I just did S&H chest and back for the first time and have a couple of form questions:
1) my back is my strongest body part. Although I usually know to start with HALF the weight Cathe uses most body parts, I can match her weights on back exercises for some reason. Here's the problem: My little auxiliary muscles give out too soon!! For instance, doing dumbbell lat rows, my rear delts are SCREECHING at me before my lats really even get very warm! Is there something wrong with my form that is engaging my rear delts too much, or are they just too wimpy for my lats (is that like "too sexy for my shirt"?? hmmmm too wimpy for my lats too wimpy for my lats too wimpy for my lats hmmmm.....)
2) does going slow make you SHAKE more? I found that I was shaking more at a lower level of fatigue. Usually I don't start to shake till my muscle is almost numb, and doing S&H I start to shake much earlier! (don't worry, I'm not shaking to a point that compromises my form! I'm a member of the "educated crowd" ya know!)
3) During supine planks, I notice that Cathe and her crew have their fingers pointed toward their toes. This is VERY awkward for me. . . I do them with my fingers splayed outward, pointing toward the outside walls. Is that OK? Also, I feel supine planks TREMENDOUSLY in my butt and hams, but not much at all in my back! Prone planks I feel VERY much in my back/abs/around my ribcage, but not supine ones. So is this a form issue of some kind?
It just occurred to me that it must be kind of hard to answer form questions on the internet. After all, you can't SEE us! So just give it your best shot. Thanks to Cathe, and to any of the educated crowd who might choose to jump in with their insights!!
1) my back is my strongest body part. Although I usually know to start with HALF the weight Cathe uses most body parts, I can match her weights on back exercises for some reason. Here's the problem: My little auxiliary muscles give out too soon!! For instance, doing dumbbell lat rows, my rear delts are SCREECHING at me before my lats really even get very warm! Is there something wrong with my form that is engaging my rear delts too much, or are they just too wimpy for my lats (is that like "too sexy for my shirt"?? hmmmm too wimpy for my lats too wimpy for my lats too wimpy for my lats hmmmm.....)
2) does going slow make you SHAKE more? I found that I was shaking more at a lower level of fatigue. Usually I don't start to shake till my muscle is almost numb, and doing S&H I start to shake much earlier! (don't worry, I'm not shaking to a point that compromises my form! I'm a member of the "educated crowd" ya know!)
3) During supine planks, I notice that Cathe and her crew have their fingers pointed toward their toes. This is VERY awkward for me. . . I do them with my fingers splayed outward, pointing toward the outside walls. Is that OK? Also, I feel supine planks TREMENDOUSLY in my butt and hams, but not much at all in my back! Prone planks I feel VERY much in my back/abs/around my ribcage, but not supine ones. So is this a form issue of some kind?
It just occurred to me that it must be kind of hard to answer form questions on the internet. After all, you can't SEE us! So just give it your best shot. Thanks to Cathe, and to any of the educated crowd who might choose to jump in with their insights!!