, 'w.utlbiO!iat; '!i:Q(j, .mllcb ,~inphasi~ OIil ,M]Y OJlL;G muscle gl:oup and a lot o:f -wor.k fDf a:'11 ,0& 'dJ:ern. A v.er.y wide' Vip' emp.Ii'lS.hz.e.S,'me dle.5[' <l!i: [he .g]!pe!ll5le i\5f d],1;!. tl:'lL~s.i and ~: :nar,row jgrip' ~m[l'h:.~~~~ dte; ~ri.c:,e~, to sw.::h ~ ell:~,en1; ~hal!.': :ii~' ~ us:em :u, mt ~S~l;S{<.mc.e e:.'!j~~cise; :for that badilfiPliiiI.'" But as l~t:; m; ~h~ grip ~nts. ~o:mcwb~tl~ b~l,'l\~\Ili(!;n ,22 iif.!jd 22 inches be~weeli in&e.x :~.In~lfrs'l the pu.r.pm.e rn sewed. Tw.s rmg'e, :alloW',S e.1iHJtl(gb leewIilY' :for people- ,of all s~l!o'Ld,clf'r \V,MdlS ,t,~ .f.~nd, ~ grip !clhf'f feel, sH'on,e'St 'W.~dl. T O~ nsueh fl!a.rrOw-e.r. will, f~r mQ!l!l:. P!',.o,c~~CI ~~l~ PO-UIi1& oJf' ~'he wo-rlr,:, sets, ~nd a wid\er. gr~p malf."lll;':1:).S: 'me, flH:}\'elUen'[ ,and t~ Out toO much trirep. (tl~~,Y~~.L" wl~'ighti 'ca[l b", 'b.endltid 'with a wid~ grip fo( l'hi~ R~Q~, - rllre bar III eesa' I' ,hi:'),Vlf 'Ito mQiVe as far, The' m-a1oci.lv.Llitl.m, lr.ga1 width for pOfW.eil'lihjll~ rompe-tucion Is l2i". Ihl!( It~, we ~e trying; Ii:.o :m3!k-e ~eo'ple ~I[f'Qi~' us.:llir.tgj the, l~e'I!I,d:l, :press;., which, ,i.:5IT"t :ne~~~nJ;y 'tbiC ~m~ dung ~f malj[jjtrp-~o;p1/t! b~dl ~. hea"fi~r. w.~igb:t:..) MP'S~ :~rj~~e~~ w.iU ~if~ 5G1~~ a medlmm 'grip !my"'"W,ay. it -feel'S mQre JJ:llimm'l '~.frJO!Jn 11, wide iC<TIP'l' 'whiC:~, rn.IJ$L' be ,~(m(li,tlid: e~emivelY' before' .L( wiH. be' P'fIij[hrcci,re', A :tn!f1dlillm, grip gives <ill the .I11]ili1lsd~; (If the 5:hOIJ.~~r gitd1~:a sb:are ~~ !:h,~' 'wo.rk, ~~1'd produ~e; cll~ ,klild. ,of O~Mn s.l.llolitder :omd olJr..ru ~[rell,g:m we ~n,t frOO1 l..hc ~~ii~.
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Ail u~.df;['fVtili!1di!~1~; ,of elbow iPQ.S;,~i~il is es.se;D.cl;,l~, .fo-.r tifci.fi,g leffi,cle:m::y- om.d, ence ,ag,ilm.~ ~fel¥" ;rh~ cd~,w (e,Fustin~~ ,the distal ,~di, 01 'til!::' n'!JJ1Ticf'I,IS; ,~ it, ,;l!rlkuJ~t~ v.1~h lU1e [i1i!ciH!liI~ ~d the ulrIi.l. Tn.€; .P~~ and dehs <att.lch tD me. ,iJDieriQ'1I" ~id~ gf the lry;me~ IIlp by the 5h!lJllo!lh:1er., ilnd the' triceps anaeh tn the G&e'C-r.<LfJ.'i:!!.t1 prooe.ssl the PQlimy ])'<tf't 0:[ the ulna ih,u; E:o'fn~s the' !Outside ~[ ilie' dbrJi'i&f _ E~~~ubUy; ~1I dte Ieree bew.g gener<\lred, by we m.~~~ie"N' l:fiv~hred ln [he' l),e<nd~ :pm::ii mO'V,tsthc e~bpw. T~ ,d:aDuldcr' ;Qun wQr'~, -a'~ me !i;U'Re cim~. 'bu'~ h ~~"'n~ t (or shout.dIlt,t) d]allge:"im ,Positi,Ol] agarost[he 'beIicb,j the, 'l{:~icm a(01]I1d, tn,e .shDu~der joint lOOml~ihllltes to the mcaVeme-,.at dl!:'Q<ugh s,pau of [_b,e'elhC!iw' {fig,u,[-e 16}., T.~ 'PooitiQ~, Q:f '!She It'!lbGW while i~ moves dle bv is" 'cruci~l 'to dle suceess of' lite fil1~~~f:~J:.
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:~or our ,1P'1llI;D'pooe-1iI here', ,POSi'I::LQri ,is determined by the ."In;gl~· the ~ume--1"1lS makes w:imth.e terse, as seen ~{i'!Jim ~l'ii()"l.~e, An a:ng~ o:f 90 d_e.g,r,eC'.s 00 the: to§S'Q 'W'()!l]M ,h'lt1,l',t:, ch(; <1irm at rj~Ju alITlgles. '[;01 the hODch1, pi:tl1tUe] to the bar, a miliet extreme 'positi:orn", The ot:her extreme would b!i:' ~lI~ir:tg '~h(! elhocws to come down 'to ,~ fooi~fm 'P"<III'ilUel with ~h~ '~'OI-saq, with the' ~rm~, :gHcl~ rig Ollg<lliJJSii the rihcai3e <!:~ ~h~ 'bQttom. The l'H"efe[',r.e_.d
I?f,gu_~ 1:'6. Th~ rn,*,r m!l¥V«~ i!!J('tjl~ 'm~!::tc:11IJl\rus" ftitlJ~l,'t~iU:]' will be :ifHnew.i:u',!i.e 'b!::tw"ellJi
~lti!',;:S~ ''t'WD ,ei'L1:f.-e.rJle~. Ibut highe'oL" 'rather. mrullQw-er (fi~ul',e l1). Th~' folt:earm 'Will always !be ven;[t:ii, {fi~ :I,S}: s~r.lJ:-~;gr.wio/ o~i,ue,~ in sill.,u,~n'E Iines :pe.!fiC>J'itd.IGl;Ila!l.' [0 the n~ur" {Pir(iin;On~Jmg gralll~rr ,m'i;!l5;~ ~Cll r in euct~y dtf!, o'pPQcSl:Be dit~ct~oJ1; The fereai'iit'i!, :mU_~1t; Sll:iilY '''iff'rrJc-,aJ or. OOT~,(i! of t'he '~oilld will. begj!1 ID eXCrt; ii !f'ot:ll!li,ot!l.u £Qroe~ or oor'que'" ~g[1l ~l the ,~lhow.,
M1JfH"~~ l~ The. ~~~ I::lmg'lit' ,rm ~i1:(!1 1lI~~rc ,~iTIil rel:l1iw: 'to l!i1e I ioc' ,of trill! ib!J[ly is i'lmDlll 00 ,~~ l~~~r.}, NiD~t~ ,.~~, r.len~ end ~1i't.1 ~it{!6 {r~g!ln ~E[~ ~1;'Nj; eJi.Uh':illiIlf flllr mrnfu ~~ LlUIfJ:_ cl~ 'Vi;! ki j;i rIfI;;1] I ,itI~ d ~D.N,1 m.:rt.
flgij'l'ii ~'~ 'fl:m: :tDr~:ml1l!J ti!W~ be 'i,lt'llii.cu;t ~inJfIil .n'll ,~lb".!li Ci'!"'D'Dlimllti:!::m ill !ltFd~r 10 Iiilfl"!-uN ~'iffillli tor>l:Gi '!lr;~iisSWD to h bar run;! ~ItW.
,Sj'n.o~ t-he :forear:1D mllJs~tti,wet,l!'S he ~e~~I; th(: dbo'w will always be ,ditecdy 'I).!i:Qd'er. we:: ba1:; Be;!:ilIilJi5e the' M.o;r,ces .drlv,ltl;g; 'i:hf: biEr '!,lct Olii 'th e ,elhow'.Dd all up, rn.rnu:gb. 't.il.t, fO(I~~!rniI.~ this i~ [J, 'very' gaod plnce fot ,i:~ ~olx. And, ~nee the' FOr.:e~amI ,i8 :verci4il~ d~.!: poin'~ onthe chest the :blUr touehes at 'Lhf!' bO't~om is d~tet.[]li[Ued j~n!'tirei,;r by th~, ~ntgk(l of '~h~ 'hJJmcr~s with! clle" mr'.[0b and, thus, Ihe' dhow 1(r.gur~;:[1 ,1M;: 19J. The ~$;r foUO'w:j ,th~ dbows: ]J me d,bows l~O'Wte' u~ aw~,y from the ,[ib~l the, bOlt g,OB.~ '!;If'! dle.,'l;;h~st !'O'Ward, 'the' 'i:hr..o11i~! .u!t{tH dl'l';i dhows :dide- d'llwl]. tD"i!r.:1rd me rJbcagt,,, '~h:e bar ma'!foe5< ~do"lf'(], t:Q'W<l!~d, '[he lbeHy.
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,~,~l~'.g: wOw rOSl'i;:JlGlllS t . ereroee ~r-era,teu, '[1;1, tne .. jiiif."' 'potmuCill' , a ni;l·~O tne ,LfitilV1J;:11I)l1ill!
