Are You Working Out According to YOUR Body?

Posted by Dan on July 23rd 2007 to Training

This last weekend I was reading in the book Scrawny to Brawny by Mike Mejia and John Berardi and they make some very interesting points about how sometimes you have to make adjustments to an exercise depending on your body. For example, if you have longer arms and you do the bench press the traditional way you could be putting a lot of extra strain on your shoulders that a person with shorter arms won’t have to deal with as much.

Unfortunately this isn’t something that is commonly talked about in most of the magazines and articles out there. Nor do I have all of the answers either! But it’s worth taking a look into so that you can make sure that you’re not in risk of injuring yourself do to improper form for your body.

If you happen to be more on the tall and skinny side (ectomorph), I would highly recommend Scrawny to Brawny as a good resource for making adjustments to your form. For the other body types, endomorph and mesomorph, I haven’t come across any good resources yet. But I’ll be sure to let you all know if I do!

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  1. Perpendicularity.org - Creative Writing
    October 12th, 2010 | 6:14 am

    This is very true. Also, people with a wide chest and shorter arms, tend to have the advantage when it comes to the bench press. Much like writing, people need to get more creative while working out; ya know, have some variety, be less traditional, break a few rules and change it up a bit.

  2. hgh
    May 10th, 2011 | 10:49 pm

    awesome article shared by you and thanks for posting such a great article

  3. Kava Kava
    May 21st, 2011 | 5:06 pm

    I’ve noticed this, I’m short and stubby, so if I work my bicepts too much, they get really stiff.

  4. jeff
    January 4th, 2012 | 7:09 pm

    Great article on working out for different body types, some great pointers. Have you seen this other site, it’s got a great program for bench pressing, check it out bench press program

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