The ability to hold positions.
I think one of the massive biggest problems that we see is that you can't get into a position, that you can't be strong in a position.
We want to be able to hold the end-range positions and as those positions get stronger, then we have more options for the rest of our training and a lot more resilience.
We're going to lay down new connective tissues and just get rid of a lot of nickels through these kinds of movements.
One of our benchmarks is the upper body.
Let's get to the bottom of the curl.
We want 25% body weight in each hand and the ability to hold that position for 30 seconds.
Look at the arm angle.
The angle with shoulders is basically where it's as if I'm on a flat bench because I'm on the incline but the top is kind of squashed over.
If you're on an elevated bench, that'll work or if you've got a bench with a broken top you could work off the incline but when we're able to hold this position for 30 seconds, you see it open up just a little bit more around to the front.
We want to be sort of slightly more towards the externally rotated side flight to excellent rotate a little bit more.
You'll find that the thoracic spine and also chest will start to remode.
You don't have to curl to get out of that.
It's going to make dramatic changes in the shoulders pec liner.
A lot of the little niggles that we have around the shoulder pec tears, and bicep tears because of a lack of ability to get into these positions.
Getting into and out of these positions is also a good thing but that's our test.
You'll notice with this weight it's not quite as vertical, because of the hang, I can really squeeze into the bottom with a little bit more weight, able to get further to the bottom.
These have been massive for my shoulders feeling better through the biceps, through the pecs, and chest.
You'll feel it in different positions depending on where you’re tightest.
The same principle runs all through the body.
This is what we need for the biceps principally and also for the chest.
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