10 Things We Need To Do More Off

I feel that there are more and more good personal trainers, strength coaches, speed coaches, etc than there have ever been but there are still too many myths in the fitness industry and I still see the majority of the people in gyms doing two chest only days a week, focusing mainly on their ''guns'', the squat rack being taken over by the biceps society, doing 45 mins of cardio on the treadmill, and I could go on........

I know that many lists have been done on this subject but obviously not enough! So everybody should write them until I see more changes....

Now, what should we do more of (all of them are important so whatever applies to you the most)?

1. More compound ''most bang for the buck'' movements (deadlift, squat, bench, military press, chins, pull ups, cleans)

2. Focus more on posterior chain strength (glutes, hamstrings, low back)

3. More pulling movements (deadlifts, rows, pull ups)

4. More single leg work (pistols, step ups, lunge variations, single leg RDL's,...)

5. Use more interval training for fat loss and conditioning as it is superior

6. Use more soft tissue work such as foam rolling, ART, rolfing, deep tissue massage

7. Focus more on our ankle, hip, thoracic spine and scapular mobility and our knee, lumbar spine and scapular stability

8. Even if we do corrective exercise we need to focus on our posture the other 23 hours we are out of the gym (you cannot correct everything in an hour if you are messing up the other 23 hours)

9. Use more odd object lifting in your workouts (kettlebells, sandbags, logs, kegs)

10. Taking it easy or taking time off when you need it (deloading)

11. Have more attitude and the focus to reach your goals.

12. Oh, and lift some heavier weights for crying out loud!

I was never good at sticking with the rules........