planche Archives - Steven Low https://stevenlow.org/tag/planche/ Exploring the function of the human body Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:00:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://stevenlow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/favicon.png planche Archives - Steven Low https://stevenlow.org/tag/planche/ 32 32 How to program for advanced isometric movements after a plateau https://stevenlow.org/how-to-program-for-advanced-isometric-movements-after-a-plateau/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-program-for-advanced-isometric-movements-after-a-plateau Thu, 09 Aug 2018 01:44:10 +0000 http://stevenlow.org/?p=1035 I’ve released Overcoming Gravity Advanced Programming e-book which goes over a lot more in-depth programming on how to design workout routines (with the various periodization models) to break plateaus.  As Part of the Overcoming Gravity Online series, I decided to release this article as a video. If you are more

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]]> Myth busting: The differences in scapular positioning for bodyweight and barbell exercises and cuing versus technique https://stevenlow.org/myth-busting-the-differences-in-scapular-positioning-for-bodyweight-and-barbell-exercises-and-cuing-versus-technique/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=myth-busting-the-differences-in-scapular-positioning-for-bodyweight-and-barbell-exercises-and-cuing-versus-technique Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:00:40 +0000 http://stevenlow.org/?p=692 I’ve seen numerous comments here and then also questions in http://reddit.com/r/overcominggravity over the years about scapular positioning during bodyweight exercises. Scapular positioning is a bit different from barbell work in quite a few cases. For example, there’s a difference between pushups and bench press: Bench press — you start with depressed

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]]> Prilepin tables for bodyweight strength isometric and eccentric exercises https://stevenlow.org/prilepin-tables-for-bodyweight-strength-isometric-and-eccentric-exercises/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prilepin-tables-for-bodyweight-strength-isometric-and-eccentric-exercises Thu, 02 Feb 2017 19:21:29 +0000 http://stevenlow.org/?p=260 The Second Edition of Overcoming Gravity has been released on Amazon! This is one of the articles that I wrote in response to the First Edition of the book, and more detail is included about this topic in the Second Edition. I’ve worked on overhauling this article to give you a

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]]> The Fundamentals of Bodyweight Strength Training https://stevenlow.org/the-fundamentals-of-bodyweight-strength-training/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-fundamentals-of-bodyweight-strength-training Mon, 09 Jan 2017 06:27:18 +0000 http://stevenlow.org/?p=232 The Second Edition of Overcoming Gravity has been released on Amazon (Digital Edition on my site)! The popularity of this article inspired me to write Overcoming Gravity in conjunction with there being very little resources out there about programming bodyweight strength training routines effectively. I’ve worked on overhauling this article

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