Thoughts on Form
Have you ever seen someone fit in the gym, who despite all those muscles and their ability to stay on the treadmill running for hours on end, still look a little "off." Maybe their posture is bad or their legs look skinny or they have a bird chest despite all that bench pressing. This is where proper form, muscle balance, and activation of the correct muscles for a specific movement come to play. All too often, I see someone doing a movement wrong. Some of them use tons of momentum to lift a weight too heavy for the muscles that exercise was intended to target. Others use their major muscle groups to plow through a movement that was intended to develop the finer, supporting muscles. I've heard the excuse, "I'm bulking up right now, so it's OK to sacrifice form a little. I'll work on that later." What they may not realize is that muscles are highly specific in their action and range of motion. If you train in the wrong position or usi...