Mobility, Consistency, and Patience Meet Bon. When we first started to train together, Bon could not squat his own body without an excessive lean to the point where his torso was nearly parallel to the ground. He also could not hold an unloaded training bar overhead without excessive rounding of the upper back and shoulders. Back squatting would hurt his back, and snatching would hurt his shoulder. Neither were desireable or fun. But here he is today, with a lifetime pr snatch and backsquat just after about 7 weeks of training 3days/week. And The best part about these lifts - are not the numbers - but that he is now performing these movements without pain. A lot of people are unhappy with their range of motion limitations - particularly in regards to barbell lifts. They are always looking for the secret mobility program to become more effective at their lifts. For bon - it was just doing the movements everyday at manageable loads and positions. There were really no fancy tricks, for him, the lifts were his warmup, his mobility work and his workout. The more we got his body into a better position, the easier it was for his body to adapt to that position. We got him to move better by just having him move better. His previous mobility restrictions were self imposed, built over time through less than efficient movement mechanics. The way you move is always the way you move. Once we assessed that he could achieve more effective positions safely, we knew that he just needed to reprogram his bodys way of doing the movement. He practiced bodyweight squatting and just worked with a training bar for a few weeks. Thats it. We reminded him to stay patient and that through practice and consistency it would all come together - and come together it did. So in the end, for many of us in the learning process, slowing down in the front end will yield results sooner than you think - but it requires patience and consistency. There are no shortcuts. And if you chase numbers before movement, you usually end up stalling out, injured or both. Every person that has come in to refine their movement has set personal bests without any significantly loaded training. Through practicing and refining their movement, they now use their previous maxes as working loads. If you think that maximal attempts have to look heinous to be considered maximal, think to yourself - maybe its the efficiency of technique that makes the maximal lift possible. More is not always better. But quality and consistency will always yield results. #wutang #ruffryders #runthejewels
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:19:56 +0000
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