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Working Around an Injury with a Special Sort of Hybrid Seated Row/Upright Row with Mike O'Hearn

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Mike O'Hearn advising a man with a hybrid Seated Row (Pronated Grip)/Upright Row at Gold's Gym Venice, California in a video posted about 7:30 AM PST/9:30 AM CST. At first glance, the exercise looks like a Seated Row, but some might contend it is more like an Upright Row. An interesting encounter with Mike O'Hearn as he instructs an unidentified male adult on a variation of the Seated Row, or what may be better described as a variation on the Upright Row. It looks like a Close-Grip Seated Row, but the man's forearms are pronated during the grip, and the elbows are positioned high. Haven't tried this yet, but it looks like the rotator cuff is not impinged with the pronated grip, which allows the elbows to be tracked higher, which improves the isolation of the posterior deltoids (rear delts). There will be an updated after this motion is attempted in practice. Initially, recommending using a close-grip attachment that has somewhat of a V-shape to minimize radial dev...

Improvised Firefighter Combat Challenge Events for Training

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Improvised fitness test for firefighters (eat_athletics) Simulated stations similar to actual five Combat Challenge Course Events (Evolutions) ... ( TFT® Championship Series - Firefighter Challenge League Evolutions Stair Climbing (Actual: Stair Climb with High Rise Pack) Sledge Hammer Count (Actual: Forcible Entry) Agility Cone Tap Transition (not event) Hose Drag/Pull (Actual: Hose Advance) Tire Pull (Actual: Hose Hoist) Body/Dummy Carry/Drag (Actual: Victim Rescue) fierfighter combat challenge events - Google Search All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by ArlingtonAthletics.com for your specific condition or situation.

Training Methods for Sylvester Stallone for Rocky and Rambo Movies

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Sylvester Stallone training transformation for Rocky & Rambo movies ( Best Action Movies/YouTube ). The video shows the transformation of Sylvester Stallone from an above average athletic physique to a ripped and chiseled physique with extra muscle mass and lower body fat percentage. Stallone used a split routine with two workouts per day for six days per week. Some workouts were four hours long. Different one or two muscle groups were worked on different days to allow focus on a muscle group alternated with rest on another muscle group.  Each workout often involved minimal rest between sets, which kept his heart rate elevated to help burn fat. There was one day every week dedicated to rest, but Stallone also made the rest day an active rest day.  Diet: No mayonnaise. No cream. No butter. Mostly lean meats and fish, eggs and vegetables. Protein shakes throughout the day.  No steroids. All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not n...

Five Shoulder Exercises from Professional Bodybuilder Wesley Visser (Love the Medial Position Recommendation on Horizontal Abduction Machine)

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A complete shoulder workout for the middle deltoid, rear deltoid, and front deltoid by professional bodybuilder Wesley Vissers. Wesley Vissers demonstrates five exercises -- two for middle deltoids, two for rear deltoids, and one for front deltoids. Vissers starts with a cable stack lift, but he raises the pulley to about the level of his hips to get the cable pull vector 90 degrees from the middle deltoid fibers at the begin point and end point of each repetition. He also recommends an ankle cuff to take stress of the wrist. Next, the middle deltoid is worked an a bench set to about 40-45 degrees. Lie on your side with upper body on the up side. Bottom leg is hip flexed and knee flexed underneath. Visser recommends that the top leg is positioned back to permit more range of motion of the side dumbbell raise at the start and end positions. Posterior deltoids are worked using the horizontal hand grips. Visser moves his and position medially to get greater range of motion for each re...

One-on-One Discussion About Training with Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger emphasizes the importance putting your mind in your muscle that your are training and staying in the zone (no phone calls, even between sets) on Arnold Schwarzeneggers official YouTube channel ( @ArnoldSchwarzenegger ). Mind in your muscle -- Mind - Muscle Connection. Stay in the zone. Enthusiasm began immediately when Arnold entered the gym. Supersets - the importance of antagonist exercises. Calf Raises -- his weakest feature became the best in bodybuilding. Conditioning. Good form, cheating, and more cheating. Favorite Superset of Only Two Exercises ... Barbell curl with an EZ curl bar would be his favorite exercise, and triceps pressdown with a cable. Arnold's best barbell curl was three reps of 275 LBS. All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by ArlingtonAthletics.com for your specific condition or situation.

Heavy Shoulder Day With Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger explains how to work on shoulders, like an artist slaps on clay on a sculpture. Exercise listed on a Heavy Shoulder Day by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Barbell Press "Cannot skip this one," according to Arnold Schwarzenegger Barbell Upright Rows (holding the barbell shoulder width) Side Delts (Side-lying dumbbell raises, on a bench) Seated Lateral Raise Front Raises (Arnold Alternates) Bent Over Rear Delt Raises

Keeping the Arnold Press in a Proper Combination of Front Deltoid and Middle Deltoid Work

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When working the Arnold Press you need to start with the dumbbells and elbows held slightly in front of your body with your forearms perpendicular to the floor,  and then press straight up until the dumbbells are in front of your forehead, which is your cue to rotate your elbows out to the side to transition from front deltoid work to middle deltoid work. DO start with your forearms perpendicular to the floor with arms and elbows in front of you. DON'T start with your elbows bent to sharply (acutely) which lets the dumbbells rest on your upper chest and takes the tension off the front deltoids at the beginning of the exercise. DO rotate your elbows outward to your sides when the dumbbells move to the level of your forehead, and continue with the middle deltoid phase of the lift. DON'T rotate your forearms and wrist; you're supposed extend your  Notice the dumbbell handle orientation in 3 positions ... 1. Start (bottom) with handles parallel to the plane of your chest wit...

Jeff Nippard Trains Jesse James West

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Jeff Nippard shows Jesse James West better exercise selections, rep form, and progression load tips (SOURCE: Jesse James West). Back, traps, biceps, hamstrings, quads, chest, triceps. Best tip? Controlling the negative (eccentric phas of a rep). Some Range of Motion tips may be too extreme from some people. See also ... Jeff Nippard - YouTube Jeff Nippard Fitness | Science-Based Bodybuilding All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by ArlingtonAthletics.com for your specific condition or situation.