For full bench press tutorial, see our How to Bench video, our Extended Video Library or written guides on this movement. Lift your bottom leg up until it touches the bottom of the bench. For full size plates, we recommend using a block height of 1-4 this tends to be enough to overload the movement, but not so high that our mechanics, pulling technique, start position, and bar path are drastically different. In this position, slowly control your descent back to the bottom (DBs near your hips). For these, start standing upright with feet together on an elevated surface (roughly 2-6). With a barbell fixed in a low position in a squat rack, hang underneath the bar with your feet on the floor and your hands spaced bench press-width apart, holding the bar with a supinated (underhand) grip. Alternate for the prescribed repetitions. Reach up and hold onto the table, with your hands spaced shoulder-width apart. Inverted Row (Regular Grip); Pronated Grip Inverted Rows (At-Home version); DB Row; Cable Row; Chest Supported Row; Machine Row; Pull Up; Chin Up; Lat Pull Down. From there, (rather than lowering your arms back down to your sides, as you would in a traditional DB Lateral Raise), keep your arms at the same height and bring them forward until your hands are in front of your torso (horizontal adduction, like a DB Flye). Scap Pull-Up on Lat Pull Down machine; Cable Lat Pullover; Scap Push-Up. On the leg press machine, load weight appropriately (roughly half what you would use for a regular Leg Press, or more conservatively if needed). Option to scale down by using the modified demo linked above (moderate) by keeping your hands down by your side rather than overhead. Set up with a wide stance (feet externally rotated) and hands inside of your legs, with a DB standing vertically between your feet. Set up by wrapping a band around an upright pillar or column, and step one foot into the loose end of the band so that the band wraps behind your knee. Perform these with a slow and controlled tempo for the prescribed reps. Reverse all steps to come back to the starting position. Setup a barbell on a squat rack at about elbow height. Once you reach a full contraction, pause momentarily to avoid any rebound off the bands elasticity, and return to the start position with control. Starting in a plank position with one hand on the floor, and the other on a slider, paper plate, or magazine. Set up in a kneeling position. Pause and flex your tricep while holding the position at the top, then return to the start position and repeat. Start standing upright with a single KB in both hands, and feet roughly hip width apart. We offer strength, and make strength attainable for all women. Set up on the floor with a light dumbbell, shaker cup, or other small implement by one of your hands. Think about leading the pull with your elbows, tucking your arms back to your torso throughout the repetition. When your elbows reach parallel with your torso, perform a slight pause to avoid any momentum (unless a specific pause or tempo is prescribed) and control the movement back to the starting position. This exercise can be scaled easier by substituting the barbell for another weight implement (DBs or KBs), or performed bodyweight. Stop at parallel and return to the start position. Grab the band with a double overhand grip. Take position sitting upright on a bench, block, or chair, with a short band wrapped around your knees and your legs together. Focus on keeping the ribs tucked down and pelvis neutral to your spine. Squeeze your butt and drive your foot through the floor, extending until your hips are in line with your torso. Walking Lunges; Reverse Lunges; Box Step-Ups; Split Squat; Front Foot Elevated Split Squat; Single Leg Leg Press; B-Stance Squat. Switch opposite arm/opposite leg. Aim to keep your shins near vertical throughout the repetition to better target your glutes. Press into the band by pushing the knees out in the squat. Pancake Tacos w/ Grilled Peaches and Bacon By JamaRR Royster (@pancakegawd) Estimated Serving Size & Nutrition, Copyright 2018 STRONG STRONG FRIENDS. Feet Up Bench Press). Do not completely lockout knees, but take note to keep legs more intentionally straight and maintain the same knee angle and a vertical shin during the entire repetition. Repeat. Keep your arms straight and hanging down in front of you. Control your slow negative and keep your back flat. Retract your shoulder blades and reach your palms to the ceiling (this is the I movement of the exercise). Perform your flyes by squeezing and contracting your pec in order to bring your arm arm towards the midline, while maintaining a constant slight bend in the elbow. jumping pull-ups, assisted negative pull-ups, negative chin-ups, negative pull-ups. You can opt to extend legs for a more difficult variation. You should feel a light stretch in the abdominals. Laying on your back, raise arms overhead and extend your legs and feet. Perform curls using DBs or a neutral grip bar. Control your pace and do your best to keep your hips and shoulders square and balanced despite the resistance. Set up with feet wide and hands