Abstract Great Prevention is not just being flexible or strong – It is being able to smoothly transition between states of flexibility and states of strength – This baseline ability to CHANGE FORM on the run is our “squishiness” or muscular versatility and it is a true measure of muscular age…Frequent Strategic Deep Tissue Work from The Ranks builds critical Muscular Squishiness.

A Vital Muscular Competency central to strength and function is rarely (if ever) pinpointed in conventional exercise – I speak of the quality of muscular “squishiness”. In The Ranks, Squishiness is the essence of “Muscular Youth.”

The purpose of today's parable is making you aware of your muscles' squish factor...Muscle “squishiness” is muscle’s capacity to compress/lengthen & rebound to original shape. 

It's our muscles' squishiness that allows for Easy Muscular gear-shifting you need to bend for something AND THEN lift it, OR to run quickly, STOP, & change directions...

"Squishiness" or in RanksSpeak, "Muscle Versatility" between flexibility and strength is MORE IMPORTANT than the amount we have of either….

Here’s Why: “Squishiness” permits us to  instantly adapt through changing environments- handling life’s unpredictables coming at us fast in our complicated world!
 

With stairs to climb, kids to pick up, balance to maintain and abrupt stops to make….It’s rough out there!

In the gym, we are told to hit the weights, do cardio-vascular work and maybe touch our toes for flexibility.

THIS IS NOT ENOUGH because overlooked in our workout is the ability to TRANSITION from states of strength into states of flexibility. We aren’t training SQUISHINESS & Lack of squishiness sets up injury and pain.

What “exercise” builds Squishiness (i.e.: muscular versatility)?: It’s Deep Tissue Massage – (yes, deep tissue massage is technically exercise as I’ll make the case for soon…)

In The Ranks, strategic deep tissue work is emphasized in the Sequencing process of circuit training. In Ranks Training we use the Trigger Point Ball Tool for self-applied deep tissue work between the more conventional exercises...

• Do you have Back Pain?  - Get strategically squishy with the Trigger Point Ball to better absorb impact of walking
• Feeling Stiff and Wobbly? – Get more squishy with the Trigger Point Ball and easily adjust muscular shape over varying terrain.

Ranks training conditions to be squishy – in the butt, thigh, calves and neck muscles. Our Squishiness is our best muscular insurance policy! 

Learn more about “muscular squishiness”  at  RanksAcademy.com

Check out Strength by Subtraction and The Gluing Energy Process.

 

 Also visit PowerWire #3 for a refresher on the workings of your muscle physiology.

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