It's that time of year when the kids we trained for a couple years return after their first year at a D1 sports program unable to squat their former clean and jerk PR from 9 months ago.
They do have a huge one legged Bulgarian dumbbell side lunge now.
The sport specific training debate often boils down to the following:
Them: Athlete A did Thing B and was successful, therefore doing Thing B is good. Athlete X did Thing Y and was not successful. Therefore doing Thing Y is bad.
Us: Athlete A had either innate or developed…
If I could only do 1: deadlift.
If I could only do 2: squat and bench.
Why? Deadlift hits the entire body better than any other single lift, but the combo of squat and bench cover you better than deadlift alone. However if I could choose ANY 2, I might go with squat and press.
If I could only do 1: deadlift.
If I could only do 2: squat and bench.
Why? Deadlift hits the entire body better than any other single lift, but the combo of squat and bench cover you better than deadlift alone. However if I could choose ANY 2, I might go with squat and press.
Yup. All of the positions are EXACTLY like stuff they frequently do in their sport.
Guys, this take is pure genius.
OF COURSE a 100 pound single leg squat while repeatedly smashing your knee on the ground is a common position for almost every sport. MUCH more useful than…
Yup. All of the positions are EXACTLY like stuff they frequently do in their sport.
Guys, this take is pure genius.
OF COURSE a 100 pound single leg squat while repeatedly smashing your knee on the ground is a common position for almost every sport. MUCH more useful than… https://t.co/2TbCzH1HT4
The last thing in the world I want to see is crony-crapitalism (to quote @GeneSohoForum) get intimately involved in the fitness industry. Let profit and loss and market mechanisms do their job, which they always do better than cronyist schemes.
The last thing in the world I want to see is crony-crapitalism (to quote @GeneSohoForum) get intimately involved in the fitness industry. Let profit and loss and market mechanisms do their job, which they always do better than cronyist schemes.
In most cases, this regulation by the state is performed at the behest of the professionals in charge of the activity, more as a way to control the level of competition and access to the supply of their particular commodity than to ensure competence. The market is quite capable…
In most cases, this regulation by the state is performed at the behest of the professionals in charge of the activity, more as a way to control the level of competition and access to the supply of their particular commodity than to ensure competence. The market is quite capable…
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