Tukish Get Up

Posted: 04.21.10 Tags: , , , , ,

What is a Turkish Get Up? It sounds like something you would dress up as for Halloween but that is not the case You may have not seen this exercise before. You may have seen someone doing this in the gym and thought to yourself “What the heck is that?” A Turkish Get Up is [...]

Interview With "The Glute Guy" Bret Contreras

Posted: 04.12.10 Tags: , , , , , ,

Rob King Interviews “The Glute Guy” Bret Contreras Tell me something, do you train your glutes?  If your answer is NO my question is why not? Reasons you SHOULD Train Your Glutes -Major source of lower body strength (better squats & deads) -Reduction of lower back pain and injury prevention -Improved sports peformance -For motivation [...]

Bench Press Alternatives

Posted: 02.02.10 Tags: , , , ,

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If you are looking for Bench Press Alternatives, this blog post will help you. I love to bench!!  Well I “used” to love to bench.  I don’t bench much anymore.  I have nothing against the bench press (Except it is a ego lift more so than a productive lift), nevertheless I love benching. These days [...]

How Much Ya Bench? – 5 Tips To A Better Bench Press

Posted: 12.03.09 Tags: , ,

It is probably the most over rated lift that there is but everyone loves to Bench Press (myself included).  There are many better lifts that can be done for upper body development but there is no escaping the “How much ya bench?” Question! Here are 5 easy training tips to improve your Bench Press! 1. [...]

Why you shouldn’t Bench Press on Monday!

Posted: 11.30.09 Tags: ,

It’s a new week! Monday, back at the gym! There is a good chance that most of the people in the gym on a Monday were not in there training on Saturday & Sunday, or for that matter maybe not Friday either, after all, its Friday!. But Monday….NO ONE misses Monday!  It’s a new day [...]

Just got in my Fat Gripz!

Posted: 08.27.09 Tags: , , ,

Well yesterday I got in my order of Fat Gripz for Bushido and my own training. If you aren’t familiar with them they basically make your bar thicker! Pretty simple hey. But in doing this it requires more bicep and forearm recruitment while training and also really improves overall grip strength. If you arms are [...]