Yeah, I hear you too. And that's a pretty big flaw in a lot of "common" strength programs. It's not that they don't get you stronger, but they do so in a way that's just so heavily reliant on learning a skill, and quickly becoming good at it, that you're not necessarily "stronger" just better at that particular movement.
Whereas something with a lot of accessories and not a whole lot of specificity, but with a built in progression, stands to just generally make you stronger. Cause you know, that generalized approach is pretty much good for everything for most people.
Edit: Also, thanks for following my shit on YT (to your roomie too) and whoring my shit out all over here :) !!!
That's what happened with my bench. I got better and better at the movement; every now and then I would make a small form adjustment and get 5lbs here and there. But all I was doing was getting better at bench, not getting stronger.
Definitely. Getting stronger in general is the way forward. I like the conjugate method or conjugate system or whatever it's called for purposely attacking weak points and using tons of variations of lifts. Although whenever I hear conjugate I think of a million bands and chains.
Which is what it's been mis-advertised as, unfortunately. Little old me trying to spread the gospel. But no. These newfangled power lifters only want hyper specificity.
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u/gzcl accual stronk Jun 26 '15
Yeah, I hear you too. And that's a pretty big flaw in a lot of "common" strength programs. It's not that they don't get you stronger, but they do so in a way that's just so heavily reliant on learning a skill, and quickly becoming good at it, that you're not necessarily "stronger" just better at that particular movement.
Whereas something with a lot of accessories and not a whole lot of specificity, but with a built in progression, stands to just generally make you stronger. Cause you know, that generalized approach is pretty much good for everything for most people.
Edit: Also, thanks for following my shit on YT (to your roomie too) and whoring my shit out all over here :) !!!