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UPDATE with JEN McCULLOCH FROM CLUB LIME
THE POWER OF THE BARBELL
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believe that everybody at any age would benefit from learning how to use a barbell. Getting physically mentally strong changed my life, and I believe it has the power to change yours too!" Barbells help you perform foundational and functional movements like squats, deadlifts, presses and rows with more weight than kettlebells and dumbbells. The most significant benefit of barbell exercises is the ability to add additional load over time. Barbell exercises train your entire body in the way it was designed to move. As you use more muscles, you can get strong in these movements. Strength is the foundation to help build speed, stability, and mobility if executed correctly. While dumbbells and kettlebells get more challenging to manoeuvre, the heavier they get, barbells stay the same size. So, to keep yourself and your body challenged, barbells can be the most efficient tool to use in the gym. However, wanting to pick up a barbell and safely doing so are two entirely different matters. Whenever I see a 'newbie' lifter in the gym, they often look unsure and overwhelmed. This is completely normal and part of getting out of your comfort zone and
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learning a new skill. classic car. However, that does not mean we When starting with barbells, there's no only take it out for a run on a Sunday! required amount of time that you need to This is why I designed 'BUILD with Jen' have spent strength training. Instead, the to support and educate women through a only thing that's a prerequisite is good form. series of progressive programs, starting with Performing fundamental movements using a 12-week program called PRE-BAR to help your bodyweight, you build confidence kettlebells, and across functional dumbbells is a solid, movements. The design Barbell pain-free technique of the program begins exercises train that will set you up for by introducing you to your entire body in success. bodyweight, kettlebell By the time you get and dumbbell and the way it was to using a barbell, machine exercises. designed to move. you should feel as Moving to the latter part As you use more though you are already of the program, you will muscles, you can comfortable with the start learning how to get strong in these squatting, pressing, and navigate training with a movements. hinging mechanics of barbell. squat, bench press, and My mission in an deadlift movement. aesthetically driven As a personal trainer, one of my many facets world is for women to find body confidence is to help people move better and understand through lifting weights. Inspiring and the mechanics of how their bodies work. Not educating others to pursue their strength only helping them build a stronger and more journey, whatever level they start. functional version of themselves, but it also Want to begin your strength journey today? helps people avoid unnecessary injuries and Text BUILD to Jen on 0431 141 701 or come preserves the longevity of their bodies. We into Club Lime Moonee to see how I can help only get one body, and it needs treating like a you today.
