YOUR
BACKSIDE IS DRAGGING
In early December of last
year I did an article entitled The Best Way to Gain Muscle Mass that few People Ever Use
You need to go back and read
it if you missed it the first time and even if you didn’t. It explains that the
fastest way to add muscle mass is to train your lagging muscle groups.
Well, for most people, those
lagging muscles will be part of the “Posterior
Chain”. That’s your backside. The posterior chain contains some of the
largest muscles and largest muscle groups in the human body Especially the lower part of the posterior chain.. And you are
probably neglecting some, if not all, of them. If they don't show in the mirror most people neglect them.
Have someone take pictures in your shorts; front, back and each side and you'll see what I mean.
Have someone take pictures in your shorts; front, back and each side and you'll see what I mean.
So if need to add muscle mass
for aesthetics, athletics, strength or weight loss you need to give your
backside a lot of attention. From the article back in December you should know
that most people need to do about twice
as much pulling as you do pushing exercises.
How much mass can you add?
I’ll reprint a paragraph for the December article:
As a point of reference:
· The average “untrained” upper leg muscles (1 leg) in a 160
pound male contain 10.5 pounds of lean tissue. The average for a “trained”170
pound male is 23 pounds of lean tissue (each leg). For a female, the averages
are slightly higher with the average weight of the females being 136 pounds.
· For the calf (1 leg) the
numbers are 4.75 pounds untrained and over 6 pounds for trained.
See my point?
Want
to run faster?- powered by the glutes and hamstrings.
Want
to be stronger pushing or pulling a load-powered by the gludes and hamstrings.
Want
better deadlifts or squats or Olympic
lifts- powered by the glutes and hamstrings.
Aesthetics-
Do you want to look like the backside of the saints atop the Vatican? (yes, they are flat on the back)
Or would you rather look like this?
By the way, guys. Women don't like flat glutes on you either. By some polls the glutes are the number 1 muscle women admire the most.
Though
squats and dead lifts will help, they are both quad dominant with the glutes
and hamstrings being secondary and only when coming “out of the hole” at the
bottom of the lift.
No, I am not telling you to take dead lifts and squats out of your program. Both are 2 of the best movements ever invented. Dead lifts especially are great for building your upper back. But here we are trying to isolate the hamstrings and glutes.
No, I am not telling you to take dead lifts and squats out of your program. Both are 2 of the best movements ever invented. Dead lifts especially are great for building your upper back. But here we are trying to isolate the hamstrings and glutes.
Here are some of the best moves that will really
bring up your lagging backside:
GLUTE HAM RAISE
LYING LEG CURL
ROMANIAN DEAD LIFT (RDL)
WALKING LUNGE
SLED/PROWLER PUSH ( USE A WIDE STANCE)
Work these exercises in your program 2x per week until you get the lower body backside up to par.
And do twice as much pulling as pushing exercises for the upper body.
Thanks to Bodybuilding.com for the videos
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