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Jan
Dr Mel Siff’s Insights into Strength Training with a Dysfunctional Arm
Author: Dr Mel Siff Blog // Category: Dr Siff on Injuries/Disease, Dr Siff on Resistance Training, Main Content.
Someone contacted me privately about methods of training if one has any
injury, weakness or dysfunction of one arm.
These were some of my suggestions – if you have a power rack, you can use
reverse band methods to limit the weight on the bar and control its line of
action while you do bench, inclined press, deadlifts, limited range pulls and
so on. The bands (or bungee cord) are attached to the top of the power rack
and the barbell or dumbbell is suspended from the bands – the amount of
assistance offered depends on the thickness of the bands or cords. Read more…