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THE FORGOTTEN EXERCISES ...
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THE FORGOTTEN EXERCISES ...

By Dott.Luca Franzon It is tradition during the Easter festivities to carry out spring cleaning, often during these reorganizations of our homes sprout out of some boxes, objects of which we had forgotten and that in his time had been so useful and amusing .... From the box of training it is time to pull out a whole series of exercises that have been forgotten and it was done most of the time because they are tremendously tiring and adjective that the weight-room-goers seem to have forgotten

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Chronic fatigue in bodybuilding, serving osteopathy

By Dr. Antonio Parolisi In the context of sport, all organic systems are subjected to a high level, which can lead to a reduction in the energy component of the general organization system. It is true that in our genetic code there is a programming that allows us to carry out all the tasks that are due to us in order to safeguard the integrity of the species, but the comparison made with the "hunter of the past" with respect to "modern man", finds imperfections in the form; these imperfections are due to the fact that often we want at all costs to relate the life of a man a
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"Mechano Growth Factor" training: a return to the "old-fashioned" Heavy-Duty

Edited by: Francesco Currò Stating that the cause (or at least one of the main causes) of triggering hypertrophy / hyperplasia is stretching and such a high overload that it causes obvious damage to the muscle tissue, I do not think it is new, rather ... At this moment I am reminded of a sentence, pronounced decades ago, by Arthur Jones: " Muscles can only be treated in one way: brutally!
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The "heavy effort" method

Edited by: Francesco Currò Derived from weightlifting, the following is a proposal to simultaneously increase - and considerably - both strength and muscle mass. In practice, by means of a pyramid with low repetitions, we try to reach sub-maximal loads in order to maximize the nervous system. Subsequently, using an optimal load of 80% of the ceiling, the hypertrophy of the muscle fibers is stimulated, increasing the transverse diameters and ensuring the basic material of muscular strength.
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Multi-joint exercises and high repetitions

By Dr. Dario Mirra Introduction Bodybuilding has a wealth of methods, theories and exercises, of a monstrous volume of knowledge. Some of them are valid, others less so, some of which work for someone, yet others that have a good response on most athletes. Why high repetitions Taking advantage of exercises belonging to Weightlifiting and Powerlifting with a high number of repetitions is one of these theories
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Pectoralis hard to grow?

Edited by Roberto Eusebio Calm flat on the pectorals? All the builders know very well which are the particularly difficult muscle groups to hypertrophy: first of all the quadriceps as they are bulky - the most voluminous of the human body - and in secundis the pectoral ones, which we want to address in this article
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Power Rack Training

Edited by Dario Mirra Introduction The power rack is a tool invented in the 40s; can be considered one of the most valuable allies of the weight lifter, brilliant in its simplicity as it consists of 4 vertical metal beams, parallel to each other to form a parallelepiped, and perforated, to insert bars that can be positioned at different heights, and that go to make up a cage inside which a balance can be placed, which will flow inside without trajectory constraints
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Proper breathing in Body Building

Types of breathing Abdominal (diaphragmatic) / low respiration It is the most important, efficient and healthy, because it is the natural one; it mostly involves the diaphragm, which in this type of breathing is responsible for 70% of the respiratory volume. Abdominal breathing is also called: diaphragmatic or vegetative, and is used by our body autonomously when we sleep
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Body Building Heating

By Dr. Dario Mirra Warming up is a physiological and / or psychological practice that aims to create the optimal conditions for the performance of a performance, both in competition and training. The purpose of heating is to: Facilitate muscle utilization of oxygen. Increase lung ventilation. Raise your heart rate
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Lasting results

Edited by: Francesco Currò The training schemes that follow each other without any logic, do not lead very far. If your instructor is one of those who think more about training than compiling productive work plans (that is, don't throw yourself at random ...), don't blame yourself with your poor genetics .
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Training schedule: 5 years in the past or 5 years in the future?

Edited by: Francesco Currò While I was archiving some files to one of my computers, I got the training program - dated 03/03/2003 - which will be explained in the article ... probably Antonio Sciacca, owner of the Catania Sports Club , will remember it. he used and - according to what he says - that year (the first one in which I trained him) he reached a state of form that he had never approached before .
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