So I woke up this morning and was greeted with an email with some cool news. As you know I’m a regular contributor to the online fitness blog Breaking Muscle. Being one of their contributors you may or may not remember a couple weeks ago Breaking Muscle qualified the Brandon Richey Fitness site to enter into their Top 10 Fitness Blogs on the internet competition.
When it comes to training there is just as much, if not more, of a psychological aspect that needs to be nurtured as there is a physical one. Today I want to dive into the mental aspect of training and what strategies I prefer to implement with both my students and myself, as well as defining the lack of mental toughness within our society.
My experience with the imaginary lat syndrome. So the other day I was walking down the aisle of the grocery store and witnessed a guy all of about 150 lbs. of pure skinny coming towards me with his arms flared out by his sides. His arms were wide enough that I thought he was trying to make an attempt to cover the entire aisle and shoulder bump me as he walked by.
Look, I work with plenty 150 lb. guys in MMA and they are plenty strong and show it. I’m not trying to make fun of the guy in the grocery store aisle, but I do want to talk about some things here in today’s article that can be of some help to him and perhaps you as well if you’re serious about learning how to build some serious lat strength.
So the topic of today’s discussion is going to involve the good ole bench press. So what can I say about the bench press other than the fact that it is probably the most misused and abused exercise involving the upper body and free weights since the invention of strength training, period.
Often trainees that don’t understand the proper technique involved with the bench press practice with terrible habits and even worse form for long periods of time until one day something stupid happens to get their attention. The point I’m making is why wait for that day to come because I’m going investigate this exercise right here for your knowledge obtaining convenience. Read on my young Jedi!
Today’s training session is perfect for emphasizing the important elements of human fitness and performance. With every intelligent strength and conditioning program certain elements must be met. These elements should emphasize mobility, strength, speed, and overall conditioning. With a more intelligent program you have a more complete program. Only a Dark Knight plans training such as this!
