Tempo Work
Tempo work. Love it? Hate it? Love to hate it? Not sure what it is? Ok, let’s start there. In regards to lifting, tempo is the rate you're moving with weight (this includes body weight). Read differently: you’re moving slower. Why? Several REALLY good reasons: 1. Time under tension builds lots of strength. With tempo lifts you’re going lighter than at regular tempo but do not underestimate the challenge of dropping to your 50-60% for a (4.2.1.0)! 2. Tendon conditioni
Food/Fuel
It's Thursday! Ages ago, when I was in Pastry School I had class with a bartender who worked in this tiny place on Capital in Seattle. Super nice guy, can't remember his name, but he always described Thursdays as "Baby Friday" and it's SO, TRUE. It's like Christmas Eve if you have weekends off (I did at the time). So there's that undercurrent of energy that builds as the day goes on and by day's end you're all "Phew, one more day to go. I can DO this!" And then, apparen
