Carries – Why Your Workouts Should Include Carrying Heavy S@%!

Carries – Why Your Workouts Should Include Carrying Heavy S@%!

Carry heavy things – We do it often enough in real life yet we seem to avoid doing it in the gym.

We like to say we are doing functional exercises in the gym yet we avoid the most functional of all exercises – HEAVY CARRIES.

All carry variations work your entire body. They can work your grip. They can increase your back strength, your core strength, your glute strength.

They work large major muscle groups to help you get stronger and burn more calories.

Plus doing heavy carries can make your body strong in a way that helps you prevent and avoid injury.

So stop avoiding a great full body FUNCTIONAL exercise and start doing Carries.

Below are some great Carry Variations:

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