Greasing the groove: how to practice calisthenics every day
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Greasing the groove: how to practice calisthenics every day Greasing the groove, put simply, is a term that comes from strength training, which effectively means; performing the movement, improves the movement. Greasing the groove allows the body to become familiar with a movement with less weight or strain, so that it can learn the form and engagement when weight is added. Think of it like muscle memory, allowing the body to learn what it needs to feel for you to complete that movement. Calisthenics skills have plenty of progressions and regressions to allow us practice greasing the groove to improve our form and engagement down the road. You can split a pull up or push up into sections, you can train elevated skills with resistance bands or you can simply perform movements without pushing all the way to failure. From
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Can you implement 'greasing the groove' on a specific exercise you need to get better at (pull-ups) while still following your classic weightlifting program (an upper/lower 4 days split)? - Quora
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