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if this isn't a troll im not sure what to say. we'll pretend for a minute that you happen to be more uninformed than antagonistic. before i started school i did kung fu for about five years or so and then jujitsu (with a little judo and very minimal boxing) for about 2 and a half. when i got serious about weight training my performance on the matt improved exponentially. my striking was also augmented by added strength. of course there's no replacement for good technique, but i've never met a guy who's striking suffered from getting strong.
troll this troll that, maybe i was a little antagonistic, sorry, but we have can have an honest discussion about our differing opinions right?
i have nothing against getting strong, my beef is with conventional weightlifting, in gyms, using isolated movements, like the bench press, where most people are building shoulder and pec strength for that isolated range of motion while on your back, could you move the same amount of weight if you were standing, or holding someone down? how safe is the bench press on the wrists and joints? my training focuses not only on muslce but on connective tissue, and joints. How many people do you know with weighlifting injuries? especially guys in there 40’s?, i know a lot.
I believe if your strengthing your chest to deliver power you must also strengthen the wrist, the point at which all that power is released. I have never seen one person dong wrist or grip strength in gym settings,
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also most bodybuilders worth a **** are also very strong and athletic.
They might look it but i dont beleive they can deliver on all that power they have, because of the way they have trained in isolation, the pec or bicep muscle has no way to send its power through the bodies chain of joints and connective tissue and most power is lost in transit.
My belief is you must train the body as a whole(not so much total number of muscle fibers used), like lifting a heavy object from the ground to overhead, you employ many many muslce groups, from your head to your toes, as you also do by walking while bear hugging a heavy object, dont beleive this crazy troll , go try it, home depot sells a 50 lb mason sandbag in a burlap bag for less than five bucks, that simulates a lot in the arts you study, by lifting up someone, or tossing them to the ground, the bench press might give nice shape to your pecs but you can generate a whole new world of force by, say, pushing a truck in neutral
so congrats on the lift, didnt mean to be antagonistic, thought this thread would be a good place to debate differing theories, look foward to your retort
peace
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