lockout pound

[...] large rolls in your ability to drive your shots and also benefit you in the refined and civilized art of body checking. Standing with a heavy load, as in a squat or deadlift lockout puts great stress on the torso stabilizing muscles. When you step and walk with heavy loads you are moving out with one leg at a time. This shifts the weight back and [...]

[...] for the back and chest, and is essential for safety when moving heavy weights. This is discussed at length in my and Lon Kilgore’s book Starting Strength.) In the lockout position, most people will have the bar slightly in front of the head at first, so make sure that your bar is over your neck, the highest point on your skull, right [...]

[...] triceps that propel eye-popping weights to the ceiling in an instant. The big stomach comes in handy, too—anything that stops the bar a couple of inches closer to lockout position can't be bad. So, what does it all add up to? Rychlak can bench-press 965 pounds. Scot Mendelson used to be the king of the supine weightlifters. Just last [...]