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Nick McKinless
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Tip #1 - Falling Forward in the Hole
- Keep elbows facing down
- Chest up, head up
- Keep weight on heels
- Force abdominals out, create intra-abdominal pressure with breathing
- Incorporate Anderson (bottoms-up) squats at various pin levels
- Incorporate RDL’s, back extensions, bent over rows, good mornings and pullthroughs
Tip #2 - Not Going Deep Enough
- Work on hip mobility
- Stretch and activate glutes / rectus femoris / psoas
- Work on ankle mobility
- Widen stance slightly, toes turned out, knees tracking over toes
- Incorporate more full range, single leg movements
- Just go lower!
Tip #3 - Upper Back Rounding / Shoulders & Elbows Hurting
- work on thoracic mobility
- develop upper back musculature
- technique, technique, technique
- improve scapular mobility and strength of serratus anterior
- utilize specialty barbells until improvement is seen from corrective exercises
- incorporate more rowing and external rotation movements
- check mobility of opposite hip and ankle
Smitty
If you’ve been visiting Diesel for a while or read any of our articles, you know we’ve been hyping grip strength training for years. It is the endpoint of the kinetic chain and power is expressed through the hands.
Training for his upcoming fight Jens Pulver hits us with a very innovative training tip for grip strength.
Check it out:
Smitty
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