5 Keys to Strength Training

Get the most out of your workout. Burn more calories and improve your performance by following these strength training tips.

1. Train movements not muscles. You need to perform in real-life situations, not the idealized form you use to exercise certain muscles. For example, a squat or lunge is more sport-specific than lying on your back using the leg press machine.
   
   
2. Focus first on core stability, then core strength and finally core power.
   
   
3. Utilize unstable training. This will shock your system, allowing for greater progress and stronger, more efficient muscles. Do a bicep curl while balancing on one leg, for example.
   
   
4. Progression, progression, progression. If you don't train in progressions you'll never see any results.
   
   
5. Work bigger muscles before smaller muscles. You will naturally work the smaller muscles with the larger ones, so you need to keep the smaller ones fresh to reach the end of your workout.