Have you ever wondered why you can never really target your whole chest properly with the flat bench press? Particularly the lower part Ever wondered why you always feel the burn in your shoulders rather than the chest? I did when I was starting training for a good couple of years. I would always feel it in my shoulders and the pump and growth would all be in my anterior deltoid (the front part of your shoulder muscle) as well as in the upper corners of my chest which looked quiet strange. as well as being extremely frustrating for me wanting a good chest. So I did a lot of research, and I mean a lot, found a hell of a lot of ways to do the bench press but one video hit the nail on the head. And here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUcjOIZc80c.
As soon as I saw the video I immediately wanted to bench, with this technique as soon as I lay down on the bench ready to pull that heavy bar down to my inhaled chest I felt like I was finally going to experience that long awaited burn all through my chest that I had longed for. And I got it! I was amazed at how those few little differences could change my whole look on the bench press, I was addicted to the bench press! More so than I ever had been before.The burn felt amazing and the growth was brilliant. It took the heat off my shoulders so i was incredibly fresh for my shoulder workout the day after. And I ached like I'd never ached before!
So remember those tips when doing your bench like this:
1. belly through and stick your shoulders into the bench, Retracting your shoulders and sticking your chest up like a pigeon!
2. Someone should be able to stick there hand between you back and the bench!
3. Take a breath before you bring the bar down!
4. Make that elbow correction! this brings your hands and elbows away from your shoulders and shifts the emphasis onto your chest and away from those shoulders
5. Pull the bar down, don't just let the weight of the bar bring you down!
6. Remember its a full body contraction!
7. Down slow, then drive the bar up!
8. When spotting use an alternated grip, make sure you have a good hold especially for big lifters!
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Monday, 26 September 2011
An introduction to me myself and the gym
Hello there world! And welcome to the world of Will hutton.
Now, this is my first blog, so where to start? An introduction methinks.
Well, My name is William Alexander Hutton. I'm from St Helens in Merseyside. I'm 22 and 5 months old. 6"5' tall and currently weigh in at a meager 12 stone after being out of work and sitting at home all the time with the only exercise being tidying up the house. But I've recently found myself work at a Hermes Distribution centre and since starting working there and having to work very physically I have been really eager to get back in the gym and get back on track with my diet.
As with most people who sit at home with there thumb up there butts applying for jobs and struggling with money problems do, I have not been paying any attention to diet or health.which for me is really quiet disturbing because I love the gym! and everything that comes with it, the overall feeling that your doing yourself good, the feeling of empowerment and the energy it gives you.
Right, so... Lets move onto a little history about me myself and the gym.
As I stated earlier I'm 6"5' and currently only weighing in at 12 stone on the dot. which is the lightest I've been since I was 16. My heaviset was 13 stone 10 which i was very happy with. I feel like there will be a lot of tall guys in the same boat as me, struggling to eat and gain wieght and then an illness comes along and you lose it all. Although I'm currently sitting at the wieght I was when I first started training I have gone through lots of different routines, tried a lot of different diets and done a hell of a lot of research, and i mean A LOT!
I've always wanted to be one of these 6 foot odd tall guys with a decent body because quiet frankly there rare. And most of that is down to genetics. Being an ectomorph is a struggle, but I intend to beat it and get myself that body that i've wanted since being a teenager. Not for the girls or the attention or for the intimidation factor, but for myself and myself only. which after all is the best reason to work out and stay fit.
In my blog, I plan on leading you through the diet and he workouts day by day, although I wont post everyday i shall keep a record and put it in my posts every couple of days. I shall be going through my diet and routine with you guys, from a true ectomorphs point of view. I will post up pictures of my progress from time by time so you can see for yourself how the workout routines are going, every time I try something new I will post a picture and then when I finish it I will post up another. As well as giving you this insight into my progress I plan on doing some sub blogs going through different training routines, diets and breaking them down and giving my opinion on them. Although I don't even have a gym membership yet, I will be starting to up my intake in calories and focusing on eating plenty of good fats and protein this week while steadily doing some home workouts and techniques to work up to starting the gym at the weekend.
So this is where my first post will end, I've been wanting to write a blog for years, since blogging first started to be popular but always thought it would be a waste of time and I never knew what to blog about. But all this time it was sitting right under my nose. So from Will, Thats the way the cookie crumbles... Oh I'm not allowed cookies on this diet? Damn... Thats the way the egg cracks I suppose? Yum Protien!
Now, this is my first blog, so where to start? An introduction methinks.
Well, My name is William Alexander Hutton. I'm from St Helens in Merseyside. I'm 22 and 5 months old. 6"5' tall and currently weigh in at a meager 12 stone after being out of work and sitting at home all the time with the only exercise being tidying up the house. But I've recently found myself work at a Hermes Distribution centre and since starting working there and having to work very physically I have been really eager to get back in the gym and get back on track with my diet.
As with most people who sit at home with there thumb up there butts applying for jobs and struggling with money problems do, I have not been paying any attention to diet or health.which for me is really quiet disturbing because I love the gym! and everything that comes with it, the overall feeling that your doing yourself good, the feeling of empowerment and the energy it gives you.
Right, so... Lets move onto a little history about me myself and the gym.
As I stated earlier I'm 6"5' and currently only weighing in at 12 stone on the dot. which is the lightest I've been since I was 16. My heaviset was 13 stone 10 which i was very happy with. I feel like there will be a lot of tall guys in the same boat as me, struggling to eat and gain wieght and then an illness comes along and you lose it all. Although I'm currently sitting at the wieght I was when I first started training I have gone through lots of different routines, tried a lot of different diets and done a hell of a lot of research, and i mean A LOT!
I've always wanted to be one of these 6 foot odd tall guys with a decent body because quiet frankly there rare. And most of that is down to genetics. Being an ectomorph is a struggle, but I intend to beat it and get myself that body that i've wanted since being a teenager. Not for the girls or the attention or for the intimidation factor, but for myself and myself only. which after all is the best reason to work out and stay fit.
In my blog, I plan on leading you through the diet and he workouts day by day, although I wont post everyday i shall keep a record and put it in my posts every couple of days. I shall be going through my diet and routine with you guys, from a true ectomorphs point of view. I will post up pictures of my progress from time by time so you can see for yourself how the workout routines are going, every time I try something new I will post a picture and then when I finish it I will post up another. As well as giving you this insight into my progress I plan on doing some sub blogs going through different training routines, diets and breaking them down and giving my opinion on them. Although I don't even have a gym membership yet, I will be starting to up my intake in calories and focusing on eating plenty of good fats and protein this week while steadily doing some home workouts and techniques to work up to starting the gym at the weekend.
So this is where my first post will end, I've been wanting to write a blog for years, since blogging first started to be popular but always thought it would be a waste of time and I never knew what to blog about. But all this time it was sitting right under my nose. So from Will, Thats the way the cookie crumbles... Oh I'm not allowed cookies on this diet? Damn... Thats the way the egg cracks I suppose? Yum Protien!
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