:;):n~hrop tiim~tll}' Qt' the. n1:.i~e .. Fer ~~'m-ple.~ en itXpe.r.ie<lIooa, :p(milic$e,l]t Uft~r 'wIth good Ij'FpcI'
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be.lc:-k t1~Kibility £SJl :a~h his ,chft:S~, up high, thus aUowing d~.e OOl: a :sho~r 'trip dbwn ,md up,
This' wiU have rhe ~r tol;jt.h]n~ lower' O.Iim, the dle-st '[O'\\~a;i:',ds '~he '~I'(itlOOm of the sreeaum as the :i.:bhLSgr~'ro~w ~~. F~ 11< ,~~r.son wuth less a~hiLh~ il'!. ll1c' u.pper' ,~UU:,dU5 bsr positien o-.n, ehe c'~.est ''1;'i{ollld .requb:,e' ihe e:l~,w.!ii' 00' be ;at a_Ji @Il.g:~e (If perhaps 45- icil~re:es: to i~(! 1t.o1i1:!J], aboy.'~ htlli:FiwllY he.twee1Jl tlliI:U:hi:r.g' the rib!:iiI~F and ,m, liJl,e W1-lh ih", :sh!l;lr~lclers. :lut 5~ru::e 'Cit:li.f ~~peri~.fi>1;~d, f'I.t'txib.~"~ ~her- has his dlesl, up :hlg'her, his, m,Qu:Id_e~~S' ar-e eloser vc.r~i.~I1}'" aJOi ,ttht; bottom of his SJ~ei!:',il~m. w,bt:n vi(l!~, from, 't:Of' :sidle. This i!l d.l~ilc!' 'r.o '~h_~' 5~5i:i:'pjgfr ;,_tlJ~~e .his fl~xi,bll~'~p <1Hcrw5. his :up,p-em: bae-k~, <IIJld thus hi$' t;~t, to iumin {frg,ur.e: .20}. 'T.b.~ :!llee:~ chest ~tigJe
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'pQ5jtiOO~, where the humerus i~ 'ltS!'e@tfa:lty potf'"..illel '[0 [~l£' IOfSOl, ;~Si ,mOt par.dCf!J!!Mtl' :hil!z'a:f.,d.aus1 b!l;li~, ha.$ :th.e di' 'advmtagg OF
dlftllfi!'!illi~t moot of 'it'he pee [uru::[!of:li. firOnl dle mo:v,~m.w:J,~, J;edtM::m~, the. dfie.~e.t'!cy tOt th"LLft as all, exercise ['Of the' whO:k 'I.'ippe.f' body"
No mnter 'What. h'um>l!!iI:',a[ lu~g.!e .~~ ·Y$~d. i'~ .is .impOf'I:'lUl1i:' '~h~;: t:J'ie angle 11m d;l~ _~ during i.he r:e.p,. Th~ eccemrie phase ol the movement :shOLllcl U~ ml: !'i~E' elh.clw mg~e' -as d~ e cQnc:enmc. SIDled another w.~.y, m.e ,elbom· .s:hbl:l!ld ~ in, 'm>e s:am.e ve.rrical. plaJIIL~ QiiL the 'way IQQ\'!,TjJ alld, on the way up. The lnanerus is. 'k(!:j;i,t In t6is COmLSt::U'H P{f uien hy the :L~tiLlrjllaf d\e 'Iae; ad 'ilae d~hQ:i~', $l~h.ilizmg me hlIm!;)~' by IEllreFt.wg equ.i1il cppo:sing f.ortes on ~ - bon~ from. 'E(lJ.)'~.d b-ot:tOttl (mferioi Utd. $Up~riOf') itt the ~Jll.e timlc' (lip,1:(e :n). A~y \f~r.i~tio..n iII aa:d,e dll!fi:r.lng '!ih~ mO¥€lllet1l.i:t1~~c.1wS! 'ihat nne of ilies~ twO rauseles i~ flfOI: oolUin~- r:iDg. the fo.t"C'e of [he' ether effecttR~r, Shmdd.e.r pl"Olhlem.s ~ ,c;om.monly tS&DCE~.'t.ed. with 'ili'f' be11!ch. pi'~~. because of [ihii;; db.ow mO''!f~e:''ne!flil. Thc:' 'mencil:0lI!5 'of me bi~p'£; ~ th~ aricse .fr.Q'1ll and It:tms the shoulder. jo.~fif on thei.I w.ay down to , he elbow ~ ru-e nOl vttry mlernnm: of the ,ilhmsion '~~~y 31'.e Sl!:I bjected: ee when the elbows .nail ~rCl\1!nd du;r-ing HI!. uncontroj~, trip UJ th¢' chest aad back. 'Blcep 1r.>::L'iIdoJ] mju_r,rfs <!il"~ p:ro~My the :m.osl OOmJf!11O.aty '!:):ri:OOUI1L't!~llea: .sh~~lc.kr injury in. the ,,,;"elgln fQottIJ; tbey;iUiE hud! to ~~! ana. hard to hesl up. Be ~r.dw about d1Jis.
CCRl(j'h~ii .~hm.i~d wa;oc.h elbow pmin,oll w.i~~b 't;he5e baCH in nunci!. EibQw' p'o$~cilon will. 'Y:ary ~~~ODi~ tr'lilini~es.~ am:ll as JOi."l:[l; M th~·llmm.eral ;:l;fl;gle::· E in the l':!";UpiiLrk. and. th;;; ;togl:e clOe5 .iIl:O'~ d-.atU~ during m:ib:e :rep I or 'hm.fl;\!: :rn:udl d'Ulf~Wg dIe -set!.i~ wm no need 'to, b~ eerrected, n .a~. doesn't need C'oI;'l\ec;ting! do.iJ:l·~ even com.m~t on it it!:! him. Uli'" ~. rrue for most ili.i:ngSi (O-aC'hes do, • novices h.a.vt ~nol1:g'b..s.ttn£f to think. ,~bfJ1i!1 my-w~y whilill! ·ther-learn new Inov~i;f.I,el1t5;, '~lJId they don,-'t need n:1hcir :ii1;.w.n;Uor.li called, to.' oantiung thar does jW'I;. 'WqiLllin:~ their illi1:efl.'[IQ[!..
The chest, f Q~ beseh fu·e.s~~ng purpO!S~, is rhe 1I!111~:t'iot'" :riiJ-cag,e, Md, ,ith~ ,i1Lmsd,~~ "3tltncht!ci to it. Th6 m~lin C'he~t ~~!!.J$C.h,:Si ~, the pectoralis ,m .. jlOt'~ or pe~~ a._rcld. cltd[' ~ni1l!~e rwins thlt1 al1'~rtar cle~~'Oi&s. _ a'!;'[~!:h ttl the humerus ol,I a tong insertioa p~; nt :illo:nrg: ~he 'i;lifpe.r ~him, of the' buoll.=. They W,L.\p ii1Cl~OOS '[be :r1bc:;:LI~'I1' to a 'iolJ:!; o"ri~~f.I, .. l CI.I:1g a litre [mm !the bOilt,Qm ,0'£ 'l~~ :S~iI:Omt!m. U,P I'~ ~ he IChvid~~ !lJJ(d aD.oll!g me {"bUFjd!l::' 'bad~ to l:-1;:5, distal !end, ,i111 dje dmul:1er.., '~.~~h! the muscle fiber.s. foonif:llt1; ~y,'t if.!! a broad. ~:11g,!e {ft~ 22', This wijr; a.w.gl.e iDf or.:LgiH allo.ws the pedde.lfi muscle to ;1:p'ply £orce 't,.Q' dtt: h~,'i:me:~ a,veiI! <11, wude.range' IOf ~dC!i Qf i~~e:rtiO\n" thus :p~rm~\dlt~ '~he .i":'l:n~ of d£el'tJ: 'F,e 'elbow PQ!iid~n.s;
.Fig~n;' 'J. TJt~'i'I:i!~~i'Y r!\!IRC~,r';::!ipfi'[j5~bl!: fer ftrKi"'mg Lh~ IijjJtIeT OifiTii ~1i~lnl~!!i!iS!.
The .higher the top gf thtl e'~l!!S1t _, ~~ hi~h~s~ P(j,iiU @,ii the ,rihc~~ above ~he' b~nda, _ ,thl.? ~tc"'P~1'" mi; I;ltiiitk uu:: ~c/deit attaches to th~ humerus. Th~ stieep.et tne il_n~.!.e, ute be[teorl b~~~e' .of !t.he ,!ncrea~ed m,oBcnaIl'i'Ciill c£fit:ic~iI,,':y Ql 'm~ :pwde~[ cont t""dClio:IJI caused by t'h~ S'tlL:'epN ,m~t~' of i!!.,tt'lc1;;:, (i:ti! me. lH:HlIlia'fll;S'. In ,1
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d;w~ ll}v,gor, e1'lhlb:i'[,~' g;re.aI:el" e<fFj,cicl1!:Y the m;Q§e dCis~l~ rh~' ~oree" is p¢r.p~,&ldictllaJ" ill the resisranee (6gur'-' 24).. So dte ll:tgb~r the c.hesrr. position abQ'!,\'e the MJ1H, '~hc h~t;JLwr dte :pun [he :p~f ddt has on [be ar:Il1f;:, "r1,~ i:1ttt!linm{;nt ~TId
h us: 1ii~.so im:pQ~~lEafl!~, '[0' 1<auder..stand ithl:' r~ela;tio.[i.S"hip be'L':W~!tfi! t'he pe"j deh, mtme'le a!ttaochn1,eJ!]t '1:0 the 'b'!Jrru,~rus.;,~..d lhe' lJiilg:le .of th.;l'!, ,~(I:;t'l:'l:I,I1:1!e'tn:" Vie'W"'edi [[·om the hQ.riz;-O([l;t~, (a (r.{,t.~$i"Se~[UOl1 :PlH~ailleiJ, [0 'me; ~,Ollg' ~us i<Jf the bend;li) thEpec:l.de~j:, fi'Lt'/l!r.::h:rnenli: occurs at an ~ngl'e 'th~ ',rar.t~s· 'W.~d'IJ ~h.eSl[, poi~~iolJJ (fi~r-g ,231 •
'~temwwe of [hi!; pruit:tOJiL. is l i.fi~tiQn of the muscles g( 1;h, upper baL~ ¥Ld WlU b~ discussed beibw.
