ALTERNATE TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE UPPER BODY STRENGTH

by Shawn Nagel
Strength and Conditioning Coach Lindenwood University
American Football Monthly December 2012 Issue Online

During this past off-season, we noticed that our percentage of increase in strength for the upper body press had not gone up as a team compared to our increases for the squat and power clean. Obviously, the lower body lift of a squat incorporates larger muscle groups, and both the power clean and squat can increase lower body strength significantly by using proper techniques so there are reasons to see a larger increase with these lifts. However, we also realized that we were not using as man...Login to Read More

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