Have you heard about Occam's Razor?
It's often quoted as "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best."
Though this was initially a scientific principle it applies to your training just as well.
There's a time and place to do complex exercises and some mad feats of strength but for the main part your training should be simple.
Simple, standard exercises are best. Pick up a weight off the ground. Put it overhead. You do not have to do a 2 hand turkisk get-up or an Iranian twisting pushup to get more powerful.
Don't misunderstand what I mean, those exercises I just discussed are very good and have there place, but generally you must rely on the simplest of exercises. Exercises that everybody knows are more than enough to get incredibly fit.
As an example if you'd like to do bodyweight training then just look at push-ups, pullups, squats, and situps. In 4 exercises you have got a reasonably complete routine.
The issue is too many people at one time or another fall into the excessively complicating things. This takes away from training hard.
The most basic exercises are featured in all the coaching books. They've been around for many years. Why? Because they work.
I was just looking over some of my old training logs at particular exercises. I'm wasn't to stunned to find the exercises I use for building a strong neck haven't really changed in about 2 years.
The single thing that has changed is the quantity of weight I am putting up. Easy progression. If you follow this with each exercise you do in the longer term you will get great results.
But if you over complicate things then you may not make the same progress, or even get discouraged and quit exercising all together. And we don't need that to happen.
It's often quoted as "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best."
Though this was initially a scientific principle it applies to your training just as well.
There's a time and place to do complex exercises and some mad feats of strength but for the main part your training should be simple.
Simple, standard exercises are best. Pick up a weight off the ground. Put it overhead. You do not have to do a 2 hand turkisk get-up or an Iranian twisting pushup to get more powerful.
Don't misunderstand what I mean, those exercises I just discussed are very good and have there place, but generally you must rely on the simplest of exercises. Exercises that everybody knows are more than enough to get incredibly fit.
As an example if you'd like to do bodyweight training then just look at push-ups, pullups, squats, and situps. In 4 exercises you have got a reasonably complete routine.
The issue is too many people at one time or another fall into the excessively complicating things. This takes away from training hard.
The most basic exercises are featured in all the coaching books. They've been around for many years. Why? Because they work.
I was just looking over some of my old training logs at particular exercises. I'm wasn't to stunned to find the exercises I use for building a strong neck haven't really changed in about 2 years.
The single thing that has changed is the quantity of weight I am putting up. Easy progression. If you follow this with each exercise you do in the longer term you will get great results.
But if you over complicate things then you may not make the same progress, or even get discouraged and quit exercising all together. And we don't need that to happen.
About the Author:
Todd Ludgren is a writer for Legendary Strength where you can find much more on strength training from kettlebell training and hill sprinting.
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