Activation, Mobility and Rehab for Advanced Muscle Building and Strength Training

Check out my new complete muscle building system: www.acceleratedmusculardevelopment.com Advanced Torso Training http Quick, Effective Muscle Building Strategies www.dieselcrew.com You’ve probably heard of using foam in the weightroom. Previously, you might have only thought of using it for resting your knee on, while your stretching your hip flexors. Well, a recent talk with Mike Hanley of HanleyStrength.com changed that. He told me that he had his clients marching on thick foam to help with their knee and hip problems. He said Louie Simmons had told him about it. How he has been using it for activation and rehab purposes. It is also well recognized in the powerlifting community that foam can also be used on the box squat, and we will talk about this too, later in this article. Now, this of course got me thinking about other uses of foam. I ordered a few blocks and started incorporating it into my program and the program of my clients. Let’s look at a few different ways that you can incorporate foam into the weightroom. 1. Hand Walking Taking the concept of activating the lower body with the foam, we can also activate the upper body. Benefits of Hand Walking on Foam * Activate the traps, rhomboids, serratus anterior, pectorals, shoulders * Vibrational training – reflexive/reactive motor unit activation, contraction and recruitment * Stability of the shoulder * Wrist, finger mobility 2. Marching By marching on the foam, you will be activating and rehabbing the musculature …
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