FASTER Focus — lifting

When you think about human movement and performance there is not very much in life that requires you to use just one muscle group. Even something as simple as standing is using hundreds of muscles and requires a strong core, legs, back and neck. If something as simple as standing requires more than one muscle why would we want to train just one muscle per day? Athletes need to be strong and efficient at using their body as a whole unit to perform specific skills. If an athlete was training one body part per day it would be unlikely that...

Many people believe that lifting heavy weights will cause a person to bulk up. The title of this blog leads us to the conclusion that this is not a true statement! Now let's explain why: Training is a very dynamic modality. There are many factors that play a role in conditioning, muscle size and overall strength. In order to increase strength you need to gradually increase the amount of weight that is being used. This increase in weight does NOT mean that you are going to increase in body size. Increasing the weight allows you to continue to challenge the...