Hi Friend,
After many weeks of rain, we've had 3 beautiful sunny days in a row here in Massachusetts. #ItFeelsGood
Isometric Contractions
A muscle contraction in which there is no change in range of motion.
e.g.1. flexing your biceps and holding the flex.
e.g.2. low plank
Isometrics or Iso Holds are great for health, body transformation and performance.
Health: think planking, rehabbing weak muscles and balancing on 1-leg.
Body transformation: think flexing your muscles in front of the mirror or holding the end range of motion position of a row and squeezing your back muscles or the bottom of a push up and squeezing your chest muscles.
Performance: maximum isometric contractions in a sprint or jump position against resistance, followed by sprinting or jumping without resistance.
It's so simple to do and easy to add.
Try a 3 or 5 count hold on an exercise in a contracted or muscle shortened position, on the last rep, of your last set of the exercise during your next workout. It's fun and it's good for reducing injury risk, helping your muscles and posture look better and get stronger and enhancing performance.
Hold and squeeze and make it count,
Mike
p.s. Group. this week is guest week for our group personal training program and our summer quarter begins, the week of June 9. If you want to get more consistent with your training, get scheduled, get a program, a team and a coach. reply and let me know when you're ready.
p.p.s. Program Design (Consulting). If you've got something important, nagging or special to you happening or coming up, and having a plan and support to get you there would be helpful, maybe consider a custom designed program and some private training to learn it before you go and do it on your own. If this reads like a match, reply and let me know when you're ready.
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