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HELPING YOU GET STRONGER SINCE 2004

Structural Balance Test

Preaching. As with nearly everyone else who read the Charles Poliquin article ‘Achieving Structural Balance’ that Alberto linked to recently, I was forced to find out my own current stats. And as I rarely do the exercises listed (apart from the weighted...

Flattened

The Weather Gods were out in force this morning (view from the flat), causing the usual array of wet-weather mischief. Definitely a good time to enjoy the comforts of lifting at home. It’s been a while since I last did flat, common-or-garden variety bench...

Keeping the Chin Up

The temptation to make use of the chin-up bar which forms part of the cage was simply too much to resist, and I decided to change the sequence of things slightly and give my back the opening spotlight. This consisted of a variety of chin-ups (supinated grip) and...