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9023/2 GHR Pad

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:42:06 +0000

GHR PAD

Padding suitable for GHR (code 9013/1), especially used to protect the feet while using the GHR without shoes.
As you can see from the images, the Barbell Pad features an excellent finishing and a structural sturdiness. Especially on the seams and the dimensions of the Velcro closure. The nylon coating completely covers the Pad. This feature is also present in the internal part that is in contact with the barbell, avoiding the shift of the Pad during the use.

See also the Barbell Pad H.T. code 9023/1.

LENGTH: 500 mm
TOTAL DIAMETER: 70 mm
PADDING THICKNESS: 15 mm
WEIGHT: 0,25 kg

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9123 Ghd & Sissy Squat – Hamstring Bench

riccardo — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 15:43:02 +0000

The 9123 bench includes two pieces of equipment: Glute Ham Developer (GHD) and Sissy Squat.

Like the 9013/1 Glute Hamstring AB Roller (GHR), the 9123 bench is a useful equipment for performing important complementary leg training exercises in the context of improving sports performance, i.e. athletic preparation or physical conditioning.

Used as a Hamstring Bench (Nordic Norwegian Curl), it is effective in training part of the posterior muscle chain (ischio-crural muscles, trunk muscles) mainly through eccentric (slowing down the load) and isometric (stopping the load) contraction exercises. In this way, the 9123 bench, combined with the essential exercise of the pulldown, makes it practical to train all types of muscle contraction (isometric, concentric, eccentric) and therefore all the components of strength production. As with GHR 9013/1, we would like to remind you that this type of training can be instrumental in preventing and limiting injuries to the anterior cruciate ligaments, which are often due to asymmetries between the posterior muscles (which are short and underperforming) and the anterior muscles of the thigh.

The use of the 9123 bench as a Sissy Squat Bench is similar, even though it is more specific; training only the quadriceps muscle in combination with the squat. In this case, too, it is a complementary exercise, with the particularity, given the presence of “shin blocking” cushions, of being able to easily vary the workload through the bust inclination, more or less backward, or, in addition, through the use of weights (dumbbells, discs resting on the chest, or barbell positioned on the trapezius).

The use of weights reveals in some ways the role of a complementary exercise aimed at an analytical work, intense, at high repetitions, of “exhaustion” of the quadriceps, even if, for sports such as alpine skiing, the “unnatural” posture that is assumed on the Sissy Squat Bench reproduces the position of retreat to which the skier is often called during the load shifts on skis in certain cornering phases, where the overload is extremely high. In the condition described below the patellar tendon and anterior cruciate ligaments are subjected to very high tensions and stresses, to the point of requiring a careful assessment of the danger-benefit ratio of the type of exercise and the relative overload.

A couple of clarifications: the Sissy Squat Bench is actually a Roman bench, or Roman chair, created for the Roman Chair Squat. The term Sissy Squat (a name derived from Sisyphus, a mythological character depicted with huge thighs) identifies, on the contrary, the famous, but different, exercise made famous by Vince Gironda. The Roman chair has made a comeback with the name Sissy Squat Bench thanks to the spread of “old school” training. Finally, the training of quadriceps is not the only use of the equipment, which is effective for chain exercises dedicated to the core, too.

SPECIFICATIONS GHD & Sissy Squat:
Dimensions 1510 x 650 x 460h mm
Weight 45 kg
Maximum load 120 kg

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9013/1 GHR – Glute Hamstring AB Roller

riccardo — Fri, 21 May 2021 14:20:56 +0000

GHR – Glute Hamstring Roller

The GHR is a multifunctional, simple and extremely effective tool. The acronym derives from “Glute Hamstring Roller”, because the tool was created in the field of athletic training for training the hamstring muscles performing curl exercises with regular sliding wheels. However, the possibility of assuming different positions and grasping the tubulars with the hands, has considerably expanded the range of exercises that can be performed with this tool, making it also useful for training the abdominals, core and consequently all the main muscle chains. Though created as a specialist tool for athletic training, it is also very useful for aesthetic and wellness purposes.

Use in athletic preparation and fitness

Used as a specialist tool in athletic training to work on the posterior muscle chain (hamstring muscles, trunk muscles), it is indispensable in sports characterized by the expression maximal power (speed and strength). It is also essential for preventing and limiting injuries to the anterior cruciate ligaments, often due to asymmetry between the posterior (short and underperforming) and anterior thigh muscles. The functionality of the Roller, especially if integrated with exercises of the same target, eg. the Nordic hamstrings, is due to the practicality of use and also the relative ease in achieving maximum lengthening and shortening of the hamstring muscles. The handiness is also useful for organizing high-intensity circuits, characterized by the rapid alternation of exercises.

As a tool dedicated to fitness it owes its effectiveness to its great multifunctionality. A couple of square meters are enough to perform numerous and particularly dynamic exercises dedicated to strength and endurance, with important metabolic and proprioceptive connotations (strength conditioning).

Exercises with the GHR – VIDEO

We have selected some of the main exercises to highlight these potentials:

Hamstring curl
Single leg hamstring curl
Gluteus bridge and curl
Posterior plank to L-sit
Crunch
Pike crunch
Crunch + push up (atomic push up)
Roll
Single arm roll
Side roll
Lunge front squat
Lateral squat
Cross lunge squat
Pistol
Crawl

🇮🇹 Versione Italiana

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