Jan
28

Stick It to Your Triceps

By Rob Williams · Comments (0)
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Anatomy of the Triceps

In athletics one of the most important muscles that should be developed are the triceps. The triceps are a muscle group that contain three heads:

  • long head
  • medial head
  • lateral head

If you notice in the picture to the right, the long head of the triceps originates on part of the scapula (shoulder blade). It’s common knowledge that the triceps have the primary responsiblity of extending (straightening) the elbow, but two other functions that are negelected are: Read More→

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bull-strength-smittyWhen I first started flipping through “Bull Strength” I was quite intrigued by some of the exercises along with the unique name given to the manual by its author Joe Hashey.

Over the past few months I’ve gotten to know J-Hash (as I call him) and when it comes to creativity with training he is one of the most creative. It’s very tempting when training for sport performance to think that you need tons of high priced equipment. Now I do admit that I’ve had the luxury to have access and train with high caliber equipment but the bells and whistles ARE NOT always NEEDED or NECESSARY. Read More→

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Jun
17

Can You Overhead Squat?

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"Hercules Hercules Hercules!" - Coach John Lott

When it comes to performing at an elite level, the one thing that separates the elite from the average performers is their hip mobility. The more mobile your hips are the higher your performance. One individual who knows how important hip mobility is Larry Fitzgerald. Read More→

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