Congratulations to Allegra for winning her IFBB Pro Card!
Now the next phase of Allegra’s journey begins and we’re excited to be along for the ride!
Send her all the love and praise – there’s nobody who deserves it more!
A deload is a period of time — typically one training week but can be as short as 3-4 days — in which the goal is to reduce systemic and local fatigue through reductions in volume, intensity and/or relative load. Deloads are implemented after the culmination of a hard mesocycle
Execution Cues: – Setup a bar in J hooks about sternum-to-nipple height. Place knee-height box/bench ~2-3 feet away from the bar to rest your feet on. You should have enough clearance to hang in full extension with your butt hovering off ground.– Take a wider-than-normal grip on the bar. This
WHAT IS IT? An Isometric is a maximal-effort, static contraction. They can be used effectively in a variety of ways, but the key applications we will focus on will be: Priming the nervous system– Before your working set on a given movement, perform a ~5 second Isometric against an immovable
