Max Strength Training

Today's workout was good, I am feeling fit and no longer suffer from the soreness I had last week. Training consisted of a few dumbbell movement, this is because training one arm at a time gives you more strength benefits than using both like in barbell exercises.

I did 1 pull-up has a finisher to the workout, has this is the same has my 1 rep max in other lifts, therefore 1 rep is more than enough.

Tomorrow is my rest day in terms of workouts because I am busy all day, my next day is friday which will incorporate both strength AND conditioning, I will explain more about this later in the week.

Here is some info on max strength training from www.turntillburn.com

The aim of the maximum strength training is not a further increase in muscle mass but an improvement of muscular coordination. In a normal movement there is a recruitement of about 40 - 60 % of all muscle fibers. These fibers are responsible for the maximum strength. During a maximum strength training the amount of fibers recruited can be improved up to about 80 %. This means an increase of the maximum force of 20 % without change of the muscle mass. Exercises consist of dynamic excentric - concentric pattern at high intensity load. The rolling in and out movement is loaded high enough to just allow 1 - 3 repetitions. The amount of load should be increased at every training unit. After 2 - 4 weeks time the top of the training curve is reached and the exercise pattern has to be changed again.

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Until tomorrow!
Jamie