Fit to Print Volume 23 Issue 3 September 2014 | Page 17

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“Smooth, natural, fluid motions are qualities at the forefront of what shaped
the design approach of the Discovery series.”

light grip, drive with your elbows as if
your arms were like hooks, keeping you
rib cage nice and high and retracting
your shoulder blades to fully contract the
Lats. You don't want to yank the machine
with your arms. Do not allow your elbows
to lock.
There is also no need to stop between
reps because the most tension you'll
experience is in the middle of the
movement…it's a mid-range movement.
When you grip the handgrips, you want
to be sure not to clutch them too tightly.
A nice, light grip is better, along with
straight wrists. Don't let them break as
you grip the handgrips. A bend in the
wrist puts pressure on the forearm.

Chest Press
With the Converging Chest Press don't
allow the elbows to lock at full
extension. On this machine I also find
that too many people are putting their
shoulders into the movement. Again, the
shoulder blades are retracted, the rib
cage held high. As you press out with
power, you want a full range of motion to

pushing through your heels, and
ensuring that your lower back doesn't
roll forward. You want to push your
lower back into that lumbar support.
With each of these machines, there is
no pausing. The reps follow one after
the other without stopping.
It's worth mentioning, though, that it's
not actually wrong to pause when the
motion should be continuous…in fact
it's natural and many people do it. It's
just that the results will be better if
the pause is properly included in the
set when appropriate. Each movement
is either a stretch, a mid-range, a
contracted movement or, in some
cases, a combination, as with the
Abductor/Adductor. Complete your
sets correctly to make the most of
your [YH]H