Speed Kills

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https://www.menshealth.com/

When you and I are presented with “instruction” so-called that flies in the face of common sense, not to mention good, proper form, I get really irritated.

Men’s Health currently features this video by Tom Brady’s trainer that is sure to put you in a world of hurts if you follow this guy’s lead.

First I’ll go off on “trainers” who look like anything but. This guy has awful posture, a protruding stomach and nothing under that Tshirt that even hints at muscle, yet he oozes with the hubris of someone convinced that he is some expert. The fact that this men's "health" magazine is promoting him as such is unconscionable.

Second, the speed with which this guy has this model do the exercises is hurtful. It is injurious. It is unproductive. If you want to fuck yourself up real good, go ahead and follow this guy’s lead. At 3:15 in the video, as an example, the velocity is less like exercise and more like an out of control ride at Disneyland. Not only does the speed of this action prevent the obliques fully engaging in the movement, but puts your lower back at risk of injury. Most of the exercises in this video are performed at an absurdly high rate of speed.

Proper, productive exercise form means deliberate and controlled, and no one can be in control if performing an exercise like a Speedracer. A high rate of speed has nothing positive or constructive at all to do with building, strengthening or toning muscle.