Foundation VI

I want to start the post with a quick recognition and show of appreciation. For our athletes at F.E. Warren and Dyess Air Force Bases, we're proud to have you and are eternally grateful for your service to our country. Thank you.

Vairety

More often than not, people accept that you go to the gym to get stronger, or in other words, to lift heavier and heavier weights over time. But don't get hung up on load. When training the body like we're talking about here, as opposed to isolated muscles, we're training performance. Performance doesn't just mean heavy weights and big biceps.

Maybe you move similar weights, but decrease your rest, this training endurance on the anaerobic level. Maybe you start looking at power development and moving that load, or just yourself, through space as fast as possible. Maybe you change up the complexity and move two lighter objects instead of one. Now, I'm not advocating that we never lift heavy. Lord knows I love lifting heavy. But we have to move beyond just lifting heavier.

Find where you can add that variety into your program. Your body, and your sustained results, will thank you.