inside of legs. Banded Lateral Raise; DB Lateral Raise; Prone Incline Y-Raise; Overhead Pressing variations; any other shoulder exercises. Slowly move opposite hand and knee to move forward and then backwards. See the demo link above for more detail, as an example of 3+3+3 Iso-Hold Curls. Continue alternating sides for the prescribed duration or repetitions. Then immediately drop to Position 3, dropping to your knees and finishing your set. Perform as a static hold at the top of your pull-up position for max time. These can also be performed weighted by holding a DB or KB (goblet style), pair of DBs or KBs (at your sides), or holding a weighted book bag (worn on your back, held goblet style, or tucked to your chest). Then, turn around so that you face the anchor and your upper arm is then in front of your torso (position 2), and perform the prescribed rep range. Lift the band straight up toward the chin, leading with the elbows and keeping the band close to the body. Begin performing your curls by squeezing your hamstrings, focusing on squeezing your hamstrings as you drive your heels back towards your hips, all while maintaining the same femoral (upper leg) position. These can also be prescribed isometrically as a Banded Front Raise Hold. An exercise prescribed with 3 RIR would be a solid effort, but the set would be less challenging and the lifter would have ~3 reps left in the tank at the end of their set. Laying on the ground on your side, extend your knees so your whole body is in a straight line from knees to hips to shoulders. On a good day, this is a weight you might be able to hit for 2-3 repetitions when just starting out. Then with control, return them to their starting position. Start in a plank position with sliders, paper plate, or towels on each foot. Contract your tricep and push the band back to straighten the arm. Begin your rep by descending your body and leaning forward. Pull the weight directly towards your face while keeping the upper arms parallel to the floor. Any Delt Burnout of 15+ reps to failure; DB Lateral Raises; Prone Incline Y-Raises; Band Pullaparts; Face Pulls; DB or Plate Front Raises. As soon as you land, jump back up and bring your feet together and hands back to your sides. Once you reach a full contraction, pause momentarily to avoid any rebound off the bands elasticity, and return to the start position with control. Keep feet in contact with each other and raise upper knee while also extending at the hips (squeezing your butt and pushing your pelvis forward), like a side-facing frog pump. Set the anchor on the lowest setting and connect handles. While maintaining extended arms, bring the handle/band up to roughly nose height with control. stretching the spine and hamstrings. DB Curls, Hammer Curl, Cable Curls. Keep your hands in front of your body to support and catch yourself as you get closer to the floor. If your initial baseline test was a deadhang or negative pull-up measured for time, we would encourage you to repeat that same test, and try to beat your total time score. The more that the front of your hips is pointed to the floor, the more this movement will require contraction at the glutes. Grab the attachment with both hands, and stand upright,with arms down and the weight in front of the thighs. Keep ribs down and glutes tucked, being sure not to get into a hyperextended spine position. Even with limited space, the most important thing is maintaining a square torso position even if you are simply marching or taking a few steps back and forth. Descend back to the start position and repeat. Place your top leg on top of the bench. Walk the hands out away from your body into plank position, then walk the feet to meet the hands. A program is a system of training designed to achieve a goal, which in our case, is to get jacked and strong as heck. Finally, bend your knees until your feet are flat on the floor, bending roughly 90-degrees at the hip and knee (Position 3). Repeat for the prescribed repetitions. Continue descending until you feel a light to moderate stretch in your hamstrings and/or glutes. Try to keep your elbows tucked tight to your torso as you pull the handle down, better engaging your lats. Switch sides and perform same exercise with opposite arm and opposite leg. Start by performing Banded Tricep Pushdowns for the prescribed reps/time, then immediately grab a dumbbell and perform Banded OH Tricep Extensions for the prescribed reps/time, followed by Banded Tricep Kickback for the prescribed reps/time. Finally, step closer to the cable rack until you are almost standing above the pulley, and keep your upper arm directly by your torso perpendicular to the floor (position 3). Half Get-Ups; Turkish Get-Up Position Repeats; Windmills (standing or half kneeling); Suitcase Walks. Lower your body until your elbow joint reaches 90-degrees, and then press yourself back up to the top by pushing into the bench. Stand upright, with your hand on a sturdy wall, beam, doorframe, or squat rack for support. Lower back down and repeat. Maintain tension during the pause, and drive back up to complete the rep. Board Press, T-shirt