Foundation IV

Complex Multi Joint Movements

This is going to sound familiar if you've been paying attention. The body is one piece. TRAIN IT THAT WAY!

"How can anyone expect to possess co-ordination in active work when his muscles have never worked together in groups?" Earle E Liederman 1924, early 20^th century strongman.

Think about your body and goals in terms of sustained success through improved performance. Where is an arm curl going to get us? How will a leg extension give us the lean mass gain or trunk stabilization required to boost metabolic function and protect our spines in the course of our daily life?

Train movements, not muscles.

Now think about a dead lifting or throwing motion. Thing about how many more joints are required to accomplish those tasks. Now think about the energy demands, the demands on your coordination and propreoception. Which seems like a better use of our time in pursuit of our fitness goals? Time spent lifting through a larger number of joints simultaneously, using greater amounts of energy, developing greater coordination, an efficient sequence of fire in the muscles and an overall elevated level of performance is time spent efficiently.

Remember, we're training movements, not muscles.