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8.16.2022

Blog|Strength Training

When studying and comparing joint and muscle biomechanics in the general population, it is found that most choose deeper knee flexion in leg pressing than when squatting. A greater load about the hip joint was also observed in the leg press with virtually all the force produced by the muscles being used to accelerate and decelerate the weight.

The Pendulum Hip Press was designed to provide the user a strength curve to maximize these forces that the hips are able to produce when the user is in their lowest position. Not only is the force maximized but so are the training results.

Pendulum Hip Press

12.1.2023

A Pulling Machine

A tremendously popular exercise to train the latissimus dorsi and associated muscles is the pulldown movement. Coaches, athletes, trainers and gym enthusiasts all use a variety of grips to target areas of the back that they want or need to...

11.24.2023

Manual Training Has Rules

In 1979 Manual Resistance was introduced at the National Strength and Conditioning Convention. Weight training’s ability to enhance athletic performance had become accepted and coaches were beginning to be hired by major sports programs. Facilities everywhere were extremely limited or...

11.16.2023

Powerful Hands

The hand is a complex anatomical system. This appendage is composed of twenty seven bones and fifteen joints. Having 30 degrees of rotational and translational freedom it’s able to grasp and apply force to objects of multivarious shapes and sizes....