Increase Strength on Barbell Exercises (ONE WRIST EXERCISE!)

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Build athletic strength and ripped muscles in 90 days here… http://athleanx.com/x/train-like-an-athlete-here If you want to increase strength on your big lifts like bench press, deadlifts, rows, etc you have to make sure you pay attention to your little muscles. You see, people often rush to their big lifts in an effort to increase their strength and gain muscle mass without ever building up the foundation needed to do so properly and safely. In this video, I show you a quick exercise that you can do to increase the strength of your wrists so you have much more stability and strength on all of your other barbell lifts. For instance, in the case of the bench press, weak wrists are sure to short circuit your ability to lift a lot of weight. If your wrists are weak, you will likely not be able to establish the proper bar position over your chest throughout the movement. The tendency will be for the bar to bend backwards too much which will put your pecs at a mechanical disadvantage for pushing the most amount of weight as they are capable of. The same mistake applies to deadlifts but in a different way. Everyone focuses on grip strength as a limiting factor for how much raw weight can be lifted in the deadlift. That is partially true, however the hands and wrist strength itself can also be incredibly important especially as the weights you attempt to lift continue to go up and up. If you really want to increase your strength on all your lifts then you need to focus on

Published 2015-11-17 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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