ABOUT THIS EPISODE
"Strength" is in every class name now: strength yoga, strength Pilates, strength circuits. Moving around with weights isn't the same as strength training, though. In this episode of Strong Principles, Rob and Larry go over the three principles a program needs to build strength.
We cover:
- Progressive overload: adding load, reps, range of motion, tempo, or pauses week to week, and the Greek story of Milo and the bull
- Enough load and tension: why light-dumbbell combo moves don't send a strong enough signal, and why strength is a neurological adaptation before muscle shows up
- Consistency: why constantly switching exercises ("muscle confusion") works against getting strong
- Rest periods, and why you get stronger during recovery, not during the workout
- Why strength is specific: carryover from the big lifts (squat, deadlift, press, bench)
- Machines vs. free weights: why a big leg press doesn't mean a big back squat, and the "illusion of functional strength"
- The six fundamental movement patterns and odd-object training for the real world
If your program can't show you're lifting more, doing more reps, or moving better over time, it isn't strength training.
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