press, DB or Machine Bench Press variations, With one hand and one knee on a flat bench, row a dumbbell in the opposite hand from the bottom of your range of motion to the lower rib cage. Standing facing the cable machine, grab the bar with an overhand position at shoulder width apart or wider. Set up a band or cable pulley with a single handle attachment in a low position. By prescribing your volume work for the day as a percentage of your Top Set rather than a (somewhat arbitrary) Training Max or All Time PR means your training can be tailored based on your specific capacity on any given day. Lying face down on an incline bench, hang your arms straight up and down (perpendicular to the floor). Turn over, and finish with Seated Incline DB Lateral Raises for the prescribed reps/time. If a hamstring curl machine is unavailable, these can be substituted byusing a band or swiss ball. Start on the floor in a quadruped position (hands and knees down), with your arms shoulder-width apart. From there, you can screenshot still-frames of your video to be used for yourcheckin. Lift your hips off the ground, and maintain a neutral spine by tucking the ribs and squeezing the glutes and abdominals. Lat Pull Over (DB or Cable); Vertical Pulling movements (Pull Ups, Chin Ups); Horizontal Pulling movements (DB Rows, Barbell Rows, Inverted Rows, Chest Supported Rows, etc. Then with control, return them to their starting position. If comfortable, a skip can be added in between steps. Begin performing curls with your banded arm for the prescribed reps, using a supinated (palm facing up) grip. Stand and hold an EZ Curl barbell with an underhand (supinated) grip, palms facing up/away from your body. Clamshells, Seated Banded Clamshells, Fire Hydrants, Banded Lateral Walk, Monster Walk. Hit record on the video, and step back roughly 10 feet (ensure that you can see your entire body). Starting in a Superman position prone on the floor, extend until your hands and feet are both raised. Lie down on your back with knees bent and a band around your knees. Can also be performed seated on a bench with a band around your ankles, with the other end secured against a strong anchor. Extend the arms out past the seat and complete dumbbell curls. Can be performed bodyweight or loaded (goblet with a KB, with DBs in each hand, or with a Barbell on your back or in a front rack position). Option to hold arms out for balance. Repeat for the prescribed repetitions, then repeat on the other arm. Lower the weight with control again behind your head to return the weight to the start position. Starting with feet together, take a step forward and perform a lunge. Then, move the remaining two appendages (left hand and right leg) to follow suit. Barbell/Bentover Row; Pendlay Row; Dumbbell Row; Inverted Row; Chest Supported Row, Single Arm Lat Pull Down. Banded, DB, Cables or EZ Bar OH Extension), then something behind your torso (e.g. Once youve completed all 3 positions for the prescribed repetitions, youve completed 1 set. If you do not feel comfortable sharing, please know that you areinno way compelled to uploadphotos, and you can always tell your coach this with 100% understanding on their end. Elevating your heels will create greater forward knee travel as you maintain your upright torso, meaning more quad-focus and knee flexion during your repetition. Press yourself to the end of the range of motion, pause for one second and return to the start position. Finally, return to an pronated (overhand) grip at a normal position shoulder-width apart, completing the final amount of prescribed repetitions. That means well tell you exactly how and when to increase your Training Max and make real progress. If youve ever used RPE, you can think of RIR as 10 RPE, so a lift prescribed at RPE 7 is the same as 3 RIR (where 10-7=3). Think about pushing the feet through the floor while squeezing your glutes and pushing your hips forward, hingeing at the hips. Hold a dumbbell or kettlebell against your chest, holding . These can also be performed at home or without access to a DB or KB load a backpack or suitcase with books, shoes, and other heavy items, and walk for the prescribed time. Maintaining a fairly upright position, descend in a squat. Copenhagen Plank Raise; Modified Copenhagen Plank; Modified Copenhagen Plank Raises; Cossack Squat; Side Lying Adduction; Hip Adduction Machines; Goblet Squat with Adduction; Hip Thrust with Adduction. More than just exercises, this involved balancing fatigue and volume accumulation, developing skill proficiency and ingraining movement patterns, developing a well-rounded and resilient body, and much more. Standing with your back to the anchor, straddle the band, and pull the handles through your legs and lockout the hips by squeezing your glutes. Unlike a traditional Copenhagen Plank where your foot/ankle is the point of contact on top of the bench, a Modified Copenhagen Plank is scaled easier by instead anchoring at the knee (bent 90-degrees), and placing your shin along the bench shortening the lever arm created by your body. Since we all have different levels of experience and