Body lifting is traditionally thought of as something that goes hand-in-hand with the great outdoors. Thanks to the thrill that it provides, it is definitely more popular with explorers and seekers of excitement, but for a more utility-based approach, body lifting at the gym gives us a chance to develop our upper half and really add some energy into our workout.
We have all seen the pull up bar is attached to the side of bench presses and other weight-based devices. We have probably also noticed that this simple piece of equipment is often the least used. Whilst most bodybuilders or people looking to firm up will prefer to bench press or pull real weights to the equivalent of their own bodyweight, a pull up bar is a truly old school method that never fails to deliver on its intended purpose. It can get a little tedious though; continually just pulling ourselves up past a bar, so it is important to make use of everything the gym has to offer. Ever seen that weird device but nobody appears to know what it does, that looks like two pieces of seatbelt with stirrups on it? That is an opportunity to body lift in all manner of positions. We can simply pull ourselves up to a point that we determine, or we can bring the handles down to the floor, lay flat and pull ourselves up from the floor. Self-body lifting is not, and has never been confined to simply using a bar.
It is also advisable to speak to a staff at the gym to keep the cell body lifting routine fresh and interesting. If we have already used the above two devices, gym staff have probably got a dozen more routines that you didn’t even think of. It’s a basic form of muscle building but provides so many opportunities to incorporate new styles of muscle building into our workout, and even makes an ideal bridge between general fitness and muscle building for those who don’t want to be completely built, but fancy firming up their biceps and pectoral muscles.
