1. Bulgarian split squats:
This little goodie so soooooo underated and underused, my legs are making some dramatic changes from these in size and strength, these will also help with imbalances and increase groin and hip flexibility. Do them like i do with your front foot elevated on a step and your back foot on a bench, start with bodyweight to get the balance then when you are banging out 15 reps or so do it with dumbbells, then a barbell on your back. When you return to back squats you will be hitting ass to grass no problem, thank me later
2. Snatch grip deadlifts:
The whole idea here is range of motion, longer range of motion=more time under tension=more muscle being torn down. You perform this like a regular deadlift just with your hands on the outer rings of the bar, or collar to collar if you can manage. To make it harder perform this on a platform. This is brutal but awesome for full body growth.
3.One-arm barbell preacher curls:
Start light on these with a fixed barbell, straight bar no cambered on this one. You have to perform these slow and really squeeze the bar to keep it straight, this is a neat one to try and really helps grip strength, when you go back to two arm or dumbbell preachers you'll have easily a 10-15lb increase in the weight you use.
4. One arm-barbell rows:
I've dinked around with these a bit and like them, i'll be doing them steady soon enough, you perform these like a one-arm row just with a barbel. Like above start with a fixed barbell and if you can handle it work your way up to an olympic bar or short straight bar. Your grip builds nicely and you have to perform these slower, these are painful
5. Decline dumbbell pullovers:
Once again range of motion is key on this one, i'll go to the max decline and use two dumbbells to make it uni-lateral, keep your elbows locked at anywhere from a 45-90 degree angle and concentrate on trying to pull from the elbow. These thrash your lats, triceps and rear-delts, great for pre-exhausting your lats if you have a hard time feeling them work.
I'll try to think of some more just some ones i thought you guys would like, try em and let me know what you think, they all gave me good gains.
This little goodie so soooooo underated and underused, my legs are making some dramatic changes from these in size and strength, these will also help with imbalances and increase groin and hip flexibility. Do them like i do with your front foot elevated on a step and your back foot on a bench, start with bodyweight to get the balance then when you are banging out 15 reps or so do it with dumbbells, then a barbell on your back. When you return to back squats you will be hitting ass to grass no problem, thank me later
2. Snatch grip deadlifts:
The whole idea here is range of motion, longer range of motion=more time under tension=more muscle being torn down. You perform this like a regular deadlift just with your hands on the outer rings of the bar, or collar to collar if you can manage. To make it harder perform this on a platform. This is brutal but awesome for full body growth.
3.One-arm barbell preacher curls:
Start light on these with a fixed barbell, straight bar no cambered on this one. You have to perform these slow and really squeeze the bar to keep it straight, this is a neat one to try and really helps grip strength, when you go back to two arm or dumbbell preachers you'll have easily a 10-15lb increase in the weight you use.
4. One arm-barbell rows:
I've dinked around with these a bit and like them, i'll be doing them steady soon enough, you perform these like a one-arm row just with a barbel. Like above start with a fixed barbell and if you can handle it work your way up to an olympic bar or short straight bar. Your grip builds nicely and you have to perform these slower, these are painful
5. Decline dumbbell pullovers:
Once again range of motion is key on this one, i'll go to the max decline and use two dumbbells to make it uni-lateral, keep your elbows locked at anywhere from a 45-90 degree angle and concentrate on trying to pull from the elbow. These thrash your lats, triceps and rear-delts, great for pre-exhausting your lats if you have a hard time feeling them work.
I'll try to think of some more just some ones i thought you guys would like, try em and let me know what you think, they all gave me good gains.