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Sculpting Great Arms, PART 3, Triceps and Biceps: Attachments

posted by Shawn Kephart on August 27, 2010

A lot of people ask our K-180 training team what the difference is between using a rope, a v-bar, a straight bar, and all the different attachments you see all over the gym. I understand! It can be a little overwhelming without the proper knowledge and insight to realize that each one helps focus on [...]

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Sculpting Great Arms, PART 2: Triceps and Biceps

posted by Shawn Kephart on August 20, 2010

Most people never fully develop their triceps or fully develop size and strength because they don’t work it from all its different angles and different attachment points.
Within the tricep, we have the medial head, the lateral head, and the long head that all need attention and work together.
The medial head is on the inside of [...]

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Sculpting Great Arms, PART 1: Triceps and Biceps

posted by Shawn Kephart on August 13, 2010

Let’s talk about a few of the “glory muscles”: the arms, the “guns,” the “cannons,” or for some people, the “pistols.” Getting them looking the way you want them to look—for men or for women—first requires a great working knowledge of all the components that make up a single limb. Knowledge, after all, is power.
We’ll [...]

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Intensity Techniques: Building the Pyramid (Staggered Sets)

posted by Shawn Kephart on August 6, 2010

Here’s another in our recent Intensity Techniques series we’ve been getting so much great feedback on: this one is what we call Staggered Sets (also known as pyramiding).
You’ll perform this technique by picking a weight that you can do 12 reps with. Perform your first set. Then add more weight and do 10 reps. For [...]

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