Arguments For & Against Biomechanics 2 | ETP#91

Today on the podcast we are discussing arguments both FOR and
AGAINST placing an emphasis on biomechanics in your training and
programming. There are a lot of discussions surrounding
biomechanics as it is a super hot topic right now. We found that
many of the discussions were one-sided and didn’t quite portray
both sides of the arguments equally. So that is exactly what we
decided to try and do today for you. 



Keynotes from today's episode:

Biomechanics/Anti-BiomechanicsBiomechanics is the
study of the structure, function, and motion of the mechanical
aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms
to organs, cells, and cell organelles, using the methods of
mechanics. Biomechanics is a branch of biophysics.

Arguments against biomechanics:


People have been getting yoked for decades with free
weights 

If it worked for Arnold…

Barbell basics 

Just work hard (feels like biomechanics sort of goes against
the way it was “meant to be” or whatever nonsense, of just
smashing weight)

Pull-ups for back 

Biomechanic-optimized movements aren’t as “subjectively
taxing”

You need to do much fewer movements if you pick the big
hitters. Isolating more stuff means you have to do more
movements 



Arguments for biomechanics:


Everything is biomechanics. Even if you try to optimize a
barbell movement 

Long muscle lengths = need to find where it is most
lengthened 

Minimizing joint issues / nonexistent since “switching”

Learning/understanding why certain movements produce an
incredible stimulus and others don’t

Increasing tension on the desired tissues

How do you know people wouldn’t have been more jacked with
better movements?

Improved program design. Less redundancy, better volume
distribution.




Thanks for listening! 


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