Unilateral is the new king.
>>76683748functional movement/ fascial training scammers love this thread
>>76683748You must look great, post physique
>>76683748I love isolateral movements because my left arm is about an inch shorter than my right. But doing them one arm at a time is usually pointless, it just tires you out.
>>76683748>>76683830There's no scam if you realize that unilateral is great for training motor firing patterns and restoring good standing posture issues, but bilateral lets you overload more weight for mechanical stimulus. It's not an either/or, do both.
>>76684120>isolateralcan a kinesiologyfag explain to me when to use >unilateral >isolateral>ipsilateral>homolateralwhich seem to all have the same meaning
>>76683748Twice to time for the same work. This sucks so bad hope this is your job I can't imagine doing this unless I was paid hourly. Although I can definitely attest to it for chest isolation just because of the annoyance of having to try to cross cables.
>>76684158How do you "do both" guys ever get through a workout? I imagine you do so much bullshit trying to have it every which way your workout is endless or you just end up cutting out actually effective parts to make time for the crap.
>>76684234Do you primary work bilaterally and your assistance/volume work unilaterally. For example, heavy RDLs with a barbell and once you've pre exhausted your posterior chain, finish with 10 minutes of hand to hand kettlebell swings. Or heavy clean and press with a barbell and then assistance work dumbbell clean and press for something like 5 mins/side. Your really add only 10 mins or so because the point of those unilateral movements is to train your nervous system to fire the contralateral side to stabilize you and it doesn't take much time to do.
>>76684216>Twice to time for the same workDoesn't matter, most of the time in gym is when you rest between sets. When you train right arm you can immediately train left arm, no need to wait.
>>76684283absolutely correct
>>76684283But it's not just this, you do everything since you can't critically evaluate. You stretch and do 'mobility work' right? You do low rep strength and high rep 'hypertrophy' work right? Your workouts probably take forever with all the crap you think you need to do
>>76685311>Your workouts probably take forever with all the crap you think you need to doI do my sets between conference calls but total time is about an hour
>>76685123You're onto something.... Especially if you do slow and controlled reps
>>76685647Do you get anything actually useful done in that time? What is your squat and deadlift?
>>76684162Isolateral is basically a marketing term for fitness equipment, but it's become standardised to mean "equipment with arms that function independently so you can do unilateral or bilateral movements on it".But people will still call something like a dumbbell press isolateral, which is technically incorrect but makes sense in context.Unilateral specifically refers to the movement, of doing only one arm at a time.Don't worry about ipsilateral, contralateral and homo(kek)lateral, they just mean "the same/opposite side" e.g. "the right hand is ipsilateral to the right foot".
>>76684234How about enjoying your workout instead of trying to min/max it?
>>76685673>muh squatz>muh dedliff just say you’re fat bro there’s no judgement here
>>76686460So you waste your time doing silly nonsense and don't actually lift, about what I figured
>>76686678>>76685673>>76684234so the main objection is "time"? that means there is no objection, cause u need 2 sets of isometric hold per muscle/movement 3 with warmup "set" which is few minutes in total lol >noo u must lift big weights for reps for 6 to 12 sets in 2 to 3 movemnts that's bullshit >>76684158>lets you overload more weight for mechanical stimulusi don't want to, i want the mechanical tension and overload to land right smack in the muscle belly i am after AND NOWHERE ELSE :D >>76683529
I only have a pair of dumbbells at home, so I have to do unilateral exercises to load properlyif I had heavy barbells wouldn't bother tho
>>76687411Dumbells are stronger than barbell. Bigger ROM and more stabilizing muscles. Also cost half compared to barbell.
New king
>>76687538Imagine how small this guy is
>>76686350How about I unilateral my foot up your ass
>>76688039Small but correct in what he says.
>>76683748>newUnilateral was huge 100 years ago when people had national and international competitions that featured lifts like the bent press, single arm jerk, or two-hands anyhow. No need to reinvent the wheel.
>>76689944We need to bring it back.
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>>76684162unilateral is when you do it with one handisolateral is when you do it with both hands but one hand can do whateveripsilateral is when you use one side, but both leg and arms for an exercisehomolateral is anytime you my fellow poster is training
