A seldom used secret of strength
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A seldom used secret of strength

Most strength coaches and trainers around the world use some strengthening exercises, the squat, the deadlift, the power clean for full body power. These are great strength builders, but how effective are they really? And do they promise all the real strength building hype?

I will tell you that there is a better way to build overall body strength that will transfer to all athletic sports and everyday life. It’s an exercise our bodies are made for. You don’t need a lot of weight for a full body workout.

If you look and think about how the body has been used for centuries, you will see that some things that trainers today consider full body workouts to be detrimental 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 in real life and stand up? The fact is, if you ever need to lift 300 pounds, chances are you’re going to fail. Why? Because, in the real world, the 300 pounds you’re lifting would never be balanced, it would be awkward, and most guys who could squat 300 pounds would have a hard time standing up with 200 pounds on their shoulders.

Squatting is important in football, for example a lineman always comes out of a squat. There’s more jostling than anything else. Pushing will require overall body strength and a big part of it is the core and none of the 3 exercises I mentioned will strengthen the core to a point of real function.

Same goes for the deadlift, the 400 pound deadlift now takes a 250 pound rock and lifts it up. Rock is much lighter, but there is no good bar to grab, your body needs to resort to muscle memory to lift something compact, uncomfortable with completely different body dynamics.

The power clean is another story, most people don’t do it well. Most people do it like an explosive reverse curl. Olympic-style weightlifters do this correctly, most others don’t.

The body doesn’t know if you’re lifting sandbags, logs, weights, digging ditches or moving furniture, it’s 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 shouldering and carrying an object unbalanced over time or distance uphill and downhill. I say you will build strength from head to toe because loading will strengthen your whole body and core muscles which are required in all sports and everything else that will need total body and head strength which means strength is needed mind to carry a weight. time or a predetermined distance.

The good news is that as little as 40 or 50 pounds will be enough for most men to attempt to carry a 50-pound bag of sand, rocks, or logs for ¼ mile or more by shifting the object from one shoulder to the other. I like to use a 70 or 100 pound heavy bag for hiking hills, climbing steps, and hiking through wooded trails. And if you want to build very muscular traps and shoulders, try loading and loading and let me know how your shoulders and traps feel.

Shouldering and carrying an awkward object should be an important part of any strength training program. Balanced items trick you into thinking you’re stronger than you really are. Just like bodyweight exercises that require more muscles to do push-ups than to bench press.

Toughness creates winners

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