Don't Be Old School !
Why do people still perform crunches? Why do people still get on the leg press machine? Why do people still believe in long slow distance training to “burn fat”? Well, this is what we knew 20 years ago. Things change and so must people. Fitness has transformed over the past 20 years. There are many concepts that at the time we thought were the most efficient ways to get fit. We no longer live in a bodybuilding world where we design body part splits for our workouts. You know the workouts: chest/triceps, back/biceps, and legs/shoulders.
If you are still doing this you are “old school”. Programme design has changed to training specific movements for proper function. We will get into that a little later in the article. The body is meant to function a certain way, we need mobility in certain areas and stability in others. If the hips do not move properly our lower back will hurt. Does anyone out there want to blow a disc in their lower back? I am sure no one will answer yes but every time I walk into a “Big Box” gym or Health Club Chain, people are always performing crunches, back extensions and leg press exercises. Dr. Stuart Mcgill, a world recognised low back specialist, states that “any flexion or extension will create a disc to blow.” It might not happen the 1st, 2nd, or 50th time you perform these exercises, but eventually your lower back will “hurt”.
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