Archive for February, 2010
Don’t Forget Forearms and Calves
by admin on Feb.16, 2010, under Fitness
You can improve these hard-to-develop bodyparts, and improve your grip and gait as well.
When you do enough weight training, your attention will eventually come to your calves and forearms—two of the most difficult areas to develop. Your forearms get some work every time you do heavy pulling exercises. In fact, sometimes your forearms and hand grip strength will give out before your lats do. Calves don’t get too much emphasis in most lower body weight training, but they provide much of the propulsion in walking and running.
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