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Cable Machine versus Crossover Symmetry Bands versus Exercise Tubing. Learn which one is for you.
New Workout Posted: Getting Diesel Workout 1 of 16: Upper Body Hypertrophy
13 Glute Activation exercises to help you move better, and restore proper function. Protect from running injury and improve deadlift strength.
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Core and Leg Focused, the Commit and Conquer Workout Program builds strength while improving overall total body conditioning.
CrossFit 16.4 Open at Sand & Steel. Handstandpushups, deadlift, wall balls, and more.
Bench Press. That’s the answer. Yes Dips, pushups, ball pushups, flys, etc. are good too. Nothing works faster or better than bench press, but it’s also a source of frequent injury. Be deliberate and slow on increasing weight. A tear in the tendon of clavicullar head of the pectoris major is more common than you think. Be patient with raising the weight, just be cause you can lift the weight, doesn’t mean your tendons can.
Making a commitment to your bodybuilding routine is crucial to seeing results, but there may be other issues stopping your body from progressing in the right direction. The trainers at Sand & Steel Fitness are the experts in bodybuilding around Old Town Alexandria and would love to give you some tips on how to continue your bodybuilding journey.
If you own a pair of parallettes, you’ve probably discovered that they are an excellent source of instability for your shoulders, and your feet if you stand on them. When you loop in a Surge (a water filled tube with handles), then you have instability in your core and shoulders as the water sloshes around. When combined, they make for a truly grueling duo.
Make sure you check out the bonus videos at the bottom. It’s a very original movement designed to provide an important progression for the pistol squat.
1 Leg Glute Bridge 8/10. The parallette offers a very stable platform to work from. The only piece of equipment that’s better is probably the medball for doing 1 leg glute bridges.
Today we are going to demo some Mace Ball movements including a full youtube demonstration, and then we’ll discuss how you can get a free personal training session just from reading this article.
CrossFit 15.2 Open Workout Paul Roberts of Sand & Steel demonstrates the Overhead Squat with 95 LBS and the Chest to Bar Pullup. The Actual CrossFit Workout featured: Round 1: …
Mastering the Pull-up Seminar Saturday March 14 at 1:30-3:30pm Sand & Steel will be providing a presentation on progressions and regressions for mastering the pull-up. The presentation will feature a number …
The parallette: a small, simple looking training tool that can deliver massive results in the areas of core strength and mobility. You won’t find parallettes in many gyms (other than Sand&Steel and some Crossfit boxes), so for the majority of you reading this post, I’m guessing you’re considering buying a pair.
Anytime, we purchase new equipment, we ask a few basic questions: