Monthly Movement Playbook
New Exercises I'm Incorporating this Month (and so should you)
Gm Gents! (Its 4 PM EST)
Every month, I pick a handful of new movements to add to my training regiment. Some I find online. Some I make up on the spot. All contribute to my goal of being a physical specimen.
This month’s focus was all on stabilized explosiveness. Exercises that:
Strengthen weakest links (joints & tendons)
Train full-body force
Contribute to an aesthetic & athletic physique
All while making me harder to kill
How to do these exercises:
Don’t think of these as just workouts, they’re movement patterns that you need to learn. Focus on skill improvement, not just exertion.
Do a few reps here & there. Sprinkle into your existing workout routine. Or do all 8 as one session.
Form is everything. Feel the mind-muscle connection. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
Do these 3x/week. Once you feel competent, program them in 1-2x/week
Here are my 7 favorite exercises from July:
Cobra Pull-Ups
Want offensively good posture? Do these.
Cobra stretch with a behind-the-neck pull-up variation. First get comfortable hanging.
Then work on isometric holds at the top of the movement. Then all together. Try to feel these in your lower lats.
Balboa Raises
Hands down my favorite shoulder exercise. The reason all lifters have bad shoulders is because they purposefully isolate their delt training from back training. Back and shoulders should be trained TOGETHER. This is a perfect example.
Strength + Size + Explosiveness. Healed my nagging shoulder injury.