Recent content by redleg

i'd have to agree with them on your goals. if you're trying to gain muscle i'd limit cardio to no more than 60 minutes a week at a THR of no more than 70% you MHR. however if you don't mind just being skinny with 0% BF than go until your heart pops. just remember to switch it up so you don't...

when you say cardio, do you just mean running? or "cardio" because you can do "cardio" everyday. just have to vary it so you don't over train one particular body part

tx rugby 8, sounds like my kinda exercise. nay ideas of where i can find some pics or vids of it in action. i love trying new exercises i need varitiy in my work out

thanks guys i understand how i should work them but what i am trying to get at is is it really that importnant towork them to improve my squat?

leather face gets and A

i do pull thrus already but i feel them more in the hips than hams, and glutes.

i never wear a belt for DE. it shouldn't cause any back pain.

i never wear a belt for DE.

IMO wraps can't be too tight for a heavy squat. the tighter the better for me. if you can bend your leg with out heavy weight on your back you didn't do it tight enough. i can normally get close to 50#'s with just a good wrap

forgot where i read it but i read you do them rounded with a cambered bar. my gym sucks all they have is that cambered curl bar..

should i work my Abs to help increase my squat? i do some ab work but generally light. should it be worked like my legs?

ok my gym sucks!! i do squats for my main exercise, but all they have for hamstrings is a prone leg curl machine. the one with the independant legs. so all i have been doing for hams is straight leg D/L's; or romanian D/L; or the prone leg curls. any suggestions for exercises i can do with...

Well, basiclly a concentric muscular contraction is one where the muscle is shortening against resistance and an eccentric contraction is one where the muscle is elongating against resistance. It's important to have strength concentrically and eccentrically, especially with opposing muscle groups.

what kind of insole are in your shoes? have you tried any? arch supports? dr sholls dynasteps? do you pronate or over pronate?

that trapezius upper stretch works for me i do it all the time. also for upper back in general you don't need to hang from a bar or anything you can just extend your arms out forward and rotate your shoulders forward so that your shoulder blades spread and stretch your upper back. that works...