strength – PK Health and Performance https://pkhealth.ca A principles-based approach to sustained wellness and pain-free performance Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:14:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Block Periodization-Ish https://pkhealth.ca/block-periodization-ish/ https://pkhealth.ca/block-periodization-ish/#respond Wed, 14 Jul 2021 20:41:38 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5779 Having great endurance is good. But having a marathon-runner pencil neck? Not so much. Being strong is awesome, but a powerlifting gut weighs you down. Having great flexibility can be useful, but being bendy without coordination makes you a living manifestation of the QWERTY guy. What I’m trying to say is that there are many physical qualities you should be training in order…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/block-periodization-ish/feed/ 0 The Aerobic Strength Circuit https://pkhealth.ca/the-aerobic-strength-circuit/ https://pkhealth.ca/the-aerobic-strength-circuit/#respond Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:23:07 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5706 Aerobic capacity is a mandatory trait to have for complete health and performance. Health-wise, it begets brain1, heart2, lung3, and metabolic function4; performance-wise, it provides the foundation from which huge volumes of physical activity can be performed without over-stressing the body5. It’s also essential for fast recovery6. On the opposite end of the fitness spectrum lies…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/the-aerobic-strength-circuit/feed/ 0 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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