Anita’s Fitness Training Tips:

By Anita Ramsey CSCS, CFT, CSN

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“Strap It On! Wrap It Up!”

You begin your back training with dumbbell rows.  Your lats are capable of 6 reps, but you can only hold on for 3 good repetitions.  Simple!  Just add a pair of Lifting Straps to the workout.  Straps, if used wisely, are the best of all training gear.  Basically, lifting straps are made of strong fabric and are sown on one end in a loop that fits around your wrist.  The other end extends out for several inches.  Some straps also vary in the lengths of the end that is wrapped around the bar.  The extended end is wrapped around the bar and held inside your fist.  A lifting straps main purpose is to assist in gripping a weight that would otherwise be too heavy to hold during an exercise.  Thus eliminating gripping power as the weak link, but also lifting straps eliminate using secondary muscle groups and emphasize the main muscle groups you are attacking.  Their most common use is for back work such as pull-downs, rows, chins, deadlifts, and shrugs.  But, they can also be beneficial while doing side lateral raises, bent over laterals, dumbbell curls, and certain Olympic movements.

Using lifting straps and wraps in training can help your physique development and strength gains monumentally.  Lifting straps are tools of the trade so get a pair.  If you don’t already have a set or if you need a pair that’s invincible then you need APT Pro Wrist Straps www.ProWriststraps.com.  APT has taken the COMPETITION grade/level Wrist straps, Knee Wraps & Wrist Wraps and built them specifically for hard core Bodybuilders, Strongmen and, Powerlifters.  Tell APT Anita sent you.

Lifting straps are great tools that every bodybuilder should incorporate in their training.  So, strap up and get big!

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