What do I mean?
Lets use Lats for example, Training middle back seemed very vague to me in the first years of training, as I hadn't developed the size in the muscle and that mind muscle connection needed to advance. To explain further movements like Lat pull downs, Pull ups, Dumbbell and barbell Rows didn't quite feel as effective as they do now, there was a vagueness I wasn't fully aware of the muscles I was engaging and the shape my body had to retain to engage those muscles through these movements. This applies to ALL parts of the body and even compound movements. You may think you even have a movement like deadlift or squat or benchpress down to a T.
There is almost always something else to learn to advance. A muscle you may not be fully utilizing which could bring one of these compound lifts on.
Bodybuilders have excellent mind muscle connection because they Often watch themselves as they lift in a mirror (obviously some lifts are impossible for this) They Physically see the muscle fibres engaging and squeezing on demand this is mind muscle connection and it is ESSENTIAL TO GAINING STRENGTH IN ANYTHING.
You need to know the muscles that are required for a specific movement and you need to teach yourself to REALLY FEEL them engage.
It is essential then that to avoid injury also, you do not train overly heavy if you have 'this VAGUENESS present while doing any movement.
In my next post I'll use pull ups/lat pulldowns to explain how to properly engage the lats and how it carries over to every Lat movement, as well as helping with bench and deadlift AN ESSENTIAL set of muscles to know how to properly engage in training.
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