4 “Must Do” Exercises You’re Doing WRONG (Less Gains, More Injury)

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When it comes to building muscle and avoiding injury, you must choose the right exercises to include in your routine. But even the best exercises when done improperly due to training mistakes can quickly start to do more harm than good. And that's why in this video, I'll go through the 4 great exercises (RKC plank, seated row, leg curls, and lateral raises) that you should consider including in your routine and how you can avoid making the common exercise mistakes related to them. Here are the exercises you’re doing wrong.

First, the traditional plank. It doesn’t activate the core very well. And when held this way, many will end up sagging their lower back and feeling the movement in their shoulders and other areas because they don’t know how to plank properly. A much better version is something called the RKC plank. First, you'll want to move your elbows forward such that they're at the level of your eyes. Then, come up to the plank position and then initiate something called posterior pelvic tilt by forcefully squeezing your glutes and abs, which will, in turn, tilt your pelvis upwards, resulting in greater core contraction.

Lateral raises should also be a staple in your routine for optimal shoulder development. But in terms of how to do lateral raises, there are 3 training mistakes related to this exercise. First mistake: raising the weight too high. Not only does this invite your upper traps to start taking over, but it also creates excessive stress on the shoulder joint. Second mistake: the internal rotation of the shoulder. Mistake 1 and mistake 2 essentially create the worst possible conditions for your shoulder joint to be in. And third mistake is that of raising the weight directly out to the sides, as this creates more stress on the AC joint and the shoulder. Instead, here’s what you’ll want to do. First, fix your arm angle by moving your arm forward slightly into the scapular plane and incorporating a slight bend in the elbow. Next, lean forward slightly and point the thumbs towards the ceiling very slightly. And then when you raise the weight, raise to shoulder height only.

Leg curls are a great exercise to include in your routine for balanced hamstring development if you know how to do leg curls properly. However, there are a couple of common exercise mistakes related to it. First, the involvement of the calf muscle. But this muscle can’t be active during both knee flexion and plantarflexion. So to shift more of the tension onto your hamstrings, point your toes away from you as you perform your leg curls. Second, is how your body compensates when you start to fatigue with this exercise – by bringing the butt up and arching the lower back to shorten the range of motion. To mitigate this, you can lighten the weight. But a better option would be to incorporate exercises like the glute-ham raise or swiss ball leg curl.

Another one of the exercises you’re doing wrong is the seated row (or barbell row or any row for that matter). But many people make the mistake of letting the shoulder roll forward at the end position. Not only does this put the shoulder in a compromised position, but it also prevents the back muscles from fully contracting. So instead, you need to focus on keeping your back muscles involved even at the end range of the movement. Which you can do most effectively by squeezing your shoulder blades together as you pull the weight towards you by contracting your lats and those mid-back muscles.

All in all I hope you were able to see that if you want to build muscle most effectively without getting injured in the process, then it’s a matter of both choosing the right exercises to include in your routine and then making sure that you take the time to learn how to execute them properly.

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0:25 - Plank
1:37 - Lateral Raises
4:06 - Leg Curls
6:43 - Seated Row

vicwithav
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I feel like rolling your shoulders back is the answer to a ton of exercises

brentburks
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Great stuff Jeremy. I am 60 and I've been following most of your suggestions.
Thank you again.

andrewglagau
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1. 0:55 RKC Plank instead of traditional plank
2. 4:01 Fix Lateral Raises with slight external rotation + raising the inscapular plane + slight elbow bend + only lift to shoulder height
3. 6:22 Fix low back soreness and optimize hamstring development by pointing toes during knee dominant hamstring exercises, lightening the weight, and/or incorporating glute ham raise or ball leg curl
4. 8:28 Fix seated row by avoiding letting the shoulder roll forward + make sure to focus on activating your back muscles by bringing your shoulder blades together (down and back)

mintmikasa
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I graduated with an Electrical Engineer degree and I admit I’m not a big fan of reading papers and journals. You sir have my respect, proper workout steps backed with REAL papers from actual researchers. It takes patience and time to search, and actually read all of them.

scottmijin
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love how you ALWAYS ALWAYS incorporate scientific evidence /papers and make them so seamlessly easy to understand with the videos ++ edits 10/10!!! thank you!!!

soaringup
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The biggest dude in my gym gave me the exact opposite advice when doing cable seated rows. Moral of the story do your research before listening to someone that's a lot bigger than you.

TampaTomorrow
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You need more subscribers. Seriously the level of detail, dedication and consistency in the little details you help explain have benefited my gains. The smallest adjustment in your routine can really save someone's body out of harm's way. Keep up the good work.

J-zfeh
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I’m always blown away at how in-depth his videos are. The editing and explaining everything through are phenomenal. Plus, he’s getting bigger and bigger as each video comes out. Haha

ThisIsTori_
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Yo these new vids are looking so clean. All the details and diagrams really help. The lighting also looks amazing in some shots. Keep it up!

goatinnabox
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1:00 proper plank form
3:10 Lat raise correction:
-Dont raise too high. Raose to shoulder height. Do this on incline bench to take power back out of equation. 3:54
-slightly bend forward and point thumbs up
-Have slighy bend in elbow to make scapular plane
4:50 lying or seated is fine. Help with lower hams. corrections for leg curls.Point toes away so calf don't help: 5:26. If you get tired lower back arches to compensate. Counter this by including glute ham raise, leg curl on a ball (swiss ball leg curl) or lower the weight: 6:24
6:45 this exercise or any horizontal row will help you. Dont roll shoulder forward at end position of the pull: 7:20. This occurs b/c scapula elevates and traps shrug up: 8:10.
Solve this by keeping shoulder blades down and back as you pull. 8:24. Can be effectively done with steps at 8:28

musclegaining
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You have legit awesome content. As a beginner i can see immense value of this! Great visualisation and explanation of every movement, you even referance studies instead of just throwing information out there.

dusanbiga
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Awesome lateral raises fixes. Jeff cavaliere agrees.

valzedrickguerrero
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I just discovered this channel! I LOVE how you back up all your points with research papers. So tempted to grab your course.

brianz
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These vids are actually so informative, you know somebody knows what they are talking about when they can explain it both simply, and in depth. Thanks

sweereu
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I'm doing my lateral raise wrong (ie. arms straight on the sides) because I'd feel discomfort while working on it.
Thanks for proving me right; and with credible evidence to boot. I wish I could upvote this video twice, you even have the citiations!

killianoshaughnessy
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I appreciate your efforts in collecting the information and share to us! The information you provided is specific to our needs.

marcuskhor
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I like to give my clients visual cues. For the rows, I prompt them to imagine a walnut is glued to their mid spine and they have to use their shoulder blades to crack it. If I see their form slip, I just say, “crack the walnut”, and they take the corrective action we trained to fix whatever issue they were having.

If you contract your scapula and lower your shoulders, your hand position for the dumbbell lateral raises is in the correct rotational position automatically. If the hands are wrong, that is a symptom of improper back and shoulder setup. I do not lift directly out to the side, but I am not at the 45 degree angle you show either. I’ll have to try that for a few weeks. Thank you for your great content, as usual.

SiFuJasper
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Wish I would have found this page a long time ago! I could have avoided a lot of incorrect movements and injuries. This page is gold!

DrJMoLac
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I'm just starting to concentrate on lifting weights to lose this weight I gained back over the last 1 1/2 years. Watching you "doing it wrong" is really going to help me! Thanks!

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