hypertrophy – PK Health and Performance https://pkhealth.ca A principles-based approach to sustained wellness and pain-free performance Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:51:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Rep Ranges: Train for Your Goals https://pkhealth.ca/rep-ranges-101-train-according-to-your-goals/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:05:03 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5502 Have you ever wondered how an athlete like Georges St-Pierre was able to develop muscle mass comparable to that of a bodybuilder by performing high-rep gymnastics exercise rather than traditional weight training? Or how an Olympic weightlifting stud like Lu Xiao Jun came to be just as shredded as a professional MMA fighter with only low-rep barbell training? Well my fellow fitness enthusiast…

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]]> Functional Training Defined https://pkhealth.ca/functional-training-definition/ Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:33:20 +0000 https://powerlift.qodeinteractive.com/elementor/?p=2391 What in the hell is functional fitness? Is it olympic lifting combined with mountain biking? Is it interval training done in conjunction with yoga? Or is it handstand walking underwater with a dumbbell strapped to your neck? I’m gonna go out on a limb and make the claim that nothing in 2021 causes more confusion than the concept of functional training (with the exceptions being…

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