Moving Weight vs Working the Muscle
A lot of guys don’t understand this simple training concept…
Certain exercises are about moving big weights and others require you to really feel the muscle for the movement to be effective.
This is something that you can really only learn over time, but there is a total difference between making muscle work and moving weight through space.
A few examples:
Moving weight…
– front squats
– trap bar deadlifts
– all types of barbell pressing
– cleans
– snatches
Making muscles work…
– rows
– pulldowns
– Romanian deadlifts
– glute ham raises
– hip thrusts
If you never feel a pump or get sore after upper back or posterior chain work, you’re doing something very wrong.
Romanian deadlifting or hip thrusting 300+ pounds – while certainly a decent amount of weight – will hardly produce the gainzzz you want if you can’t feel the exercise in the hamstrings/glutes.
The only thing getting bigger and stronger from that is your ego.
While pump and soreness should never be your #1 goal in training, you want to add some assistance movements for higher reps to fatigue the muscles after your standard “strength lifts” (Oly/powerlifts and their variations).
Doing that will balance out some of the muscular imbalances that affect 99% of hockey players.
And add some muscle on your frame.
Plus keep you healthy in the long run.
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