Matt Short Physical Performance

🔥 JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL IT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S DOING WHAT YOU THINK.

I’ve seen the “Iron Trident” exercise floating around lately.

The guy doing it is jacked. His abs are working. It burns.

So naturally, it LOOKS like a great ab exercise.

But feeling a muscle work ≠ automatically maximizing the stimulus you’re trying to create.

If your goal is to GROW your abs, treat them like any other muscle.

Load them.
Progress them.
Stretch and contract them under load.
Train them through a large range of motion.
Use multiple rep ranges.

That doesn’t mean the Iron Trident is useless. Your trunk is absolutely working to brace and control the movement.

But as your primary exercise for growing your abs?

That’s a bit like doing wall sits to grow your quads.

🔥 You’ll feel them.
🔥 They’ll burn.
❌ But there are better tools for hypertrophy.

Stop judging exercises by how much they burn.

Judge them by whether they actually match the goal and DON’T skip your sit ups.

📲 SHARE this with someone who picks ab exercises based on “feeling the burn.”

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Another round of 💪pump or dump💩

Thanks KPI Development for sending me this one 🎥

RESISTANCE BAND ZERCHER WALK

Wrap a band(s) around treadmill handles, pick it up in your elbows, shoulders back and up-chest out, walk🚶

Great for grapplers, strongman, and any upper body athletes looking to build work capacity 🔋

If your using an AssaultBike, AssaultRunner & AssaultRower runner (or similar self propelled treadmill) like me, WATCH YOUR STEP 👀. Definitely works on a regular treadmill too.

Save this for your next arm day finisher 💪
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