I wasn't taking pop shots about asking what "real world application" was, just saying if you are training purely for "real world application" the best training you could do is sit on your arse all day and get fat, as most ov us would do nothing but that if we didn't train anyway.
If you mean "functional" (again, still in that area ov lame terms that I refuse to put outside ov quotation marks) then heavy squat and deadlifts are as "functional" as you can get. The main muscles in the body that contribute to overall explosiveness with running, jumping etc (the glutes/hamstrings/general posterior chain) are strengthened best with heavy deadlifts and squats. A big factor in these abilities are pound-for-pound strength in those lifts (hence why most jump programs you see will recommend you deadlift/squat X amount ov times your bodyweight). The only way to get stronger is to continue to add resistance, good luck doing this with a wall squat (not to mention that the wall stabilizes you and takes a lot ov key muscles out ov play, you don't always have a wall to lean against when you're "applying yourself in the real world").
LOL I didn't realise people sprinted all the time in the real world.
You're ignorant and you look incredibly stupid to people who actually have knowledge of the human body and body mechanics in general.
Posterior chain? You do realise that's a pretty damn simple way of explaining it....have you ever dropped that line to a physio?
"People should know about the physiology behind fitness before doing things."
No they shouldn't. People overcomplicate things.
I did a plank once last year probably for the first time since rugby in school, with a 100kg person standing on my lower back/arse. Squats/deads brahs.
LOL Again.
Oh they shouldn't? Let me put a little scenario in your head.
Little Johnny wants to become big Johnny, so he works all the main muscles his friends and what have you say.
As in pecs, biceps, quads, delts and whatever else meatheads work out with.
Johnny works in an office, so he's already tight in his pecs but makes them more tight...and develops Kyphosis (look it up) but that doesn't matter because he feels like he's stronger and looks stronger.
Because Johnny doesn't give a sh*t about proper core stuff (that is..ACTUAL core muscles like TA) and works instead on his Rectus (which is already in flexion because..that's its job) and makes that even more tight...he puts increased stress on his spine which is as weak as all buggery because and here's the kicker....not ALL muscles are fast twitch and it's the ones that aren't fast twitch that commonly get f**ked up because he is too busy working the fast twitch muscles.
So Johnny ends up with a herniated disc...because his back in general is f**ked because he took no notice of it.
But, yeah, go ahead and flog your body...because you're only paying someone like me to fix it;-)
So yeah, unless you're an olympic weightlifter, heavy lifting isn't really necessary...sure if that makes you happy go for it.
But please don't try and argue with me about 'real world' the 'real world' muscles never get used and are weak in a large majority of people.
