Argo Strength And Movement

If your squat looks like you’re out at the club trying to make extra cash to pay for fuel, these 2 cues can help. 👇👇

Push your feet through the floor.
Push your back (upper back) against the bar.

This will help stop you from doing stripper squats.

3 cues to help fix a sh*tty push press.

1️⃣ Chest up.
2️⃣ Sink into your heals.
3️⃣ Get underneath the barbell.

Give it a try.

Cardio before starting your workout will kill you gains if your goals is strength and muscle gain. That’s because if you’re fatigued from doing the cardio, you won’t be able to lift heavy. If you can’t lift heavy enough, you won’t progress. Pretty simple. So do cardio after weight training instead.

If your focus is more geared towards fat loss, then cardio before weights is a valid way of training. But it’s still better to do it last because why would you not want to get stronger?

At some point in your training, you’re going to experience this and that’s okay. The worst thing you can do is panic. Getting too excited can lead to… accidents... Everything will be alright as long as you remain calm. Take a deep breath, brace and get out of there.

Needed to dump your load on the floor is a normal experience when you’re training hard enough 😉

During comps you feel strong and invincible. The next day is when the real struggle begins…🥲

Who else can relate? 🤔

What to improve your bench? Push the back diagonally off the chest. This allows for a more efficient and safe movement for lifting heavy weights.

It’s pretty simple. I saw a nice rock, I picked it up and put it in a high place. Now I pick up more heavier rocks and put them in more high places for fun. It just became a thing 🤷🏾‍♂️

Fear is a normal, human condition. It’s okay to feel scared, but don’t let fear get in the way of success. You need to be confident in yourself.

Trust that all the hard work you’ve put in is going to pay off.

Trust that there are people there who’ve got your back when things don’t go as expected.

Don’t let fear overshadow your greatness.

The sad truth is you’re not going to see progress every session. Sometimes it might even feel like things are going backwards. Just like how you’ll have some really sh*tty days, you’ll have really sh*tty training sessions where things are just some much harder than usual. You just have to get through it even if you can only do the bare minimum. This is the most important part of trying to reach your goals.

It’s not about perfection.
It’s about consistency and putting the effort in.
Hard work will never betray you.

This is just a reminder to keep it up. You’re doing great! 👍

If you’re doing your dumbbell presses exactly like your barbell presses, you need to stop. They’re both used for different things. Dumbbell presses have the advantage of loading your muscles through a greater range of motion. This is a great way to cover what the barbell press lacks. If you half ass it limit that range of motion, you’re not going to anything out of it other than create weak points that will increase your risk of injury at those ranges you didn’t train.

So when doing dumbbell presses, take the movement to its full range of motion.

Heels keep coming up at the bottom of your squat? Use this cue: 👇

“Sit onto your heels in the way down and push through your heels as you come up.”

This will help keep you balanced and stable throughout your squat, making it easier and therefore loadable.