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Upgrade And Enjoy Your Workouts With Powerlifting
Adopt These 3 Powerful Exercises and Reap The Benefits!
More than 20 million people in Britain are physically inactive as of last year. Exercising consistently has many mental, physical and emotional health benefits, important to our overall well-being in both the short- and long-run.
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For those looking to add physical activity safely to their daily routine, or upgrade an existing workout, powerlifting is a great option. It emphasizes strength, proper form and allows you to burn fat while gaining muscle.
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Below are 3 top exercises and benefits when you Upgrade Your Workouts With Powerlifting:
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Upgrade Your Workouts With Powerlifting: #1
Squatting for overall strength
Squatting is one of the best exercises you can do for your overall body.
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Unlike other machine-specific workouts that target one muscle at best, squats engage both the upper and lower body. They incorporate the core and lower back to strengthen our quadriceps, hamstrings, and calves.
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While these benefits alone are worth adding squats into your fitness routine, the best aspect of powerlifting is that there are so many different varieties available.
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If the standard squat becomes too easy, upgrade by adding bar weights. If you want to zone in the focus on a specific area, try split, Bulgarian or goblit squats.
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All of these can be done without weights for beginners, or with weights for the seasoned powerlifter.
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Upgrade Your Workouts With Powerlifting #2.
Bench press for your upper body
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While powerlifting is often associated with the lower body, the bench press proves otherwise.
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A standard in every gym (and most home-gyms), bench presses are all about the upper half of our bodies. This exercise targets the muscles in our chest, arms, back and shoulders, as well as our triceps.
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It also helps engage and strengthen the core when done properly. Like every other powerlifting exercise, you can start slow with a bar to get your form right, and then work your way up by gradually adding and increasing weights using appropriate equipment.
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By perfecting your form and using proper gear and equipment, bench pressing will soon become a favourite staple in your workout routine.
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Upgrade Your Workouts With Powerlifting #3
Deadlift your way to fitness
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The deadlift, long associated as an exercise specifically for male bodybuilders, is the third powerlifting exercise you should definitely bring into your powerlifting exercise routine.
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Deadlifting increases your strength and stability.
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When done correctly, it targets your lower back, hamstrings, quadriceps, glutes, hips, arms and knees. To get your form right, opt first for the stiff deadlift and use little to no weights, and then work your way to a full deadlift with the bar.
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Once you get the hang of this powerful exercise, you will feel the effects of it throughout your entire body and you will look forward to it as part of your routine.
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Upgrade Your Workouts With Powerlifting ~ by adding powerlifting to our daily routine or effectively upgrading our existing workouts with it, you will utilize and strengthen so many different parts of our body – all the while burning fat and gaining muscle.
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Article by Jackie Edwards
jackieedwardswriter@gmail.com.
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