Sentences with phrase «pound barbell»

Suppose that you are scheduled to use a 100 pound barbell on your first work set.

Having to lift a 400 pound barbell from the floor requires you to contract practically all of the muscle fibers of your body.

Suppose that today I do 1 x 10 standing barbell curls using a 100 pound barbell as part of my upper arm routine.

Also known as «Barbelle,» she and her partner, Les Stockton, performed the notable «high press» routine, where she famously lifted a 100 - pound barbell over her head while balanced atop Les» upstretched hands.

At the same time, those damned arms haven't curled over a 100 pound barbell in 4 years and yet have grown tremendously.

Lifting a seven foot 45 pound barbell with two 45 pound iron plates at each end off the floor looks and sounds intimidating, right?

Currently, I have 2, 5, and 10 pound ankle weights; 3, 5, 10, and 12 pound dumbbells; 10 and 15 pound kettle bells; and 20 pound barbell mainly for squats and deadlifts.

A 225 - pound barbell snatch where you take a step or two on the recovery is «good,» but a snatch where you recover while remaining in your catch stance is «better.»

An 80 pound barbell probably feels pretty light, but try moving an 80 pound sandbag around the same way; it's a whole new monster.

I work with clients who have build up to 600 + pound partial bench presses, 1,000 + pound barbell shrugs and 3,000 + pound leg presses.

I gave an interview once holding the 10 - pound barbell plate someone tied to a cat's collar, before tossing the cat into the three - foot deep lagoon fronting the Oracle towers in Redwood Shores; the length of rope was about two - feet long, cut that length, I guessed, to maximize the cat's struggling and suffering.

«He's strong,» says physical therapist John Carey, spotting the golfer as he squats with a 355 - pound barbell on his shoulders.

Finisher # 4: Barbell Punches Pick up a 45 - pound barbell.

This little pattern takes the lifter all the way to just the bar until the lifter is so taxed and tired they can barely bench the 45 - pound barbell.

Using a 60 pound barbell, do 5 full - range reps followed without pausing by 5 more reps through just the bottom two - thirds of the range of motion.

After resting 1 minute, use an 80 pound barbell to do 3 full - range reps and then immediately do 3 more reps through just the bottom two - thirds of the range of motion.

Newbies should start with a 35 - pound barbell, and work their way up to a 45 - pound barbell, Stokes says.