Question by Sean S: will kettle bells help build up my power and strength?

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I know the Chicago fire department swears by them for training. Heavy and small, sounds like any handling would build power.

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Isometric Resistance Bands – Explode Your Strength, Power and Muscle Size Using Isometric Resistance Bands

Because all the recent scientific studies more and more people are becoming familiar with the need for resistance training. Besides using an isometric exerciser you can use… Isometric Resistance Bands.

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What are isometric resistance bands you ask?

Well, it’s not so much what they are as it is a training protocol with which to use them. Resistance bands or exercise bands as they are also referred to, have become very popular for many different reasons.

The major reason is the fact that they are easy to carry and can be used just about anywhere.

One of the interesting characteristics about exercise bands is in its “variable elastic potential.” What this means is that as the band  stretches — it gives you greater resistance. Just like a regular rubber band — it snaps back faster.

One of the recent uses for resistance bands has been in developing speed.

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Here’s an interesting question for you… if you were to take a 20 pound barbell plate and then took some resistance tubing and stretched it approximately 3 feet from the ground — then you released both at the same time — which do you believe would hit the ground first?

Believe it or not the resistance band would get to the ground first.

The same principle applies even if you doubled the weight. Given the same distance … the resistance bands would always beat the weights.The reason for this is the “resistance principle” in the bands are many times higher than the acceleration of gravity itself.

The same is true if you’re using an isometric exerciser that has a spring as its resistance component. As you pull or compress the isometric exerciser the resistance becomes greater. When you get to the point where you can’t compress or pulley exerciser any further then and only then do you perform the isometric hold.

Here’s what’s happening — the spring just like the resistance band is trying to contract so it is giving off more resistance than if you were to use say a door, a strap or a chain.

These types of devices are not the best for isometric exercise. Since they lack that “resistance and contraction” that is necessary to make gains.

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by trey.menefee

Stability Ball Exercise Progressions for Building Muscle and Core Strength

Stability Ball Exercise Progressions for Building Muscle and Core Strength

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Stability Ball Exercise Progressions for Building Muscle and Core Strength

By: Nick Tumminello

About the Author

The director of Performance University, Nick Tumminello is a highly sought after coach and educator in the field of human performance enhancement. He is the developer of the Core Bar™ and has authored numerous best selling DVD’s which can be purchased at www.PerformanceU.net .

Nick also serves as the Strength & Conditioning Coach for Team Ground Control MMA. Nick lives in Baltimore MD where he regularly trains his athletes.

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After my article Stick Your Neck Out was published; I surprisingly caught some flack from the “hardcore” types just because I showed a stability ball being used in a few of the exercise applications.

Since I’m not emotionally attached to any one piece of equipment or style of training, I was not upset in the least about this. However, it did make me realize how misunderstood the Swiss ball is within the “hardcore strength” community.

So, in light of this realization, I’m stepping up to set the record straight once and for all about Swiss balls and how they should and shouldn’t be utilized in and effective strength program.

Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game
My friend and colleague Coach Rob Simonelli brought up an interesting point when he and I were discussing this article and why serious weight lifters dislike Swiss balls. Rob said “What serious lifters don’t understand is that it’s not so much that they dislike Swiss balls, it’s that they dislike what Swiss Balls represent”.

He was absolutely right. Hardcore weightlifters have made Swiss balls guilty by association just because there are a bunch of “functional trainers” out there doing some seriously ridiculous stuff on them.
This doesn’t mean that Swiss balls can’t be use for stuff that actually has value.
To all you Swiss ball haters out there, I want you to ask yourself one question; “Am I blaming the tool or the practitioner?”

I think you will realize that myself and Rob and are correct in saying that, the Swiss ball, like everything else in the gym is just a tool. One that can be used or abused depending on whose hands it’s in. Just because there are people out there abusing a certain tool doesn’t mean we should throw it out of the tool box all together. If that were the case, we wouldn’t use any equipment at all judging by what I’ve seen done with barbells and dumbbells these days.

Now let’s get one thing clear, the title of this article is not called “Swiss Ball Exercises that You Need to Do Everyday or Else Your Will Go to Pot”. The exercises shown in this article are in no way a necessity, they are just other options to challenge your body in a positive manner and compliment your “core” lifts.

In other words, they are just tools in the tool box.

You just have to know when to use the tools you’ve got.

When Instability and Strength is Actually Good

Recently, I got to attend one of my friend Eric Cressey’s classes on training the overhead athlete. During his workshop, Eric made a great point that I feel is relevant to this article. He said that although it has been found that unstable surface training for the lower body has been found to be ineffective and in some cases even counterproductive for healthy individuals, instability training for the upper body may actually be beneficial. Eric went on to explain that it all has to do with the fact that the lower body predominantly functions in a close chained (both feet in contact with the ground) manner that does not normally involve the ground moving underneath it. However, the upper body functions in more of an open chained (no ground or solid surface contact) manner with things more likely to move and change position.
This makes a lot of sense if you think of a football lineman blocking a pass rusher. The lineman’s feet are dealing with a flat and stable ground while his upper body is all over place dealing with another body moving in every which way trying to get around him.
Now that I have hopefully changed your mind about the Swiss ball, I’m going to provide you a list of exercises using the Swiss ball that we have found to be beneficial to our clients, athletes and physique competitors.

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The Exercises

Y,T,W, L Shoulder Circuit w/Swiss Ball

by joanna8555

Thick Bar Training For Wrestling Grip Strength

The importance of a strong grip for wrestlers can not be understated. If a wrestler cannot control their opponent because they have a weak grip strength, they really need to get to work on strengthening that weakness. The off season is the time to really focus on getting stronger, when the competition starts is the time to cut back. Two times a week should be enough to make an improvment in your forearm strength.

One of the more important tools to use is a thicker diameter bar. If you do not have one you can make one by wrapping a towel around yours and holding it in place with tape or purchase some of that foam tube insulation that is used for pipes. You can purchase it at any of the big box hardware outlet.

One reason why you should workout with the fatter bar is because your opponents’ wrists, legs and arms are larger and you should train your grip for this. Using the large bar will force your thumb to grip the bar better and give it a good workout because it is better positioned to squeeze into the bar. You can do curls, farmer walks and bench presses or any other exercise you would use dumbbells or bar bells for. Even try it with a pull-up bar. Wrap a towel around the bar and do pull-ups or just do dead hangs till you can not hang on any more.

One of the things most people do not think about exercising are the muscles that control opening the hand. You should keep the muscles in the forearm balanced and making use of any kind of forearm workout that involves resistance to opening the hand should be used. Even just using rubber bands around the fingers and thumb and trying to open them would be of great benefit.

The grip strength develops rather quickly when you first start out but will level off after awhile and you will have to use more intensity to keep the improvements coming. Make use of a lot of different exercises to work the muscles from all angles. Make forearm grip training a part of your routine and you will make a big difference in your strength.

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