Posts Tagged ‘strong’

Latest AMD Video – Get the PROOF!

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

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I’ve been around a long time and I’ve seen most of the muscle building programs promoted on the internet.  And let me tell you something, they are missing MANY very essential components.

I’ve summarized these missing components in my new killer video.  It is the one you’ve been waiting for from me.

It has PROOF!

Proof that AMD works and builds sick muscle.  I know what I’m talking about and guess what, in the AMD manual, I list all of the scientific studies that back up the program!

I think you’ll like this one, you have to check it out.

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Heavy Grip Training Video

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

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Here is an old video of us hitting heavy support grip holds for time on the GRex.

Support grip is one component of grip strength. The others are crush, pinch, wrist postures and hand health.

Grip strength is the forgotten element of functional training and is essential since the hands are involved in all athletic and strength training endeavor (including building muscle or losing fat).

In fact the hands are the end point of the kinetic chain, so they must be developed if we hope to transfer the power created and accumulated from our bodies and express it through our hands.

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LIFTSTRONG – Buy this NOW!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

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I was fortunate enough to have contributed to Alwyn Cosgrove’s amazing collaboration to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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Why You Wearing Your Belt So High?

Friday, March 13th, 2009

You might be wondering to yourself why is Konstantinov, arguably one of the best deadlifters in the world, wearing his belt so high in this deadlift video.

Well, to the untrained eye, his belt is WAY TOO high and he is going to get injured.

BUT,

Upon further inspection, you can see that through the years, Konstantinov has:

- perfected his deadlift form

- isolated and created strength and rigidity in the segments (lower lumbar L2-S1) of his spine that REQUIRE stability

- built up strength, thickness and muscle hypertrophy in the musculature surrounding* the spine in the area that resists anterior SHEAR forces under load.

* Most notably the longissimus thoracis.

When the spine is neutral the pennation of the longissimus aligns at approximately 45 degress to resist shear force, ie. protect your back and provide the stiffness to deadlift or squat without injury.

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So, Konstantinov is using the belt correctly for his body type (antrhopometry).  He is bracing his abdominals outward via a powerful isometric contraction and utilizing intra-abdominal pressure to push out against the belt, which is aligned across the musculature taking the load, ie. the thoracic portion of the longissimus (one of the spinal erectors).

References:

Mcgill – Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance

Eric Cressey & Mike Robertson

Combat Core

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One Arm Floor Presses

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

This video shows one arm floor presses with a dumbbell.  The goal is to isolate the pressing arm with no leg drive.

Benefits:
Build Tricep Strength
Increase Pressing Power
Build Shoulder Stability

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