What is strength? First thing that comes to my mind is how heavy you can lift? Being strong looks a little different for each person. One person might feel strong to finally get that push up, the other might be chasing a pull up goal, and another person might feel strong when they finally can get out of the chair without assistance. Everyone has a different meaning of what strength…
Why unilateral exercise to build strength and size? I go into detail on the benefits of unilateral training in an earlier blog post, which you can read here, What is Unilateral Training and Why it’s Important. You can expect to get more than what you are looking for. Better stability, better mobility, and overall move and feel better. It is a win-win situation. Even better, the carryover of unilateral strength…
What is strength? Before we talk about all the benefits of strength training we should talk about what strength is. First, I want to say that it is not your 1 rep max on a lift. Strength is much more than just lifting weights. A great well known coach, Pavel, defines strength as the ability to generate force under given conditions. I like this definition because in life we are…