Test the strength of the muscles bark from Men's Health

Dried and relief body does not guarantee that its owner is really strong. Check the real power of their muscles can bark with a special test developed by Gray Cook (Gray Cook), author of the Functional Movement Systems. Well, let's try?

This test - a simple way to check how strong muscle bark. Regular exercises for the press does not guarantee passing the test.

What should be done

option 1

Lie on your stomach, legs rest on the floor socks, arms bent at the elbows and lie in front of the head, the thumbs touch the forehead. Dilute the arms so that the angle of the elbows was slightly less than 90 degrees. print your elbows up, never taking his hands off the floor from this position, squeeze your buttocks and try to lift the body.

If, during this exercise, your shoulders off the floor before the hips, so the muscles are not strong enough crust. Imagine that your ankles are on the same side of the river, your hands - on another, and your body - it is a bridge. So, he bends right down the middle.

option 2

Again, lie on your stomach, but this time put your hands in front of him so that the thumbs touch the collarbone. Elbows print up, tighten your buttocks and push down on the floor. If you can not lift your shoulders and hips at the same time, so you fed the muscles of the core. You need to better work on them in order to strengthen the back and minimize the chances of injury (lower back - a weak spot). Also, it will significantly improve your technique push-ups.

If you can not pass this test, then you need to add in exercise longer variety of exercises and work not only on the press, but also the muscles crust as a whole.