My name is CJ McFarland and I an assistant strength and conditioning coach with Temple Football. Prior to temple university I spent two season with LSU Football. Prior to that I was the head strength and conditioning coach for Onnit in Austin, Texas for over 6 years. I have worked with numerous athletes from a multitude of levels, including but not limited to: college, NFL, NBA, MLB, and WWE.
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Does it apply to beginners ? I went only 2 times to the gym in my life (and Benched in both) but now I want to start the gym seriously and first I want to know my 1RM but I'm afraid I might tire or injure myself
Excellent review. I myself was looking for a rope to get started in battle rope training but am short on space. My biggest concern with this is: does it deliver the same (or similar) results as a standard 50 ft long rope? It's pretty pricey too for a rope, so need to know before i pull the trigger on this. The space-saving is definitely a plus for me since i'd be using it exclusively indoor. Is it a legit training tool or just a gimmick?
Just hit a 200lb bench PR after failing it just 3 days ago man. Thank you. I was doing 70% for 10 to warmup, and 80%+ for 2. Your style works tremendously, thanks again man. I'll be using this method for 315 someday👊💪
How can I measure the tension/resistance that a band is producing if I am just using the band? ( Such as for Bent Over Rows where I stand on the band, grab a closed loop end in each hand, hinge at the hips, then pull/row each loop end up to my waist. Or doing chest/bench presses with the band behind my back, each hand in a loop end of the doubled band, laying on a bench with the band pressed between the bench and my back, then pressing my hands (and arms) up? etc) Also is there a way to calculate or determine the approximate weight range of a band? i.e. 50-125 lbs, 60-170 lbs, 90-230 lbs, etc? (How do manufacturers come up with these figures?)
Yes you'll do it exactly like he is. For bent over rows loop the band in the hook and pull it as far as you would if you were lifting. Same thing for the press motion, except having a friend do it would be best. As far as the bands rating in pounds, I know mine was listed on the product when I bought it. I'm sure you can find it online, it's not regulated in any way (not all purple bands are 10-20lbs for example) but you should be able to get a general idea. You might also be able to find it on the manufacturers website. My guess is they have some sort of a sine curve that has a max and min and those are the numbers used for resistance of each band
@@Ciocalesku613 Thanks, I'll give that a try. Most of the bands I got did come with a weight range. (5-30, 15-60, 35-110, 40-90, 50-135, 57-125, 60-170, 87-192, and 123-275 lbs) The only one that didn't doesn't even have the info online; but I'm guessing it's around 95-225 lbs. It's not vital or crucial for me to know, but I was just curious.
My PR 1 month ago was 225. Then I hit 245 two weeks ago and today I’m attempting 265. Going to use this today and hope for the best. I feel pretty confident right now. Have been having bad elbow and forearm pain though so I’ll have to see how my warm ups feel.
@@icubutnotme just tried it like 5 min ago. 225 for 2 instead of 1(kinda cheated on the second with the spotter but I would normally stop at 1). Underrated af and thanks for the reply
@@icubutnotme Hell yeah! I failed the first attempt which was quite ‘depressing’ and after some research all I had to do was sleep well and eat plenty of water and carbs along with this golden warm up video and try again next week. Im hyped af if u can feel me hahah
This is good, but it is a bit complicated. For me I just follow the rule that when you warm up always leave some reps in the tank and as you increase weight never increase reps or the amount that the weight is increasing from the previous set and then make sure the last warm up sets or so are 1 rep
