[quote]matistheman wrote:
Chris, tu te sers de Carl Gourgues dans tes exemples! J-P Cormier va etre jaloux!!![/quote]
J’ai JP dans certains exercices de mon nouveau livre, tu lui dira qu’il n’est pas assez joli piur les articles!
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
T-Bone81 wrote:
CT, just curious, but would the one-arm motorcycle rowing be categorized similiarly to a vertical pulling exercise versus a horizontal pulling one?
It’s a vertical pulling exercise, it’s a movement pattern similar to a lat pulldown/chin-up, but with a bent over torso (the line of pull is still the same though).
T-Bone81 wrote:
Along those lines, I have some Atlantis equipment at home and have their unilateral lat pulldown. First I was wondering if you’re familiar with the machine, and, if so, how would it compare to this one-arm motorcycle rowing?
I realize there’d be much more stabilization required in the standing exercise, but purely from a lat development standpoint do you think there’d be a noteworthy difference between the two?
The machine illustrated is an athlantis seated row machine BTW…
By unilateral lat pulldown do you mean the cable or machine version? The cable version is pretty similar in effect. I also like the machine one, but it’s not quite as effective as the cable one, because it doesn’t fit every body the same way.
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CT,
I have the cable one with a left and right pulley. I believe they refer to it as part of their natural motion series on their website.
Thanks very much for your reply.
It’s a very good machine. Performing a one-arm pulldown with it is indeed a superb variation that I use extensively. It is very similar to the motorcycle rowing in effect and muscle recruitment. It can also be done on a regular lat pulldown though.
[quote]T-Bone81 wrote:
I have the cable one with a left and right pulley. I believe they refer to it as part of their natural motion series on their website.
Thanks very much for your reply.[/quote]
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
It’s a very good machine. Performing a one-arm pulldown with it is indeed a superb variation that I use extensively. It is very similar to the motorcycle rowing in effect and muscle recruitment. It can also be done on a regular lat pulldown though.
T-Bone81 wrote:
I have the cable one with a left and right pulley. I believe they refer to it as part of their natural motion series on their website.
Thanks very much for your reply.
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I know that chins and pull-ups should constitute a large portion of the effort devoted to training the lats, but what do you think about a few sets of lat pulldowns using pinch blocks, softballs, and various other grip-challenging implements?
Do you think that would be a worthwhile way to train the grip and lats simultaneously, or would you consider it to be comprising both areas and more worthwhile to do direc grip work separately?
By the way, I just received your new book today and I look forward to reading it. Every single one of your products I’ve purchased to date has been pure dynamite.
Does anyone have a video of the x-band walks? It seems simple enough, but from the description alone I am not sure how these would be executed? And these really get the glutes firing, correct? Thanks!
Lumberjack Squat look like they might also help people without access to a squat rack.
[quote]Mod Laurie wrote:
Front squats used to be my favorite, but after trying the corner-bar squats today in the gym, I now found my new favorite. My quads still feel pumped 2 hours after my workout.
Thank you, Christian![/quote]
I did the press variation (similar to the Viking Press) today and loved it.
The squat deal is pretty nice…very similar to the feeling of hip-belt squats, IMO.
[quote]sugarfree wrote:
Lumberjack Squat look like they might also help people without access to a squat rack.[/quote]
Not only that, but it will also help the athlete work the legs in a different way…i think athletes sometimes get too caught up in some lifts and numbers…the change is good.
Hey CT, i was stoked to see the reverse squat using cables, because i posted sumthing similar about a year ago and got no response to it 
personally i use the rope (which is held in a front squat style) and it was cool to see it analyzed as a closed chain equivelent of hamcurls.
(never would have seen it that way)
now, i also do good mornings using the the rope, so i figured i would get your opinion on that excercise and how that could be analyzed in a similar manner to the reverse squat?
cheers to the great work Thibs!!!
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Mod Laurie wrote:
Front squats used to be my favorite, but after trying the corner-bar squats today in the gym, I now found my new favorite. My quads still feel pumped 2 hours after my workout.
Thank you, Christian!
You’re welcome! You can even combine it with a press at the end for a nice total body exercise.
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Holy hell! I think the corner squats with a press at the end would be awesome for tataba work. I’ll let you guys know lol.
The following statement has been entirely overused in previous posts, but: this article came at the right time. After several years of basically injury-free lifting, I tweaked my lower back two weeks ago squatting. Lost my concentration and drifted just a bit forward and twing! So now I have to lay off squats and deads for awhile (two of my favorite lifts). BB hack squats are OK, so are front squats, but I really can’t wait to try out those lumberjack squats. Thanks so much for your must-read articles CT.
Look up bulletproof knees in the search archive, it’s by Mike Robertson there’s a vid in there.
[quote]shadyniner wrote:
Does anyone have a video of the x-band walks? It seems simple enough, but from the description alone I am not sure how these would be executed? And these really get the glutes firing, correct? Thanks![/quote]
THANKS FOR EXERCISE #6 THIBS!!!
I have been trying to rehab my elevated/protracted shoulder for months now with many many different exercises/stretches with little success. I did a bunch of sets of the High Pulley Rhomboids Pull today and I felt pretty good after. It’s too early to tell of course but I think they may work for me.
-lavi
I love the motorcycle rows. I’ve been doing those for years. They really make your lats WORK.
[quote]lavi wrote:
THANKS FOR EXERCISE #6 THIBS!!!
I have been trying to rehab my elevated/protracted shoulder for months now with many many different exercises/stretches with little success. I did a bunch of sets of the High Pulley Rhomboids Pull today and I felt pretty good after. It’s too early to tell of course but I think they may work for me.
-lavi[/quote]
We do one set of it after every set of horizontal pressing (bench press variations).
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
Holy hell! I think the corner squats with a press at the end would be awesome for tataba work. I’ll let you guys know lol.
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No doubt, probably the best Tabata exercise around. HOWEVER the problem might be holding on to the bar for the whole 4 minutes (you really can’t put it back down to the floor without screwing up with the Tabata timing).
[quote]sivanpunk wrote:
Hey CT, i was stoked to see the reverse squat using cables, because i posted sumthing similar about a year ago and got no response to it
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I first used this exercise when I was 20 years old and training for olympic lifting. I was self taught and my biggest technical was going down under the bar fast enough in the clean (you catch the clean in a full squat, the faster you go down, the lower you have to pull the bar). I used the reverse squat to strengthen the muscles that would actively help me squat down under the bar with more speed.
I also think that it is a very good preventive/prehab exercise
[quote]sivanpunk wrote:
now, i also do good mornings using the the rope, so i figured i would get your opinion on that excercise and how that could be analyzed in a similar manner to the reverse squat?
cheers to the great work Thibs!!![/quote]
You mean using a low pulley? I use that movement a lot, but mostly as a romanian or stiff-leg deadlift instead of a goodmorning, same principle though.
[quote]Desideratus15 wrote:
Look up bulletproof knees in the search archive, it’s by Mike Robertson there’s a vid in there.
shadyniner wrote:
Does anyone have a video of the x-band walks? It seems simple enough, but from the description alone I am not sure how these would be executed? And these really get the glutes firing, correct? Thanks!
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Thanks!