Posted in Weight Lifting on Jul 2nd, 2008
Keeping the bar above the center of your feet ensures stability. Moving the bar in a straight line is more efficient: the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line. Here’s how to push/pull the bar in a straight line.
Posted in Weight Lifting on Jun 12th, 2008
Holding your breath while lifting increases blood pressure. Some will therefore tell you to exhale on the way up. Wrong. Weight lifting increases cardiovascular fitness. Your heart learns to deal with the increased pressure.
A variation of holding your breath is grunting or yelling. Tennis players are best known for yelling when hitting the ball. Kib started a thread in the Forum called “Anyone a grunter?”. It inspired this post.
