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Barbell Club Phase 5

Posted 8th May 2016 by Jenna Fisher

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Last week’s structural balance tests revealed that most people need to add trap 3 raises and external rotation exercises into their training routine. This will strengthen your stabilisers, which will help you to get bigger lifts. It will also help to prevent injury. These exercises have been included in the warm up for all classes. If you do not attend both sessions please ensure that you do the exercises when you attend the gym on another day (there are two external rotation exercises and both should be completed). 

During this phase we will be focussing on single leg work for lower body with some pre-exhaust sets to make you work harder. After an intense phase on shoulders we will be switching to a bicep pump for session 1 and chest and triceps for session 2. Pulling remains in both sessions to try to counterbalance the hours you spend hunched over a desk. The rep range and tempo remains targeted at hypertrophy and getting you sweaty. Do not cheat the tempo!

If you have any questions on the structural balance tests from last week do feel free to have a chat with me to ensure you take appropriate action. Keep a record of your results as we will be testing again in a few months.

Well done for all your hard work during the last phase. I hope the next goes well. 

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