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How To Do A Standard Deadlift
The standard Deadlift is one of the best exercises available to develop many of the largest and strongest muscles in the body and is essential to any resistance or strength training program. It is one of the few standard weight lifting exercises in which the start of the movement begins with ‘dead’ weight. The Deadlift is…
Dumbbell Jump Squats
Dumbbell Jump Squats are a very effective resistance training exercise to enhance lower body power. Attempt to generate maximum acceleration during the concentric phase (jumping up) to ensure you recruit the fast-twitch type-IIa & IIx muscle fibres. These are the fibres that atrophy with age and are accompanied by large decreases in strength and power. Be…
Creatine and Resistance Training in Older Adults: What the Evidence Really Shows (Updated 2026)
What is Creatine? The use of creatine (Cr) can be traced back to the early 1990s when several elite sprint athletes reported performance-enhancing benefits following gold medal winning performances at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games (Anderson, 1993). This sparked the birth of a new era with creatine gaining widespread popularity as a legitimate ergogenic aid…
A Brief Analysis Of The Differences Between The Sumo and Conventional Deadlift
The Sumo deadlift (sagittal-frontal planes) is a popular resistance training exercise for strength athletes, powerlifters and experienced gym enthusiasts, but it is not an exercise that you see utilised all that much by older adults or in rehab programs. Interestingly, there is very little research that has explored the benefits of the Sumo deadlift or…
low bar back squat? for what??
You can either do back squats with a high or low bar position. The low bar for some lifters can be a more challenging technically because of the bar position but when adaptation to this has occurred generally higher loads can be handled and is often the position that powerlifters prefer due to the mechanical advantage. It does requires some pretty decent shoulder flexibility with end range horizontal shoulder abduction and full external rotation so may not suit everyone. Also high bar position can cause neck pain in some lifters. Interestingly, although greater loads can be handled with the low-bar back squat, IEMG analysis demonstrates that motor recruitment/activation of the major or primary muscles involved in this exercise are similar so in terms of increasing general strength it probably doesn’t matter what you choose