Great stuff Matt. One of my weaknesses is winging shoulder-blades (during push-ups and chest-flys). Videos out on youtube are so-so for fixing it. Do you have any advice or techniques for dealing with them?
Hey Matt, think you could talk about "squeezing the center line"? I find that doing that while I exercise gives a lot of activation, especially during push ups.
I started school and I work also got a family, time is not on my side, I'm starting to believe I got to workout between lunch time and breaks because i do t really have any down time. Only weekend are downtime
Practice! That's why I included it. It's the type of squat that's great at exposing how well someone can actually squat, but the good news is continuging to practice it will help progress those qualities that are holding you back
@@RedDeltaProject Hey Matt! Just wanted to tell you that I included the narrow squat in a grease the groove kind of way. And I have to say: It works already! I'm almost there! 🙂👍 Thank You
Please keep up this great content, you are a guru man. Been following your content for years now, I always end up coming back when there is something that is out of my knowledge
But (upper body) aren't they focused more on building arm strength and not torso ? Like close grip push ups and pull ups build more of arm strength rather than torso so how can we go about targeting our chest and back more rather than arms ?
The ability to maintain the force inward is (or at least should be) very much coming from the muscles in the torso. If you look at the pentagon of the muscle fibers of most every prime moved in the upper body, (Lats, pecs, traps etc) you'll see they run inward. So when we use a narrow grip, these muscles help maintain the adduction of the arm (specifically the upper arm) which is why you wan to watch out for the wining of the elbow joint. Hope that helps.
Very common occurrence, and a great opportunity to improve the squat in the following ways: - Hip and ankle mobility are super key as they are preventing your weight from coming more forward when you squat. - Squats are somewhat of a pulling exercise as you need to actively flex your ankle, knee and hip as you pull your hips closer down and toward your heel. - you. may still be in the habit of the old coaching queue that you should "sit back" into a squat. That may work with some power lifting moves, but in calisthenic you more want to "squat down" so you don't move your weight too far back.
Hey matt, i have that issue with my hands tenting doing close push ups. I dont understand what youre saying about it. I watched that part a few times but its not clicking for me. What do i need to do to correct that?
That tenting is bailly too much weight doing to the outside of your hands. bringing more weight to the inside of you hands will help and that can be done with: - Packing your shoulders down and in close to your spine as tight as possible in the bottom position (think like rowing yourself closer to the ground as you decend) - Press into your thumbs more - Bring your hands to the lower part of your chest.
Nice workout. I am doing a circuit workout today that involves 5 pushups ,20 shoulder taps ,5 push-ups, 20 punches 10 pushups ,20 punches in that order for 5 sets. Wondering if doing the 5's close and the 10's wider would be a good idea?
@@RedDeltaProject Practiced the center line principal with that workout during the pushups. Last two sets I had to fight the hands and elbows from drifting outwards. Going to take practice but definitely worth it.
I do, although what you see me doing in these videos is usually far from my normal activity in my workouts. It's super hard to talk and move at the same time. I have some much older videos where I filmed myself doing a typical workout and used a voice over. You can probably find those in the Grind Style Calisthenics playlist near the beginning.
It is nothing. I have been Assimilated. resistance is futile. You will all belong to the Captain Crunch Coalition. lol, It's an AirPod that I'm using as a Bluetooth Mic. It's the only way I can be heard over the loud fan of the heater that kicks on randomly in that gym.
Yoooo those narrow squats are perfect . No more hip ache and I get a crazy burn in my lower back , glutes and quads!!!
Just done this. Excellent micro workout
Glad you like it!
Thanks so much brother
💪❤🙏 going to give this a try. Thanks for the info. Great video.
This is exactly what I've been doing and you make an exact video of it!
Great stuff Matt. One of my weaknesses is winging shoulder-blades (during push-ups and chest-flys). Videos out on youtube are so-so for fixing it. Do you have any advice or techniques for dealing with them?
Give this workout an honest shot for 6 weeks. fixing a winging snap takes time and a lot of practice so it's certainly not a quick-fix sort of thing.
Hey Matt, think you could talk about "squeezing the center line"? I find that doing that while I exercise gives a lot of activation, especially during push ups.
I started school and I work also got a family, time is not on my side, I'm starting to believe I got to workout between lunch time and breaks because i do t really have any down time. Only weekend are downtime
Been there, too. 10 minute micro workouts have been my best friends in those days.
The narrow squat is impossible for me 😅 any tips on how to work on making it possible?
Practice!
