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The Hierarchy of Strength

The Hierarchy of Strength

The Hierarchy of Strength The Levels Explained   Physical Wellness – This category represents an individual’s physical health and includes things such as injury history, joint stability, and disease state.  The goal in building strength isn’t necessarily to have optimum wellness, instead the goal is that your physical wellness doesn’t limit your expression of strength.  For example one could have…

Why You Are Afraid

Why You Are Afraid

It is perfectly natural to be nervous before a competition or a big lift – I recently wrote about that in my blog https://allaboutpowerlifting.com/my-first-attempt-just-destroys-me/.  In that article I present some strategies to help you deal with that anxiety.  However, I also believe it is worth examining exactly why we, as athletes, tend to feel fear and anxiety.  In the NSCA’s…