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Bodybuilding Shin Exercises
Posted by:Rohan
Development of shin muscles
This group of muscles is   often  ignored  by bodybuilders, and they recall  about them only after a failure  at  competitions.
The correct  and effective training will enable to build a shin fast enough.
1.  Standing with a weight on shoulders, rise at the toes. 
Having put  a weight on  the shoulders, to mount on toes slowly, and it  is necessary to aim  to  go out to the toes to the limit. Number of repetitions from 12 up to 30 times .
2. Rise to the toes,  standing in  a special simulator.
Having risen on  the 5 - 8 cm    support,  to go out to the toes slowly , to linger over in  the highest  point  and lowering  downwards  - to let heels  go below as much as  it is possible ,stretching  a shin Don't bend the legs. Number  of repetitions from 8 up to 30 times.
Thus it is necessary to remember, that it  is possible to  do the an exercise in parts, that is  from the  position - the heels downwards to the maximum below and up to middle of rise  -  the accent - to the lower part , and from  the middle of the amplitude - up to going out to the toes - the  muscle upper part.
The  foot position  in the horizontal projection to the support matters  as well . If to put toes apart, and  heels -  to put together, the  shin  internal part  gets the large load, toes - together, heels apart - the external part of muscles is more loaded.
3. Rise to the toes  in the hook-machine.
 (similarly to the  previous exercise), but the load of  the backbone is less.
4. Rise to the toes  in a special simulator , in a  sitting position. 
As for  the technique , it is similar to two previous exercises . By the correct training it gives the effect of  muscle stratification into layers by the side view.
5.  Shin press  in the machine for press with legs.
Having straightened  the legs in the machine , slowly, but without stops  - to press with the shin  a weight  up and to lower it  down to a limit, having stretched a muscle in the  lower point. Don't bend  the legs. Number  of repetitions from 12 up to 30 times .
6. "Burro".
Putting toes  on a prop,  to  decline in a way  that the body is parallel  to the  floor, thus  the  hands  rest on the  bench. One or several partners sit on your  spin, then without  changing  the position of your body, energetically  rise  to the toes and lower downwards slowly . Minimum number of repetitions - 12.
7. Rise at  one leg with a dumb-bell.
Having taken  a dumb-bell in the right  hand, put  the toe of  the left leg on a prop.  Slow  rise to a toe, all  the attention to the shin. To take a dumb-bell  in the left hand, to  make   the rises at the right leg. Do not bend the legs.  It is possible to hold the  support  with the other hand.
8. Rise to toes, resting  with hands on a wall.
  Having rested on a wall with hands,  retreat  from it  so that  without bending  legs  and without touching the floor with the heels , it could be  possible to make the  shin rises  in the maximum amplitude.  Smooth, pumping movements. It is possible to do  this exercise, having fixed a  weight on the  belt, or standing  at one leg.
9. Walking on  the toes.
Having done any of the previous exercises, it is recommended during the breaks  between the approaches and after training to walk on the toes, thus aiming to keep  pressure in a muscle.  To stop in case  of cramps' occurrence. 
TRAINING of the BEGINNERS
1. Rise in the machine in the standing position 3 - 4 of 15 - 20   In 3 - 4 months
2. "Burro" 3 of 15 - 20
3. Rise to the  toes  in the machine tool for  press with  legs 2 - 3 of 10 - 15.
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