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Biomechanics Academy

Ben Yanes

For coaches, clinicians, and serious lifters who want to think deeply about biomechanics in the gym.

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  • Wednesday · 1 hr 15 min

    How To Fix Pain

    Need help applying all this? Inside the biomechanics academy is where I help members 1-1, in-depth. Start a free trial today: https://www.skool.com/biomechanics-academy Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Yji5goqrjAs Chapters: 0:00 - Intro — A Practical Framework to Fix Pain 3:30 - What Is Pain? 8:59 - The Problem With Assuming You Know the Cause 14:59 - Why Pain Is a Complex Problem 17:58 - What Can We Actually Know About Pain? 23:58 - You Don’t Need to Know the Exact Mechanism 31:59 - The Most Important Shift in Troubleshooting Pain 35:59 - Acute vs. Chronic Pain 41:01 - Your Relationship With Pain Matters 46:00 - Variable #1: Range of Motion 47:00 - Variable #2: Load 48:08 - Variable #3: Speed 50:19 - Variable #4: Intention 55:15 - Variable #5: Frequency 57:35 - Variable #6: Volume 58:41 - Two Real Pain Case Studies 59:05 - Case Study #1: My Elbow Pain 61:26 - Identifying the Story I Was Holding Onto 63:02 - How I Modified My Biceps Training 65:26 - Look Beyond the Painful Exercise 67:38 - Case Study #2: My Chronic Low Back Pain 69:16 - Changing Variables Outside the Gym 71:35 - “Calm Shit Down, Build Shit Up” 73:00 - The Framework: Observe, Experiment, Iterate 74:35 - Final Thoughts

  • Sunday · 42 min

    Why "Functional Training" Isn't Real (How Muscles Actually Work)

    Join a community of people as obsessed with learning biomechanics as you are (free trial): https://www.skool.com/biomechanics-academy Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3ofbvoV94Us Time stamps: 00:00 - Why “Functional Training” Isn’t Real 02:02 - Do We Actually Control Our Muscles? 05:28 - Muscles Respond to Force 07:16 - What Is Force? 09:18 - How to Analyze Any Exercise 11:17 - Joints, Torque & Muscle Contraction 18:27 - The Problem With “Functional” Training 20:09 - Lifting vs. Yoga, Pilates & Functional Training 23:05 - Why We Turn Exercise Into Dogma 24:51 - Barbells, Dumbbells & Machines Aren’t Special 27:38 - The Range of Motion Dogma 29:42 - The Real Problem: Blame 33:05 - When You Blame Your Body Instead 34:20 - “Dysfunction” & Internet Diagnoses 37:18 - Stop Controlling. Start Listening. 40:02 - The Most Important Lesson 41:29 - Biomechanics Academy & Closing

  • August 26 · 44 min

    WTF Happened to Lengthened Partials? (A Strength Masterclass)

    Join the Biomechanics Academy (7-day free trial): https://www.skool.com/biomechanics-academy Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZVWM5f4my0c Chapters: 0:00 — What Happened to Lengthened Partials? 2:39 — What Is a Lengthened Partial? 3:24 — What Do Muscles Actually Respond To? 6:00 — More Tension = More Potential Adaptation 8:55 — Why This Is Really a Conversation About Strength 12:04 — How Muscle Strength Changes With Length 15:01 — Stronger Ranges Allow More Tension 17:19 — Why Lengthened Partials Became So Popular 18:32 — Were We Just Underloading Lengthened Ranges? 19:39 — Cable Rows: A Clear Example 22:47 — Calf Raises & Lengthened Partials 24:00 — So What Happened to Lengthened Partials? 26:45 — The Downside of Training Where You’re Strongest 29:43 — When a Good Strategy Starts Working Against You 30:00 — Why I Prefer Training a Spectrum of Muscle Lengths 33:33 — Applying This to Athletes & Advanced Lifters 35:32 — Everything Has Its Place 36:21 — Strength Is Not a Fixed Concept 37:58 — What Actually Changes Your Strength? 42:28 — How Strength Should Actually Be Used 43:28 — Closing Thoughts & Biomechanics Academy

  • August 23 · 46 min

    Why Perfect Technique Doesn't Exist

    Join the Biomechanics Academy (7-day free trial): https://www.skool.com/biomechanics-academy Watch on my YouTube: https://youtu.be/47FVVxbP3aU Chapters: 00:00 — Why Perfect Technique Doesn’t Exist 03:20 — What Do We Even Mean by “Perfect Technique”? 05:11 — Technique Only Makes Sense Relative to a Goal 08:28 — Why the Same Goal Doesn’t Mean the Same Technique 12:14 — Biomechanics Actually Proves Individual Variation 19:05 — There Is Only What’s Appropriate for You Right Now 20:52 — What Biomechanics Can Actually Help You Do 25:32 — The Problem With Searching for Perfection 27:23 — How “Perfect Technique” Failed One of My Clients 31:00 — Experimentation Is the Path to Individualization 32:00 — When a Great Technique Becomes the Next Trap 33:30 — How Perfectionism Makes Coaching Worse 38:04 — A Practical Guide to Finding the Right Technique 42:00 — How to Troubleshoot One Variable at a Time 44:44 — The Process: Apply, Get Feedback, Iterate 45:05 — Biomechanics Academy + Closing Thoughts

  • August 19 · 47 min

    The Truth About Biomechanics

    Join the Biomechanics Academy (7-day free trial): https://www.skool.com/biomechanics-academy Link to the YouTube video if you want to comment: https://youtu.be/cNMyEPd4tAs 0:00 The Truth About Biomechanics 2:57 What Biomechanics Actually Is 6:20 The Mistake I Made With Pain & Injury 11:50 How Biomechanics Creates False Certainty 16:44 Will Biomechanics Build More Muscle? 18:37 Does Biomechanics Make You a Better Coach? 20:00 The Real Problem: Information ≠ Application 24:18 Humans Are Complex Systems 28:05 Why I Stopped Needing to “Know” 30:01 What Biomechanics Is Actually For 34:30 The Principles for Applying Biomechanics 35:30 Description Before Prescription 38:17 Goals Before Judgments 39:44 Experimentation Over Conclusions 43:04 Iteration Over Destination 44:30 What Confidence Actually Looks Like 45:30 Biomechanics Academy + Closing

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