Is Bridging Good for You?
Dear Friend,
Today I have a guy coming in for a full-day
consultation. His name is Dave Dreher and he's
one of the toughest students I have. Here's why:
Back in the year 2000, when I first launched
Combat Conditioning, he contacted my
office to say he just had surgery on his neck,
wherein vertebrae were fused together. He
needed this surgery, mind you, as a result of
a weight training injury.
Dave asks me if I think bridging would be good
for his neck. Naturally, I told him to see his
physician. I'm just not interested in opening
THAT "can of worms," if you know what I mean.
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About a month later I hear from the guy, he's
not only bridging, but he's doing 500 Hindu
squats and 250 Hindu pushups per day. A
complete animal.
But it doesn't stop there.
Everytime I announce a new program or a
new widget, he's first in line to buy. He sees
me using the Portable Power Jumper from
Lifeline USA
for Hindu squats and Hindu pushups.
"He's in." He sees me using the Power Pushup
II. "He's in." He sees me using the Power Wheel.
"Gotta have that, too."
This morning he put his best numbers on the
Matt Furey Inner Circle discussion board at
500 Hindu squats with the black cable in under 17
minutes. His best is 3000 straight Hindu squats.
He has held a chin-to-the-mat bridge for a half-hour
straight ... and so on.
But the amazing thing is that Dave didn't just have
surgery on one set of vertebrae. He had "two sets"
fused together.
Now, you'd think he is definitely NOT a candidate
for the bridge - but such is not the case.
You know, there are some who think of themselves
as my competitors in the fitness industry. And to make
a name for themselves or to differentiate their program
from mine, they say that bridging is bad for you, that
bridging is dangerous. Then they go on to teach exercises
for your neck that are next to worthless - or just plain
worthless.
Bridging is the only thing that worked for Dave Dreher.
It's the only thing that got him out of pain. And it's the
only thing that has worked for a ton of others who have
written to tell me so.
I do NOT recommend bridging, across the board, for everyone.
Never have. Never will. But I do believe and know it will
help many, many people, just like Hindu squats and Hindu
pushups will help most. So beware the naked man who offers
you his shirt. Beware the entity who says bridging is bad for you,
then sites some bogus "Russian" group as his evidence (and NO, I'm not referring to P.T.).
Flip open an Iyengar Yoga book someday if you doubt what
I have said. As well as many other yoga books. You will find
bridging in various forms and guises being taught over and
over again.
Combat Conditioning is NOT yoga, but there are elements that
are similar in structure just as their are elements in gymnastics
and dance that look and appear similar to yoga. My point is
that yoga has been around for a long, long time - and so, if
bridging was "bad for you" - don't you think they'd have thrown
it out a long time ago?
Bottom line is this: Bridging helps many, many people in ways that
no other exercise can. Even so, it's important that you check with a
physician prior to engaging in any exercise program, including mine.
I will have a full story on the Dave Dreher visit going up later this
week in the Matt Furey Inner Circle. Hope you'll join us.
Kick arse - take names!
P.S.: If you're interested in spending a full day with me, just like
Dave, send an email to matt@mattfurey.com with the title "Full
Day Training Session."
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