A Request I Haven't Seen Before

[Connie1]

I wonder if this is a usable request, but here goes. The exercise on which I find my form suffers the most is: changing plates on my barbell!

Tonight on my own I was doing a little lifting, and realized that I'd love a section on a video for just changing weights with perfect form. (I have a blood blister on one hand as I write this).

My new Bollinger slip-cuffs (what is their real name?) seem like the fastest type of clamp, so I would think that a video featuring these (or another more difficult type, slid on with a strong grip and masterful form!!) would be very useful to many of us who need to change weights between exercises, safely and in the minimum time.

A benefit I see for old-fashioned clip weight changes on a video would be to those like myself (a dental hygienist) for whom a strength improvement in grip would actually improve job performance!

Y'all's thoughts and opinions on the feasability or quality of this suggestion are welcome. By the way I am updating my pic and trying to pump up a little for the new one right now.

Cathe- you have changed my life! God bless you again!

-Connie L.

Who soon, will write an article for RDH magazine on how fitness with Cathe et al can extend a dental hygiene career

 

[jgoycoolea]

Good point. I think I round my back when I change plates. jeanne

 

[TarHeelMom]

And it's important to keep your weight back in your heels and your core engaged. ;-)

Kathy S.

 

[Connie1]

When I'm working with multiple ten-pound plates and heavier I find that I need to move slower. Otherwise they can pinch my fingers so easily.

Also I find that changing weights all the way on one end first, then the other end, is better than taking the weights off both ends and replacing both ends. I do it seated on the floor. Not as far to fall if it crashes down...