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Review: Barbell Incline Bench Press - Medium Grip

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Nov 26, 2009 2:44 PM: upper chest



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Review: Wide-Grip Decline Barbell Pullover

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Nov 26, 2009 2:04 PM: I tried this with dumbbells and it's pretty intense. You definitely feel it.



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Review: Gironda Sternum Chins

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9/10

Nov 26, 2009 7:28 AM: This was hard for me at first because I have long arms and go around 225. However, I worked from only being able to do 3 reps all the way up to weighted sets of 12's. The key is to not think about pulling yourself up by your arms. Rather, think of tucking your elbows down into your sides. Stretching...+See More



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Tip: Arnold Dumbbell Press

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10/10

Nov 25, 2009 6:18 PM: You have the wrist rotations backwards when lowering the dumbbells. When you start the exercise with palms facing self, hands/dumbbells at shoulder level, and you lift them while rotating them, they both rotate 'inward,' thumbs turning toward your body; your left wrist rotates CCW as it rises, your...+See More



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Tip: Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown

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10/10

Nov 25, 2009 5:15 PM: Anyone doing close, wide, or neutral grip on lat pull down with a straight bar or v-bar, trying doing it without pad that presses your knees to counter the weight your lifting. Man are they painful.



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Tip: Middle Back Shrug

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9/10

Nov 25, 2009 7:16 AM: this is a good excercise, but the blue main muscle picture is awful,yes, it is the middle back but it's the rhomboid.rhomboid should at the between of the scapula.



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Tip: Zottman Curl

Exercise Rating
10/10

Nov 25, 2009 6:12 AM: Try this version of the Zottman curl. Start with your arms at your sides with your thumbs next to your thighs (pointing in or towards each other) as you procede to curl the dumbells up rotate your hands so your thumbs are now pointing away from each other (pronated). Hold at the top, fully constricted...+See More



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Tip: Straight-Arm Pulldown

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8/10

Nov 25, 2009 4:58 AM: I have found that in using a light amout of weight and perfoming the exercise to the true form and focusing on the lat area, works will. Also try leaning forward a little bit, but do not sway your body just hold the position.



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Tip: Bent Over One-Arm Long Bar Row

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Nov 25, 2009 4:46 AM: Allow the weight to give a good strech at the ead of each rep.



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Tip: Cable Crossover

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10/10

Nov 24, 2009 2:32 PM: Great cable crossover workout. I got my cable crossover from Dazadi:
http://www.dazadi.com/Sporting-Goods/Exercise-and-Fitness/Strength-Equipment/Cable-Crossovers/

Now my chest is ripped!




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