Kettlebells vs Dumbbells: What’s the big deal?
October 30, 2009 by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS
Filed under Strength Training
Share I’ll get right to the point with this one. Kettlebells and dumbbells are BOTH great tools. If you have them, use them both. I posted a status on my facebook that asked “How many people use kettlebells, a simple yes or no is fine!” (Add Joe On Facebook to read the 37+ comments!) A [...]
Core Muscles – Not Just For The Mirror
October 28, 2009 by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS
Filed under Strength Training
Share Is a strong core important for athletics and real world strength development? I’m not talking about mirror muscles a six pack because you are paper thin…. (Can anyone name that actor by the way?) I’m talking the kind of core that will be able to transfer some incredible hip explosion through the body to [...]
Exercise Index: Pull Throughs
October 27, 2009 by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS
Filed under Strength Training
Share Keeping on the posterior chain theme, pull throughs are a high quality, and often overlooked exercise. Muscles Targeted: Low back, hamstrings, glutes (grip if sandbag or thick handle is used). Exercise Description:Grab the object (sandbag, cable, band) between your legs, pull it through your legs by utilizing your hamstrings, low back, and glutes. I [...]
Baby Got Back (Posterior Chain Remix ft. Deadlift)
October 26, 2009 by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS
Filed under Muscle Building Articles, Strength Training
Share Sir Mix A Lot loves “big butts” but deadlifting and training the posterior chain has more benefits just that. Altered intro to “Baby Got Back” “Oh my god Becky, look at her posterior chain(scoff) It is soo strong (scoff) She looks like one of those deadlifters..” That’s more like it, if you look closely [...]
What Exercises Are Most Important To You?
October 23, 2009 by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS
Filed under Strength Training
Share My goal this weekend is to finish one of the exercise indexes that I have been working on behind the scenes, but I only have time to finish up one. What you prefer to see? I will check the poll Saturday and get to work! [poll id="6"] – Joe Hashey, CSCS – PS. There [...]
