adaptation

Rest and Delayed Appearance of Fitness Gain

March 7, 2010

in Strength Training

I know I’ve written about the importance of rest before. The general idea is that you use training to drive adaptation and when you rest the adaptations actually occur. As in all things training related, the principle holds true but it’s much more complicated than what meets the eye. I was recently informed that, at [...]

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You Train for the Adaptation

February 8, 2010

in Strength Training

You train for the adaptation. It’s a simple concept but one that most people don’t even think about. Any stress placed upon your body will have to be dealt with in one of two ways. Either the stress isn’t stressful enough and the body doesn’t have to change, or the stress is something new and [...]

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