Devlin Brown at the watercooler: Why balance should be the focus of your training regimen
Many years ago my friends and I used to joke about international chest day — the day you would have to stand in long queues to get near the bench press. As recently as March 2020 — the last time I trained in a commercial gym — the bench press section was by far the busiest, and worst on Mondays.
The bench press is the prom king of exercises. Exercise populism has — in the not-so-humble opinion of the Water Cooler — spoilt the gym experience and genuinely hurt people’s progress. It also results in common injuries such as the painful shoulder impingement that has sidelined many a gym bro. A badge of honour, you see, to be sidelined by a “sporting” injury...
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