Great advice brother, conversations that are hard to share online as its very much experienced and felt in the body but certainly something that can help people a lot.
Thanks for the advice, gonna have to try this. Feeling the muscle is something i struggle with regularly on a lot of exercises. Ironically the only thing i can feel completely is something like a bicep curl. Bench or db press, don't feel shit anywhere, i rarely fatigue out the target muscle of the exercise, something else stops the set before that happens, like wrists or forearms.
This is because weights create an inherent stabilisation stress, you can get diminishing returns pretty fast depending on your grip strength and overall size. Id recommend body weight exercises, machines bands, lighter weights, more isolation movements etc.
Sagacious guidance. So many focus of "getting the rep" with little to no thought of what is really involved in meeting that goal. Thanks for what you do.
I friggin love isometrics, in both/all forms. Curious, how well would a workout regimen of mostly/all isometric exercises work? Pros+cons, and how to maximize it / make it work best?
Hey, Matt. First of all, thanks for all the wisdom you've been sharing for years. But I have to say, even though I've been incorporating isometrics in my workouts ever since you first introduced us to it, my mind-muscle connection has not improved much. It's good on some days, ok on others and week on others still. Sometimes I feel the muscles a lot during isometric tension phase of a workout, but then in the dynamic I don't feel much difference then if I didn't do the isometrics. It's weird. And I do have joint discomfort and tightness flaring up now and then, still. I've been really trying to pay attention to all the cues you give, back and hip stability, inclusion of all the muscles in the chains, but still with hit and miss results. I progress a bit here and there, than regress again, over and over. And I've been training for many years now. What could I be doing so wrong, do you have any idea? I know I should probably get coaching, but never found a good trainer for calisthenics where I live. Sorry for the long winded question, but it is really frustrating. Thanks again.
We need more videos on this if you think there is more to it. Thanks for the video
Doing my lat isometrics thanks. I find if I start slowly squeezing more and more over 10 seconds, that works best
Great advice brother, conversations that are hard to share online as its very much experienced and felt in the body but certainly something that can help people a lot.
This is very helpful on so many levels!!
Thanks for the advice, gonna have to try this. Feeling the muscle is something i struggle with regularly on a lot of exercises. Ironically the only thing i can feel completely is something like a bicep curl. Bench or db press, don't feel shit anywhere, i rarely fatigue out the target muscle of the exercise, something else stops the set before that happens, like wrists or forearms.
This is because weights create an inherent stabilisation stress, you can get diminishing returns pretty fast depending on your grip strength and overall size. Id recommend body weight exercises, machines bands, lighter weights, more isolation movements etc.
Sagacious guidance. So many focus of "getting the rep" with little to no thought of what is really involved in meeting that goal. Thanks for what you do.
Fantastic video! Thank you!
Nice 👍👍
I friggin love isometrics, in both/all forms. Curious, how well would a workout regimen of mostly/all isometric exercises work? Pros+cons, and how to maximize it / make it work best?
Hi Matt,
thanks a lot for that. Which exercises / which book do you recommend to improve control of hips?
Thanks again.
M
Thanks!
Hey, Matt. First of all, thanks for all the wisdom you've been sharing for years. But I have to say, even though I've been incorporating isometrics in my workouts ever since you first introduced us to it, my mind-muscle connection has not improved much. It's good on some days, ok on others and week on others still. Sometimes I feel the muscles a lot during isometric tension phase of a workout, but then in the dynamic I don't feel much difference then if I didn't do the isometrics. It's weird. And I do have joint discomfort and tightness flaring up now and then, still. I've been really trying to pay attention to all the cues you give, back and hip stability, inclusion of all the muscles in the chains, but still with hit and miss results. I progress a bit here and there, than regress again, over and over. And I've been training for many years now. What could I be doing so wrong, do you have any idea? I know I should probably get coaching, but never found a good trainer for calisthenics where I live. Sorry for the long winded question, but it is really frustrating. Thanks again.
So is the convict conditioning style of high rep more resistance the way to avoid joint pain during exertion by increasing neuromotor awareness?
Gonna havebto try this with lats. I can never feel them when doing pull-ups, which is funny, as the back is probably my most developed part.
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