Smith machines have always been the source of mixed reviews and conjecture, yet gym equipment manufacturers are still making them. There are obviously plenty of fans out there. I very well understand why some people might be discouraged from using the smith machine. Log on to any weight training forum or group and you will […]
Shoulders can often be neglected by some weight trainers. Exercises like rear delts which target specific areas of the shoulder can be conveniently overlooked. This is not surprising since most training programs feature a shoulder/back day on Friday – the day when everyone feels too tired/sick to train and goes home to binge watch Netflix […]
Learn how to correctly perform dumbbell pec flys from the legend Lee Priest. Let us be honest. Even if your primary goal is strength, packing on a bit of size in all the right places is an added bonus. Except for maybe your guns, there is no better place for bulging muscle than your chest. […]
Upright rows are one of the key exercises to developing a strong upper back and shoulders. Weightlifters have been doing a variation of this exercise to strengthen and prepare their upper body for both the Clean and Jerk, and Snatch. Even though you should not be performing the upright rows in the same fashion as […]
4 Week Progression to Competition It has been almost two years since I last stepped on the powerlifting stage. And as much as I would say that I missed competing, that would only be the pinnacle of all the training process. I truly missed the process of conditioning my mind as well as my body […]
Getting into serious training to build mass legs can be quite a difficult task, especially when there is so much conflicting information out there. Which machine should you use, how many reps should you perform, how low should you go? It all depends on your goal! The execution of the exercise is going to be […]
It is great to hear that while the gyms were closed for months, people did not give up on training entirely. A fair few of them picked up home gym training! The only downside is a lot of the athletes did not know how to target a specific muscle group without the specialty machines from […]
When I first started training over 10 years ago, my first serious training program included the flat dumbbell chest press exercise. As the years went by, my training goal shifted from getting big to being strong. What has not changed is the dumbbell chest press in my workouts. That is because the flat dumbbell chest […]
There is not a dedicated calf exercise on the Powertec Leverage Gym. But after playing around we discovered that we could perform donkey calf raises. Here is a video of Brad demonstrating how to do this exercise. You will need a calf block. You can make your own or we have the Ironmaster Calf Block […]
After smashing his shoulders with 160kg shoulder presses on the Powertec Multi System, Lee moves on to his 2nd workout in his home gym delt workout. Lee moves on to a shaping exercise with some dumbbell lateral raises. Despite punching out some serious reps in the previous exercise, Lee still maintains textbook form throughout his sets. He […]
When some people buy a power rack, they often only have two exercises in mind – bench press and squats. However, a power rack offers much more versatility than you originally thought it would. I will try to list a few exercises in this article and how to perform them correctly. Let’s start with the […]
Here is an exercise that you probably have not tried before that will help you improve your bench press. Serious trainers would be familiar with Good Mornings, but if like me you hadn’t tried doing them seated, you will be pleasantly surprised at how beneficial they are. I’d like to call myself a competitive Powerlifter, […]
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