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> Rippetoe is all about being strong, because being strong is better than being weak. Then again, too much strength competes with balance and flexibility.
by ectoplasm 11y ago
> Rippetoe is all about being strong, because being strong is better than being weak.
Then again, too much strength competes with balance and flexibility.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoCitation needed here.
- kejaed 11y agoI don't get the down votes. If you have several hundred pounds on the bar, you are by definition in balance. If you can move through the full range of motion of the movement you are flexible enough. Being able to squat above your body weight is going to make you a more useful human being than putting your leg behind your head.
- ectoplasm 11y agoHey, don't worry about down votes, it's only internet points. I don't think strength is bad, but: you only have so many training hours and you might want to spend some of them on balance or flexibility instead. Further, it's possible to have such a volume of muscle that you cannot achieve certain positions (e.g. trying to touch your elbows together leaves an 8 inch gap). And it's also possible for your muscles to weigh so much that you can't move as gracefully because equilibrium is harder to maintain. That's all I meant. Ask any dancer, yogi, acrobat, gymnast, skier, martial artist, figure skater, etc. Any discipline where you need strength, balance, and flexibility in approximately equal measure, it's possible to overtrain or undertrain any one of them.