It’s Friday, and I’m already thinking about happy hour tonight for my Uncle’s 50th birthday.
Even though I’m doing the 40-Day Forge and can’t enjoy cold suds, it’s gonna be awesome to hang with everyone…I mean, it’s almost been two whole months since I saw everybody at Christmas:)
So, let’s not waste any time and get into what strength training really is.
We can boil it down to two things:
1. Movement of any weight against resistance
It doesn’t matter if you’re using free weights, your body weight, bands, etc.
Doing ANY movement/exercise that breaks down your muscles and forces them to rebuild stronger to prepare for the next workout is strength training.
2. Progressive overload
We need to do slightly more each time…consistently.
A little more weight.
An extra rep.
A new tempo.
ALL will drive your muscles to adapt and rebuild.
When we strength train, we create microscopic tears (that don’t hurt) that put our muscles through hypertrophy (hi-per-treh-phee).
Hypertrophy grows our muscles bigger and stronger so they can meet the challenge of the next exercise.
If you were to drop down and do ONE push-up right now, you’ve technically done a strength training workout.
Now, if you drop down and do TWO push-ups tomorrow, you’ve satisfied the second step – progressive overload.
Pretty simple, right?
Of course, there are many different “strength/resistance” training paths.
The path you choose depends on your goals and the equipment available to you.
In the 18STRONG Membership, we have two programs to choose from if you’re just getting back into :
Golf Body Blueprint – Activate
Golf Body Blueprint – Anywhere
The Activate program requires a decently outfitted gym.
The Anywhere program can be done in a 5X5 area in your living room.
Or, if you have a plan you used to do, or a friend recommends…do that.
It’s up to you where you want to start.
The important thing is just to start.
STAY STRONG,
Jeff
PS – I cannot stress the importance of simply starting.
Of course, we’d love to have you join the 18STRONG Membership(we obviously believe it’s the best option), but it’s more important that you just get up and moving.
So, that’s my challenge today: Do a little bit more than you did yesterday.