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Elbow pain, golfers elbow, tennis elbow – What helps to cure it?

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by coachjon on March 26, 2010

Elbow pain is fairly common among people who lift weights hard, and/or practice their sports hard. Tennis, golf, and other racket sports cause pain to the elbow either on the inside and the outside. Soft tissue work on the triceps, pronator teres, and other small muscles of the arms helps alot. The pronator teres in [...]

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Training The Grip Properly

by coachjon on February 18, 2010

Many personal trainers and strength and conditioning coaches miss out on the key to grip training. As I mentioned in my previous grip training post, the key is variety, in the tempo, the exercises, the angles, the weights, the isometric holds, the finger positions, WHICH finger is used, and which type of wrist or hand [...]

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How To Improve Your Grip Strength

by coachjon on February 14, 2010

Imagine that you are an athlete and your feet were weak. Could you run fast? Or jump high? Now imagine that your hands and grip were weak… would you be able to use those back, chest and arm muscles well? Nope. Grip and forearm training is critical for all athletes. And even for those trying [...]

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