Strength is simple math. Follow along.

Strength is the final way we interact with our environment.

And everything we do is a percentage of our max strength in that human movement pattern.

Getting out of bed uses a percentage of your total strength. Lifting a box above your head and putting it in the the attic uses a percentage of your total strength. Swinging a tennis racket uses a percentage of your total strength. Taking a hike uses a percentage of your total strength.

If you want everything in your life to feel easier and your athletic performance to improve, then increase your total strength so the percentage of all sub maximal efforts decrease.

To keep the math simple let’s say your maximal strength in the squat movement is 100lbs and you have to unload some 50lb compost bags out of your truck and squat down and put them on the ground.

You are at 50% of your maximal strength in this movement pattern. 

These 50lb bags are going to feel a certain type of heavy to you and there is a limit to how many you can unload. Let’s say you can only unload 5 before tiring.

You decide to do a strength training program and you get your squat from 100lbs for a 1RM to 200lbs for a 1RM. 

You go back to unload some 50lb compost bags out of your truck. Now you are at 25% of your total strength. The bags will feel lighter to you and you will be able to unload more than 5 before tiring.

Increase your maximal strength in natural human movement patterns like the squat, deadlift, bench press and over head press in order to decrease the percentage of your sub maximal strength in every day living and athletic performance.

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