QUALITY OVER QUANTITY
Why Technique is More Important Than Numbers?
Form and technique is
everything when it comes
to strength training,
including cardiovascular
output as well. If you are
the person that likes to do
bicep curls halfway down
so and come back up
without giving providing
the maximal lengthening
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of that muscle, you’re
short changing yourself
big time. You could
actually be doing more
harm than good. There
are two reasons why:
their flexibility, normally
have secondary increases
in performances well.
Now there are some
cases where stretching
a muscle too much limits
its ability to generate
Muscle has both
enough force to move
flexibility and a strength
heavier weight. That is
component to it. The
due to a strength/flexibility
more flexible a muscle is, relationship where tighter
the higher the potential
muscle fibers/spindles are
it has to perform better.
needed for shorter, more
Athletes that increase
powerful contractions.
their flexibility, normally
Professional weight
have secondary increases lifters need to be more
in performances well.
cognizant of this than the
Now there are some
average trying to work out
cases where stretching
in the weight room.
a muscle too much limits
its ability to generate
Now I know that last
enough force to move
part may have gone
heavier weight. That is
over your head a bit, but
due to a strength/flexibility trust me when I say that
relationship where tighter performing exercises with
muscle fibers/spindles are less weight with good
needed for shorter, more technique, especially
powerful contractions.
when just starting
Professional weight
an exercise plan is
lifters need to be more
paramount in generating
cognizant of this than the strength gains early on. I
average trying to work out remember one time while
in the weight room.
I was at the University of
Miami competing in track
Muscle has both
and field and the football
flexibility and a strength
team recruited a new
component to it. The
strength and conditioning
more flexible a muscle is, coach. The first thing he
the higher the potential
did was have the team
it has to perform better.
log their bench press and
Athletes that increase
squat maximal lifts. Then
he looked at their form.
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