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Eran Chan

The Avengers and their lean, muscle-bound physiques are set to dazzle the big screen once again.
The Avengers: Endgame workout series — get mighty fit like Thor
In this edition of The Avengers workout series, we’re going to look at Thanos – love him or hate him (and most of us hate him), you can’t deny that the wielder of the Infinity stones has impressive muscles and can wreak serious havoc.
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Barbaric strength and colossal size are Thanos’ main attributes. If you want a hulking frame, you need to lift heavy weights and make use of big compound movements like the dead lift, squat and bench press.
Compound exercises are important for building strength and size. They require more balance and coordination, cross multiple joints and involve multiple muscle groups which allows you to use more weight. The use of heavy loads forces the body to recruit more muscle fibre and promotes maximal activation of your central nervous system – necessary for optimal strength gain.
Lifting with high loads means fewer reps but more rest is required for your muscles and central nervous system to recover.
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﻿The workout:
Dead lift
5 sets of 3-7 reps with 3-5 minutes rest between sets.


Stand up straight with the barbell over the middle of your foot and your feet a hip’s width apart.
Grab the bar outside your legs with an overhand grip. Drop your hips so your shins move forward and touch the bar. Then lift your chest up, which will aid a neutral spine position and lock your upper back. This is the final start position.
While keeping your back and core tight, with chest up and arms straight, drive through your heels with your quads and squeeze your glutes to push your hips through; try thinking about using your legs to push the floor away from the bar. Make sure your arms remain straight the entire time.
Stand tall at the top with your chest up. Always maintain a neutral spine and don’t lean back and hyper extend at the top.
On the way down, push your hips back and allow the bar to run back down the front of your legs in a straight line. Make sure you don’t dip your knees forward until the bar has passed your knees. Do not release the tension through your body until you let go of the bar.

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The dead lift hits almost every single muscle group in the body including your quads, hamstrings, glutes, back, core and arms. It can be used as the primary exercise of a strength workout. You could add another compound exercise done in the same fashion for a pure strength workout or add accessory exercises with less load and more reps.
Accessory exercises can be used to improve weak or lagging body parts and improve the performance of your main compound lifts.
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