CoachDreesTraining Member

It's hard to diagnose the issue without seeing a video, but it's perfectly fine to lean forward during the movement as long as you keep a neutral spine position. It only becomes a problem if you let your shoulders roll forward or if you put an excessive arch in your back. I would recommend using a high bar squat - much…

These are good. You can do a ton of different exercises with them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzXOz8Sx_IA

Most trainers are not qualified to do anything more than turn a treadmill on. You might have some luck with an independent trainer, but to actually diagnosis anything you will need to see the doc. Wouldn't hurt to just take a week or two off and see if that helps. If you can post or PM me a video of him doing the exercise,…

There is a ton of possible causes of the pain. Most shoulder issues are the result of poor scapula stability, and/or poor glenohumeral mobility, though....either way, it's not normal and he should not push through the pain.

We were served fast food, pizza, and buffets while playing football in high school and college. It's cheap and it's high in calories. Nothing wrong with the food as long as they are getting their nutrients from other meals or supplements throughout the week.

I think the biggest benefit of having a BB coach is that you will never be lonely again, as long as he/she has your contact information.

22-25%

Overtraining does not result from a single session, it occurs after many weeks/months/years of training. And yes it's real, but like others have said it's usually under-feeding/under-recovering. There have been studies stating that 45-90 minutes is the ideal maximum time for a training session (resistance training). That…

#9 is good form if you want reconstructive face surgery.

Are you saying you do not want a copy?

Any other takers?

Strengthening the deltoids doesn't necessarily strengthen the glenohumeral joint (shoulder). Your time would be be served strengthening/stabilizing the muscles around the joint (rotator cuff muscles, rhomboid, lower trap, serratus anterior, teres major, levator scapulae). Theses are good:…

^^^ I didn't want to be the bearing of bad news, but thanks for pointing this out. If you can't see a clear distinction between your gastroc and soleus, you're probably not nearly as lean as you think you are in your calf.

Bodybuilders spend YEARS trying to add fraction of inches to their calves...I don't think you need to worry about your legs getting huge from doing a couple squats, or running a few miles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N512uiIw71g Just make sure you wrap up when you do your OHS next time.

I don't understand functional movements....could you explain it to me?

It ignorance in the CF community is amazing. "Functional movement?" For who exactly? ...I can't seem to remember the last time I held a BB over my head when I squatted down on a toilet.

Being a "professional" you must understand the ridiculousness of doing a maximal effort on an exercise such as an overhead squat. Besides the obvious high risk nature of the movement, leave it to a Crossfitter to say they PR'd on it. Next week you'll be bragging about your wrist curl PR.

80% of your results come from 20% of what you do.... Squat, lunge, deadlift, repeat.

If you're new to exercise, cardio will be strength training for you.

I think it's fine to listen to your body. As a beginner I would recommend staying pretty strict with your routine, but as you progress, I think it's fine to play around a little bit. I think most immediate/experts lifters stay pretty strict on their main movements of the day, and adjust their accessory work to how they…

1. You're right strength and muscle mass are two different things, but they are highly correlated. Your vertical jump is going to depend on your strength/force to weight ratio. In other words, if you can maintain or slightly improve your force, while decreasing your weight you'll jump higher. 2. I'm not sure where you are…

Not in the slightest. I'm offering advice, OP (and whoever else) can take it however he/they want. - His program is a proven routine for adding strength and size, so we know that's not the problem. - He has been adding size to his upper body, so we can rule out genetics and nutrition. - There is no such thing as Chicken…

The progress isn't flawed. I'm assuming OP is throwing his leg day in after his 3rd chest and bicep day. I am also assuming OP lacks ROM and TUT when doing squats. Lifting upper body is easy, lifting legs is hard. I think the primary issue is a lack of desire. 3-5 sets, 1-5 reps, full ROM, 3-0-1 tempo, 60-120 second…

Maybe I should add that I train out of one of the top powerlifting gyms in the US. We have many world and US record holders, as well as many competitive bodybuilders, some of which I have done programming for. With all due respect, most suggestions in this thread are way off. Most responses so far have been straight off…

Some people need tough love. Telling the kid "you're doing great, keep trying" is going to get him exactly where he doesn't want to be.

You obviously don't lift free weights either or you wouldn't be asking this question. When you program 20 sets of biceps curls a week and 5 sets of squats it's not hard to figure out why your legs are lagging behind.

Doing the squat movement, and doing a squat are two entirely different things. Muscles respond to stress, if your upper body is growing and your lower body is not it, you are not stressing your lower body enough. Get off the message boards and put some weight on the bar. (Quarter squats on the Smith Machine don't count)

Get off the leg extension machine and do some squats and deadlifts.

The effects of static stretching before strength training is negligible for a large majority of gym-goers, and is really only applicable to competitive athletes. A tight/overactive antagonist muscle is going to have far greater effect on strength than holding a stretch for 20 seconds before a session.