First. teej, adb~s II comeoen problem with 'ChI: c~tst,~ not [oucl:lin:; it ~ .. ith l'h~ bar. ev~ ~.p. Sometimes ~hi$ is' lu:cideil.l.ill, the tHifii,ee .1tllJ;..cnCis UJ touch. hut mj;S!ie;$'. If iliis is the (15e, he'in g,Et i( t.~xt rep, Bm mu~ly iii: is just laziness, ,11:: i~. ,lle-t Jill. easier \0 miJl!{(' fo:ad it <S.honro: r dinmce [hm ~ ,Ion.~r r±i~tanr[',e. W ot"k ~lIJ_ol] 5 the fo,rce o.f ,gr. vi Y ~.ct.illgon d~' bllfOOU mtdcipij~ by tile di'S"~m~ the bru-bell moves ( m:guriii 25). IT OVe.m~ lh~' cQiJJ:"'5:e o:£~, jl]lol1Jth"$; ~rninungj the b.-.iibc'll doubles in wetght but is mdy trnvlillmg half ~he distance ,it did. on Lh~ t1rn d.ay oJ ~a.;t~ingr ,th!<" workhas stay ,d th same atld :l mQlliths have been iW~te.l
Som~~im:e5 U[' .may be (;H'L p'WlJJliose'. There is a 05'Choa1 of lhough~ Ut.J.t just.mes U:J;f' 'U~ of less ,th m fun :raJlge of m~tj'on iby,ci,1limmf;llg ~h~,I dtl~, pees ~op c,oJl'Lri~utjrJ:~ to the mJQ'lemt:J:i't wh~J'II me hl,iill:lerw n: . ~~ s a 9O-degr.ee '.- ngle 'With '[he for,eo.-!i'til. ( 'his a.me!L • 'naiY$is" rnqu[r~ 1111 'ilbO\'1\f: 1Pa;r,~ lel 5:qUial 'bec:!l!".$f!, 1,':~~ quads: S{OP lCo~'u:ribu,d[jg when th,e{emllr tm to 90 degrees with rh.e tihiil.) The ,proM,eE!i with this .Illoof,l is ma;t biU r.uJge o.f ,m@~~(ln, nmlti-joim eXlerccis'Cs are :n..Ot SU.ppo.'1t.M '(0 ,iso:rat¢:' allly one murole:; we UOSI/J' them because !they den it. 'We 'WI;tTlt rhelll to 'w-ork tots oJ ,[lllus.dr;!.$- t!hmu~h a ,~a~g ra ~ of motion. We lLkt:, l~ when some ,!tU,ttcles, re called into fun.crj:,o~ :as other Il1'lllSd.es: dr'o;p out oJ nUlLcl1:i,oo_ This is because- e ~:re U",iliinmg athleEes" net ,[[]odeb, >eX" boJl'iluLMers. ~';t;! are coacerned with improvifi:ji '~he' fur.n:t:tlonal mO't~on around a to.Lnm:. W(: ar not just concerned. abeur our fu"t)!I"ute muscles, 'We dig not hilliv:e "~bvorl:t::.: IIImtltei'.
The \1.;«: o:f (wI ,rnl1ge 0:1 motid'l]J, i.s !t"k..u:f.o,.i:"e i.ttll]on:mlt :fo:r it'WO '~ry' good ,r,.eas.Offi$. Fi.I"lit, ,it~ aIlows, 'l;i$lQ qUaDtifr work: if W{:' hold the, ,ange IOf motioD, of all,
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(Cll.n~.t:ioJID" The.~", if 'd:Je fora' we C.lr.t e~'(:r~ on (he' lImd, ,ip:c-~q~ (if 'W,f lin: ,ttl,o:re w,e~ght) we MQW tim.'[ our work has mcreiliSedi folt ,:Ii giV'en uuasber of reps, ~. e k!fIJow w.e,lof;o IDOvll1g 'i:.h.e w~i:g~'n: tile ~<U!f:le' di~~:an~, and the wcigb ~ 1;;: h~.l,vier, so we know' we',l'e ,s,tmfl,ger . .It allO'Pi,r:s: U$ ~o compaIr: pe:riOr.ll'Ul[!lf'e .... bad] bet'W·ee!ll, Uft~:r _ and berween Ow own, pedor.m;3;n~, oilier time, l 'verybody loucbe~ h.'·· ches.t 'wiri'll[hr: 'hal <every time: he L1iI::J.1i:"hes~ p:ro-g~ - 'o'l;·1a!:'k mel~>E'af - c:!.1iI, he assessed, 'Thi,s., obviously ::l,ppHcs to ev;ery exc"tt' SCi! wj:~h 'it pr.est::r.ihed! flltlig;e of
SecO,litdi, full nJJJ~,t1' of m,'O,;;,iM le:N:e,rdse f!nsu:ra; dlal 'strength is de'!,,"C!io,p~, Ine,Viery ~Q.ru~iot1, r:h.~ii[' itl1,e jm!!]!: Can wcrrk. ':s.tr.rIl[q~,illir. dc:v.e]opmgnrt ,;S: ,e:x,uo;efltely g,pec1fle~' rnusdes ,gel:
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positit;!<i1~, th~J1 he mus~ 'tr,~, d:hi~OOgh a, :ful] i'mg,e of motio.i], jn ~ ~r dl@~ s~reng~bensl die
The b~hp.res51 ~ t'iU: sq~@(, lilll:~s a certain MtHlllm(l of rebound mit: ,of dl.~b.OttiOiJiIl~ il,tsiEll,g 'eile ha.nJy :sttetc'h reflex 'ph~ll:o.m_enon diJa't is" ,ri, fG'@~un= of ,dl:deJlaJj, lTIlmc~e (fUgtlR ,/.16), The [),[Qb1.em is: dt~1 cl1.e ~~,erilunicg~[~ Wh"LW, 'w,j,ih clre,~r.' bgfo:re' [iebouiiild oeecrs i~ dtf: ~II1skiLcl, traiaee, h: t.~s p~ti« a,qd, s',tXJd dmi~g, to ri,gb:tban Urp [he bottom of ~h~ ,mO'V,e~~1 ~(Iugli
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mot'L(J]1, ~J;, t~~~ b~tOtll bef:Oc~ kiflg: diriv:e,[(J, 'WIP off 'the', chest, .A '!i(Qydl-ruJid,~ bench pre~ iU.(p~.!i, tbe '!;I:ainele to. llift mere ~!gh!:. tb~~Fi -ti:,P:lij;Jjs:¢d, befilc.~, p,re.ss" It mMa~ !be- said [hat ;l ihe~,ted b~nch:~ where :iL: hea~ IOf the IC;he5:t.J"iit hard, bQ'liUlC:: ~ff d:!i~ f!e~j,~jl,cl, a b,rj;~,e wit~, the hips is ~~d; ~J~ws M{](r_e w:e~gh[ '[9 he li£ted wa:r,r, ;a 5"~r]c.t tiooc:.l],"'@nd,&'Q. StJ why ,;jJJlow a rebound bm Dlot a bom~ {trid, brid.;ge? H'~, Is' :ttor. aiW;:l!Y;s Q'lllU·ICiib,i,e'£ti:'le'!l as Iun~ (!arli(lT~ 'to hh mQ1:-:t;: w,ei~l't b1!Dt
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l!i~~~'I1i 2'~ ge~r:rn~ P'1~~t!JIi)g.ieu,1 nfli~ l'iil'i!i:l'jj!!ii~~ :plllb'll!;imr:nor Ilfi'lfl~~!};)1 "r;,;~I!i~q," ~~ Ini1~S :r'l'i~ i); n.UOfl@:r rulnruc~I(!O:ll., Fii.s~. IllIe ,¥~oellWi le ru1ure 011 IUIlsc'le, :U1~bs ~i: iM.:lI I~IW: a ~1iP18: - tl~~ IrJ~~ ~i1I :5~i'{i!J. it ~lJ~ to a ,re[iiIi[], 'jjQJlfil) lilie m':!l~ [!G~~iIJ I tbe 1\~~Uff'i. :Se(~, D1t;!~'is !lll ~~la'fi2l1 ~~ 'Df !l:'iroE!rltI~clc .I~I]~1t rbll~ ~}H& 10 Hie- ~D!JS'I ~.rce: lJeif~8 ~-wt'"IiiW, 'by~, OODli\tI~~~[j. nntl tbi!; ·'np:ljmlll" 1~Ill~b '"'it b~ :iii:iIJ~[oil:l!!:l with n iifiUfll 2!~r!:i.o::ll. 1Li"k"'ii:I:r" t1~!: s~~~~I, n: r.t~N rne-di;);'Iii~, b}'niLl~eL~ sPJDcl!I'e~ (inlr~ rllS~ I liJb:ru) L.'-!!nl'i,1\\ItlM by .el.cllinl :~lul, ~I;!'ts, in a I1lI!J(J\~ -r'l:!ro~ll1:i~ t(l!lIlrntil00..
the li:ll}I;I!ch·and.go ,k !!ictudy easier ro learn man, a ~<ltlised bell0rn,~ and ,~5 el:1sieJJ' to ~~a~h ~"Q rtoVuw, ($~y,itiJg ci,gh';'1l1i:, d~c bot,~om duti:ng, ib.e pai!lYe, is ,;1 sk:LIl diflicul;t ~Q 'master, I'lF'POIif"eEit]y' 'i:i'i,;'e11 (Qr 90mFtit.1ife p{lw,dU~t..,). The b!M!l.nceid" ,1~~,.'Bd~, bridg,gdl b~tt~il.1=-the-air verSion of 'E::h~ brndl[ pn-s5, uses' :r,i,b~g,",' mi]..icn~ .md. hlp exJteEil$;D.~J. m a1d 00 dlnvmg [~fl ba:r.lI.:t~ 'ii:ilciJil.g "W"Odk: ,jf."""_:r;arf from. the mr-ge:ted ,mu:scie$",:So."!ii, ~n',uct ~O'Y~:.h~1Ind,-;~y hl.:a g,t)od c;;>mp.rom.;se'; li@I:~:~;, tb.e. li::i:'!Unee' A;l1: man w~i~ht ibl1.,t ~t:~n givijng lots 0:[ work to t~~ iP[,~~in!j, rr.lo'Ii.!!~~~.