technical proficiency (e.g. Maintain an extended arm position and raise the cable from in front of your hips/thighs to up over your head. See the demo link above for more detail, as an example of 3+3+3 Iso-Hold Lateral Raises. Raise both arms overhead with a slight bend in the elbow. Alternating Side Lunge; Pistol squat; Single Leg Press; any other unilateral lower body movement. Repeat for 3-8 repetitions (each rep is a 7-10 second long hold) if rep range is not prescribed, then repeat on the other side. Finally, turn away from the camera completely, and hold a relaxed pose for a few more seconds before ending the recording. With a slight bend in the elbow and your palm facing towards your midline, slowly raise both arms out to the side until your arms are parallel to the floor and your palms are facing down. The closer you are to being vertical, the harder the push up will be. Raise the hips into a bridge, then sweep your extended leg under onto your knee. Prioritize movement quality and control on this exercise, rather than weight/resistance. Reverse grip shoulder pass through, Around the World, Down Dog Position. Keeping your torso upright, chest tall, and elbows pointed down, squeeze the lats/armpits and lower the handle to below your chin. moving to the third stair) and finish your set. Think about leading the pull with your elbows, tucking your arms back to your torso throughout the repetition. If you are unable to perform holding one end of the band in each hand, you can try standing on just one side of the band (allowing the other half to loop freely between your hands), or opt for the looser tension single arm banded lateral raise variation. Can also be performed holding a single kettlebell with one hand, or one kettlebell in each hand. Grab a pair of DBs and begin to perform a normal bicep curl, with your palms facing up. Loop a band around a squat rack or sturdy alternative at approximately shoulder height, or slightly above, and hold the band with both hands in a pronated (overhand) grip. For the kneeling variation, start in a half kneeling position. Grab the band (or rope) with a double overhand grip. See demo link above (shown as 3+3+3 using a straight bar rather than 7+7+7 with an EZ bar). Perform the prescribed number of repetitions, then switch sides and repeat. Can be performed bodyweight or loaded (goblet with a KB, with DBs in each hand, holding a plate, or with a Barbell on your back or in a front rack position). Keep ribs down and glutes tucked, being sure not to get into a hyperextended spine position. Start with bodyweight or PVC pipe, and then advance to an empty barbell after regularly programming the Jefferson Curl for 4 weeks. Set up for a squat in a high bar position (bar resting on top of your shoulders). Can be modified by performing on knees (scaled easier) or by elevating feet (scaled harder). Barbell loaded or banded; Back extensions; Reverse hyperextensions; Stiff-Leg or Romanian Deadlifts. Repeat for the prescribed repetitions, then repeat on the other arm. Lower back down with control and repeat. Control the speed and distance the by engaging the core. This is a more advanced Push-Up variations we will cover, and is very tricep dominant. Aim to maintain band tension throughout your step. Place your top leg on top of the bench. Return to the starting position. Slider Mountain Climbers, Slider Pike, Slider Fallouts, Planks; Hanging Leg Raises; L-Sit. Repeat for the prescribed repetitions. This will increase the effective range of motion of your repetitions. Perform squats to depth while keeping an upright torso. Lower into your start position by reaching down with your arms straight down, hinging at the hip, and bending slightly at the knee. Banded lateral walk, Monster walk, Clamshells, Fire Hydrants. You can opt to extend legs for a more difficult variation. A strength program is more than just a routine. Set up on an incline bench, or angle a flat bench with plates or blocks. Complete for the prescribed reps, then repeat on the other side before taking any rest. If comfortable at a slower pace (marching), a skip can be added in between steps. Banded Glute Kickback; Glute bridge variations (banded, single leg, etc. Hold the band in one hand, and step away from the anchor until there is some tension in the band when your arm is straight out to your side with a slight bend in your eblow. Bench Press the dumbbells from chest level to lockout. I'm the founder of Strong Strong Friends, a coaching team that focuses on using strength to achieve health and fitness goals . These are to be performed with both legs together, unless specified otherwise (e.g. Engage your abs by tucking your ribcage down, then initiate by pushing the bar forward away from your thighs. ), set up in your competition style (regular) bench press. Set up in a staggered stance, and soften the front knee slightly. Unlike a Romanian Deadlift, we tend to think of this lift as bottom-up (starting from the floor), focused on reaching the butt back, maintaining a constant knee angle, and focusing on hinging at the hip. 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