A little-used secret of strength
Most of the trainers and strength trainers around the world use some strength strengthening exercises, squat, deadlift, power clean for whole body power. These are great strength builders, but how effective are they really? And do they promise all the hype of actual strength building?
I will tell you that there is a better way to develop overall body strength that will carry over to all athletic sports and everyday life. It is an exercise our bodies are made for. You don’t need a lot of weight for a total body workout.
If you look and think about how the body has been used for centuries, you will see that some things that today’s trainers see as full body workouts are harmful to the body.
The squat is considered the “king of exercises,” but how often do you really need to put 300 pounds on your shoulder or in real life and stand up? The fact is, if you ever needed to lift 300 pounds, you are likely to fail. Why? Because, in the real world, the 300 pounds you’re lifting would never balance out, it would be uncomfortable, and most men who could squat 300 pounds would have a hard time standing up with 200 pounds on their shoulders.
Squats are important in soccer, for example a lineman always comes out of a squat. There is more jostling than anything else. Pushing will require general body strength and a large part is the core and none of the 3 exercises I mentioned will strengthen the core to a point of actual function.
The same goes for the deadlift, the 400lb deadlift now takes a 250lb rock and lifts it up. The rock is much lighter, but there is no good bar to grab, your body needs to draw on muscle memory to lift something compact, uncomfortable with a completely different body dynamics.
Power cleanse is another story, most people don’t get it right. Most people do it as an explosive reverse curl. Olympic-style weightlifters do this correctly, most others don’t.
The body does not know if it is lifting sandbags, logs, weights, digging trenches or moving furniture, it is all weight.
But the only thing you can do to build a strong and functional body from head to toe is the simple method of carrying and carrying an unbalanced object for time or distance uphill and downhill. I say you will build strength from head to toe because loading will strengthen your entire body and core muscles that are required in all sports and everything else that requires full body and head strength, which means it takes mental toughness to carry a weight. time or a predetermined distance.
The good news is that a weight as small as 40 or 50 pounds will be enough for most men to try to carry a 50 pound sandbag, rock, or log for ΒΌ mile or more by shifting the object from shoulder to shoulder. . I like to use a heavy 70 or 100 pound bag to hike hills and climb steps and walk wooded trails. And if you want to build very muscular traps and shoulders, try shouldering and carrying them and let me know what those shoulders and traps feel like.
Shouldering and carrying an uncomfortable object should be an important part of any strength training program. Balanced objects trick you into thinking that you are stronger than you really are. Like bodyweight exercises that require more muscles to do push-ups than to bench press.
Toughness builds winners
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