Mr. America and 2019 Drug-Free Mr. Universe Doug Brignole isn’t shy about emailing me when I’m right—or wrong. It’s the latter this time, and I concur.
I made reference to the “hip-flexion” machine, which it’s often called; however, the movement I was talking about was for hip extension.
The difference is that with hip flexion, the pad is in front of your thigh to train the hip flexors. For hip extension, the pad is behind the thigh.
Hip extension is how you train glutes, so I should’ve called it a “hip-extension” machine. Sorry for the confusion. I will do two sets of 50 searing hell-fire calf raises as penance…
I blame my old-man brain backfire on my youngest daughter’s wedding, a stressful event that happened over the weekend. Cortisol is not a friend of aging brain synapses…
After my error, I was re-skimming Doug’s book, The Physics of Resistance Exercise, after he politely called me out, I again saw alternate dumbbell curls as his ideal exercise for biceps…
I’ve often said that I’m not a fan of alternate movements because one side rests while the other works. I prefer simultaneous curls for continuous tension, as I’m coaching my wife to do in this pic…
But after a previous back-and-forth with my friend and beginning training partner Bill along with Phil Campbell’s Sprint 8 book that recommends pause reps, I’m thinking there may be something to starting from a dead stop at the stretch position. It could activate more muscle fibers…
If nothing else, it’s good change to gain, so I’ve started doing one set of my standing cable curls alternate style and one with simultaneous action…
I’m also experimenting with a brief pause at the stretch on one set of a few other ideal exercises—like dumbbell decline presses—and even some stretch-position moves, like overhead triceps extensions…
In future newsletters, I’ll give my two cents on how it worked—and if I’ve become so massive that I’m scaring the hell out of everyone at the grocery store.
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