 Next question is from Eva fit our unilateral movements more beneficial than bilateral movements. Oh nice follow-up question I know right. No, they're just different and they have their own value So bilateral movements allow bilateral means two legs two arms unilateral means one arm one leg at a time Bilateral movements allow you to push more weight generate more, you know central nervous system force You're gonna get you're gonna build bigger gains and strength Unilateral is great for stability. It's good for creating balance preventing imbalances that can develop from bilateral Stay in one for too long and you start to see problems unilateral stuff You're just not gonna build as much strength power and muscle if you only stay there And then bilaterally start to develop imbalances So I'm gonna go out and actually challenge it a little bit saying that I do think that Unilateral movements do have more benefits for something specific like just health and longevity There's no there's no doubt bilateral movements So both feet both arms are gonna build the most amount of muscle which in turn could also burn the most body fat So body so aesthetic goals you got to have both in there And I think that bilateral you cannot negor and neglect But if someone was just I just want to feel good move well be healthy longevity goal There's a lot of value to you know a lot if you were to only do unilateral training And there's some there's a lot of coaches and trainers that that Live by that philosophy, you know what the downside of that is is that you can get a strong Well, no not that not just that but when I train like when you train the average person that's deconditioned Unilateral is a step above bilateral a lot of exercise like I'm gonna take someone's decondition. Maybe they're like 60 I'm there's not I'm not doing very many unilateral exercise because they lack they even lack the stability to do bilateral Well, so to jump them to unilateral especially for lower body exercise. Maybe unless I'm on a machine Is gonna be really hard. So, you know, I would go unilateral But I used to have to start with bilateral especially with older clients It's an interesting argument because I've heard this from strength coaches on both ends of the spectrum Yeah, like a Mike Boyle would will claim it's more beneficial for athletes to train in unilateral Work specifically because it gets the longevity aspect to it But you get strong and stable and in a position that is more translatable Towards what you're doing either on the ice or on the field or you know, you're you're just more You're more apt to be in a split stance or you know out wide or rotating and being able to drive and and get explosive forces and be able to Stabilize in those forces is that the up is almost at a higher priority in his argument Well, and to his argument and he makes a great case on this. I mean Most sports require some sort of running and running is unilateral, right? You know, so it makes sense that and I can get behind that Yeah, but but again the then now to and this is where I'm kind of like in the middle This because then in the other side, it's like all about building that base strength and support, right? So you can generate more force. You can be strong and stable in that force But the the caveat there is that if you get into those split stance and those different types of positions You may not be able to be as familiar with that which means you can't generate the force in those Here's why I'm going to debate him because I respect him, right? He's a good trainer. Here's why I'm going to debate What have we seen with the studies on athletes? When they're young They're better off doing a wide range of sports And then when they get older, it's better to be more specific Now we used to think if you take a little kid and you want them to be a great soccer player Just have them play soccer just specialize the whole time studies now show that the kid who plays soccer basketball football and gymnastics Will be better at soccer later on than the kid that just did soccer because they they built a wider range They can problem solve with their body a lot more effectively. Yes, so it's like again You could be good in one direction so far But then again, there's repetitive stress injuries as well There's you get good at it, but at the same time you don't have the ability to problem solve outside of that Yeah, so if I'm training a younger athlete I'm going to go bilateral general strength and power And then move unilateral as they get older and this is how I used to train athletes anyway When I would train an older athlete it was much more my training was much more specific You know if I'm training a 15 year old Like I'm not doing super specific football resistance training if you play football I'm just going to get you stronger Generally if I'm training a college football player like at this point you're in college You're doing good. You've got the strength now. We got to work on the more specific application Yeah, I think building a base a foundational base of strength and support is is at the utmost importance to then venture out into You know these unilateral positions, which will benefit the whole well I would just say why wouldn't you incorporate both 100 great tools There's no reason to it's such a silly debate to me. Well because that's fitness for you Right. Yeah, this is I mean so we get questions like this. It's always a camp. Which is better one or the other This is I hear this from these coaches say this is better this coaches this but the truth is if the program that beats both of those Is the one that incorporates both. That's why we exist Yeah, I think you if it's for the average person listening and watching right now They both have tremendous value and if you don't incorporate both You're going to miss out on something and that it means you're not going to reach your full potential So it's not a which is better It's a which is better for that for this specific person with this specific goal and what they've been doing You know for the last look at the appropriate tool and apply it. Yeah, because it depends on the person I'll see a person's results and their workouts what they've been doing and who they are and I'll say Unilateral for you and then I'll look at someone else and say bilateral for you So it's the they're all tools you're building a house You got to use a hammer and a screwdriver and you got to use a saw you got to use everything Hey, if you enjoyed that clip You can find the full episode here or you can find other clips over here and be sure to subscribe