Exercise Selection Is The Last Step In Programming

Why "3 Moves For Ripped Abs" Gets It Wrong

“While training should be relevant to the goal at hand in terms of selecting exercises with relatively similar movement patterns that develop muscles used in the sport, it is neither necessary nor desirable to exactly mimic a sport skill in the weight room.”

― Rippetoe and Kilgore, Practical Programming

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