Mythical Strength talks about how the internet has a lot of people constantly looking to push their ceilings to brag about new personal bests, rather than just getting their base level strength...
Mythical Strength talks about how the internet has a lot of people constantly looking to push their ceilings to brag about new personal bests, rather than just getting their base level strength up. He thinks this is a problem.
While I agree that building a good base is more important, for a lot of the people he calls out, that is their livelihood. They get paid because they have a lot of instagram followers, not because...
While I agree that building a good base is more important, for a lot of the people he calls out, that is their livelihood. They get paid because they have a lot of instagram followers, not because they do well at a meet. So it makes perfect sense for them to focus on "showing off" all the time to the detriment of their overall training goals.
I agree, but I don't think we should use people who do this for a living as the ideal example. From what I understood from the article, he's still aiming it at the average person who isn't making...
I agree, but I don't think we should use people who do this for a living as the ideal example. From what I understood from the article, he's still aiming it at the average person who isn't making their livelihood off of maxes. But because these "average" people see these beasts with high maxes, they make that their goal and then end up developing stability issues, multiple injuries, and a very narrow focus of athleticism.
One of the reasons this post resonates with me is because I see so many of my friends just lift low reps, high weights, which is perfectly fine, but they never do cardio or play any sports. There is nothing inherently wrong with what they're doing, but when it comes to real life situations we're placed in, these guys have no utility. We go on hikes, they get gassed easy. We want to swim, gassed easily. Basketball for fun? Out of the question. They can't touch their toes and they complain about their neck due to lack of mobility. This isn't exactly what the article said, but it is what I extrapolated from it and personal experience.
Mythical Strength talks about how the internet has a lot of people constantly looking to push their ceilings to brag about new personal bests, rather than just getting their base level strength up. He thinks this is a problem.
While I agree that building a good base is more important, for a lot of the people he calls out, that is their livelihood. They get paid because they have a lot of instagram followers, not because they do well at a meet. So it makes perfect sense for them to focus on "showing off" all the time to the detriment of their overall training goals.
I agree, but I don't think we should use people who do this for a living as the ideal example. From what I understood from the article, he's still aiming it at the average person who isn't making their livelihood off of maxes. But because these "average" people see these beasts with high maxes, they make that their goal and then end up developing stability issues, multiple injuries, and a very narrow focus of athleticism.
One of the reasons this post resonates with me is because I see so many of my friends just lift low reps, high weights, which is perfectly fine, but they never do cardio or play any sports. There is nothing inherently wrong with what they're doing, but when it comes to real life situations we're placed in, these guys have no utility. We go on hikes, they get gassed easy. We want to swim, gassed easily. Basketball for fun? Out of the question. They can't touch their toes and they complain about their neck due to lack of mobility. This isn't exactly what the article said, but it is what I extrapolated from it and personal experience.