Jun 10 • General discussion
Strength is something, not everything.
Ronnie has some hip issues,.and it's altered his squat mechanics, and when we started squatting again it wasn't great, but we've changed some shit, had him using wedges, goblet squatting, forcing his ass out, and now, just a few months later, he's added like a hundred pounds in weight and he's been able to get the crux of his hips almost beneath the plane of his knees. Howd we do that? We ignored the numbers and focused on mechanics, RoM, mobility, depth etc. If your focusing on hypertrophy, your strength, ultimately, is useless. Literally. It means nothing.
Your one rep max is not, and never has been, the sole metric by which we measure muscularity, hypertrophy, health, or athleticism.
A bigger squat doesn't mean better glutes.
A bigger bench isn't a better chest.
A bigger deadlift doesn't mean 10 % body fat.
Bigger lifts dont automatically mean better shape, more endurance, mobility health, or longevity.
The point is your strength ultimately should be a way to track progress and rate of improvement. If you're trying to build a physique, your 1 rep max strength just doesn't matter. Comparing your 1 rep max to others is useless.
If you want a good physique. Chase mobility. Chase endurance. Chase consistency. Chase progress. Not numbers.
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Strength is something, not everything.
