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Checking to see if @Ben Yanes or anyone has experience with working through fatigue associated with your arms holding the load while doing a free weight rdl/sldl? I'm in this pocket of loading where if I go to heavy, I incur some lower back pain (harder to keep the spine fixed in a comfortable position), but if I go too light, the climbing reps cause some muscles on the back of my shoulders to fatigue from the weight dangling from them via my hands+wrist wraps. Grip muscles are fine, hamstrings are the prime mover, but this ping pong of either lower back or shoulder fatigue is slowing me down. What workarounds could come into play?

Hello again everyone! I just had another question that I began to ponder regarding my training as well as training for clients that I thought I would share here. Is unilateral training a non-negotiable if there are muscle imbalances between limbs? (i.e. One bicep is bigger than the other, so we work each to correct the imbalance) At the commercial gym I train at, we use an InBody BIA scanner to help clients with goal and program decisions (Yes, I do know InBody scans can be super inconsistent when it comes to reliability but I digress lol). However, it is still a tool to help clients see if they have differences between limbs in terms of muscle mass. Now, common logic would have us think that imbalances mean we should work to balance out each limb, thus using unilateral exercises. But I wanted to see if this was the case amongst you all and if using bilateral training has reaped similar balance results among each limb as well. Overall, I do not see it as bad using unilateral, bilateral, or both in my programs. I just wanted to see what opinions are out there on muscle imbalances and how to go about training with them. Thanks again!

Was lifting at a gym in my grandparents’ cabin gym. Squat rack with pull up bar, barbell and dumbbells up to 20kg. I remembered something I saw in a Ben video: cross body reverse fly with a dumbbell (video attached). Worked like A CHARM! Hit a pull day consisting of wide grip pull ups for the upper back, narrow grip semi-Chins for the lats, reverse dumbbell flies and incline curls. I’ll let the pump speak for itself. All this just goes to show: with a working knowledge of biomechanics, anywhere can give you a great workout, even if you don’t have the optimal cable and machine set up you see for everything on social media.

When doing pullovers for the Teres major in the scapular plane, my triceps LH gets pumped & sore. When doing Overhead tricep extensions the next day, they dont perform as well What strategies are there to limit crossover fatigue for this specific situation😅