I have always implemented power lifting exercises into my workouts over the years. Exercises such as Dead Lifts, Squats, and Bench Press build foundational strength in the tendons and ligaments and can give you the ability to move greater amounts of weight in other exercises as a result. Years ago, my workout partner, Mike Gigante and I devised a plan to maximize our strength gains with the use of the Power Rack. We determined that starting a movement from the bars of the rack eliminated momentum and gave the tendons greater stress from the explosive movement needed. We focused on the three Power Lifting movements: Dead Lifts, Squats, and Bench Press. A normal weight training movement involves momentum in three stages: the negative movement, the positive movement, and the static contraction. The Power Rack allowed for a greater negative movement, a “touch-down” and pause on the bars, followed by an […]