Skip La Cour
Workouts for Older Men
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The key to next level training with the flat barbell bench press is finding the right angle for your arms. The right angle to really engage your chest and feeling that ideal engagement is going to be different for everyone. This is something you will need to focus on and figure out yourself. But you canโt do that if you arenโt aware of just how important this is.
When you place your hands on the bar preparing for the bench press pay attention to your elbows. Are they tucked right against your body or are they flaring out at a wide angle? The answer is probably somewhere between the two. Really focus on your chest and adjust the angle of your arms until you can feel it in your chest. There is no set answer on angle; it will be different for everyone. However, you do have to find that right angle in order to get real results in the chest.
Another next level tip for the flat barbell bench press is that you shouldnโt be moving the bar straight up and down. Now, I know it looks like that what the most experienced, accomplished, and knowledge guys in the gym are doing but take a closer look. The movement should have a slight โbanana shapedโ arc to it so the bar is closer to your chin at the top of the movement than it is when you start.
You feel the much more stimulation in your chest this way. This should be a very slight arc, maybe an inch or so is all from the bottom to the top of the movement. Practice that and youโll know you have the arc right when you start feeling it in your chest.
Remember to control the weight on the way down.
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If you can't lose the last 10 pounds or so of body fat no matter how hard you work out, it's because of the way you're eating.
Even if you think you're eating well enough and in a calorie deficit, this short video explains why that's not enough to get the job done.
Reach out to me at 925-352-4366, if you're not sure if this applies to you.
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Skip La Cour
Workouts for Older Men
925-352-4366
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If youโre like most of the men who listen to this podcast, you have accomplished a few things in your life. But, despite those accomplishments and all of the praise you continually get, youโre still not satisfied. You have a lot of talent. Youโre willing to do the hard work.You just know that you have a lot more to achieve in your life. You have a lot of โunfinished businessโ!
In this podcast, I talk about how youโre not alone if you think about all of the things you still havenโt accomplished or experienced in your life yet.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐โ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ญ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐โ๐น๐น ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐. When you look in the mirror, youโll know what it takes to get from where you are now (Point A) to get to where you want to be (Point B) with more certainty and confidence. It doesnโt matter where you are right now or what your goals are, youโll know what to do.
Then, it will just be a matter of you doing what you know for a long enough period of time. Thatโs a great place to be. Youโll have a better sense of control during the entire process. The most important training, eating, lifestyle, and mindset strategies are all covered.
Youโll know exactly what to do ...
Most older men canโt.
No matter what they say, they canโt.
And, because they canโt, the information you need to hear never gets told.
It goes against the grain.
It gets too much resistance from untrained minds.
So, why bother?
These are just a few of the things that elite, experienced men who workout and look great (and have for a long time) want to tell you, but they know you just wonโt understand.
They know that you are getting the majority of your instruction from undertrained minds. Youโre getting your information from people who worry too much about what other people think. They worry about what the โinternet trollsโ and inexperienced, less knowledgeable fitness experts will say about them.
If you want to get to the next level . . . I mean you REALLY want to get to the next level . . . you need to know what Iโve posted down below.
1. If you are counting your macros, youโre counting your calories too. Youโre just stopping one step short in the arithmetic. If you donโt like the ...
Today after a warm-up I decided to eliminate pyramiding up in weight and just go for my heaviest weight for 8-10 in squats. That was 225/8, 225/6, and 225/7. Then I applied that same method with incline DB 70/11, 70/10, followed by close grip Lat Pulldowns 125/10, 130/10, 140/7. With a bit more rest between sets I hit my 1st rule. My rule is 60 minutes
