What can you do with ab slings other than ab work????

Here is a neat trick to blast your lats.

Attach both of your ab slings to an upper pulley. Place your elbow directly into the pit of the ab sling and get on your knees facing the pulley. (You may have to play with the selected resistance) Lean forward and relax your arm as your forearms travel above your head until you feel a deep stretch in your lats. Hold that position and with control, drive your elbows down towards the floor. Play with the angle that you drive your elbows for the best feel/effect. Do about 15-20 reps with the above experiment and then carefully move your body straight up or with a small angle towards the pulley and drive your elbows (with control) to the floor again for about 15-20 reps. The high rep count is for experimentation of the move. Adjust your rep count in accordance to what your body requires for this muscle group. Insure that you have a ½ second pause at the top and bottom of the ROM.

The first part of the exercise works the stretch part of the ROM (range of motion) and the second work the contracted both without the assistance of the biceps.

Concentrate, concentrate, and concentrate when completing each rep, attempting to improve the quality of the move for maximum pump and feel. This is old school stuff and requires old school application.

Excellent move when the pullover machine is busy or like me you do not own one in your facility.

For fun, do the above and then move to pull-downs or pull-ups in a super set fashion.

Review Supra Bars

I have purchased both cable attachments recently and am very please with the different variety they provide.

I am a firm believer that if you want a muscle to grow one must change the stimulus you are providing for it. This could be as easy as working in a particular zone of the ROM (range of motion) or, as I have done, using a different cable attachment for a similar move.

With the SupraBars the black handles have a unique swivel effect which allow the user to slightly alter there wrist position within the ROM helping to target the muscle you want to work.

A great example is with cable triceps press downs (or extensions) by moving the wrist backwards or forwards the user can feel a difference in the muscle from the outer or inner head of the triceps. By focusing on which part of the triceps you want to train and moving your wrist accordingly you can target a stubborn triceps muscle into some possible new growth.

The bars, large or small can be used for rows, curls, pull downs, and extensions. I can safely say that there is a lot of variety as compared to a straight bar and the swivel is very smooth under load.

At a cost of £50.00 per bar it is a great addition to any home gym or to take with you to your commercial facility.

Pulldowns, Curls & Wide Rows

Tricep Extensions, Low Row, Narrow Grip Pulldown