Whilst most people think of weight training as a method to primarily increase the size and strength of your body. Whilst it is true that systematic and carefully planned weight training will help you increase the size and strength of your muscles, weight training does have another string to its bow. Before we go any further it is best to introduce the idea of Sets and Repetitions for those of you who are not familiar with this idea. Repetition refers to the amount of times you complete the movement, whilst a set is a block of repetitions performed consecutively. As a guideline the last repetition of a set should be very difficult. Multiple sets of repetitions performed at…
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Listening in on many gym conversations as well avid sports fans using certain terminology to describe athletes I feel that I need to clear up a few misconceptions. How many times have you called an athlete ‘Powerful’? I am guessing it is too many times to keep count of? But was it used in the right context when we consider the definition. Is it possible to be fast without being powerful? Just because you are strong does it mean that you are powerful? Strength is simply the maximum amount of force that can be produced. Speed refers to how quickly…