Floor press is a chest press technique that lowers the injury risk on your shoulders. Lying on the floor will prevent you from lowering the weight too far, accomplishing two things:
1. Prevents loss of tension on the chest 2. Prevents unwanted stress through over stretching This exercise can be done with either dumbbells or a bar, and you can also add in pauses on the floor to make the movement harder going from a dead stop, adding greater variety to your work in the gym. GAH Gym Unit 38, Albion Industrial Estate, Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, CF37 4NX
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No matter how much time anyone spends in the gym, the one thing we cannot get away from is the simple the fact of the matter is those that work the hardest are those that get the best results. This is true for all fitness pursuits. We’ve seen two extremes in the gym on many occasions over the years, let's call them person A and person B. Person A is the type that brings their notebook into the gym with them (nothing wrong with that in itself) and has what looks, on paper, to be a scientifically sound program. Looks great so far BUT person A puts no real assign into their training. On the other side of the gym you have person B. Now person B is totally the opposite and has no plan and blindly skips from exercise to exercise and trains every body part every time they train BUT person B puts his heart and soul in to it and practically crawls out of the gym every session. Who has the better results? Person B of course! What we need to do is somehow merge A and B and we will get somewhere very quickly. Whether in our own facility in Cilfynydd or any gym throughout the world, we notice the people who can manage to use correct training methods and styles but also push themselves to their limit every time they come into the gym are the people who continue to progress and get the best results. As we said at the start, the fact will always remain the hardest workers in the gym will progress the most. So whatever your fitness goal is, make sure you’re always working hard! GAH Gym Unit 38 Albion Industrial Estate, Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, CF37 4Nx Out of all the training variables, weight, rep range, sets, rest times, there is one training variable that is even more important, and that is form. This may not sound like the most exciting piece of fitness advice we could give, but training with the correct form will not only mean you’re training safely but will also increase your progress in the gym exponentially. Good form means you are working the muscle you are supposed to be training in a controlled manner, rather than simply throwing the weight from point A to point B. At this point some people may be asking about heavy weight and the importance of load, and yes, training heavy can be effective, but heavy weight with good form will beat heavy weight with sloppy form any day of the week. Training with good form doesn’t mean performing each exercise very slowly –you can train explosively with great form. Training with good form doesn’t mean you can’t put in the most effort or push yourself to failure in the gym. In fact, maintaining good form whilst pushing yourself to the limit is harder than cheating out the last few reps of a set. So what does training with good form mean? Simply, that you are getting the required response from the muscle group you are training every time you train. Yes, for those that train with poor form, this may mean training a little lighter for a while but the response you will get will be worth it. Training with a heavier weight may mean muscle growth but if the only reason you are moving more weight is that you have compromised form the one and only response you’ll get is that you have moved more weight from A to B and the stress on the muscle will be less. This is one of the things we try to urge members of our Pontypridd gym to always keep in mind. The pieces of equipment we select are always what we feel will allow users to work target muscles properly, allowing customers to have the most effective training experience possible. So how do you learn how to use better form? Experiment, watch, listen, ask people in the gym with years of experience – especially those with no major injuries. Don't be afraid to go against what the majority of gym users are currently doing in their own training. Of all the people that train how many are successful? A very small minority, which means that the vast majority are unsuccessful and would get better results from doing something different. GAH Gym Unit 38 Albion Industrial Estate, Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, CF37 4Nx |
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