SkedMedz
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These are the main muscle groups that people neglect from my experience. What do you guys think?
I. Legs: It is blasphemous, but I still see guys these days that do zero legs. I have to admit though, it took me 5 years before I ever did them as well, so I know the mindset. The reasons for me not doing them(from what I can remember) at the time were:
a. Too hard.
b. Spent too much time on bis & chest to even bother, and worried about donating that day of legs at the expense of neglecting some upper body stuff. This is before the term "over-training" ever passed before my eyes obviously. Mind you, this is like 1986.
I eventually started to do some calves, figuring that in a pair of shorts, I could still hide the stickly-ass uppers, while at the same time having a decent set of lower wheels. Luckily for myself, I started to train with a guy who was HEAVY into legs. He was probably the mirror opposite of myself at the time, as he focused mailny on legs, as that was where he had been gifted with the best genetics, His upper body was lacking. He got me into legs.
II. Lower back: Stated by jcp2 in another Thread. People tending to neglect lower back seem to mostly focus on pulling & rowing while working back. None of those address the lower back & moreso the spinal erectors primarily. Deads, SLDL's, Power Cleans, & Hyperextensions will remedy that, but(with the exeption of hyperextensions) these lifts are taxing, and neglected mainly because you have to have heart and BALLS to perform them. Thus the neglect imo.
III. Tibs: Front of the lower leg. Same as doing tris & not bis, if you aren't doing them.
IV. Neck: Easy to neglect, if your gym has no Neck machine. I travel extra miles to go to a gym that has one. Neglecting this area can cause alot of probelms, as the traps and delts are developing strength. Given(if you neglect Neck) the fact that the Neck muscles have not been given adequate direct stimulation, they have to strain to support weights you have trained the delts & or the Traps to lift. Prime situation for an injury.
Those are the ones I see neglected the most. What do you guys think?
I. Legs: It is blasphemous, but I still see guys these days that do zero legs. I have to admit though, it took me 5 years before I ever did them as well, so I know the mindset. The reasons for me not doing them(from what I can remember) at the time were:
a. Too hard.
b. Spent too much time on bis & chest to even bother, and worried about donating that day of legs at the expense of neglecting some upper body stuff. This is before the term "over-training" ever passed before my eyes obviously. Mind you, this is like 1986.
I eventually started to do some calves, figuring that in a pair of shorts, I could still hide the stickly-ass uppers, while at the same time having a decent set of lower wheels. Luckily for myself, I started to train with a guy who was HEAVY into legs. He was probably the mirror opposite of myself at the time, as he focused mailny on legs, as that was where he had been gifted with the best genetics, His upper body was lacking. He got me into legs.
II. Lower back: Stated by jcp2 in another Thread. People tending to neglect lower back seem to mostly focus on pulling & rowing while working back. None of those address the lower back & moreso the spinal erectors primarily. Deads, SLDL's, Power Cleans, & Hyperextensions will remedy that, but(with the exeption of hyperextensions) these lifts are taxing, and neglected mainly because you have to have heart and BALLS to perform them. Thus the neglect imo.
III. Tibs: Front of the lower leg. Same as doing tris & not bis, if you aren't doing them.
IV. Neck: Easy to neglect, if your gym has no Neck machine. I travel extra miles to go to a gym that has one. Neglecting this area can cause alot of probelms, as the traps and delts are developing strength. Given(if you neglect Neck) the fact that the Neck muscles have not been given adequate direct stimulation, they have to strain to support weights you have trained the delts & or the Traps to lift. Prime situation for an injury.
Those are the ones I see neglected the most. What do you guys think?