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Weight training: The Romanian deadlift
A safer alternative for back strengthening
Weight training: Single Leg Squat
Two heads may be better than one, but this maxim often does not apply specifically to training the legs for sports performance – where training one at a time may be better than training two.
The power snatch from hang
The power snatch from the hang is ideal for anybody who needs to develop power through the lower limbs – for example, runners, long jumpers, footballers and rugby players. It is also brilliant for those who need to improve jumping combined with overhead power – for example, tennis players (serving and overhead shots), volley ball players and javelin throwers.
Power Clean from the Hang
The power clean from the hang is a clean where the bar is received in a partial or semi-squat position only and starts from a hang position and not from the floor. This variant provides most of the benefits of the power snatch from the hang; however, as the bar is caught at the chest (or rack) position, more weight can be handled, which means more strength and power benefits.
The Power Jerk
This exercise requires the bar to be taken to an overhead position from the rack position. Athletes such as boxers, athletic event throwers and tennis players can all benefit from the power jerk. The main reason is that force is transferred into the floor, through the body and finally through the limbs.
The Overhead Squat
The overhead squat is a weight training exercise which focuses on increasing the range of movement across the body. This exercise will encourage gains in strength, power, flexibility and coordination.
The clean and jerk : the Olympic bar bear
The Olympic Bar Bear is a weight training exercise which focuses on mobilising all of the body's joints.
The clean see's the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a resting position across deltoids and clavicles. From this position, the lifter bends the knees and then straightens them in order to propel the barbell overhead.
The shoulder press: behind the neck press
The behind the neck press is a weight training exercise which focuses on increasing the range of movement of the shoulder. It also increases an athlete's overhead lifting strength.
The lift is performed standing, which means the abdominals, obliques and back muscles are also developed.
Weight training: weightlifting workouts and exercises
Olympic lifts: increase your strength and power
Bench Press: is it a dangerous workout exercise?
Bench pressing is more likely to injure than improve performance
Using safety gear in the gym
Use the safety gear that is on quality equipment
Women's barbell military press
The barbell military press has no peer amongst other upper body shoulder exercises.
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Women's dumbbell military press
The dumbbell military press is a fine exercise for women who desire strong triceps.
The Gironda Curl
Vince Gironda aka the iron guru was an old time strength and bodybuilding coach. This curl originated in Vince Gironda's fertile mind.
The Lifting Belt
Several different lifting belts shown and explained.
The non supported dumbbell row
The non supported dumbbell row develops not only the upper back but provides a stimulus for growth in the lower back.
Bodybuilding supplements with resistance training
Supplements: why timing is all
Research Round-Up: endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
weight training systems
Weight Training Systems : Weight train your hormones
sports nutrition information
Sports nutrition information: From carbo-loading to nutrigenomics: Andrew Hamilton on the evergrowing sophistication of nutritional strategies in sport
strength endurance
Strength endurance: Power without mass: how strength and plyometric training can boost endurance running performance
sports science articles
The Peak Performance index of back issues
body building
Body building - Why bodybuilding dependence is not just a problem for men
Abdominal strength training- the curl-up
Poor technique compromises the effectiveness of the curl up, so it is worth checking you are doing it right
Weight Training: the romanian deadlift exercise
How to perform the single-legged Romanian deadlift
Human Growth Hormone | hGH
Human growth hormone hGH - Don't waste money - and risk your reputation on human growth hormone; make your own instead!
Steroids in sports: The effects on blood pressure
Steroids - How steroids raise blood pressure
sport specific weight training
Sport specific weight training
Weight Training
Weight Training
Strength Training: weight lifting strategy
Are three sets necessary to optimise your strength?
Creatine: school children under the age of 18 should not take bodybuilding supplements
School children risk causing long term damage by taking bodybuilding supplements
Steroids increase the risk of injury when strength training
Steroids carry injury risks
Arginine
Arginine: In the gym, bodybuilders push heavy pieces of iron around in order to bulk up their muscles, but at their dinner tables they do strange things.. In an attempt to become leaner, they reduce their caloric intakes as they train for important competitions, even though decreased eating can lead to losses of muscle mass.
Weight training
Weight Training: In hopes of improving their raw muscle power, competitive rowers engage in weight training during the off-season, but new research suggests that they might be better off pushing on their oars instead of using weight machines or free weights.
basic weight training routines
Basic weight training routines: Beginning weightlifters don't need to worry much about their number of repetitions.
Bodybuilders: myths about nutrition
Bodybuilders: Myths About Nutrition: How do bodybuilders keep going on this diet of myths and contradictions?
weight training vests | ankle weights
Weight training vests and ankle weights: wearing ankle weights and a weight training vests can help you run faster - but do it slowly
Dangers Of Chromium Picolinate
Dangers Of Chromium Picolinate: If you want to build muscle and lose fat, will a chromium supplement help? Here's a cool look at the facts
Benefits Of Chromium Picolinate
Benefits Of Chromium Picolinate: If you want to build muscle and lose fat, will a chromium supplement help? Here's a cool look at the facts
Dhea Danger | Dhea Benefits | Dhea
Dhea Danger And Dhea Benefits: Is DHEA really, as some suggest, the fountain of youth in a bottle?
weight training for runners
Weight Training For Runners: If you want to improve performance, the cardinal rule is: be more specific.
Strength training exercises programme for women
Strength Training Exercises Programme For Women: Strength training is vital for women, but the programme depends on their event, not their sex.
Endurox | sport nutrition supplement
Endurox: Don't be taken in too soon by the claims of this latest " magic potion"
Achilles heel injury
Achilles Heel Injury Prevention: These exercises can turn your Achilles heel into a rock of Gibraltar
Chromium supplements
Chromium Supplements: Chromium is not all it's beefed up to be.
swimming pools medical hazards
A quick look at the medical hazards of swimming in pools.
Female cyclists | health | nutrition
Female cyclists health and nutrition: A guide to the proper care and feeding of female cyclists.
drugs | female athletes
The Gender Gap 2: Women are getting slower; men are getting faster?
sports supplements
Sports Supplements: Here's a survey of what the nutrition experts take
Bone-strengthening
Bone-strengthening: The remarkable soya bean can help guard against osteoporosis, and that's only the beginning.
Ginseng
Ginseng: Another scientific study gives the thumbs down.
HIV risk and sport
Hiv Risk And Sport: What's the real risk of HIV transmission during sports activities?
Adaptogens
Adaptogens: What exactly are " adaptogens" and can they really help your performances.
Sport by sport diet guide
Sport By Sport Diet Guide: Whatever your sport, nutrition should be an integral part of your training and competition strategy. Although the emphasis will vary according to the activity you're involved in, there is a consensus among sports scientists on guidelines that athletes should be aiming for.
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