What is the correlation between grip strength and health? How do you keep yourself motivated when injured? And is muscle soreness really a good sign that your training is working?
In this episode, we finish the Q&A we started last week, with five more listener questions on strength training!
Timestamps:
- 01:30 – Question 1: Is muscle soreness a good sign that you’ve trained hard or just have unaccustomed muscles? And do you stop getting soreness when you reach a particular strength level/habit?
- 06:00 – Question 2: Is there any study on the connection between grip strength and health?
- 10:10—Question 3: My problem is that no matter how hard I push myself, I’m just not adding weight to the bar. Why?
- 17:45 – Question 4: I’d love to hear some perspectives on how to keep motivation up when you’re plateauing or injured.
- 24:00 – Question 5: I want suggestions for exercises/programs to prepare my body for working out at the gym again in the fall. I haven’t worked out in 7–8 years, because I gave birth to 2 children and lived through the toddler years!
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This is episode 69 of the podcast. Check out the five previous episodes below:
- Episode 68: How Little Can You Train and Maintain Your Mass? Q&A Part 1
- Episode 67: The Big 6 – Pull-Up: From First Rep to Upper Body Mastery
- Episode 66: The Big 6 – Row to Grow: Build an Unbreakable Back
- Episode 65: The Big 6 – Overhead Press: Build True Upper Body Power
- Episode 64: The Big 6 – Deadlift: Raw Strength, Real Results
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