Strange things in the gym...

[b fold the truth]

Well...as many of you know, I'm working as a trainer in the athletics facility at Murray State and you just wouldn't believe some of the things that I've seen...

I saw the basketball trainer telling the girls to inhale when taking the bar down and exhale all the way up...don't hold your breath.


I also sat there and watched this girl who was about 6'1" and 150-170 pounds doing incline bench and every time she got up she spent about 30 seconds holding her shoulder and trying to massage it.

Within 5 minutes I had her doing inclines without pain and holding her air in...

Strange...this guy has a degree and experience...

B True

 

[gymtime]

I saw the basketball trainer telling the girls to inhale when taking the bar down and exhale all the way up...don't hold your breath.

Why is this wrong?

 

[kingc_79]

some people like to pretend they know what their talking about...makes them feel better about themselves

 

[phatman42]

Apparently one of the instructors at my gym told a lad i know there that he needs to wear a belt when he benches.

I'm still trying ot find out who it is so i can "discuss" the reasoning behind this advice.

Now the kid uses wrist wraps and a belt when benching.... and he's still not even near BW bench...

Bah!!! some instructors........

 

[JOKER47]

Re: Re: Strange things in the gym...

Why is this wrong?

Pushing out your diaphragm increases your internal pressure, which assists greatly during heavy lifting. Powerlifting teaches that.

Exhaling during the positive portion of the lift could cause you to lose strength and fail when you shouldn't have.


Maybe someone else can explain that a little better than that.


Joker

 

[b fold the truth]

Re: Re: Strange things in the gym...

Why is this wrong?

Your body is stronger when it is 70% or greater full of air. You are also a heck of a lot tighter when full of air...

It is also near impossible to maintain a tight arch with the shoulders and shoulder blades tucked back when exhaling on the way up. I see people try to exhale on the way up and it automatically causes their shoulders to come fwd...

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[b fold the truth]

Apparently one of the instructors at my gym told a lad i know there that he needs to wear a belt when he benches.

One of the throwers that I'm working with always wears a belt... I was watching him bench press and saw his butt come about 8" off the bench when benching too. We were trying to get him out of this habit and today we discovered the remedy...BOARD PRESSES!!!! If his butt comes off the bench...the boards fall towards his face and hit him in the mouth. Talk about correcting his form QUICKLY!!! lol. He got a good laugh out of it too...lol...thank goodness.

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[revexrevex]

Bfold, what about high reps.. do you exhale when you finish each rep?

I also heard that you should slowly let air out when u reach your sticking point

 

[b fold the truth]

Bfold, what about high reps.. do you exhale when you finish each rep?

I also heard that you should slowly let air out when u reach your sticking point

Hmm...I'm not a guru about weight lifting or anything...but these are just my thoughts...

High reps...holding the breath isn't as important. I do the best that I can. When I rest at the top...I'll exhale and inhale again.

If you listen to a lot of my clips...I am totally silent till I either finish or I am darn near finished with a rep...unless we are talking about events...lol. Events are just so painful and take so much longer that I can't keep full of oxygen...

Does that make any sense?

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[revexrevex]

Definetely makes sense. Also I think its easy to screw up the breathing on bench, but deadlift is totally different, its almost impossible to breath while you are lifting the bar, so the only option is to hold it in