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This afternoon while stretching, the most basic of stretches, I had to remind myself – again.

Keep the legs straight, Rahul!

This while doing basic toe touches, splits etc – which I’m very good at – and yet, I gotta keep reminding myself “creature of habit with naturally weak hamstrings for most of my life, naturally (therefore) SHORT hamstrings” to “lengthen” consiciously (Bozo Schofield, no puns please).

Though even that muscle can be lengthened I’m sure, but we ain’t talking about that.

While doing splits, I’ve got to consciously remind myself to let the hamstrings “stick to the floor”.

And other such minor details.

Now, this can often be a problem not just “weak link” wise, but weakening a weak link further.

When doing high rep pushups, squats, you’ll naturally have the tendency to slack a bit on form.

And – you’ll slack even more weak area wise.

I ain’t saying pushups are done for hamstrings – though they certainly do strengthen and stretch them – but what I AM saying is, as an example, you’ll often see people do high rep Hindu pushups on toes.

This is great.

But, not stretching to heel all the way back neglects the hamstrings.

Ditto for overreliance on Hindu squats as opposed to bodyweight.

Sometimes, this “overcompensation” might be good even, and cannot be avoided.

Yours truly “monkey” has his left arm slightly longer than the right, and therefore, I have to adjust while doing pushups, pull-ups etc – else I get elbow strain etc.

So will you.

But other things, like hamstrings – every time I find myself consciously slacking – I slow down, reduce reps, get into the muscle mind wise, and focus on form.

Which I’m about to do again since I interrupted my splits to write to you.

Point is this, friend, weak links in your chain are where you’ll be attacked and where you’ll slack, and you cannot be truly strong and healthy without strengthening weak links to the point they become a strength for you  – grip being an example for me there, and back.

And core …

Hamstrings remain.

Soon!

Point also is, while you might think “compensating” with your thighs, for instance, while doing squats when it should really be the HIPS coming into it, leaning too far forward etc is “ok for now”, it is not.

You dont do much for the already strong part, since form will be off, and you weaken the weak part further, and it leads to injury or worse – and same thing for if you’re fat and have a huge belly.

Ultimately, it’ll catch up to you and you’ll have all sorts of painful injuries it will take you forever to recover from.

Fact, my friend.

Leading up to this – train FULL body, train daily, train smart, train sane, sensible.

Do so via the techniques outlined in the 0 Excuses Fitness System, and you cannot go wrong.

Join the Ship for more such golden nuggets, free videos, real life examples and more.

And thats that.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee