HOLD, HOLD, HOLD... FOR GAINS!
Dec 05, 2021
4 minutes
BY LAUREN BEDOSKY
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
RYAN YOUNG
NOT A SINGLE muscle is moving – and yet every muscle in your body is working overtime. Yes, this is what happens when you dare to do the ab-destroying move pictured right, a paused Romanian deadlift. It looks simple: grab a pair of dumbbells, push back your butt and lower your torso. But in reality, your shoulders and forearms never stop working, and your abs, obliques, lower back extensors and midback muscles are all roaring to life – and never getting a break.
It’s a burn quite unlike anything you’ve experienced in a workout before. And it’s this feeling that just may supercharge your muscle
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