Here’s the problem:
🏋🏼♀️You go to the gym on Monday and only use your chest & triceps.
🏋🏽♂️On Tuesday, you only work on your back & biceps.
🏋🏼♀️Wednesday, you move in a fixed motion on a cardio machine for 30 minutes
🏋🏽♂️Thursday comes and you work only your legs & abs.
🏋🏼♀️And then your next workout targets just your shoulders (and maybe a last ditch effort for your embarrassingly small calves🤐)
Then you go to play your sport on the weekends (maybe that long run or ride, pick-up game, round of golf, or martial arts class), and:
1. You feel so physically awkward 🤭
2. You’re surprised at how out of shape you still feel 😓
3. You’re dangerously sore (verging on injured) in some places 🤕
When you work body parts in isolation, it’s not a surprise when they don’t work well together in real life activities.
Plus, when you spot-target the big muscle groups, you often
✴️Overlook the little stabilizer muscles that hold all the pieces together
✴️make certain muscles (like the quads or rectus abdominis) disproportionately stronger than others
Instead, try structuring your workouts around foundational movements:
✅Push
✅Pull
✅Squat
✅Hinge
✅Core
✅Carry
and do something on one leg 🦵🏽
…And if you’re sick and tired of trying to figure this all out by yourself and you just want results, reach out!
Strength Coach K8 