Strength House

Training 2-3 times per week at high intensity is all you need.

Why?

Systemic recovery: When training to momentary muscle failure at high intensity, the nervous system will need at least a full days rest to have a better chance of full recovery. The stronger you get and heavier weights you lift will mean more recovery is needed.

The system feeds the muscles.
If the system is under recovered it cannot allow maximum neural drive to the muscles.

If the muscles don’t get the option to turn on then you can’t lift as much.

To stimulate the body to change, your muscles threshold will need to be met. Once this is met or turned on, the signal has been sent to get you stronger.

Of course you could train everyday at low intensity, but the body will not get much stronger or have the right stimulus for change when looking at strength.

When training for a half or full marathon, knee pain is incredibly common. In our experience it normally goes a little bit like this:

You feel unfit and want to do something to make you feel fit and healthy again. You want a physical challenge, something to train for, and a sense of achievement when you complete it.

So you sign up for a half or a full marathon. You’ve got 6 months to get yourself in the best shape of your life. Plenty of time right?

Day one after your first run – your first thought is, “This is going to be impossible,” you lasted 20 minutes and then started walking. Your knees started hurting so you tried to ignore it hoping the pain would go away, but it didn’t.

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It often starts with a niggles or aches that we think will go away. But then a few weeks, then months down the line it becomes more persistent and painful and starts impacting your day to day. It’s important to address pain and take the steps you need to help resolve it sooner and faster than later and longer. If you’ve seen a doctor and undertaken physio and are still in pain, we maybe able to help. Send us a DM or contact us via the website - we are happy to have a chat.

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Matt the longer it has to work around pain while training.