RP Strength Podcast What is Training HARD?
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Jul 21, 2025 Dive into the fascinating world of training hard as hosts unravel what it really means to push your limits. They tackle concepts like load, relative effort, and the importance of balancing volume for optimal growth. Using amusing dinosaur analogies, they clarify the distinctions between high-intensity workouts and the need for recovery. With personal stories, they emphasize training smart over just hard, debunking common misconceptions and advocating for consistency and systematic deloading to achieve lasting results.
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Training Hard Has Multiple Facets
- Hard training has multiple valid dimensions, like load, relative effort, volume, and consistency.
- It's unlikely anyone is the "biggest" or "hardest" in all training ways simultaneously, like different dinosaurs' max traits.
Heavy vs High Rep Training Hardness
- Heavy loads below 10 reps are challenging and require real effort but are brief.
- High reps (20-30) with lighter loads bring a different kind of discomfort and difficulty.
Train Close to Failure
- Push sets close to failure to train hard, ideally within a few reps of max effort.
- Without approaching failure occasionally, it's hard to claim true hard training.