, if you can only add two movements to your strength training routine, deadlifts and squats are your power moves.
🤔 Why?
Because both of these movements are highly functional (meaning you use the movement in everyday life) and train your whole body.
First the squat. It gets a bad rap as a leg-only movement and to be clear, it is a very leg heavy movement, although squatting properly will also engage your core and posture as you move increasingly heavy weight.
As far as function, most of us squat every single day. We sit down and stand up, we use the bathroom (sometimes hovering in a public place). We have to lower ourselves to pick up things off the floor and climb stairs. All of those things involve a squat movement.
The deadlift focuses more on the backside of the body - although proper deadlifts will build your core strength like nothing else. But beyond strong hamstrings and glutes, the deadlift will also work all of the movements in your back as well as help you build killer grip strength.
Ironically, deadlifts and squats are two movements that we often hear people avoiding out of fear of injury. If that’s you or you’re just new to the movement, we’re sharing two of the videos from our popular strong course to help you learn how to properly do these movements. 🙌
>>>Click here to learn to squat<<<
>>>Click here to learn to deadlift<<<
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