And again, we are using Rack Pulls to strengthen the deadlift, not just for the sake of Rack Pulling. Short ROM Rack Pulls are better thought of as a way to strengthen the erectors rather than test your absolute strength. This means using rep work to build muscle mass.
Today, there are well over 50 million members of Generation X. We are sometimes referred to as Baby Busters because our birth years follow the baby boom that began after World War II. That boom began to decline in 1957 and was further hastened by FDA approval of oral contraceptives in 1960.
Just 26% of this generation is married. When they were the age that Millennials are now, 36% of Generation X, 48% of Baby Boomers and 65% of the members of the Silent Generation were married. (See box on page 10 for demographic portraits of Americaâs four adult generations).