Building Muscles with Functional Strength
Pumping iron is something many people would find appealing. However, the path towards achieving it leaves a lot to be desired. Some would call it a matter of mental preparedness but in the bodybuilding world, it is referred to as Functional Strength.
Functional strength training is training with a purpose. It is a resistance training technique wherein improvements in strength directly enhance the performance of movements in daily life.
Training to improve functional strength involves more than simply increasing the force-producing capability of a muscle or group of muscles. Rather, it requires training to enhance the coordinated working relationship between the nervous and muscular systems. The brain, which controls muscular movement, works in terms of whole motions, not individual muscles or movements.
Hence, if you think it is all about lifting the weights or barbells, think again. You have to be mentally fit to make it all work.
(Source) National Post
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