A. co.:.ch·shouW. 'b!i:' iIIb:~e to recognize 'ex(:'Css,ve bOlllnee and klITi GfW wh~.n :;h cerreet ion n.etid!s. '[0 be made. YOllir' traieee bounces too much 'wh,rJ:l .~e rebounds 1[0 !the- pojIJ,'t th.u: '[he b3I" sliiDs !the chest hard enough ro ch~i:n'&e his: PO,s:[(iDl1: with ·the [mp:lC\.j, ,;IIIld 'Chen. dews down mm-kd1r iL - •. ouple of inches. LIT? from theehe ~~ because the ve~oc_it;y (;I ; the ~ was' due' more ro the bounce tbn his C1CEtW drive off the chest, If L(. bad '8nouWl, the b r p.Ith ',,'!;flU rth-a.nr;e riigh~ there as ~lLiJs. ~lbiJ·w.'l slirJl p~!1i'tLml from the lac"k' of ,ti&ilnrtes:s rn. Iats aad delt$. T.n!· wholto messy t-h~'Qg is a result of <Ii l..1:cik of ti&b'Lrl oSS: Oft lile "iJ.i1ly dewn, <'lind tan be :r~medied in a C'(Hl!pl~· ofwllY.s·
DIlle w.J.,· to teOl(:h. ehe 'tr.tlJ1ee to story' tig,ht uff the chMt is re reach him to il'!i.S,'L .barely eoeh the d;lIesL. I Ie CMI··t Ch··i1i1 i~ i be C':3..i!"[ bm.wc:€ it, !~lIU~ he - '~n''[ bounce .ft if he j'USt b!l:J:'d.y t;Q.U~I·u~;\l hi,~' ehe.'1'(... I..:Iaw·him ~et ill !pQ.5ltion and Ea:'ke '(he bar Ol-l:t, When b.e· i~ set, Iooking;;:u the- ceiling, h ve him ~OmE am'i.rn ro IDe: blgh~t point on the chest and b:1 k up. This is where h~ 'Will touch the bar. Hi1'Vti lI~rn do it 3 .tor a :k-w reps, lh 'n tell bill:l "Touch your shire 'rPi 'tit ~ll~ b01r,. 1];0'[ your ehese," Or you r[jj~bt say. "Pl:iy like~,hif!'rr.l 'i:t ;i" !l?it't:E if gl"l:Si 011 your chr;s-t !thAt you have C u)tLeh but den't break it." This nru:aJlr ge~ the POtfU across, <llhlwugll ir deals only wud~ ~m,p'LOl:r.!··. (ple<lst:1 do not \ii;'L1Jall ' iry ulis wiul a pie~ of: gl~~, \V·e 'U all be QU~ C)r 3. lob if you de.]
The: !best '~,'a~y 00 fix il b d bO'!Jtict ~ 1[.0 .; d!h-ess me; :pr.,gbl. -m .tt i1ts root, by 'be'ilC.bin~ '~ht: trainee 'to 00 t~gb'r durir.lrg ~he mO'l,l'~JlH:~[Jit in a W1IlY ~h:lt .be eaa t!l1:].cll:r~t.llind1' ,~n.,d. ,t.h.u he emu ~pply to other Ij rts ~ well, 1'~ 'is il way Ito ClCHlIC~'p :JmmliZl! the lift SiO thar tightness j$ bui lr h1! and .1asll.i.c.: e.t~ergy can he stored in til • ~Lentri:c (nerg,n:ivt!l) .philS-": o.r 1JI e in the cone iIlIlric: d.ci."I.re~'Up •
. he: b nch. PJ"eS$; l ik€' the squ;]:i, Co.m~5t.5 of tWO ·OlO"i.-ilEm.e:rritS1 '~O'W'e'n_n;g w.e bar and rai sing t~~ bar. TIt!U him this: Ol. ' 11''1 ili:inl .ID:out .I.oweti[Jg the h,U' 'ust ·dunk.abmJ'[ d.rivin ,][ up, On' h.e w~y down ill the ·t:hr:st yO'U! !lihould be dlirnkmg OiIblJ:)'Ji,iI'E d:riv.irlg. up hwr.J1 not :il<b:O'IJ1 down. ·P·OC!Jt.O en up' only., .. fu an -an;elIllpi Wi .@;:f:t ~'Ild.y for the upward dri ;;'1;'.- he will.s~oW' down the deseent and be t'~g~'cer.s he approaches me·dw:st mU!i imp[lDvt.ng I['if!bouna rr::f~ciel1Cjr OUld :rn.inimizing
1~;gtJN!.1 .' I..:t dl~ tF;'j~ in III Ink Iliooullh~ dnl~ Uifl fll~ !I~~ ,11.'3;.' dU\\lU.i'l prelK'ltl: Ilii:' tn!lliO-l'ill!lllI!UIm" 5}~i:'IliI 00. do ~~~ cWr;)rk: l'IiI re <I!.Il"~thrcl~'.
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ib9'1J:ri~~ Br dll~; ~b(ii,ir dEl:viil~ up while 011]. tht' ~i";lir CC11l;.'ti; he ,""t~U h~.'v~ fttlliedi on U1li~ thi[J~ we ar,e i1lG(.t1'allr 'UY 'to ,cl~i !I.'~r.i.w. the \'IJ.\ei;g1lt :U[p. Lowe.r:i[;tI~ ·ili,.; b",r is aWftilUif !;!',l$Y ,. ami, if ll~ lhl~~/pas[. WE: to the I[h:ive~ lae '~!dll >'iXOW hi,!; de.~c-eilt 2IS hE' prepares to a.c:civ,:.:'iy dnv~ the 6ar up (i~g.~.2:7). This e~ceUe.nt: tedutique; wC\rl~ for ~~jJy exercise wiili iiill initi~l. OOE<e'Ji'tr:ic ecrmp>IDTIletrit.
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"'S'lr~ii~d~r.s·" here refers 'EO [he ,~aternl and .PQ~tET~Or lIis;ptf:itl Qr the sl~DlJIideT8f. since W~· hU"1e :inch.aded. the.;"!;[),llienOf' tklt{ij.,;i}l; :b1: oue discussicu o:~ [h~· C~f"~':it" for fU!~'i:CbOfl~ reasons, Alc.k,'Qugh theY.<Ire used in ,til~ hi:lIl1:d,J 'p,"'IO!S'!1;. 'd~.e;f lDe not used in 'such a W.1Y th<1~ t.6~y lleed 'to be 13~d~ly dl!Ql!lg.ht· about s:ep~a~elr. This 'LmpOrE',lJl~ :stOUP ~f: .rnusdes hils two fUDloCt~Oru" First! ilt $__h.Q:t~·kkfS need ro be :p'~mteJ, :6J'miI;r ~a:insl .t;h~ bench, ~lW. ~~el1 LiQ~,:!'[har 'with th e Illmcles ·af lhe tJIp.~e'r ~c'k {~he· ones' bf~wee~;l we 'Sho!l.llclers) i tl""illd ~ .~ ~;1[lfDiiin to dcil,fe ;ag:aim.I wnile :plllS.hing the bar. When th3~ is don~ ,r;:(~I"rec:dy~, the !K:<1I:pl;ll1e 'w.1Il he .a&clu~ ICH·j?uUeo. ~Qge~h~t, 'DOl :n'ii~.kce ,:11 ±lu S1pil:n O!l1 the 'Upper. buck eo p'!;_Lsh .a~;tinsc [he bf'n.eh, Thj s staJhlt p.]~'[:J'O['TI'i l.5 she :a:ffil1!Ii~~miOlJ. ,mri:ace on which the kinelK thain. begins .. S[trlled. ;;1nQd~f'r W;lY" wm.en we bench I(lr,~5>S!'W!C dri'l,l't,t'he b~:FIiell iiI1lro me bar' apart _. th~· bali' mtfle~ ,!I!li'i.d. d~ti benell1. cioe.!;!!:'!: 't~ bWl.t W~ F,usib. <li.g.'lLins.t bOIl:±1. (fi:jiurt· ~Sl- The- uppetr.. badt iU1l.d. shoulders ]Jll.Uih t.lt.e b:er.oc:.h ilJitd ~hl/!Y ;n~d 'en. be '~igl'l:(' while doing se, j'ust ;15 ·the ft...ul.dx ;'I!:r'.e [~~ht il~ins:~ the bar. Seoond, tirU1! .51~o!llld~11l ir:l ~h~i If :.i!tk'~~~f!d pos.~dQ;1] . .;mU d~e l1p'per b~~k. 'mJl[~j!d!t::ii:" as [hEY 00l1itl"aC[ sud m.H'I.te or '"tik" the upper' h..-"u:~ in,tiC< ,Jj ~hj!gl~Up pusiriQ'J1,. '!flUsh the :ri_b~~ uft .Jit.l.d 'ht:ild mQ1' chei~ ~bi~b,er .ah~'ve d~e' bench .. This iDeIF~"::lIi5e.s the rnechJ;mliem ef:1]C:1eJ1CY of the pec/dch Co:,I;b1 rli'iCI~l":!!i"t by 5t~p~:i];]ijg 'dfae ::tti@j'lr;;: oJ ~Jl;.mek enthe :h,um~rns, i1IS di...il_;;;-Qsst:!d earlier,
efreciLi.wly· '~D .him. A~ dt.e' ,gnd 'Of a :5e.t oJ :fivel have ~]ilTI .if.leS'ett ~is ,!iliouid,\gr bbdcs ~j]d (heS'~,;qJ,p .. [f he h~: ~ble to mm1¢ d);ii;IIiL mU1:h ,lot ~U~ r~y ~e OOl]'J.e· 011.1'[. of POSiEiolJ. . His gtoo] lli t.<o' be ~bLe 00 do· <111 h~ ~~ps WithDt:l.I 'Lo5~riJg: dj;~' S~t p(jiS±t!<'~f,i.'.
