Is Skill & Strength Training Really That Different?

That ratio tho 🤔

....... okay I just wanna throw a dodgeball faster!

Not sure if this was in response to the same, but functional patterns said fairly recently that "lifting makes you dumb". My response was, dumb lofting makes you dumb. I'm not a barbell guy, but strength has been important to my skill work, and skill to strength work. Barbells don't stimulate my sense of skill development, but every heavy lifter I've seen is very passionate about surprisingly fine points of motor control.

Being too beholden to any one modality of training, or tool to achieve that modality, is not a smart strategy for anyone trying to enhance athleticism.

Your stuff is a major addition to the fitness community. I want a channel just like yours !

It’s one big puzzle and to reach your goals you have to but all the pieces together.

great stuff Matt. These ideas surrounding strength and skill and their interconnected nature has probably been the biggest factor challenging how I think about my workouts recently.
Have you come across Mind Pump? Sal Di Stefano has done lots of work looking at how old school strong men and bodybuilders very much trained strength as a skill. They didn't destroy their bodies in a workout because they wanted to train again as soon as possible to maximise the volume of that work within a time frame in order to essentially be practicing that movement/strength

So, I'm thinking. If I wanted to achieve the 1 arm push up, would I have to work with progressions? Or say I went to try and achieve 50 perfect push ups and I did and as a result of that, would I gain the necessary strength to do a 1 arm push up? It's a weird question but to sum it up I'm asking if training 15+ reps (endurance training) could help me achieve something more difficult in the smaller rep range.

Can you do a videos on shoulder exercise please. I can’t do hand stand push ups, and would like to build big shoulders.

You have amazing videos. That is all I must say.

Hey folks, is it normal to feel like you're getting smaller after some time having muscle gains?

Can I become your student?

RDP is not just about fitness for me, it's about life philosophy.

I mean the stuff you talk about can be aplied to so many other facets of life!

Hey Matt, love your videos!
I would really love to hear more about how to program your Training the best way, especially while participating in Convict Conditioning. I mean Paul Wade gives you some example routines but you unless you dont do the hardest program you will be hitting each exercise only 2 times a week for 3-5 Sets. I always thought that when it comes to building strenght you should do higher frequency.. Thank you!

Nice view man and i agree with you.

Recently trying to find a personal trainer. I want someone to take a look at the form of my exercises once a month to check that I am doing it right. Also, my motivation goes up and down as I am doing this alone all the time, having a trainer will keep me motivated, I guess.

As you focus on performing an exercise with perfect form you get more skillful and then you can perform the exercise effectively. So with less work you get stronger. This is the key point of Naked Warrior, Grease the Groove.

Matt, I recommend you to everyone who is even slightly interested in calisthenics. Keep going!

Imo skill training focuses more on the joints and tendons, not much of the muscles while strength training is the other way round. Both are taxing for the CNS though, which I find it a struggle to balance both in a workout..

Chocolate chip cookies with nothing but chocolate chips...I like this idea.

Hey matt do you still got the CC+ pdf?

Another quality video that I will re watch several times before it properly sinks in. To me, there is no difference between proper skill and strength training. Becoming better skilled at techniques enables you to get stronger as got as practicing the techniques.

I’ve been thinking about this concept in relation to the leg press helping the squat. There seems to be, at least online, this knee-jerk avoidance of leg presses for the legs, with the claim that it doesn’t have any carryover to squats. While I do agree that the leg press and the squat are two different skills, building strong legs in the leg press provides a person with strong legs to use in the squat, and it’s a matter of skill of executing the squat with good, strong technique to exploit the new strength to get better and stronger at squatting heavier weights.

Hey Matt, you have a very interesting point of view that sometimes makes me say, Hmmm. I would like to hear your perspective on the topic "There's no such thing as a bad workout". Often times people say as long as you did something, thats all what matters. Hope to hear from you soon.

Hey Matt, are you familiar with dna fit? If so, what do you think about it?

great video

Love the content, explained differently, and a better perspective

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