The Deadlift is a very demanding exercise, one that puts extreme tension on the lower back, legs, arms, traps, forearms and the hands. With this in mind in order to pull a maximum lift our deadlift grip must be strong enough to handle the load while under tension. There are various forms of deadlifting: sumo [...]
When people think of the deadlift they mainly think of either the conventional style or the sumo style. Both of these are the top two deadlift techniques commonly used by strength practioners today. However, there is more to the deadlift than just the norm. One of the deadlift techniques that I have started to implement [...]
by admin on April 18, 2012
4/16 1a)barbell bench 2b)db incline 3c)Dips I pushed the volume on the dips, everything was in the heavy range of 3-6 reps. Except on db incline it was for 2×20 finished with a nasty abdominal circuit. Dips were heavy for 2×6, then a set of 16, then 12 finally bw for 30 4/17 1a)Incline rows [...]
by admin on April 15, 2012
In the previous Human Jack article I talked about the template that I used to pull my personal best deadlift of 660 at 198lb bodyweight. Now I’m going to teach you about some other deadlift technique that I use to assist in building my deadlift to an even higher strength level. The following exercises show [...]
by admin on April 14, 2012
Have you ever wanted to be like Superman & have the power to lift up a car and move it if you felt the need? The best way to build this type of power is to get off your arse and start deadlifting. The dead lift in my opinion is the hardest lift you can [...]
by admin on April 13, 2012
by admin on April 12, 2012
Today was “outstanding” Chest/Back High volume, pre exhaust first. Flat flyes 4×15 Decline BB 1×10, 2×8 Incline DB 1×10, 2×8 Flay DB 3×8 Cable Crossovers 2×15 Dips 1×30 Back All cables Rope pulldowns around the rib cage 2×15 Rope pulldowns behind the head touching the neck 1×15, 1×20 Close grip overhead pulldowns 2×20 You only [...]
by admin on April 10, 2012
seated bent over laterals 3×8 with 45# dbells side laterals seated 3 sets to failure 25, 35, 40 standing double front raise same weight 25, 35, 40 db upright row 25, 35, 40 Numbers 2,3,4 were done as a tri set with no rest between sets. I maintained 12 reps on all setsand all exercises. [...]
by admin on April 10, 2012
3-21 Deadlift (first time since christmas eve) 500×3, 585×3, 605×3. I felt very strong and could have pulled a personal best with the 605. 4-1 Bodybuilding training: Db bench 4×12 with 75′s, decline bb 4×12, crossovers 4×12, chins, low row, 1 arm db row & scarecrows with rope all for 3×15 The chest work was [...]
