- Chalk
- Belt
- Squat shoes
- Writs wraps if needed
- Water bottle
- Extra pair of socks
- Earphones
- Foam roller
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We generally always encourage chalk over wrist wraps. Why? Using wrist wraps will in time decrease the strength of your forearms and we believe in full body strength. Grips/ wraps are generally used because people want to/ can lift more than their forearms can hold. Chalk will really help with this. Maybe you aren’t giving your forearms enough credit, with the right traction you can pull more than you think.
Supersets are a great addition to your workout plan! You burn more calories with higher intensity workouts. The main benefit of supersets is the ability to work more than one muscular region at one time. Like super-setting bench press with pull ups. Or we like supersets that work the same body part, just in a different way, like bench press supersetted with dumbbell flies. You contract the muscles up real tight with a hard set of bench press then get a deep stretch of flies. There are many ways to superset, but they are all intense. Find the best way t superset for your body! Plus, the pump from a superset is unreal!
Our favorite way of explaining the results of distance training compared to sprint training is very simple. Look at the professionals! Long distance runners are thinner, not as muscular, while sprinters are lean, muscular and generally have large glutes and quads. So in deciding which type of training you'd like to do, decide which results you'd rather have. Acknowledging that the best option for for you may be a mixture of both!
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Every set should be all out, fight through the burn! Short rest periods, 30 seconds Warm up:
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Are you ever wondering if you should do dumbbell bench press or flat bar, dumbbell curls or bar curls, or really which one is better? Here are a couple of facts that might help you make that decision. Dumbbells are free, individual weights, doesn’t it make sense that you get more range of motion when doing dumbbells, light you can get deeper on chest press and bring them in to touch at the top. Also, dumbbells have to be stabilized and cause you to use your stabilizer muscles, more muscle use. More range of motion means more muscle break down, giving you more muscle to recover and grow. At the same time, the bar gives you more stability allowing you to do more weight, maybe even more reps. I do love my barbell bench, shoulder press and more, but form and muscle break down are essential to muscle growth. I have to say I believe dumbbell work probably causes more muscle growth.
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