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Interesting! I’ve about six weeks into StrongLifts, based on the Starting Strength program (which I am reading concurrently). What about the Supple Leopard book
by voisin 3y ago
Interesting! I’ve about six weeks into StrongLifts, based on the Starting Strength program (which I am reading concurrently). What about the Supple Leopard book do you think makes it pair well with SS?
- pc86 3y agoAny flexibility/mobility routine will help new strength come faster, and will help prevent injury. A major source of injury is not completely movements to full range of motion - not squatting below parallel, not locking out at the top of a deadlift, not touching your chest with the bar on a bench press or overhead press, etc. Not everyone has the flexibility/mobility to do that, but you're more prone to injury if you don't. So if you work a mobility program congruently with strength you will gradually get the mobility you need to complete the entire movement and not just part of it.
- FredPret 3y agoNothing Supple-Leopard specific; just being flexible. I find that if I don't stretch frequently, squatting and deadlifting makes me tighter and tighter over time until I get injured. You can't really get into the right positions, especially at the bottom of those lifts, if you have tight muscles from the waist down.
- Fluorescence 3y agoMobility is pretty important for compound lifts for both good form and injury prevention. You'll regret getting strong and moving heavy-weight with bad mobility - you get those long term injuries you can't shake because now your own musculature is pulling things out of alignment too. The wrong muscles get activated in movements to overcome mobility flaws and they only get stronger and more dominant so it's like compounding interest on a debt.