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Saturday, November 15, 2008

The Shoulders of Giants

Once upon a time, I had no delts.

Nothing. Nada. Zip.

In fact, in the eighties, I was the queen of shoulder pads.

DAMNED GENETICS!
When I started lifting, I could NOT connect to my delts. I tried millies, all the machines, lateral raises, laterals with static holds… nothin’. Invoking once again the wisdom of Dave Tate: “you can’t flex bone”. (I’ve noticed you can’t flex fat either. So much for “toning exercises”!) (more…)

posted by MariAnne at 1:18 am  

Monday, November 10, 2008

Glute Ham Raises

Glute Ham Raises are among the most effective training modalities available for hamstring work. With no attached weights or moving parts, you would think more gyms would invest in this simple, basic piece of athletic equipment.

However, there are a few pretty major problems with GHRs:

  1. They’re hard as hell (more…)

posted by MariAnne at 1:12 am  

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