Theyâll pay special attention to the arteries in your head. They may also order a blood test. Several blood tests can be useful in diagnosing temporal arteritis, including the following: A hemoglobin test measures the amount of hemoglobin, or oxygen-carrying protein, in your blood.
Incline bench presses and chest presses put you into this position and can provide opportunities for isometric exercise. Choose your favorite or most familiar incline bench-press exercise, such as the Smith machine incline bench press, the level incline bench press or the dumbbell incline bench press.
When thinking of a chest exercise, many exercisers find that the bench press comes to mind first. The bench press is a popular exercise because it works the largest muscle in your chest, the sternal muscle. But what many do not know is that the bench press can be isometric. To perform an isometric bench press, perform the bench press as normal, whether using a barbell, dumbbells, level a machine or a Smith machine. When you perform the bench press, stop about halfway through the exercise, while your elbows are bent at a 135-degree angle. Hold this position for 15 seconds.