QUESTION:
John, After 1.5 month of practicing I still can’t move my head from left to right while keeping my head straight. do you have any tips? Thanks.
-Bart
Edit on 4/2/2009 – I just got an e-mail from Bart saying that he has regained the lateral mobility of his neck. It took him 2.5 months, but he’s [...]
Posts under ‘Real World Strength Training Exercises’
Q+A: How to improve the lateral mobility of the neck by John Sifferman
Body Transformation using Clubbells and Circular Strength Training – watch John Sifferman transform his body with CST
February 20, 2009 – Bruiser Training Session
I began with a brief joint mobility warmup of:
Arm screws
Teacup drill
Thoracic circles
Hip circles
Circular Squats
Pelvic circles
Spinal circles
Spinal twists
45 lb Clubbell Training Circuit:
The best rowing exercises (horizontal pulling) for your upper back – video tutorial by John Sifferman
Horizontal rows are a great compound exercise that will help you develop pulling strength in a very applicable way. If you think about it, we all pull things from time to time – from picking something up off the floor, to starting a lawnmower (or snowblower for those who live near I do). [...]
Pyramid Training Workout using Bodyweight Exercises from John Sifferman
Pyramid training is an uncommon strength training technique that produces excellent results, especially when it comes to increasing training volume in an exercise program. Pyramid training has been around for a long time, and was commonly used by old-time strength greats. It’s too bad it isn’t utilized like it used to be. [...]
Pyramid Training for Pullups with John Sifferman
Pyramid training is a very effective means of increasing your strength and endurance. I have used pyramid training with great success for increasing my pullup numbers. I remember one pyramid training program I did years ago that involved a lot of bodyweight exercise.
It was a military PT program, and I committed [...]
What Muscle Does THAT work? Clueless gym trainee strikes again!
It was destined to happen, and I can’t say that I’m surprised. While swinging my clubbell the other day, I was asked the dreaded question of “What muscle does THAT exercise work?”
Now granted, I get asked this question a LOT. It seems that whenever I set foot into a health club, I [...]
Squat and Pushup Circuit Training with John Sifferman
Squats and pushups are what I like to call big bang, or money-maker exercises. Both of these bodyweight exercises cover a large area of the body since they are compound exercises. I like to combine bodyweight exercises like squats and pushups into a circuit, doing one exercise after the other with little to [...]
