What are your thoughts on THRUSTERS Are they any good...?
Better Than Thrusters For Leg & Upper Body Strength https://go.chasingstrength.com/5-lifts-maxim/ Thrusters pack a powerful metabolic wallop. They use almost every muscle at once. They're time efficient. CrossFit built them into gospel. And in most cases — especially if you actually want to get stronger — you'd be better off not doing them. Here's my honest take after 30 years of coaching, a 352lb Push Press, and training hundreds of men over 40 whose knees and hips have serious mileage on them. WHAT A THRUSTER ACTUALLY IS: I didn't know what a Thruster was until about 20 years ago — CrossFit introduced it to most of us. Simple definition: a Front Squat that ends in a Press. You squat the weight. Accelerate through the sticking point. Instead of slowing down at lockout, you keep accelerating and transfer that force directly into a Press overhead. Some call it a Long Press. Same movement, different name. It uses almost every muscle in your body simultaneously — whi...