That's why I included it. It's the type of squat that's great at exposing how well someone can actually squat, but the good news is continuging to practice it will help progress those qualities that are holding you back
@@RedDeltaProject Hey Matt! Just wanted to tell you that I included the narrow squat in a grease the groove kind of way. And I have to say: It works already! I'm almost there! 🙂👍 Thank You
Hi Matt. You never stop explaining this. Thank you. Are there workouts, to lose fat from specific muscles ?
Not really. You don't really lose fat in selected areas any more than you can only drain a selected section of a swimming pool
You cannot spot reduce fat sadly.
@@RedDeltaProject Thank you
@@RICHFRVR Thank you
Your arms are very muscular💪💪
Are you doing unilateral training or just doing standard push ups and pull ups with great proactive tension.
Danka!
A little of everything. bilateral, unilateral, weighted, suspended, floor, it's all fun and games.
I just finished my workout of .....
Decline Pike push ups 3 sets
Hanging leg raises 3 sets
Pistol squats 3 sets
👍beast 💪
Please keep up this great content, you are a guru man. Been following your content for years now, I always end up coming back when there is something that is out of my knowledge
Matt's calves are so big he can't break parallel with his close squats. lol But seriously, calf-goals.
But (upper body) aren't they focused more on building arm strength and not torso ?
Like close grip push ups and pull ups build more of arm strength rather than torso
so how can we go about targeting our chest and back more rather than arms ?
The ability to maintain the force inward is (or at least should be) very much coming from the muscles in the torso. If you look at the pentagon of the muscle fibers of most every prime moved in the upper body, (Lats, pecs, traps etc) you'll see they run inward.
So when we use a narrow grip, these muscles help maintain the adduction of the arm (specifically the upper arm) which is why you wan to watch out for the wining of the elbow joint.
Hope that helps.
@@RedDeltaProject Thank you so much Matt.
Is it okay to do squat first, then row, then pushup?
Yes :)
For sure, mix, match and modify however you see fit
What does it mean if I fall back when doing the close squat?
Very common occurrence, and a great opportunity to improve the squat in the following ways:
- Hip and ankle mobility are super key as they are preventing your weight from coming more forward when you squat.
- Squats are somewhat of a pulling exercise as you need to actively flex your ankle, knee and hip as you pull your hips closer down and toward your heel.
- you. may still be in the habit of the old coaching queue that you should "sit back" into a squat. That may work with some power lifting moves, but in calisthenic you more want to "squat down" so you don't move your weight too far back.
@@RedDeltaProject thanks
Hey matt, i have that issue with my hands tenting doing close push ups. I dont understand what youre saying about it. I watched that part a few times but its not clicking for me. What do i need to do to correct that?
That tenting is bailly too much weight doing to the outside of your hands. bringing more weight to the inside of you hands will help and that can be done with:
- Packing your shoulders down and in close to your spine as tight as possible in the bottom position (think like rowing yourself closer to the ground as you decend)
- Press into your thumbs more
- Bring your hands to the lower part of your chest.
@@RedDeltaProject Thank you, sir. Best fitness channel on youtube.
Nice workout. I am doing a circuit workout today that involves 5 pushups ,20 shoulder taps ,5 push-ups, 20 punches 10 pushups ,20 punches in that order for 5 sets. Wondering if doing the 5's close and the 10's wider would be a good idea?
Too be honest i don't think it really matters . Sounds like a good fat burning workout though 👍
@@baz9653 it's a great workout.
Nice work!
@@RedDeltaProject Practiced the center line principal with that workout during the pushups. Last two sets I had to fight the hands and elbows from drifting outwards. Going to take practice but definitely worth it.
Hey Matt, why don't you breathe when you're doing a workout?
I do, although what you see me doing in these videos is usually far from my normal activity in my workouts. It's super hard to talk and move at the same time.
I have some much older videos where I filmed myself doing a typical workout and used a voice over. You can probably find those in the Grind Style Calisthenics playlist near the beginning.
@@RedDeltaProject I gotcha man my mistake
In all seriousness, how are you guys doing close squats? I feel like I'm crushing my balls. Am I doing it wrong?
What's that on your ear matt? Are you a cyborg? P.s. can you check the question on your last video I wrote?
It is nothing.
I have been Assimilated.
resistance is futile.
You will all belong to the Captain Crunch Coalition.
lol, It's an AirPod that I'm using as a Bluetooth Mic. It's the only way I can be heard over the loud fan of the heater that kicks on randomly in that gym.