Charles Poliquin Teaches Face Pulls
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Great exercise, looks funny though lol.
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holy fuck, chuck got FAT!
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@hendrixian1 doesn´t sound that the high elbows are for increasing the external rotation component of the exercise ,you could make an external rotation with elbows touching your trunck,like l-fly.the external rotation is not elbow related
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@roccojobbers Only if you already have a bad rotator cuff. If not, the GHJ external rotation during this exercise will improve shoulder health.
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00:49 what i don´t get is why to pull to upper/middle face instead of the lower face ,beacause the elbows are to high which leads to impignment,very common in people overdoing the bench press
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@Buddy1205 Awesome to hear, 50 lbs is quite a bit.... I recently added those two exercises and my bench has been much more consistent, and its helping me to keep my form tighter. Take care
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Doing face pulls, and dumbell power cleans with lighter weight with reps 15-25 (2-3 sets) put 50 pounds on my bench. These exercises don't seem like much, but try and keep impeccable form and consistency with workouts, I would bet they would help a lot of people up their bench (people who are to habituated to curls and the common type of arm / upper body accesory exercises). Make sure you add a rowing type exercise like chest-supported rows.
@madman4654 What? Are you a fucking retard? Go and try it.
LunchtimeLoonies 4 months ago 5
@corporacionmonstruo It's all dependant on the individuals shoulder health. Obviously if a person has an existing shoulder injury or concurrent weakness in GHJ movement then this exercise wouldn't be the first course of action. You could say the same thing about the risks involved in any free weight movement (Bret Contreras did a great article on this on T-nation).
The reason for the high elbow position is to increase the external rotation component of the exercise,Great for rotator cuff health
hendrixian1 2 months ago