Practice What You Preach

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By Sal | December 22, 2010

You will be a more effective personal trainer and strength coach if you do everything in your own training that you do with your clients.  Being able to perform every element of your program - from simple to most complex - helps you to be a better teacher and as a result a better trainer.



This video contains elements of Complex Training, that I use in my own training, and that I use a great deal in my clients' sessions.  The term "complex" connotes the stringing together of a series of compound movements into one multi-repetition set, or "training complex."  The theory behind complex training is that by performing both strength and explosive exercises in this arrangement, both fast and slow twitch muscles are trained, stimulating the nervous system.

Complex training also increases the rate of force production, which should be the main focus of your training sessions.  Strength training alone does not increase speed or power and research indicates that all members of the population - including senior citizens and the frail - benefit from training that stresses the nervous system.  Complex training, and any form of training that is predicated upon activating the nervous system, improves force production, improves balance, stability and coordination, and is the best way to prepare the body for the rigors encountered in everyday life.

Life doesn't happen slowly, which is why it is important to include nervous system training in all of your exercise programs.  If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many pictures is a video worth?  Rather than ruminate over that philosophical tidbit, I'll bid you farewell and recommend that you watch the video clip.  This video is the first in a series that will demonstrate some efficient and effective Complex Training moves.

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