l~ is 'pQ.Ssibl~ tOO have ih~ oock. set OO:t'11ect'&.rlligaiJrrrsl:: th.e bench and sen] l'Ea}~f.e t_he il'u~~~ wob.bl:e~ Prom ~he ·top it: 'wiiV~, lo~ :like d]c' m~S'~i$ lI:nQi,.~i.ng fro~1J. sil.d~ 1!Q·si.d!:).· in ;m, i~!"[email protected]:r i lome 1l'li:1Jll.11er as iJre bar is dl_ri~ ~ftJ from m~ ·hmt(m~,. "I.his. is, dll!l.~ '[0 :ms!i.JfficieJil:~ g'~[11:~1 I;~hmess; in 'th'f' .r..ihcage and shoulders, met .is ''I,i'G'IJ' po:rnma!l te ~ .m. '[M' fi:rs~ :few w·O'J::-k.GlJt~. b is I;erneclt~d hy simply caIlrng, the ·u·.t!i[Ll.e{:'·s ~itte[JiJiofli to h anJ tell~ng·~:tlm '[.0 .mike it :!!tOF',. :SbO'W' him 'wha'Eis: b~p.pi;.lnillt.m; by reprocl!ll~ing tiw ~O'\~ef.1!ieiI[ hei';s In'31kill~
~rhil-e he :~~. CL~. th~ be~c;h bt;tw'i1:~, :se:t:s- F.['I[jm yO'i.!hii:' P o$iitl 011. <lit his head.) plac'e' crlIiLe ht1~d 'on' elthli:f
~~dg of :Ws d:t~5't ·~tb p.il[ra]~; -[l~t ;i!g.m-.~~ ~li$ .d~s ~i1d :glo-wly ·s'hik.e his chestl mlmidtmg; the looseness ~u observed dmin!]. d1.e ~et ('figt[rt :12:) .. .Ask .h~in, !i;U[I, you. feel YOIlr.$elf: :Ietttiilg, yoYr. c:ile$lt .mQVIB like' tills?" lie.' ~] aik~wlcdgt d1a~ he ~~~':Ul~ ~~H :hlm1 :;:;;righ:oe!fl! tip an.d .. ii1!~.e it: stop," Any .lmlo'V·ement b.r:ing g:c:n.eml!)~d. by dLi~' bady that Iclo~:s nM I!:-{!illl;~rib~,t~ W rhe 'b~r :~in;g 'U~ is w';1s;wd, :rnl!QYern.eJ!il.1i:! ~~ wilen this is exp1aiIllOO to ,him~ h~'U 1JI51:UUJy U')t ~_;_rd: ro fi~ ·i~:.
figu"" JtU. N~ 'I:tlid by !iisii:i£ tbe ~li(ll,ill'le:r nUlst:l.d[l.1ijjl"~· imlfl't'!J~r1y. Iil~ bar 'MII ~tI.1~1·!1ooi.i~ ·4.l~ Ii]; .~">l:!:F.l ffU;·~;;;~.II1I'Ir:!·¢ 5hn1E; tih [!;' sltQ uld C!;I11AJ p.:Ill ltil:ik!1IiiL
F-'fJJd~ In Ii;. vi5llP;i d'GJi!M'JI~~i!'lilijDUI. afdl.IZ dDi'f\l.!r~;::: :1111 bar lr;:t~l 'be't'w~ ,s~{!!!lM~n:, :1Qep!: bl;;i!:'k ~ndl ~~~lIl'd~J'!i·~hn.i~ :fOfwilrdi.
,ng,rN'g ;2:, r-nU'l:!:tml:l~~ ~f ~iilfids 1001 I~ 'rnD 't::tIgc: to,' loos~~ demtlil~I1Utl!Joili, Rifiilll dl~' rib CDge 1.idt' tti ... illl!: tti Iil:L ilk tl:ill~l'Ie.c r~~1 Mtnl he h diJ-jl'1~ '!STOII:!:!!.
The ,fi;i!t'l<C'do:n .of ,tle neci.. ttmcScles ,is 'In m.uiIJI!~, heud, rrn1:IrUIiJIJl, 'and! to protect t~e ce.r.vx£n], spine dha:ring dJ.e Lo~ing, of dl~ dte~t ,a_nd, tlppei bd ,;liS:- d'le. b~['" ~m,e~ d~wti, !;."!In Ihc chest, As s:l1ehij '~~ tliililCk mlJ.l::r-ch~5. '~'Oi.1: i;S_Q,men~ilruJy :00 ;mrur:u:;<Cll1 p!O&ul['QO, ,in, 'a -["!IaDGt.ion :sillll'~ru" toO wraJi:
o'f th~ ,kfi'~ift:ll,,' bal!d!;;, EIllIJIscl:e,s: ,h:.lih.l S :~he Jeadllft JEhu, udiJc;E me ba~k museles, dlt;y tno!J!tcl. nor tJ',"i!!~i~1i FQwer' ,ilJ]iClJig ,the' ,]leek 'to hel'p.1 "With the lilt, ']IJ]I other :wo:rd!Sl tOll din :t.Im 1IJi~ }."''O'Ilrii:' hE!ld. '00 befl.cJ~, ,pres!>" DQ Wltlt: push 1be b~rl i1l,t'o Wf1 ~t·h. 'this ~~ ~ cj(~Ue[u ''iiIlnf '~o. ,I~J~ the. neck, If yOt:i,:s~ tlili:s h;i'p,~ning~. tf':iJl YOiUf'tuir:l,eBS< '[0· tLghiJiL~.IIJi, IIl,P their ,rm.e,ol .. s -widll.o.1;II[ 'p!,1l~hillg the h~ndl, WiEh d'tf!' hilik ,0£' '~b~:e h~ad. A~ @ pr@I:;'t-i:t:at ,nuue~"t [his i;n,\"OJ:v,es h,ol~j Uil,t '~h{i head aboti'~ a, hruf",m.c;h o:£-F. t~ beneh. ciMrin.g the rep'! ~,ifthe' llE!'ild is ,b.e,id -off' me bench tile !led~, :~liSck~ ,1!l~' ii:ight" ,Tht is Thempdng to '(j$e tb~ neck ro pwh ib~ ber!:ch,'~.s, h: adds (;."Oflit:r1llcted ml'lllilZls and cightlilljf'~5i to the' IIl:P,pJ",:r' h.;..ck, area, 'bm iii i$ mo da:rn,gemtliS, a habit. '[0 ilHoV!'. W:!u'C,~ :for' wj~ ~'I(}sellf'
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The befiA:h p:rf:S$,4s' An upp~t boor '!il~i::;li]:. ih!!],'t!cilll;;~ 'l:ih€ feet are on tie -floor ~ >el<"erydlJiDg b(;t:w~~FJ. me fret' "aili)d -rh,e :upper body has the :pQ<t:eJnia:~ to ~f!' hn~Qlved ill dtc
~ ..... [d~, "[be low~:r' back. :il!fid the hi,ps: <lll1,d.legs ~I'ie m.ti!s. 'd:J,e .C(iI!!~e~~iQn b:et,"m''eei!Ji the. ,groHnd. ,'l!lnd th,e upper baek, Stticdr 'Sip~:3!I-J:itlgl i~e kine:~c >cb~ 'bt~ill'!1' M ~hli' h .. u ~l1d, encls ~t. nne u,P:p'e:ff backlbi\i),ch i~.tced~ce, by,t ~ f:,()m~dy utilized b.iiCki, hip:. 'and leg pos'J:itinfl aeim<1Uy Fep'res.e!L1J(5l ;lin ,~~[) S[OI11 of tlie kixu.rtil: chaia dO""iV'III to [he gfi0und., The 'legs de, ITI(!(f:';il!' 'EMfi S'r..li!b~~i~ ehe lowat body' as the' bar ,~~ 11i:l!Ij}"'i,l,eQ: thil:'O'ugh ,i:tS P~th.I' althrn.:ilgh, ~h~1!; is: Ji m:ajor :p~I~ O'f '~h~i'r fm:1c.tiQl1~, Used,"da'ii'ee'dy~ [he- ~e,~ d:n.'Vor!' ~g.~itt~t dlie' Doot~, :~;m,sf~nrMg fure!: 1,Q['Wlntally '!IJ.,P me bench dtt''Jlligtl '~h~ h~,~ ,i[lj~.o the ~t-cbmd lmt;;k, to re~nfQ,roe ith~ <lIi:h and keep '[~ chesr in ,i~, h~~h posidunl ~tOLblishoo whe.[JJ_ the s!hmil,d.e.r.:s were ,p~HM, ~aek. The le,gs ,a~d hips: 'thus nm'c!i:lon as a brace fu1' the che~~' ;:wd! ,shO"I)liIrderB"j g~;v,i~g' ~h~ '~~t bod,)" 'iii OOm;ilt;ICIl:IOIl to ~be fleer, a~d. ruibwitlg ~he: lO'W,~r :b-ody .~Q OOtiilTibi!.n~ '~OI 't'b~ m!oV4.m~Ji]:'t; ,:t1i;gu~:·,e' ,1;).
