Using Olympic Lifts Is Not Going to Generate Strength, Hypertrophy and Power

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This is independent of power and strength, okaiso. It's not going to generate strength, hypertrophy and power. It's going to mainly create this ability to endure - muscular endurance. And it's also going to be increasing the extent to which the neurons control the muscles and provide a stimulus for the muscles to contract.

This episode I discuss endurance: our ability to perform effort over extended amounts of time. I describe the four kinds of endurance: muscular endurance, long duration (single-set) efforts, and the two kinds of high intensity interval training (HIIT). I discuss efficiency of effort and maximizing quality of effort, and a hydration formula. I review how our heart literally gets stronger when we oxygenate muscles properly. I also discuss motivation for long bouts of work and the visual physiological basis of the "extra gear" we all can leverage for effort. Finally, I review how accelerating as we fatigue can allow us to access untapped energetic resources.

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