Muscle Nerd Articles Quick Tip - Stop Cheating Your ArmsRight before I left for Mexico, my buddy Nick Nilsson and I were
doing a video shoot at my local gym for our
http://www.undergroundbodybuildingtips.com project.
While getting the camera equipment together, I looked up at Nick
who was just laughing and shaking his head.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Man...I've always said that my dream job would just be to get
hired by gyms to walk around and correct everyone's exercise form."
"Yeah," I snickered, "just give us a big old stick and we can just
walk up behind them and thwap them on the head 'till they get it
right!"
When I looked over to see who Nick was watching, it was a young
college kid trying to use too much weight on his barbell curls.
He was all over the place!
Elbows too far forward...shoulders hunched over...lower back curled
out...
...he was so focused on the WEIGHT that he didn't realize he'd
turned a killer ARM exercise into a full-body BREAKDOWN!
So to make sure you don't get thwapped in the head by the "Nilsson
& Nerd Form Correction Stick", give this exercise a try on your
next "Arm Day"...
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>> >> No Cheat Wall Curls <<
The Setup...
1. Place the heels of your feet 6 inches away from a wall with your
back facing the wall.
2. Press your HEAD, UPPER BACK, TRICEPS, ELBOWS and BUTT up against
the wall.
3. Holding on to a barbell with an UNDERHAND grip, keep your elbows
tucked in to your sides.
The Perfect Rep...
4. Pull your shoulders back and puff out your chest while pulling
IN your lower back (away from the wall) to create more of a curve
in your spine.
5. Curl the barbell to the very top of the movement WITHOUT
removing ANY of the body parts you have pressed against the wall.
6. Contract your bicep hard at the top and slowly lower all the way
down to the start position to repeat.
>> >> BONUS TIP <<
Perform the exercise gripping on to a TOWEL or a SQUAT PAD wrapped
around the bar to bring in your forearms and develop a G.I. Joe
"kung fu grip"!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Now this is NOT just a "form correcter" exercise.
This is an AWESOME "isolator" that, although you'll need to use a
bit less weight, you'll find will hit your guns HARD when done
correctly!
Enjoy!
Your "Champion For The Average Joe & Jane",
The "Muscle Nerd"
Jeff Anderson
doing a video shoot at my local gym for our
http://www.undergroundbodybuildingtips.com project.
While getting the camera equipment together, I looked up at Nick
who was just laughing and shaking his head.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Man...I've always said that my dream job would just be to get
hired by gyms to walk around and correct everyone's exercise form."
"Yeah," I snickered, "just give us a big old stick and we can just
walk up behind them and thwap them on the head 'till they get it
right!"
When I looked over to see who Nick was watching, it was a young
college kid trying to use too much weight on his barbell curls.
He was all over the place!
Elbows too far forward...shoulders hunched over...lower back curled
out...
...he was so focused on the WEIGHT that he didn't realize he'd
turned a killer ARM exercise into a full-body BREAKDOWN!
So to make sure you don't get thwapped in the head by the "Nilsson
& Nerd Form Correction Stick", give this exercise a try on your
next "Arm Day"...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>> >> No Cheat Wall Curls <<
The Setup...
1. Place the heels of your feet 6 inches away from a wall with your
back facing the wall.
2. Press your HEAD, UPPER BACK, TRICEPS, ELBOWS and BUTT up against
the wall.
3. Holding on to a barbell with an UNDERHAND grip, keep your elbows
tucked in to your sides.
The Perfect Rep...
4. Pull your shoulders back and puff out your chest while pulling
IN your lower back (away from the wall) to create more of a curve
in your spine.
5. Curl the barbell to the very top of the movement WITHOUT
removing ANY of the body parts you have pressed against the wall.
6. Contract your bicep hard at the top and slowly lower all the way
down to the start position to repeat.
>> >> BONUS TIP <<
Perform the exercise gripping on to a TOWEL or a SQUAT PAD wrapped
around the bar to bring in your forearms and develop a G.I. Joe
"kung fu grip"!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Now this is NOT just a "form correcter" exercise.
This is an AWESOME "isolator" that, although you'll need to use a
bit less weight, you'll find will hit your guns HARD when done
correctly!
Enjoy!
Your "Champion For The Average Joe & Jane",
The "Muscle Nerd"
Jeff Anderson
