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How We Should Define Strength For Better Movement

Strength should be defined as the capacity to express force (at least for most athletes and everyday people).

Therefore, strong people can produce a variety of forces, in a variety of movement patterns, at a variety of movement velocities.

Quality movement could be defined as mastering our ability to express force.

Therefore, people who move well are able to produce the right force, at the right velocity, in the right direction to efficiently and effectively accomplish a movement task.

If follows, that in order to become truly strong, we must expand our bodies capability to produce a variety of forces in a variety of movement patterns at a variety of movement velocities. This gives us the tools which we need to master our ability to express said force or move better.

Viewing strength and movement in this light leads to the following training recommendations

1. Move in a variety of different ways (jumps, hops, throws): learn to produce the right force, at the right time, at the right velocity to accomplish a wide variety of movement tasks.

2. Lift light to moderate things fast: learn to produce force in a variety of movement patterns, at high velocities, power training.

3. Lift moderate to heavy things: learn to produce force in a variety of movement patterns under heavy resistance, “strength” training.

4. Train muscles according to their muscle function: read more in previous and coming posts.

Training is this way makes us truly strong and far more resilient to injury that traditional strength training.

Training in this manner makes it possible to play a pick up of game of basketball without pulling a hamstring, or to help a friend move without blowing out your back and it will certainly improve sporting performance regardless of your recreational sport of choice.

Training to get traditionally “strong” (how much weight can i lift, how big are my muscles) simply won’t provide the same benefit.

To all the people who can rep a 225 bench press and have a big squat but don’t feel safe, coordinated or fluid in running or change of direction movements, you know exactly what i mean.

Learn To Love The Journey

A client had mentioned to me while doing mobility work at the end of a recent session. “I think I have to do this for the rest of my life”. He followed that up with a smile and said “but it really makes a difference”.

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This is the realization i want all my clients to have.

Health and fitness is a life long journey. We need to see it and treat it as such.

That may be bad news if you’re dealing with frustrating persistent pain or aren’t performing the way you’d like today because there is no quick fix.

But, keep showing up, do it with a smile.

The longer you invest in your nutrition, your sleep, your training, the more you are rewarded.

The longer you invest in your health, the more empowered you become to make positive and effective change when change is needed.

There is no quick fix.

The only solution is to make your health a lifelong priority.

Learn to love the journey.

Customer Referral Program!

We are building something special together at Stout Sport Performance.

If you’re already experiencing the power of qualify functional training on your movement, health and performance, we want to encourage you to to get others involved.

💶 If you refer a potential client to us and they attend a trail session we will give you a training discount at the value of 1 training session.

💶 If you refer a potential client and they purchase a training plan with us, we will gift you a training discount at the value of 3 training sessions.

Let’s help our community move better and feel healthier than they ever thought possible!

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