Thursday, August 27, 2009

Sit Up Bench - Selecting The Right One

By Sean Luna

The sit up bench is designed for enhancing and toning the upper arms, abdomen and the thighs. These benches generally have a couple of upright racks on the one end that supports the weights and barbell. This bench is created to accommodate the customer, who can either lie or sit on it, usually with the legs on one side while lifting barbell with the help of arms.

There are many types of weight benches, some of them given here. Names of these benches are preacher curl weight bench, dumbbell weight bench, Olympic weight bench and abs weight bench.

Preacher curl weight bench plays a vital role in strengthening the biceps and during this whole procedure, arm is stabilized. This bench is usually used in home gyms because of their small size and easy to move. Mostly, it is used with Olympic or standard curl bars.

Olympic Weight Benches: Preacher Curl and Dumbbell Weight Benches does not support a bigger bar that's why they are not suitable for weightlifters. Unlike above two types Olympic weight benches can hold up larger rods. This is the only reason that they are frequently used in gyms and are perfect for weightlifters.

Abs Weight Bench: Abs sit up bench is used to tone abdomen. It provides the platform to do curl-ups. At one end of abs weight lifting benches foot grips are present and are adjustable according to their requirement

Either declined or horizontal, they often include foot grips at one end and are used to target different parts of abdomen. Keep in mind that in purchasing your weight bench, select one that support heavy loads and fulfils your requirements.

To perform exercises of different complexity levels, adjust the Olympic sit up bench in incline, flat and decline directions. You should carry out barbell and dumbbell bench presses through four sets of 8 to 12 reps, do it for about 5 weeks and then move towards 5 sets of 5 reps for some weeks.

At initial stages use low volume approach e.g. 6 sets of 3 reps, then switch to less concentration and advanced reps and improved rate e.g. 4 sets of 15 reps, now again move towards the flat position and do the same thing again. Same procedure will be equally fine for other complex movements like db rows, bench rows, and shoulder presses.

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