How to Build Real Athleticism with Hybrid Exercises, by Josh Henkin, Sr. RKC, Creator of the DVRT System, CSCS Over a year ago I explained how to gain real efficiency from an often-underused training method—complexes. And I didn’t just discuss using complexes, but also smarter methods of using them! After all, doesn’t everyone want more effective and efficient workouts? Since then I have discovered a few key concepts that have really changed some of my ideas about using complexes. First of all, the term complex is somewhat misleading. In the world of strength training, the word complex has taken on several meanings. Today, many people define a complex as a combination of many exercises performed together. The other definition is described by the late Dr. Mel Siff in Supertraining, Complex training refers to the concurrent use of different training means in the same workout, microcycle or mesocycle. Simplifying is a good thing—especially with terminology. That’s why I adopted Dr. Siff’s definition of hybrids. A hybrid is one exercise made up of multiple exercises. Since we can use flowing combinations or micro-sets we have to add…read complete article dragondoor/how_to_build_real_athleticism_with_hybrid_exercises
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:28:07 +0000
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