Derrick Henry’s Exercise Ball PU On Bands With Chains

[bighydo1979]

Can we please just discuss this tomfoolery? I read where one “expert” said he fully endorsed it because “for athletes at his level, simple exercises such as the squat and bench press just aren’t effective anymore.”

Link removed, he gets no clicks from here. It's a football player doing functional training. Use your imagination. - Editor

[Mark Rippetoe]

We discuss it all the time. You just haven't read the discussion. Start here: Strength Training, CrossFit, and “Functional Training” | Mark Rippetoe

[CommanderFun]

When my girlfriend and I signed up at the local LA Fitness on Thursday, we got scheduled to do an "introductory workout" on Friday. I wanted no part of it, but it was supposed to be short and she was curious. We both regretted it. "Toe touches" on some kind of weird half balance ball dome thing, burpees with awkward hex dumbbells in my hands, and sidewalks crab walking type shit with a kettlebell held out in front. All it succeeded in doing was getting the heart rate up. At one point during the crab walk things she was asking "feel it in your hamstrings?" I didn't have the heart to tell her no. All it did was aggravate the knee tendonitis. The only real limiting factor to performance was how awkward the movements were. But afterwards I said to my girlfriend "now I know how professional athletes feel". Or at least how they SHOULD feel...embarrassed.

[Soule]

Can we please just discuss this tomfoolery? I read where one “expert” said he fully endorsed it because “for athletes at his level, simple exercises such as the squat and bench press just aren’t effective anymore.”

Link removed, he gets no clicks from here. It's a football player doing functional training. Use your imagination. - Editor

My buddy sent me a link to the video on saturday, all impressed. To prove a point, I sent him a video doing this silly bulllshit, first attempt, but without a chain loaded on my cervical spine and then a second set with one foot in the air.

Literally done on the first attempt by an average lifter with average athleticism. How is this news?