Chest Exercises
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Friday, April 25th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Chest
Other Muscles Worked: Triceps, Shoulders
Equipment: Barbell
Mechanics Type: Compound
Dumbbell Bench Press Instructions:
Sit down on a flat bench. Pick the dumbbells off the floor and rest them on top of your legs. Kick back with your legs and rock onto your back. Puch the weights straight up with your palms facing your feet. This [...]
Board Press - Chest Exercise
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Chest
Other Muscles Worked: Triceps, Shoulders
Equipment: Barbell
Mechanics Type: Compound
We love all aspects of Lumber Liftin. The 3 Board Press is one of the front runners for all time best max effort movements for the development of the bench press. For most the 3 board press will position the bottom of the lift (when [...]
Bench Press With Weight Releasers - Chest Exercise
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Primary Muscle: Chest
Secondary Muscles: Triceps
Equipment Needed: Power Rack, Barbell, Weight releasers
Mechanics Type: Compound
Exercise Description: A few years ago, Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell Club wrote an article about using de-loading weight releasers for a special max effort method we were using for the box squat. I’ve spent the past year trying to find a way [...]
Bench Press With Bands-(Chest Exercise)
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Chest
Other Muscles Worked: Triceps, Shoulders
Equipment: Barbell
Mechanics Type: Compound
Using Bench Press Bands - By: Louie Simmons
Powerlifting Bands and Chains
There are many keys to success, but two invaluable ones are accelerating strength training and accommodating resistance by add-ing chains or bands or sometimes both.
Chains and bands are used in all of our [...]
Bench Press with Chains - Chest Exercise
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Primary Muscle: Chest
Secondary Muscles: Triceps
Equipment Needed: Power Rack, Barbell, Chains
Mechanics Type: Compound
Chain Reaction: Accommodating Leverages
By Louie Simmons
www.Westside-Barbell.com
Because the human body is stronger at some positions than at others, we are limited as to the amount of weight we can use in a certain movement. For instance, you may be able to do a quarter squat [...]