Everybody wants to train with tires. Why? It looks impressive, it's extremely effective, and who doesn't like saying that they can flip an 800+ pound tire!! There are a few comonly asked questions about tire training though: A. how do I go about getting a large tire and how much will it cost? B. How do I train with a tire so that its effective to work my entire body? Keep reading and pay attention grasshoppers because these answers may surprise you.
First off how to you go about getting a tire and how much is it going to cost?
Here's what you're going to have to do, go to Google and look for tire shops and junkyards around you. Once you find one call them up and ask if they have some large tires, usually they'll have a bunch on hand, but if they don't they should be able to tell you where to go or who to call about getting one for yourself. Here's the key though, once you have found a place to pick up a tire you have to pick up a tire that fits you! Don't be afraid to dig through their tires they wont care if you throw them about and flip them. You're going to need on the minimum two tire for you training. A large heavy one for flipping and then a slightly lighter one for pulls and other miscellaneous training techniques.
OK so now you've gone off on the road of "this guy wants me to pay for two massive tires? What is his problem?" Here's the best bit about training tires, they're free. Yeah you heard me FREE! What's better then free gym equipment! They have to pay to dispose of those tires, so if your taking them they'll be more then happy to give it because you'll be saving them a ton of money. They may even be willing to help you pick a tire and load them up onto your vehicle! What a good deal right?
Now, how to train with a tire so that it's effective in working your entire body.
This is key if you're training with tires. It is always best to have your tire day as your full body day, but you can separate different tire workouts to different days including legs, chest, shoulders, etc. You can also work them into strongman days or however you have your training set up.
OK so the most basic and well known of all the tire exercises is the flip. All you do is get down and flip the tire, not very hard right? Wrong if you flip the tire wrong you run the risk of tearing the muscles in your biceps so be sure to check your form. Next is hammer hits: you get yourself a big heavy hammer and you go at that tire with all you've got, the key is to swing the tire as if you were chopping wood. Once the hammer is on the down ward swing push it harder using your lower back. You can also do tire pulls. What you do for these is hook a rope up to your tire so that you can climb inside of the rope, then you go for a sprint with the tire dragging behind you. A good variation of this pull is to do the same motion except to go backwards. Alright this next one takes two people and what you're going to do is lift the tire up so that it is at chest height and then push it towards your partner, they're going to squat down and catch it on their chest. Keep going back and forth catching the tire and giving it back. Use the same potion you use in your bench press to make it most effective.
These two exercises are main muscle exercises and for both you're going to need to be able to climb under the tire, so make sure its not to heavy but is heavy enough to push down on you. The first one is a high leg press, so what you do in get the tire up and have a partner lower it down onto your legs, from there you just press the tire up extending your legs upwards. If its to light you can have a partner carefully climb onto the tire and add their weight to it. The next is a tire style bench press: in the same way as the last get under the tire but this time put your feet up into the middle of the tire so that they hang free and the weight is resting on your chest. Then you simply press the tire!
These are the last exercises I have for the tire and they focus solely on your ab muscles. Sit on the side of the tire and place your feet inside the rim area (you may need someone to sit on the edge so that you don't flip over) then grip a medicine ball in your hands resting on your chest. Let your body extend backwards over the edge of the tire (like a sit up except you'll be able to extend your back much farther) then as you sit up extend the ball into the air and lower it down as you extend down again. Next is the same motion except you're going to use your hammer and when you come up instead of extending it out switch the shoulder it's resting on, then come up switch to the other shoulder and go back down again. The last of these is simply to hold a plate on your chest and do short quick extended sit ups.
That's that then!! Get a tire and learn how to work with it!! You'll never regret it!!
Hiyah, so my name is Seth Marcotte, My blog is http://www.fitnessbossflorida.com I first started lifting weights when I was eleven and since them I havn't stopped training or learning about weights, health, and fitness. I have dabbled in all different forms of training ranging from powerlifting, HIIT, MMA, and most recently strongman style training. I have a fairly indepth knowledge of how the human body works while training, how it reacts to different forms of training, creatines, basicly I have a sizable amount of knowledge in all things related to the fitness world. This has helped me alot in my training and even in my daily life. Hopefully right now it will help me to help you understand how to progress on the road of a healthy fit life. http://www.fitnessbossflorida.com
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