Working out in the great outdoors!

6/29/2015 04:45:00 PM

Lately, I have been working out in the gym mostly because there are too many cases of Dengue in Malaysia and I don't want to be bitten by mosquitoes :)  The weather on Saturday was really nice even though it is very hot.  So, I decided to take the risk and workout in the great outdoors!   :)



Wide-grip chin-ups - Chin-ups are one of those exercises you love to hate -- they say a lot about your upper-body strength, yet are still a very challenging exercise. Chin-ups are primarily considered a back exercise, but they also considerably tax your biceps. The use of a wide grip and narrow grip for chin-ups will alter to what extent each muscle is used, but both grips are good for the biceps.

Even though your biceps work hard to bend your elbows and pull your body up to the bar, they can do so much more during the rest of the exercise. Pause at the top of the exercise and force your biceps to maintain an isometric contraction for one to two seconds. Your biceps lengthen and eccentrically contract as you lower yourself from the bar. During this phase, go as slowly as possible to really get the burn going in your upper arms. Beware, however, that eccentric contractions can cause significant muscle soreness, so do this only a few times during each workout.


Wide-grip pull-ups - Pull-ups are a classic exercise for building strength and the reason that people still do them is because they get results. That being said, the benefits that you get from your pull-ups can vary depending on how you perform the exercise. The two most common variations of the pull-ups are narrow grip and wide grip.  The primary muscles doing the work are going to be the lats.  The narrow grip employs more biceps muscles in assistance of the motion.  



This is simply 'fun' L-Sit :)

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