Chickity-Check Yo Self Before You Wreck Yo Self

Chickity-Check Yo Self Before You Wreck Yo Self

Let's rap about injuries.

Specifically, why so many people following conventional lifting programs get hurt.

A few biggie reasons:

#1. Shit form

Guys have no clue how to lift.

Flaring elbows when benching, rounding over like a cat on deadlifts, knees caving in on split squats, not retracting/protracting shoulder blades on rows...

One quick stop at any public gym and I'm ready to pour battery acid in my eyes for having witnessed things that can never be unseen...

#2. Lack of mobility

Can't overhead press without your ribs popping up?

Can't hit a deep squat without your pelvis tucking under?

You lack mobility in that range of motion.

And if you keep lifting heavy with mobility issues, you'll eventually run into a bigger problem:

Joint pain.

You should never feel strength exercises in your shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee, back, hips or anywhere else bony. Only the muscles.

Fixing mobility restrictions takes a lot of time and the older you get, the harder it becomes.

#3. Imbalanced programming

All these "hardcore" training programs you see online carry a ton of injury potential.

Limited exercise pool.

Movements targeting the "wrong" muscle groups.

Too much emphasis on lifting more weights at the expense of lifting quality.

(See #1 above ^^)

And not enough variation in movement patterns to strengthen the muscles and joints in a sufficient manner.

That's because they're either written by or written for genetically advantaged individuals.

Not for someone with average or below average strength- and muscle-building genetics.

Following such a program will leave you spinning your wheels forever with very little strength gains to show for.

That is, of course, unless you get injured first.

Wanna hear the good news?

My Next Level Hockey Training System is designed to overcome all these common problems that lead to injury.

First, the comprehensive video database with 1​20+ exercise demonstrations takes care of all your lifting technique needs. It's the closest thing to receiving professional coaching from me without blowing your future grandson's college fund.

Second, our exercise selection intelligently avoids the usual culprits that mess peeps up.

Heavy back squats, snatches, barbell overhead presses, conventional deadlifts from the floor...

All great exercises on the surface.

But not too many hockey players can perform them without issues.

Instead, we use smarter exercise variations that don't beat you up.

You'll turn into one strong, jacked dude without jacking up your joints.

Finally, all your programming needs are covered for an entire hockey season with Next Level Hockey Training.

Both off-season and in-season workouts are included, so you can stay injury-free and improve performance 24/7/365.

As my boy Ice Cube says:

"You betta check yo self before you wreck yo self."

Now clickity-click yo self over to:

NextLevelHockeyTraining.com

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Yunus Barisik
 

Yunus Barisik, CSCS, specializes in making hockey players strong, fast and explosive. He has trained 500+ hockey players at the junior, college and pro levels, including NHL Draft picks and World Champions. An accomplished author, Yunus has had articles published on top fitness and performance sites, including T Nation, STACK and Muscle & Strength. He also wrote Next Level Hockey Training, a comprehensive resource for ice hockey players on building athletic strength, size and power, while staying injury-free.

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