I don’t usually write stuff like this but every once in a while it’s time for something a bit lighter than my more technical fare. Today I’m going to tell you an important aspect of weight training. Today I’m going to tell you how to keep the power inside the bar.
Getting Started in the Weights Game
The year was 1985 or so and I had begged my mom for a membership to the local Nautilus gym in town. That Christmas I got it. This was in the heyday of Nautilus (and step aerobics on concrete floors I might add), they had all the original machines that you could work through circuit style.
But as gyms of that type were wont to do, it also had a small free weight area. This was pretty ancient stuff, the old style bench presses where the uprights were way too close together and made it really easy to tip the bar over if you didn’t put it back just right. … Keep Reading