Lift More

Until the day when we can stick a usb cable into our brains and download new physical skills, we’re stuck with having to learn by doing.  Looking for a better double under?  You’ll find it doing double unders.  Looking for a better hand stand balance?  You’ll find it doing hand stand balances.

All this is obvious.  Less obvious perhaps is the fact that strength movements are the same way.  I don’t mean that by doing deadlifts you get stronger – though you do.  I mean that by doing the motion your body and brain gain a better understanding of the motion.  Part of strength is neurological and part of it is technique and part of it is psychological – you get confident that you can lift a weight and then you can.  If you lack that confidence, the weight often doesn’t move.  Practicing the lifts builds strength, skill and confidence.