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When Form DOESN-T Matter (WORKOUT REALITY CHECK)

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Form definitely matters when working out, but are you getting too hung up on perfect form all while missing out on gains you could be seeing by not looking at it in isolation. In this video, I-m going to show you how what some might interpret as bad form, could be exactly what is needed in your workout. Let me explain. The form police are out in full force these days, particularly online, and they are there to make sure you do every single exercise perfectly. What is perfect form though? Is it when you do the exercise through a full range of motion exactly as it was originally drawn up? I can tell you this, range of motion is not really a major criteria for judging form. I-m not saying that you should not perform an exercise through its full range of motion if you are able to, but when not able, you should not be abandoning the exercise either. For instance, there are two scenarios where lifting in an abbreviated range of motion is not just good but what is needed in order to resume what all would consider proper form. If you have a short term injury that is making the performance of an exercise difficult but not impossible at the moment, sometimes the best thing you could do is not abandon the exercise but shorten the range of motion on it that you can perform pain free. By continuing to keep the joints moving and working within the pattern that you can do, with good form, you will find that your pain free range increases over time. Likewise, a more chronic injury like elbow spurs can dramatically shorten the range of motion that you can do. That doesn-t mean that you should abandon all elbow extension movements. When CT Fletcher and I did our triceps gauntlet workout, some were saying that CT wasn-t using good form. What they were pointing out was that he wasn-t fully extending his elbows. That does not equate to bad form. That is an abbreviated version of the rep for the purpose of working within the available range. On the other hand, abbreviating your range of motion for the purposes of inflating your ego and lifting weights that you simply cannot handle is not a good idea and is not productive. You are much better off taking a weight that you can handle and taking the exercise through its complete range of motion without compensation. That is the key. Without compensation. If moving the heavier weights comes at a cost of calling on muscles that should not be involved in the exercise in the first place, you are not doing yourself any favors. Finally, depending on the goals of your training and the purpose of a particular exercise, you might confuse something for bad form when it is actually perfect for what you are trying to accomplish. A cheat curl for your biceps is not about executing perfect concentric form on the lift! The portion of the lift that is being stressed here is the eccentric or lowering phase. You can cheat the weight to the top using some momentum but you must lower the weight under control. Bottom line, if you want to be part of the form police you have to be sure you understand the laws. Viewing form as an isolated element that lives in a vaccuum is a mistake. You have to consider all elements before determining what the right form is. With the ATHLEAN-X Training Systems, form is prioritized. As a physical therapist it is critical for keeping those lifting with my programs healthy. Sometimes however, variations to form are exactly what would be needed to accomplish that goal. Head to and get one of our programs to start seeing gains without compromising your health. Watch the bench press form video that I referenced at
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

sport
about the benchpress at the start, how you said that you should work your way back down to it. I know this isn't really related but, as something to back this up. my dad had a spinal fusion, and he was bed ridden for two years, but something he was told was that he can NOT use a wheelchair, or crutches, no matter how painful it is for him to walk. he has to slowly build himself back up to walking regularly, because if he relies on it, he'll never walk again. and this isn't really related, but it kind of says the same thing, start where you're comfortable, and slowly work your way back. my father still gets pain if he bends over too much, or walks for long periods of time, he has exercises he could never dream of doing because of it. and others he won't even risk because of it (like the deadlift) but it doesn't bother him because he wasn't that inclined on the gym anyway, but he can fully walk and you'd never know of his injury from the outside.
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James
Laughing so hard when I need to finish this damn essay. I love your videos I wish I had known about you from the beginning of my fitness journey. Back at 25% body fat people tried feeding me all kinds of gym myths that just didnt make common sense in the beginning. Now at 10% I'm still loving your videos that constantly help improve my form, add to my workout regimens as well as bring other muscles into attention I never paid any attention to before. Please keep em coming and please. for god's sake make sure jesse keeps those elbows in -
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kishred
The cringiest thing I see at the gym is chicks lifting the bar behind their head. Its one of those things you see that you just can't ethically not correct when you see it, but I don't because its planet fitness and I don't wanna -gymtimidate- plus, the last thing I need is some chick believing it's my excuse to talk to them lol. There's nothing more annoying to me than a stranger trying to strike up a conversation at the gym and ruining your rests so I just leave it alone. But it hurts inside to just watch. Does anyone feel me?
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Telegram:
It's hilarious for me seeing those guys lifting heavier than they should weights and consequently doing entirely different exercises. Ego lifting, trying to appear bigger, better, stronger than actual. Instead of working to get there and REALLY doing it.
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Caudill
I would like to see you cover which muscle groups are better to work together and individually. I'm having problems figuring out which muscles to combine being I'm just your average 150lb guy trying to get fit for no reason.
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Daniel
During this quarantine Ive been doing home workouts with Nike training club, but it-s really discouraging because sometimes I don-t have proper form and I don-t have someone to teach me 1 on 1 to fix my mistakes. Suggestions?
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Saraswati8882
this video made me laugh, how jeff mimicked poor forms, hahaha. and Jeff when u said to Jessie, thats its disgusting, i thought u were talking about his exposing shorts when jessie was skipping.
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Rabiez
: 10 I was not paying any attention to form. That eagle was super distracting. I'm surprised that wasn't called into question. That and the knee high socks. But that eagle. has ruined jump rope for me.
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yourname
Do you have any videos showing how to proper front squat and if the laying hamstring extention is good form of exercise. thanks for your time and im still looking through your videos. Lot of info
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Renu
Jeff goes into the relevant science of anatomy, physiology and physiotherapy while explaining an exercise. How much greater can it get? I love the sprinkling of humour too. What a sport Jessie is.
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