Be:Fot'f_! Y(JIi-i ,Iu",~ ,>Ii c:h~m.c~' 'rIO ,mi.s.aniteriPit':ell1:, this is ·n(li~ due' same ,thH1I~ as br.~cil.g;:ag -Ll'r hr.:~vins' the ~r:', 'Iwarl h~,~1J$. -when. cl1e butt ,;lctuitly ~OI!r-wS, (lff U~ benw, (fis:u~ ,34). COtre~ use (!if the legs. aad hips .mvo~wj, tQ~ry cl~~ ,ma]nt~~l,c,e of ehe ;t, ~liLd, t~GlI; pO;[tltlIlJ widt '~h~' .forne direetled. hod£~nt.ulr ~ocng ,~~iL'i bcfi~h rutd. :110t 'v'erticM.ly '!;I1!p off oJ the bellC~l" The
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Icl~te'~.t of '111e, bar una-."IOidab.lj." cl.riv~ 'ilie- 'deva.teJ. C~~Sij;: bnc'k dolW:JiJl, by 't!lllkillJg' arch out of tile b~ik. The legs drive 'loom th~· fee[ :1:pif,!j!)t th~ floor bnck up Rl'o:ng; tH bench USln.g a oollrU'o.~lecl. .llSQ1liLeu·ic· :k:~e·~~e~~'i.}n( w;~lth a s:1igh~ .bi.i:p e:Kte.III5:Uan, .p.r'odured by isomerric ooj'Ltr'.l~~Ei·(;in ~f the gl!i;l.t\t.~, ~_rtd ·bmn5:tnn;g8·. Ther <K"tive'~;( ,co.u.nterthe' :~Q~S Q:f:' ~h iMi. ·tth~ baik .~u"d (hos:~ 'bright by
Soni.e :pur.im; beJiie:ve' '~h~Ll '!;),\"e are d:Ue'iltU.¥g 'wb,"Jri 'we :cm(;~ th~ 'b.'!<clk.. at ru]; b'!.'i!t ihls, :ptC)grnm. ~e'ks: ito use ;JU rea:SO!1!l!b:ie' ]I);ea~:t; it'D ~~.cre~ s;tr-en:gili ,an tI:!J.e ibellJ!ch pr.ess. nr,idlg~[J[g is iJ!. gooo !pl:l;I;;~' to d:r~w ,~~ Hf.!iC. UY'P'u!i' ~:t'ain~e bridgesi, 'be $'1;I~,e' yOIia e~n?htitl'l! these princip,l~ 00 W[ ~1.e' ~,md~r$~~nd~, 'whY' h~ 'i!i ,doi'[~g: thi~, ~jJ;d, :tel1 !1i'rti ~ha'l hi; cn_!l~;O!!;, ]if'i 'his bu~,;:: ~~ ~ff the' be~cb, T.~.reaten ~illl. if you havi!11 to. Lifci[JJg 'the' b:u:tJt :1m_;J.S g,i!J~ro ~e ~aII1it.id ;is ,verbw:eir. i-n, '~h~ ~m~ way dl!lit ase oful.C: Jt!l!J:tdsls ~ n soeeer, Th.,e te mp. DliU,Qn, is ~,~y"8 ~f'J:'eJ .but ,~f me correct nab:i:t.s, !iiir:tEi, [~~tilled (.f_@(ly 'l ~ '~ill not Wi~ny 'be' i!j, pro~J~j'jJl.
l'h~ b~t~k ,0U;'!Z11 is e~sy to '~ch., AW::r ycu h1J',~\: rdlecl3bo:u-~, 'dl_,e. b-ute ,S;U1!yingj down'I' !ha.w him !1$Sl'!IDe fui5: posirion on ,the b~l1ch ,.:iIld arch :his' ~C'k. S:tv~ yOllJ,i" hmd b~t'!l1.I'1o."en. dvt: beillLllI :afld. h~ 1!i:)W h3:fk Md, rel~, ,rum. '1'0 ~rdj. AfA ,hh: 'ood:[ eemes ~y f1::"O:111 clue!. bench, ,malke' 011 fi$~ uflid~ h, ,~cr Cf.!,(o:~ta~i'!lf; ~~Jm '1:;0 ,!Jj~ {fi~ ,36). 'M'a'ke. sure he :h:u<n,'1:: raised ills ~JI1t~ .during, '~i.5, ~l·oet::$i. If. ru5 'b'Y~t h ~F"y(f~ 'W,m, see dlay~ight: umIer' it; as you look [r.OJiD me: side, 'eyes. about ,~eyel with the 'bencrn .. ,
O~l:r!:' .idv~l,~;l!ge' of hll~.v,~[Lg a, bt~ildi,. of '~opl~ tT.ru[hi~; in ,ii, w,e~t, 'room ,tlO!i.r~~h~r :R$ the poteJiitl-al 'foE peer.' {![J]£aroe.rn.e:IJt of g.C1{\1~i '[e~:ltEltqu_e~ '~riiJging the bench! like :squat;ting hl&h @iJ:' not kli:ki~'B O:tll the- P.~~$; ueeds to 'be made: sociaUy 1JIlJl.ooep~M.c 'to !"oor. at;hl~t~,;, IOlIl1mmO!lrnI to ~cO"i~fm~iQe and ,irresf,iolJ!sithlJli.y. \We: are 'r;.ryirlg 1!Q' lift ~j, much V,tetJrli'hl ~. we ~n,; hll,1'c w~ !!It-e, ~:J;O.re (;J)f!;ce'med ,l:lJbo1Jit g:eni:ng :S~J:O'a.i5' w~:ule tieing it;, :ii!iIla
f;~ii'f' 3~. Teactulfi.l!l ;;:il;)m.:,-t wn:il~irng ,of 11;i;: iI!;:wOik. correct lO;J,1Jl.lk.eeps. us ,h'D1l!e'SE' w,hu~:e we get
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~'Ll"Ot1;;, rr cliellitmg like 'this ,is snathems to yOllf '[~oo'pSj' 'ilif':!l ypur '~1ici.ght, ;r:Oom is !WU-, PQ~]~in~. ,im;d coo.chW.g will. :lnvoi,ve, Iess yeliing ~fI;dbilcllin.~"
'The' '~ee:t i)r!i t~¢ ecnnecrionte the gr.oundL ']:f WiE' iI,IJ~ d:))e: ]tjiwr:.r bQd.y roj'tt>ct~~.y; the :tBet ~'_irop0(l'ta~:tbe;cOl'LI~ rh.ey m !he :~in]~, :iu: the ch.t~'i1 :urll0.5~, likely to £tli~. If: LI' foot; ~lips dl1;r.tl1:§; rJJ, ~~'V'f bend,,! e.v~:i"o:l!ii1g; ~~p:pO\~, by lh~' 'bw'cYt body coUapses. The f~[ mustbe in 'me' ~'9'I"rr;:e~ :p[J~ition uiilt'h'l.> O'OQ[. and th~y must be positioned ~~im.t~hf. flOoD!':' correctly ~
,~oo:t placell1ernt 00, the t'J~.or. has, two varl~Me~. up/down ,;m,d :LnI OUt (:Gp:lr.e ;$i). The 'ree~ need to' 'be wid~, ei);o~gh ~ar" to ]ptt:Jvid'c l.ilill~l ,~ti!lhu.Hty fO'1' 'the hips and _, thra>Ltgh, [he' l[ight-Ole~5. :m the U'1I.!I:tlli;;, :tu1ll.8e]es. _ dl>e Wtr~Q ~$ ,il: :is ~P:~lUM, 9[lJ ~he be!'l~h_, 'Ex~si ... 'C' foot, widcli IuddQm Gb~e.rvcd. ,<I~ ,it: lS tl'li1co:~n:fiJ\rtii1M!a and hoo 101 ,mai!l:ttain. N'1!l'ooW feet ;tlii:\e rn.l;.!LCh ,more OOrm1.1O'ruy- £i~[!J in, tr.,li'i'i:!!e-~~ Q{ aJ.ll~vd$" ,01' ~l'l:pt:ricnoi;i, mmy people hll1itin~ u,-sed it: ~tidl!!J'lJI[ p.r.o'b1e:r:n.\,; and ,[rever :being ;[;or,ree~[edl. N::n.'ii',QW £ee[ 00, nor :6,U:ll"'.itt1itee di~.l!s;tel:'" Tlhey ~re ffi1;;r-ely' ~ liule '~ESi'i, e'm~iJetu, oi,rld: !('h.o:uild! 00 oornectGd earl,.. IllS .lJ m.1im.iJF of ~.ood cCiaG~in:g"
M'O![',e a 'F,i,rob]enl is p'i!1CiiUig ~h~ {-eel 'Up tee far, 'o;ck ~ndef '[he hip.so (iigu'["t, J S)., This posi~:i~n predispo.;se5 'm~' li£tc.r to 'b,rid@~ the b'lJn,l(],P ill 'r1:Le air, 'and is uSliuill, selected Jot.' this ,re<lJSUI1 ,_, if a·guy"h.i1$ hl5 f~~ ree ,fitr ~,P '!;il.Q:aer :him" 31!;:!ld 'i;l$I!.mUy- teo da~i:' tl!J~,e.tne[" wid, hb, heels tiP loff t"lw 110 Wi' htl:5' g,uin~, '1>0 bri~~ the iileary' ~ps;, [f 'the :feet :ili![J~ IUip (oef b~g~.! dle. .k~.ee 'ex'[en$~a~'i h,;:i~,g ~~l1X.ffiiJ:. f[',[l(~ :t 'ono.o: ~~!i.:c k[iJ,~!= Olln(l;l~, 'tC'.EAd)s, to .rni~ the .h.~ps; ;j]J more moderate knee ~lJlltg1..e ~ef.l!E~d"t:e.s: f:o,~ 1l1.C1.~ par-aUd, '~[) tht t{[lt~Q (fUg(:ln .3rQ)" Pe.e~ tQ@ (111" d{],wJ]. .:;:.rre' c:an:Lmoruy :;:.eel] in I1.Q'Lrjee lifbfl:J::S, 'who have ye[ W le,;;uIl hOVl.' ~~ we me hips -and legs,
,F-JfjUf;I1. !lO. T co ,iilIlle!;' '~d¢'~ II;" ,Ic~ct!l, 'W j)"IJI'!Il till &y, I!'DWi:eclmJiq~~. Sinii'1' ,red ~i e ed ptl ~!b r.mm ru:!1l._
T.hi;S'~ 'no ,0 say that al~ li[~f:rs widt th -~ir ("Crt up iItrulil'::, d]e hips 'will ,lDrid~E. Ih.u m.o::;t ijft~e:r.s thlli hrid~ do so with narrow feet l~J?' UIII,def' th~ .hipr.s. One eorrectien fo.1" t:hi~s; ,i~ to! mQ''!,i''~ m liJier":s- [ee~ GU,!;. to ;:!i
',s;i,gNI.Mic.w;tily. w" dgr position, w:here ~o ,'1,': p~.-p] find! i' ,d±IliC:l,l~:t to b:r:~cilgie becaese dIe' sl~.ck has b~n taken out Qif '~b.t; om P-5"
P,mpa~ foot :p-otL~i'O[iJ ~no.Dwdl be n IE a~"1St '~he :IilOOT'SO dliU. h~J:s can be-used: _ilil;! ib~~ of ~hC" drive up ,th!t. h~g5 (i~gm~ 4r I), Ai w~di QlQ.5it ,o,ihu 'mmg:s in me: we-.iJgh:m: room, hr:e:~s, ,~ei:d to. 00 down" If. the Jiher i:5 il'IP' [)in :bjs- tees, ,be ,C .JlM[ IJJ)5'e ,the. fOl'iee of knee ,e~tensiCFJl ~gilrly ~ efIici.en:tly ~ he eil!n i"f heels are ,ptan~ed arui 'me ;;mkle ,iSl, rem(ivf;.cd from tile l..mnetLc d:i:~m" Ju~ like. die. wri~t,;, the ~(ijkl~ is arI, 1litil.neceS1S~fj' piece of' Uo:pplne:sSl ~h1if s~ouJd not he d~(lwed, '[0' (lQ1l],Plrom"!I-' powel' transmissicn, And ;Lf tit die is p~~I'J;t;n·:..£ie-Ked (i:1i t:er.llu fu.\"Ored) by' 5C~ellJil[fics :IS opposed to the more obvious ~nkl'f! ,ext~mi't;ln) i ~.e
tQ'tee obta~iIled is J31rectW, u~, ,:ral.{i~g ,the kiili:~ ~~nd c1X];lci~g 'th(! mroe' ge.liil)e:nlJtedi by :lime-eo
.ex_J:~;l1s~all to he iIlii',eet'eil ,~f. ol, cslighrly' diff~K~'t [Ingle 1.lIp. the i~,g:s" .
