Eliott Hulse – Muscle Virus Solution

Few know this…

But many guys who train

Suffer from silent…

Painless imbalances which keeping them from getting:

• Bigger
• Stronger

Or getting any closer to reaching their athletic goals

These imbalances are known as a muscle viruses

or…

You are being asked for inappropriate demands

Sometimes these demands are brought on by things such as early specialization in sport…

But most of time…

These muscle viruses are brought on by poor choices in the way you train throughout the years

Let me explain…

Recently, I was able to visit a commercial gym.

Considering I’ve spent much of the past decade working with athletes at Strength Camp…

What I saw, during my brief stay…

One thing that stood out was obsession…

….damn close to every guy there had to train his chest

In the 45 minutes I was there…

A constant rotation of men clamouring to use the bench press was evident

And when they did manage to secure one, they would go on to perform a seemingly endless number of sets until their poor pecs couldn’t bare it anymore…

Which I guess wouldn’t be so bad- if these same guys who had just murdered their pecs…

Had stopped there…

But as you can surmise that was NOT the case…

After each of these guys beat the shit out of their pecs, they moved on to another chest exercise…

And another one after that

All of this took place while the seated row was completely empty.

I’m not going to be judgmental about how others approach their training.

In fact I’m pretty sure I’ve done a bunch of dumb shit myself, over the years…

But this here…

It was madness

I’ve been around the iron game for 20+ years now, so I’m pretty adept at figuring out what people want by observing how they train…

With that said…

What they didn’t realize was this:

If you are trying to raise a specific body part…

It is crucial that you begin by looking at the length tension between the muscle and the muscles directly opposite it.

You see, your body is an intricate system which functions best…

When everything is in balance…

Maintaining balance is so important to your body in fact, that when it senses things getting out of whack…

It stops muscle growth from becoming more imbalanced.

This is why these guys devote an entire workout to it. “pumping-up” Their pecs without even addressing them:

– Medial traps

Lower traps

The rhomboids.

And if that weren’t bad enough…

Let’s see…

They could continue to train in this manner.

This would cause that concave, rounded shoulder, punched, concave, poor puppy posture I mentioned earlier.

And that’s just the beginning…

Remember how I mentioned earlier that your muscles are an intricate system that creates balance?

If one muscle becomes particularly out of control…

It has a domino effect on your whole body.

It can start as nagging shoulders pain.

Many times, the results are in

• Neck pain (tight upper traps)

• Low back pain (tight hip flexor complex)

And hamstring pulls (tight lower hamstrings)

You find that pretty amazing, right?

And this is just one manifestation of what can happen to the body when shit gets out of whack…

There are dozens more potential negative outcomes…

I’m not telling you this to scare you btw…

But more so to raise awareness about the effects poorly thought out training can have on your body …

To show you how to identify potential muscle viruses lurking within your body…

So if you’ve already started down that path.

You may just want to avoid all that chaos.

There is still hope

In the last 11+ years…