First, place the barbell near you resting on the floor in front of your chest with your hand at chest height—exactly like the kettlebell rack. Then lower the height of the handgrip in order to increase the activation of the lats. Initiate the pre-activation sequence: Grip, Lats, Abdominals, Glutes , and then start your press. This might be an unusual question around here but what are the reasons to do lateral band walks? Sure, they work the glutes and hip muscles, but so do a lot of other exercises. What do lateral band walks give you that other exercises don't? Or, what other exercises would make lateral band walks... S&S warm up hip bridges are meant to awake “sleeping” glutes . Deadbugs and hip bridges are different type of exercises in my humble opinion and hip bridges would require less number of reps. Hip bridges are more like “strength” exercise in my experience so probably daily 3x5 recommended in S&S would be the sweet spot for most. Are weighted pistol squats a good mass builder for the legs; specifically the glutes ? I have been hammering down on heavy kettlebell front squats but get a bit obsessive regarding symmetry so wanted to incorporate some unilateral leg work to rectify any imbalances. Is this a good exercise? Is...
