Don't worry, this post is exercise related.
Do you remember that song by the Edwin Hawkins Singers? This song makes me feel oh, so alive! Here is a fantastic version:
(Email readers- there are two videos so you must navigate directly to the blog to view them.)
So what am I so excited about?
A Glute Ham Raise also known as GHR.
My gym got one on Friday night, I have been asking for it for three years now. I came in Saturday and something was different in the weight room. A new leg press, looked nice, but not the hack squat I had asked for (it's all about me, see?). I looked further, and there it was, in all it's glory taking up a huge footprint in the very back room.
Most commercial gyms don't have one of these, they are found in professional athletic facilities, colleges and hard core gyms, ones that allow chalk and grunting!
But Courtside just got one and it is all mine....(because I doubt anyone else knows what to do with the thing).
So what the heck is GHR? What is it for?
It helped developed this wonderful butt of mine, it is the best piece of equipment available for your posterior chain: lower back, glutes, hamstrings, calves.
It's also one of the toughest workouts you will ever mess with. I am a little scared about what I shall feel like tomorrow, I haven't been on one of these in about 9 months, since I was training with SC, and we had quite a long session Saturday morning.
Here is a short video that shows a few variations of exercises that can be done on the GHR.
My training has just taken on a whole new life....I am so excited, I cannot wait to use the GHR every week, the bands are killer, I have done those, and SC taught me several variations, sometimes my entire body would be shaking as I stepped out of the machine.
He used to laugh and laugh and laugh, it was always a great source of entertainment.
If your gym doesn't have one, ask for it!
We have one at Gold's but no one ever uses it! Everyone just does the lower back machine and ignores this one...I should use it more :P
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