Slide 1GRIPSTANDINGSEATED/SUPINETHE REPBREATHINGSPOTTINGSPOTTING CONT.SPOTTING CONT.CHAPTER 14SPOTTING and EXERCISE TECHNIQUEGRIP•OVERHAND•CLOSED, BOTH HANDS PRONATED•UNDERHAND•CLOSED, BOTH HANDS SUPINATED•NEUTRAL•CLOSED, PALMS FACING•ALTERNATED/MIXED•ONE OVER, ONE UNDER•HOOK GRIP•INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER OVER THUMBSTANDING•FEET HIP WIDTH OR SLIGHTLY WIDER•FEET FLAT, WEIGHT IN HEELS•CHEST UP, SHOULDERS BACK•HEAD AT NEUTRAL•CORE TIGHTSEATED/SUPINE•FIVE POINTS OF CONTACT•HEAD•SHOULDERS•BUTT•RIGHT FOOT•LEFT FOOT•CORE TIGHT•FOR MACHINES, JOINT LINED UP WITH AXIS OF MACHINETHE REP•FULL ROM WHEN RAISING, LOWERING THE WEIGHT•ALLOW THE MUSCLES TO RAISE THE WEIGHT•EMPHASIZE THE NEGATIVE•PAUSE IN POSITION OF FULL CONTRACTION•CONSTANT TENSION•REPITITION REPLICATIONBREATHING•DEEP INHALATION BEFORE ECCENTRIC PHASE•HOLD DURING ECCENTRIC PHASE•EXHALE DURING CONCENTRIC PHASE “THROUGH THE STICKING POINT”•WEIGHT BELTS CAN FACILITATE SUPPORT OF THE SPINE DURING STRUCTURAL LIFTSSPOTTING•BARBELL PRESSES•ALTERNATED GRIP•INSIDE THE ATHLETE’S HANDS•DUMBBELL PRESSES•WRIST/FOREARM•DUMBBELL•SQUAT VARIATIONS•UNDER THE ARMPITS •HANDS ON CHEST/ELBOWS•FEMALES- CLOSED HANDS•OVERHEAD PRESSES•BARBELL- ELBOWS•DUMBBELLS- DON’T SPOT•OLYMPIC EXERCISES- DON’T SPOTSPOTTING CONT.•MULTIPLE SPOTTERS•SQUAT•BENCH•LIFTOFF•COMMUNICATE•ASSIST, DON’T HINDERSPOTTING CONT.•COACH THE LIFTER•ENCOURAGE THE LIFTER•GIVE FEEDBACK•KEEP THE WEIGHT MOVING, IF IT ISN’T•DON’T INVADE THE LIFTER’S SPACE•DON’T LET THE LIFTER PERFORM FOR