IIibij~6:. ~~~~ as !pLm~. ~Q ~i~'I!~U:~ ['h~ tfc:~,t oi!":t'liIoll!itr' tf~ri1~~S hi nrutir.' to :l'!1n,ill.1l11io pW_Pl!:r iPQ~iti',o!7l.
'f.l~ere ~ peup]~ _. i!;~1!,]!aJlr C~l)Uf~'i '~n,\j:t'iefS~ fi;~s ,eJJiII:,hilJ..'i;_~, O:F' ,~:Ll~d ,F,H,)i'W:BruiIersr - who iJ]s~st .on b8l:l!cA1ill,~ 'W'1:dl dteir :teet. up ern, ~h,e bei'td:Jlj 01[:" p{).S$i;b.:tr held. 'U;P in me ~i"r' ~guj;1;:' 42)" The E!flie(~t 'Clf tim, is· '~, ,elill1llml[e tke effective. me 017 'the 1.1)i~~8r' body during, ~h~ mli'io!'f:iTIt!"Ji't lind 'Ii!o :makli: 'thiii' ibenin press, h,u-d~r. "fhls, mif:~t be u:ref~l to ~,:;Li;:b v: anced trainee whQ! far l\"aiious :pD:&si.bl.e fiea.s~s,; ~ na~ 'p~r~i~tlirir ~OJi~r.[.iIed, with
oolJi!;;:hing, hoo'lf: weigi:u~ hut who
~mI.:r.s t~ wo.rk :ham dilJl rlr:l.g the
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exercise. It is> a~oo, userul in. t~:e' CUSe' .iJf:lll -li'liIll).ee wiTh ~Wf r back .ill] U1.'}' ·l.ha~ .. makes s.pwai. ~xi!'e!i.'l!s..io:t'Q. pwt~~'!!fll·~,. djs~![':~",ci~~g~ @f O'~hetwi5e 1C·~.t1t:r.iil1:dlcalJed1 bu.'): 'WlLO :sull illee&~; '1;,0. beach, ']f rou find. t1oli~ an 1iJ!nililj:I!tr¢d. ~tai[)le~ ~~rutlJH, LiO :p\t"$~r .bis [~~t '~f; h m ~gh~ be d~e tll} lower bll~ d:.i~O:mIlfolrt ;earned by alack of huno.lrl" :I1ex.~hili!t)rj if the spjlllal [ig<limeJiiLt'.S are too.tight· to pel'u'!Il[' the d~.el'ee ol spi;nr;J ei~enS\.LD'!lI, d:L'll'!i:' the tIlormal. bench positio:L'!I. r.eJi.uil'ei. S![r.-ei:ehifJ:g us, .m ~r.de;f •. ,Al,'jj U~~ifiJ.ure~. t~_i·~.e~ sho-iJld be- able '[o·lt;ee.p :h~~ fee,t dowf.t. Blo~.ks ~r ~~f.bd~. -pll.a.te.s t~il b~ uid '00' arld .height to 'tile. flo-\')[ for ,th~ti:e jnflcxilik pCQ,pfe 'Utilil '~bJ:r ~tr,iet:h ,0l;1Jt, '~r to ac!:o:mmod.<Ii~f!' sl1:o.ffe r- l~~& trainees (It:i~.re ';-.3)" The lret .e:f.ftec.it ,of the '1Il!s~ of ~he ]O'~,f 'body is m irlC"i'<t9ie the ~eigh:[ rh'at: <Lan be ·M[edl'bu~. the exercise em s:r:m !be done ''ii'.\1: n heut :UL The ded;sloi!J! 00 'ii'~l,o~~- a fOOI":'U,P bench s;~}o:uld he m.acdc~if :an, .itilfll}f':med 'L~ge+l who t{!al~ze-~ the be[llettt.s of ~:.rninirig around m,~<m1e5. hut 'w:ihQ '011;0 [\~Miz_~· the ]im1.1tcioru; of dO'~g h" 'tAm 'wm,j'_
For. r:e!lwm; that :are .rood}' IIJ:n.dersiloQdl the 'VIISii:' IN.1IjO:f:.L(:f' oJ r-.mk. .nov.~re- trainees ''W"9:ffil'jl 0'-1 'd'!:E! he-1llvics'~ ~et In;[ dl~ 'WOiitkO'I;.1.t ~!ild M 'l"~~€ [',ep !they miSiS~ diD a. Vf'1:'1 :SU'ill:l!g.e· tklilg e . ru )r,D'U!I." ~t"oliE!~~ ,F.t~ :itw::k in 'tM- m~d;d!e oj; the 'tttP h~ .mg:!>s:es~ h~ '~H1 kicl-i;. O<.n~ :Foo~ o.u~ ~1' reflexiv"il.y -strnigh~e:IJii1;g thIn knee. Y d!l1 wi~~ lee ·this ooc.ur. ~:f y-ou hil~ Ilot; illl1'l"~ltdf. Ir. s-houkl :5tup by l-he second ar ·!thUd. wo:r'ko~.t as .1:111:: g.al'118 'm,QT'E contml over .h.~ mevemeets, '[f m:t doesn't, r-ou 'will ha~ to f~ug hl~ o\'tmet11ti~,tI C1nJ \~hh probl~m. ,;1!r.td. tell hhu [0 :pia:rai: b.~ 'fUt. 11l1~s is a ~u·,mg,e' ph.~n,tUtl;eIlOr:l'i s;ti[t i 111, s~n;_h of an ll.'XipbmtLOIiiI •
. 8.aiclt,~·~tgl,~'{nfile:k.i.~ le'j1m~
T aBriI'- the h~r {'.I1,l.'~ Il~ ~he :~k 3f'!!d. :p'iiu:.tinG; :i~. back I~ay ~e~iiiil ~i~e :r~:d'iL~r .imioruO-U!i. p1in5: ·of: t1]i2: S,lt,-eI'(:I;s!t: and m.'Os~ ItIo:iinttlS and (;oll:~h~ give: it nc dioYf;lh t. f~il.:a:5e:· be ~Vl'Mc of thr;: filC't 'lhiili: ;l!~y time a l,?~d~d bru:.us Iecated ilIi:foIVe [he f.].'j:~· -,ililllll tnro,Jit' of ii'L 1.+yerur.oJd kid, hdd u.p I[]~llr by the k:~dJo ,j!'0'U' h:!l"!;"'f:.:!i. :pQ'i:enti:.d srlery siitld.-1irion. The unr a ckJ f'i:'I.d~ p:ooced.ltJir-e [UretlS; to be cllen[' .from t~\e h~gi·n.ui:r:tg olE 'i:.~e I!;e~d!!i:~g prt)Ce~. A~ all times! 'when the ha!r. is !i:llCf'ltii1,~ Diller the. :bee 1I<ll;d t:fu.[Pllt coming olLU of a~ _gol;mtg Q.;tik inro the· r.t}'l;k;. '~hc dbow~ mN$~' be '~@~k~;J crlL~l st-.r<1igh~.
