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.
Isometrics tend to bulk-up your muscles, which is not really the goal in dunking. You want to be lean and mean. So wearing those platform shoes just to increase your vertical leap is not as effective. The shoes only strengthens your calves and improves flexibility of the knee joint.