Staying tight

My athletes hear it all the time, big air and stay tight. Prior to any big lift we pull as much air into our upper bodies as we can and tighten down our core as solid as possible. This pulls our bodies natural musculature in to the proper places to prepare to move big weight. The intra-abdominal pressure stabilizes the core giving the athlete a solid platform to work. This is how our body was meant to work and move big weight, any regular gym rat that says to breathe out while lifting because they are scared of a stroke or some other nonsense is wrong and needs to read up on some physiology and bio mechanics.

Training:
Squat 5 x 5

Then

20 squats
20 lunges
20 jump lunges
10 squat jumps


F.T.G. training:
Pistols 5 x 5

Then

20 squats
20 lunges
20 jumping lunges
10 jumping squats