Merrick Lincoln, DPT, Author at T NATION https://www.t-nation.com/author/merrick-lincoln/ T Nation Articles Fri, 12 May 2023 15:37:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://www.t-nation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/favicon.ico Merrick Lincoln, DPT, Author at T NATION https://www.t-nation.com/author/merrick-lincoln/ 32 32 Lateral Raises Like You've Never Seen Before https://forums.t-nation.com/t/lateral-raises-like-youve-never-seen-before/282402 Tue, 16 May 2023 12:00:42 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=105980 Read the full article at Lateral Raises Like You've Never Seen Before

]]> Shrugs: 13 Exercise Variations for Strong Traps https://forums.t-nation.com/t/shrugs-13-exercise-variations-for-strong-traps/280503 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:00:38 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=85426 Read the full article at Shrugs: 13 Exercise Variations for Strong Traps

]]> Compound Sets for Size and Strength https://forums.t-nation.com/t/compound-sets-for-size-and-strength/279145 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:00:01 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=100765 Read the full article at Compound Sets for Size and Strength

]]> The Best Landmine Exercises For Explosive Strength https://forums.t-nation.com/t/the-best-landmine-exercises-for-explosive-strength/278060 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:00:18 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=97918 Build Explosive Strength With Landmine Exercises There's a new way to train for explosive strength: landmine exercises. Specifically, the ones suitable for ballistic performance. It doesn't take much to build power. Just add a few of these moves to your weekly workouts and watch your strength explode. Check out the exercises in the video, then

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]]> 18 Landmine Exercises for a Full Body Workout https://www.t-nation.com/training/full-body-workout-landmine-exercises/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:00:10 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=95472 Full Body Workout: A Library of Landmine Exercises Landmine exercises are user-friendly, requiring just a barbell, plates, and a landmine device. If that's all you had in your home gym, you could easily do a challenging, full body workout. This little piece of equipment provides guidance and movement constraint. It'll give you resistance in multiple

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]]> Tri-Sets For New Muscle Growth https://www.t-nation.com/training/muscle-growth-workouts-tri-sets-bodybuilding/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:00:44 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=93939 Tri-Sets For Muscle Growth Combine three exercises in a row without rest. This is called a tri-set. Why do it? Efficiency. You pack more work into a shorter workout, and you can do it in a way that maximizes muscle growth. But there's a problem. Selecting the appropriate weight and reps is tough. It can

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]]> 17 Swiss Bar Exercises for a Full-Body Workout https://www.t-nation.com/training/swiss-bar-exercises-full-body-workout/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:01:17 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=93971 The Swiss Bar: Beyond The Bench Press The Swiss bar, also known as the football bar or multi-grip bar, is primarily known as a bench pressing tool. Originally invented to help ease the shoulder injuries of American football players, this neutral-grip variant of the barbell has recently grown in popularity. With its unique, joint-friendly design,

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]]> Straighten Up and Squat Right https://www.t-nation.com/training/good-squat-form/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:00:25 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=93160 Squat Form: Fix Your Excessive Forward Lean Excessive forward lean is a common squat error. It represents either a technique fault or a mismatch between a lifter's body proportions and the chosen squat variation. Leaning forward during the back squat may help some lifters to move more weight, but too much forward lean deemphasizes the

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]]> Simple Performance Enhancement Training https://www.t-nation.com/training/performance-enhancement-exercise-workout-plan/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:00:33 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=92786 Post-Activation Performance Enhancement Beneath the physique of every serious lifter is a powerful nervous system. It's time we all took advantage of it. Post-Activation Performance Enhancement (PAPE) describes the temporary improvement of muscle performance following an initial high-threshold exercise. (1) Basically, the first exercise primes your nervous system for peak performance on the next. Traditional

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]]> Is the Pullover a Back or Chest Exercise? https://www.t-nation.com/training/pullover-chest-exercise-back-exercise/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=91860 You might remember golden era bodybuilders doing the pullover, their bodies arching across benches, lats flared wide, pumping out reps. Seasoned lifters have long known about this exercise, but these days, it's rare to see someone do it. But is a back or a chest exercise? Should you include it with upper-body pulling work or

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