21 Jun Active Hang
HOW: Grab onto the pull-up bar with a grip slightly wider than shoulder width. Pull your shoulder blades down (depress) before you lift your legs off the bench to move into the hang position. Hold for the prescribed time. FEEL: You will feel your...
18 Aug Pull Up – Mixed Grip
HOW: Begin this exercise by hanging onto a pull-up bar with one palm facing you and the other palm facing away to perform the mixed grip. From the hanging position, use your core and shoulder muscles to pull your body up while bending your elbows. ...
17 Jun Carry – Horizontal Kettlebell
HOW: Begin by holding the handle of a kettlebell with your elbow bent and the bottom of the kettlebell facing away from you. From this position, keep your elbow bent challenging the elbow flexors and forearm muscles as you walk forward for the given distance. ...
12 Mar Hand Doming – Rubberband
HOW: Place a rubber band around the tip of your thumb, cross the band each time as you go over the tip of each finger. The closer the band is to the tip of your fingers, the more resistance you’ll feel. Slightly extend your wrist...
27 Jan Dead Hang – Supinated
HOW: Start by standing under a pull up bar. Reach up and grab onto the bar with both hands. Make sure both palms are facing you like an underhand grip to obtain the supinated grip. Hold this for as long as prescribed. FEEL: You should feel...
27 Jan Dead Hang – Single Arm, Band
HOW: Start by standing under a pull up bar. Loop a strong band above the arm that you don’t want to focus on. Reach up and grab onto the bar with one hand, and hold onto the band with the opposite. Focus on holding your...
27 Jan Dead Hang – Unilateral
HOW: Start by standing under a pull up bar. Reach up and grab onto the bar with both hands. Let one hand go and focus on holding onto the bar for as long as prescribed with one hand. FEEL: You should feel your hand, arm, and...
28 Apr Safety Clip Squeeze
HOW: Get set up with a weight clip in your hand, ideally you can still have a grip around the weight clip even when the weight clip is in a relaxed position. Perform the exercise by squeezing the weight clip as hard as you...
28 Apr Carry – Hook Grip, Weight Plate
HOW: Hold a weight plate, ideally a rubber plate, by hooking the tips of your fingers around the top of your plate. Grip the weight while staying strong through your arm, shoulder, and shoulder blade. Walk while holding the weight for the time instructed. ...
28 Apr Carry – Pinch Grip, Weight Plate
HOW: Hold a weight plate, ideally a rubber plate, by pinching it between your fingers and your thumb in your palm with your fingers pointing down. Grip the weight while staying strong through your arm, shoulder, and shoulder blade. Walk while holding the weight...
