Friday, July 6, 2018

This Is The Exact Warm-Up Your Upper Body Needs

Bodybuilding.com contributor and doctor of physical therapy John Rusin writes a lot about the elusive search many lifters find themselves on for pain-free pressing and upper-body lifting. And for him, it begins with one key idea: having more reps of pulls in your program than pushes. Like, far more. Specifically, in his recent article "Safe, Strong Upper-Body Lifting Begins With These Two Ratios," Rusin advocates pulling three times more than you push.

Easy enough to talk about, right? So how do you do it in action? The easiest and quickest way is to front-load your workouts with lots of targeted work using bands and cables, before you ever get under the bar. Not coincidentally, this approach will also make whatever strength or muscle work you do stronger, not just safer!

Rusin walks Bodybuilding.com athlete and NPC men's physique competitor Reuben Brooks through his complete warm-up up in his new Bodybuilding.com All Access guide Unstoppable: The Ultimate Guide to Training...


Source: This Is The Exact Warm-Up Your Upper Body Needs

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