Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week of Thanksgiving I noticed a conspicuous uptake in gym traffic. While unscientific, I am going to make the assumption that this is an attempt to mitigate the impending damage of Thanksgiving dinner. It’s not likely to work, and you shouldn’t try.
Miles Davis said “It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.” Fitness would do well to take notice of the wisdom there because, in the same way, a good training program is as much about the exercises you don’t do as the ones you do.
A common problem while squatting is inward knee collapse, also known as knee valgus. To combat this, a standard cue is to push the knees out. It is important to highlight that the cue is really trying to affect the alignment of the upper leg and hip, not the knee.
A common mistake that I see with reverse lunges is emphasizing the back leg instead of the front. In a reverse lunge, it is the forward leg that should be doing most of the work, while the back is there to stabilize and minimally assist.
There’s the idea out there that you should build muscle to raise your metabolism. That is a mistake that we in the industry should rectify. Instead, we should be emphasizing muscle’s positive effect on body chemistry.
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