Why Isometrics Are Vital To Success Beyond The Training

 Are you sick of me talking about Isometrics yet? #SorryNotSorry LOL. When it comes down to it, Isometrics may be coming back in small ways but in reality, many people don't truly understand the magnitude of the success that Isometrics creates beyond the workouts and the knowledge of developing the body from all sorts of angles. We can go to the gym and lift weights here and there, do Bosu ball stuff and run on treadmills but as good as some of that is, Isometrics secretly builds strength that still baffles even the strongest trainees. 

The most famous Isometric in mainstream fitness these days is the Plank, which is a great exercise to build overall body strength to keep yourself up and the multiple variations have some value as well but the real exercises builds strength in areas of the musculature that the Plank simply cannot even begin to touch. As we get older, one of the first muscular groups to wither down is the legs, coming from a place where having to rebuild myself, my legs are extremely important to me. After doing thousands of reps with squat variations and thousands of step ups, you truly understand the value of what your legs are capable of but Isometric Leg Training is a whole other universe that many don't truly understand.

Isometrics for the legs takes on a whole new meaning to the term "tendon strength." It's great to build muscle but if you don't maintain strength in the tendon and ligaments, not only injuries will come quicker but you also lose the value of what it means to have truly strong legs. People don't realize or even consider the possibilities of just how strong you can truly be, not just for strength purposes but to keep that strength well into your later years. Wall Sits, Horse Stances, Squeezing an object between the the thighs (get your mind out of the gutter) and Iso Squats are very powerful in building strength beyond the muscles of the legs, they build endurance to the degree where walking, swimming, climbing stairs without pain brings success or results that shouldn't be taken for granted.

Isometrics helps keeping you strong in the long run so when someone needs help or when you're chopping wood, shoveling snow, carrying groceries, moving furniture or whatever, that strength will prevent injuries as much as possible. That's the true success and worth of training with Isometrics is to prevent injuries even with strenuous activity. 

I firmly believe from a basic point of view, Isometrics are crucial and important to train regardless of age because what do we really want to have when we get older, to wither and die or to stay vibrant and feeling like we still have something left in us to keep going? I realize not everyone is safe from certain conditions or diseases but if there is even the smallest fraction of a chance we can stay strong beyond our peak years would it be worth it to you? For your loved ones who still want you in their lives? To help others when it's called upon? To keep that vibrant power alive?