The exercises of Attila and Sandow - forgotten for a reason?
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:27 am
Hello everybody,
if you are interested, I have written a new post on the exercises about Prof. Attila, Eugine Sandow and Tsurugi
if you are interested, I have written a new post on the exercises about Prof. Attila, Eugine Sandow and Tsurugi
A few days ago I came across a video of someone demonstrating a few classical dumbbell exercises (of Attila and Sandow) and he concluded that these exercises may be forgotten for a reason, because they put too much stress on the joints (in this particular case the elbow joints). I agree that one should not blindly follow some exercise program and that it is always best to research why one should do this or that. In this particular case, the person in question simply looked at the outer form of the exercise and applied the modern mind-set of weight lifting to the exercises. For example, he criticized that these exercises use a very long lever which stresses the joints too much when weights are applied, while at the same time the target muscles are not hit enough. First, it is clear that the old time strongmen are...
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