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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

Using safety gear in the gym

Use the safety gear that is on quality equipment


Women's barbell military press

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

Women's dumbbell military press

The dumbbell military press is a fine exercise for women who desire strong triceps.


The Gironda Curl

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

The Lifting Belt

Several different lifting belts shown and explained.


The non supported dumbbell row

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


Sports Nutrition: Increase Muscle Growth and Strength

The Perfect Recovery Drink


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


periodisation

Periodisation: Advanced strategies for bringing your performance to a peak at just the right time


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?


Add some intensity to your weight training sessions by eccentric loading

Eccentric loading boosts weight training benefits


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


Drug abuse: steroids are linked to serious injuries of the triceps and nervous system

Steroids boost injury risk from strength training


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?


Marijuana

Marijuana shown to be a gateway to steroid use in Norwegian teens


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.


Calories and resistance training

Calories and resistance training: Bulk up on calories


Calories and resistance training

Calories and resistance training: Bulk up on calories


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