\'V.h.eil un •. rncki~g me bar~ t.he·'elbom must .ku:koui: wMe. the. bae is :ni1l1. ov~r tbe' .honks oJ '~he r.tc_k;.Thi~, ~1:e~~ iliat rll~ db-o·w:!;l Jr.b.'e- d:te bar up aJ..iJTIg, 'me u.prighiJ[s ll:l:1ti!. they lQ",k4JUi!j .1nd .. IfJ:JJily- 'tb.~IiI, do~ d~t.:: 'btu :Ii[JiO''Iji~ down O''l,ljr.;t thlti ,ni.pp]t:!5 re ,t<ht:· S!'_",,!I~rt pws,hi(;!g:~ •. M~c:il.l1 trainees g{'[ in the b;tbiE of taking'me blU' out on oom e-1b~i'.'n;, i:11!i1.d. !)[r.Hi5htfi'nimlg them out 0l!S dte'}' mocv¢ (he bar -dOWil. NOI ~PGd~ The UiCBPS: sheuld Took tlie elbows; ,Oi'ir~r rhe ,mdt hooks stl iba~ dt~, bUi'iItis ·of '~he afit\ ~r,~: Iil !!l. ~~tat~n'r 1i~ile ~nd (he: weJ:·gb'E is: king s!upporte:d, by me .s;k~etil GOImfl0[te;rJi!t!Ji' mSIii~~d. or the musdes when the bnr m('Ji.\'U !O''''~r We ht!~J ij:nd neck
The bar .should mOille .all m,e 'W<I!¥ .out 0''!,.''e.1!'' the ('best, to t~,e ~tarit .po:s.i!tio:lil_;, 'without s.to.P.PIi!l!i .abovle the ·chht 'OIL m.ro~;1,:, Ir is; CO.tl'l!lllOIl to see fIIQVi~]"es; '~QP the bill" sniO'TI: of t~.e S1L~Fl;h'!!g pO'~iicl'OjiJ--t low~!' ~b.e' £L~t ,t'(.'P '1,)0' '~'he l~::.b.e~~; ~n-d. ,nrally ,ettd up in ~he' c·~m"c~ posi:r:tO'n. jkl;S(' in 't~~ eo ·5t3lt the ~e.(;OIJjd rep, Whm, dtL'l' bar ~e1C5 ~JJ ,t.ht ~r ~hstc ~Ujd. 't~c ·tires hfti;~ fOlJliJid their p'~ilC"e iilgalnst the. ce,~lin.g, the 01<11'" sho!:ll]cl, start dO~1][]. 'bm lIJIm Illllitil then. U he; SlOpS .short .!i:',f"peatecl1.Y'I' point: our i:h'in the 00[' is OVrM:" hi:G. th:ro:u~ :a1i1:d. '~h'iu tl~.e dti'm~ is a ·had. plsee ·~o .Iower [hie b:il:t,.,
. - - - = - - --- -- ····iiiiIrrrn
'Stil~l~' people :se[ if), ~he hahh, @:f ~aki~~ i~ dO'w.~, ee ih~ le:he$~ 'r!gh~, O~n ~f ~~~r.:' ,~k. I'~
. sh~1d ~_lve.r. ,~t.r~ dow~bcfOlre ,it :ts, :M~ pl~t:~, - dJ ere will hi,:: ~r' JP'i!!th prDH~mJ; if it dO~l dne tn 'ci1f! Jack ~ ~;'[li ini\i[]l, C(!iJiBg ,rtfet,errce for pmiti,OIlj >l!ld ili~ {<let; that t.he hilltr.' is g.,uil]~ '~ck to- a dliffcte:tj.t pIace th~n ii~ :S~ill'[~rl frti:lith. It nukes ~e. fil'&'t 1~f'P d11Jete,m £',mm, ]:ne l'tE.1tt ones, I~ iPi[ifl"le.n.~, '[he. ,liflDflj: fruf1IJJ g~et;d!fli 11, rg;~od. dgh'[ ,s~r.t .;uil [h~ :rep~ ~~~c"e' :shO'li.!lders i.fid \'IPiPiOit" Ib~a ~!ilJ;fj'ot ~e' ,r;or.n:cdy ~t;;t, '~lii~ ,tbt ~aj" i;5 in :po.sitioo lover '~hL':'t'.hJ!:.5!t., Am it: ~ndiC"i1,tl~~I,1' lack of
; "ni= '1_, 1 t .] ]
~ft<tl~n~, an 1J.[]i,'i/iI"ll.llan~ne:iS 00' ml'l;.~ t le' te,w !E'Jol:tOL seooDltl;S to PiI',gp.l:liil:"<e !p['ope;r 'f"
raiklng ,i~ CO:i,ree~y doo~ the iSe~, ,~~, :£~~i~~d. dlte m;~de~., TI'lJi;s i~ n!(:~r~ny ",,""he:n>' a 'W1f,~k, will OL~r.. If ~Ilt; tr.ii[!£i'! ,m~ssc;,I' n;ht;: rod§; hClOl.~ b~~l;\IlSi1.l !a 'li:red e:~bO<W" is not locked out, and ibe 3po'ite:.r i~, '[lOt paying mte.Llt~mi (beTiev'e: h' or nat, ithis ac.I:U-ilIHy hili,ppe,IJ]~!l, I.:U least one side of the. bar' is" §;Qing '[0 ~me cl,Qwll, 'Wliri:lil-e'v;er' it ~s'! Y'O)l..Lr 'I;.~nees; ,t'!f'U,l.:8[ be~ made m [i:fillsh d~,e I~[ ~'~P ~1I '[~ '~.a'Y '~t). elb~iw l~c'kt)u!t: b.~rion ,they ~(k cll~ ~~r'. ]!~ Is (ol'il,ilrn,oti< '~O se~' Jlmfrnih~[li~' u~inoe$ d,ri~ n::he L;:1;s1 ~ tOW';j}l::'& the :raek right off the m~5t" ,pr.gd~cuIl1g, 'a b~f path ,th a t c[H .. ds O"'I!"let the ,e,y!goo.tl~ l[Ls,read .oF'tbe e'hf'st ~[agruJ~ M). ]f OJ!. be[lldh pre~ is' ll:;om~ to be missed and dIe' :S[po"i!;~er fails! ~:~ is ,trnl.ud" p~Ferdble to ,hawll:' ihe ~i:' eome ~df; dlow,n o.~ the ehest 't!i:3r!l 0[1 the
'EQI set 't:he hilt dow,l'l, on the htiQJ~:sljl"t! t~eY' b@",e, be~'~ thdr I~Jb~w$; ~d, ~he'Y' will e;~ennltt]]r mi-5~.1I hook by' bein g '~OQ' 10'1'11". This same ciId,v.i.ce :apptie:.s to the ~i:U:;, :~O[" ~act~,y. [he' S_:;U-T.iJe reasons,
Som_i.·OXi~ wi.U -d~. ~his in, _YQ:m: li'.~~gh~
roam e.:very Wijlek- - hop~rnL1y wi~hQ1Jt:
t~H~11 b~g 'ill w,r~d!O. '\Wben. ¥,I;I'!;~ '~e it hnpiPetli '1;.i~!'E as ,lU'I!, op'pm:TIll1t~ty 'ito sehool 11J1fe'\rybady on how ro do ,Lt rj:gilt.
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M i ~ is fot aU bfIJthdl,~~i'!fe~\" , .. h·l~ SUPpOf[. fur. '~he bench ,p~s. ,[J], the squat ~Ild de:adlift~ du~ Vil~JV'.l mallh~uYlult ~"5 desctib~, 'ira, 'me' Sq~~ ,"h~pxer) pfQ'I,f,iciles ,iIL~reased: b~ik, StUP:lEI01:':t. In the beL1C',~, p,re,ssoJI it :p'JfO'vides ,!jIUP,P:ott Ear' ,th~, ihc5!!::;, 'Thh 'Pilik.es; 'lrib.e,f@f,r:t] IOf ;~~.ili'f\d, tiig:hmc~s; ehi'{i'1;~sb(l:u1~ the thQ:r;~I;ei~ C'<i:vi:ty ciln'e to ~he' ,n!lliC'.L"'e'Rse in .IP[,e~"E!< :p:,r:O'l'l:ded hy ehe bi'g" held breath. ,A, tight rib~~'(!! ill(T!,~ f~)r :@. PlJo're dfi.r.:-J!ent tr.HiS£-e:r' of ,tpow;er to tih.e bar by,the' rnu~les a:ttiliched to i~ w.hen they' ooLUract'. J~ '~he pee: 1/ii!Jid deh @r.lgit.u: 10\£1, 'Ek ,~e:r.'llan. d16m: w,a,ll cemeaet ugai.ns[ <I., iilght s[r11fcttu'e' i:~;!;t does not move when l:MY (Oin'~("~j 'then ~~(lr,~' 01 n'be fUIi'"@t of ~h ~It C'M1:.rnc:lioTl! Ciliil he tt"".a:tiISfuli~r.ecil. to the'. end. of the kinetic: .;::h'illin t~h'i!J~ ~: rru:)\f(:; wfu,en i!"'5; '~~,ht, Iess fo.rce get'.5 absbiJJ1b~dli Of' ~:~,pe...n~dl bY' :t1I1rn~enreil,t: O[ the ('.st. "This, i~' .~:alo~arn, to trying: '~Q p'ic~ 'IJJI,~ -;a, h.ea.vy 'wo!!iglu 'w:hMe '~fidj'~g :i~ ~, f~~(lI~]iJg'CanQ;e' as opposed to ~lca:~din:g OIn, ~ OOjjJL~e"De drlvew~.r Cf~igl1:re. 45)", This ;~'~}lI(mISS, <iJlon~ 'wi~h '!:ht;: $lipr~J'~ :~ml,ljd:ed ~r d'i1;!' lower boor ~:Q~~,e.cted '~O d:lJe ground! raru_~~,y' increases ,effide'nq in the 'b~[idl 'press, ,AJ~ J1I] the '~$"f!n~oo. ipin1li, p05'~ti(lli, rlrn~ dil~: ~j'(h t~"q~1r.e~ o,n, iht. k.ud:IJj the ~b~ ~ilDnO't cigh'Een. Thi?:Y i::.rulll!Q[, rne.r.efo:re ,iD.er:eils~ intra--:ilb,dQnllool :p:W~$S~!'o!l!'~ a!!ld, ~n.nOt l~o:~J;:ribl;iit.e ~o 't,~e 1'I,1;i2(nl;:d ,i:i;ilIt~'3;;le ,i;n, ~f:i.rif"ll·:t:I"nr.1!Ide- pr~s.slJ1t-e.! 'th,u~ mdcing ,th~ big' ~r,-,eill,th, 'the sole :ro\:!!!1:',~ 10:£' S!l,!Ipp~n $o,l' 'tlue clii~"$~.
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