Great question! For hikers, I tend to defer to more vertical push (shoulders) and horizontal pull (back/lats) rather than a vertical pull. Pull-ups don't have much carryover for hikers and I can get more hiker-specific needs with other exercises. That said, if a client comes to me and is able to do pull-ups and has access to a pull-up bar, I'll program them in with some variations like hanging leg raises.
What about hamstring/curl exercises?
I love them, great suggestion! I have my clients do some variation of them in their programs.
The trip off the knee extension 🤣. Hope that wasn't planned, worked all to well though.
More proof that that exercise should be dropped, haha!
What about pull-ups/chin ups?
Great question! For hikers, I tend to defer to more vertical push (shoulders) and horizontal pull (back/lats) rather than a vertical pull. Pull-ups don't have much carryover for hikers and I can get more hiker-specific needs with other exercises. That said, if a client comes to me and is able to do pull-ups and has access to a pull-up bar, I'll program them in with some variations like hanging leg raises.