Strength training, functional strength

mugen112

mugen112

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Does anyone have any recommendations for strength training routines? I want to be the go-to guy at work when it comes to moving heavy sh*t. Furthermore, I'm hoping that some strength training will help with a body composition change.
 
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There are 3 variations of the program on that site.
 
mugen112 said:
Does anyone have any recommendations for strength training routines? I want to be the go-to guy at work when it comes to moving heavy sh*t. Furthermore, I'm hoping that some strength training will help with a body composition change.
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Hop on over to Invalid Link Removed tell them I sent you. they have tons of cool ****, like the plateau buster and maces, cast iron balls to work your grip, wedges to work your pinch grip....hammers etc..... Cool **** man
 
Okay but what about rep range, exercises, stuff like that? Should I do more compound exercises? I was wondering about simple things like that. Is it not worth doing 5 sets of ten each exercise?
 
Crossfit focuses on functional strength across all domains. They can explain there methodology better than I. They have a FAQ and such on the left side of the page and their workouts are posted daily following a 3 on 1 off 2 on 1 off sched.
 
I thought are bodies were functional by design. Any increases in muscle mass and tendon strength will benefit over all strength.

Basically if you can do pull ups with 50 lbs or plus dangling between your legs(so to speak) your grip is going to improve.

I say work heavy compounds, low rep ranges and get in plenty of recovery if you are not a steroid user.
 
Not all strength is created equal and just increasing size/strength without methodology will not necessarily equate to functionality. Example would be to put Jay Cutler onto a serious obstacle course or into a combat zone. He's gonna have trouble, but he kills it in the gym though.
 
mugen112 said:
What do you think about katanadrol?
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I do not know much about it, but NTBM is busy on here and I'm sure you can find threads on it. You can hit up one of the NTBM Reps for details on it as well.
 
CopyCat said:
Not all strength is created equal and just increasing size/strength without methodology will not necessarily equate to functionality. Example would be to put Jay Cutler onto a serious obstacle course or into a combat zone. He's gonna have trouble, but he kills it in the gym though.
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Maybe, but Jay is no endurance athlete i would assume compared to a marine. Its different path ways. Sure I believe if you want to get strong at a certain movement then you can train that movement. But say if you wanted to improve a swim time, then anything improving leg strength would be considered functional.
 
SkItZoId said:
Maybe, but Jay is no endurance athlete i would assume compared to a marine. Its different path ways. Sure I believe if you want to get strong at a certain movement then you can train that movement. But say if you wanted to improve a swim time, then anything improving leg strength would be considered functional.
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Not nessessarily...

With the exception of diving in and the turn, swimming is an upper body dominated exercise, and anything that increases lower body mass is going to hurt performance.

Increasing upper body strength MAY help, but it will also hinder performance if that strength comes with muscular imbalances and a loss of flexibility. For example, a lot of bench press work will result in a lax anterior capsule and tight posterior shoulder capsule which will prevent shoulder mobility, especially raising the arms over the head.

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