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I started strength training about a year ago, with a primary goal of increasing my vertical leap and explosiveness for basketball. Naturally, I've been doing a lot of barbell squats. I started at very low weight, but have since hit ~200lbs on a 5x5 and added a few inches to my leap. Now, I'm...

I was wondering if doing both, horizontal and vertical pulling and pushing movements is necessary? Some coaches claim that you should balance horizontal push exercises (push up) with horizontal pull (inverted row) and vertical pull (chin ups) supplemented with vertical push (handstand push up)...