Subject: Bodyweight Preacher Curls...DEADLY new bicep exercise
From Nick Nilsson
Author and Publisher of BetterU News
& "The Best Arm Exercises You've Never Heard Of"
http://www.fitness-ebooks.com
So yesterday, I told you about my new book "The Best Arm
Exercises You've Never Heard Of". Well, the response has just
been HUGE. Here's the link if you haven't had a look yet:
http://www.fitstep.com/best-arm-exercises/best-arm-exercises.htm
So what's the most frequent comment I've been getting about
these exercises?
"How do you come up with this sh--?" (expletive deleted :)
Here's my response:
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"Well, to me, it's all about results. I don't create exercises
just for the sake of creating exercises. They've gotta have a
purpose and they've gotta get RESULTS.
I mean, I take equipment and look at it in completely different
ways. Where one person sees a bench press machine, I see a
shoulder press, a leg press, a calf raise machine, curl machine,
row machine...sometimes, I'll challenge myself to work every
single bodypart while limiting myself to just that one piece of
equipment.
And then there are times when I just say what the 'heck' and go
all mad scientist.
For example, one of the most bizarro exercises I've got in the
book is one I call the Bodyweight Preacher Curl. I'll give you
the breakdown on how I came up with this one.
You see, when you do a bodyweight exercise, you actually
activate MORE muscle fibers than when doing regular free weight
and especially machine exercises. You have to stabilize your body
and activate the muscles in a very natural manner. It just makes
the exercise more effective.
So one day I thought to myself...the Preacher Curl is a great
bicep exercise...let's see if I can figure out a way to brace my
FOREARMS on the pad and curl my BODYWEIGHT up instead of the
normal way of doing it, with upper arms on the pad and curling a
bar.
With a little messing around, I came up with the solution
(apparently I have an intensely curious and determined mind when
it comes solving problems that most people don't even know they
have :).
You bring the Preacher bench into the power rack and turn it 90
degrees so it's facing one side. You move that side rail down so
it's just a few inches above the top edge of the Preacher pad.
Next, you set a flat bench outside the rack on the other side.
Set your forearms on the Preacher pad and grip onto the safety
rail at the top of the pad. Now set your toes on the bench - your
body will be straight but your knees will be bent...you will be
pretty much almost kneeling on the ground.
Now curl yourself up, using your feet on the bench to provide
assistance and balance - you can use your legs to provide as much
assistance as you need, which means you can spot yourself
easily.
So as you curl your body up, you'll notice one small thing...
YOUR BICEPS ARE ON FREAKING FIRE...
And that's just the first rep...just wait until you finish your
first set!
I've got full pictures, description and video of this one in the
book."
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Got the visual on THAT exercise? That one is going to blow your
biceps up like balloons. And that's just ONE exercise out of the
68 in the book.
If you want to build ARMS and the regular exercises just aren't
getting the job done, you have GOT to check this book out:
http://www.fitstep.com/best-arm-exercises/best-arm-exercises.htm
Nick
P.S. Remember, this book is on sale right now for the
introductory price of just $29.95. It's going up to $49.95 on
Friday at midnight so if you're interested, don't wait!
http://www.fitstep.com/best-arm-exercises/best-arm-exercises.htm