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Sledge Hammer tire workout question

beau17 Posts: 2 Joined: 2007/09/25	2007/11/17, 10:31 PM What specific muscle groups are isolated by laying out a tractor tire and smacking the crap out of it with a sledge hammer?
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/11/17, 10:40 PM That's a terrible question, since the idea of training like this is not to "isolate" any muscle group, but rather teach the body to act as a whole. However, although exercises like this are most often used for GPP and total body conditioning, you could consider this an anterior chain exercise. -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Mortal by birth. Strongman by the grace of god. Blood Guts Sweat Chalk
	2007/11/18, 03:14 PM Like wrestler said it's a total body conditioning. It's often used with escalating density training.
Tinnuk Posts: 291 Joined: 2005/12/19	2007/11/19, 10:00 AM I've only once seen this kind of workout being promoted on some site that was selling training hammers. The hammers were extremely expensive and the site seemed kind of shifty...still though, I'd love to get my hands on a 100lb. sledge.
	2007/11/19, 06:57 PM Tire+sledge shouldnt be too expensive. You can probably find a tractor tire at a junkyard and sledges usually dont cost that much... this is a very good conditioning workout....it's used by a few fighters....most notably fedor ..
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/11/19, 10:41 PM You shouldn't ever pay for a tire. Most places are happy to get rid of them. My buddy Jared actually carries around 2 sledge hammers in the back of his Civic at all times. Kind of weird, but w/e. -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Mortal by birth. Strongman by the grace of god. Blood Guts Sweat Chalk
immovablestone Posts: 151 Joined: 2005/01/19	2007/11/20, 08:20 AM I've wanted to try this for some time, I've read nothing but good things about it. -------------- DEFENSE! - Bas Rutten