Don't focus on the mirror muscles!
Don't focus on the mirror muscles!
"Today's Take Home": For best strength training results, spend more time improving the muscles you don't see in the mirrors.
Everybody loves training chest, biceps and ab's! Don't get me wrong, that's what you see in the mirror and it makes you feel good when you look fit. But what about real authentic strength? Is that the best approach?
- For best results results spend more time developing a strong upper back, back side of you shoulders, triceps, glutes, hamstrings, and a strong grip. A strong upper back and posterior delts provide a solid foundation for you to press off of. Strong glutes and hamstrings not only give your spine a solid foundation but help you run faster. A killer grip helps you control any load you want to pick up!
- The best ratio of pulling to pressing is 2:1. Take a look at your training journal, if you total up the volume you should see that you've pulled twice as much as you've pressed. Believe it or not, this WILL improve ALL of your pressing movements, as well as give you healthy shoulders. Many times people have shoulder problems because they're pressing too much and haven't correctly balanced out the pulling to pushing ratio.
Fire it up! Anything worth doing is worth doing right, so Don't suck! Good talk!
