YOU CAN'T WORSHIP AT TWO ALTARS
You have all the bases
covered. Your program has a little of everything. It has some corrective
exercises for those nasty little imbalances that sneak up on everyone who has
been sitting behind a desk for years. You do pre-workout mobility exercises for
half an hour to get the kinks out so you don’t strain anything. You sprint a
couple of times a week. You train for strength three times a week followed by
thirty minutes of cardio. And you’re trying to lose a little weight so those
abs you work on five days a week will show this summer.
Trying to get results in everything will get you
results in nothing.
Let’s look at a couple of
examples;
Big Frank
Big frank weighs in at around
260-275 pounds. He holds multiple wins at various bench press competitions.
Every day he’s in the “advanced” section of the gym. He starts warming up with
more than my lifetime maximum and works his way up to 500 pounds plus for
multiple reps. Then works his way back down.
Now, Frank does some other
movements; tricep, anterior deltoids, dumbbell flyes. Mostly movements that
support his bench press. He also does a few heavy curls. If you can bench 500+
for reps you’re smart enough not to allow imbalances to cause you problems.
Beach worthy abs-Nope. He’s
not fat but he’s not ripped either.
Jay
Jay is 67 years old. He’s had
a heart attack and a mild stroke. He works with a trainer 3 days a week on
endurance and cardio. He also works out with a friend several days a week on
strength. He’s dropped over 35 pounds through diet and exercise. But Jay gets
upset because he can’t bench press more than 185 pounds.
Terrill
Terrill is 21 years old and
plays wide receiver for a local college. He works mostly on endurance and plyometrics.
He’s fast and has a 5+ foot vertical jump from a standing start. He lifts but
only high rep, high velocity movements. And yes, he has abs you could bounce a
medicine ball off of but he’s not particularly strong. he has to stay lean to maintain his speed.
Proper training requires
trade offs. If you are trying to add muscle mass you can be sure your mobility
will decrease. If you are training for strength your cardio /respiratory
fitness will go down. If you’re trying to become more mobile you’ll drop some
size and strength.
Professional body builders
are bigger than professional power lifters but power lifters are stronger. Wide
receivers are faster and can jump higher but they are smaller and weaker. All
three have better genetics than you or I. If the professionals could excel in
all areas of fitness you can bet they would.
PROFESSIONAL BODY BUILDER
Choose one goal and attack it.
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