How hard is it to gain one pound of strength? Most people would say it’s easy. If it is easy, why not make it a goal, and keep on repeating this goal over and over again at least 100 times? This is the challenge that is offered in this book to all who will accept it, to gain one pound of strength 100 times. I call it, “The 1 x 100 Challenge.”
The idea behind this challenge is to make the strength gaining process as simple and uncomplicated as possible. Strength gains are dependent upon your body’s ability to adapt to an increase in weight. Adaptations can be hard, or they can be easy. Most weight training equipment demands that your body adapt to five pound increases in weight. That may be easy for a while, but it eventually becomes hard. It is much easier for your body to adapt to a one pound increase in weight, so why not make it easy by adding a pound at a time to your lifts?
Many people kill themselves to grow stronger, only to fall short of what they had hoped to accomplish in spite of working hard to succeed. Often times, the problem is not a lack of motivation, nor is it a lack of hard work. The real culprit is an ineffective process. When goals are not matched with a clear process that is made up of small achievable steps, the formula for how to reach that goal can become very illusive. This does not have to be.
The 1 x 100 Challenge gives you a step by step strength training plan that helps you to achieve your goals for gaining strength. The steps include important details that help you start in the right physiological state and make it easy to progress little by little. Simplicity combined with precision and small steps are the keys to predictable strength gains that can be repeated over and over again. Applying these keys will insure that the strength training process doesn’t become harder than it needs to be.
In the 1 x 100 Challenge, you will be provided with detailed information that tells you:
How to obtain equipment that allows you to add weight in one pound increments.
How to train with the right level of effort that makes it as easy as possible to add pound after pound. (Adding on a pound is hard if your training is already too hard. Your training must be hard enough without being too hard).
How often to add on a pound so that you can keep on adding on more pounds.
Optimum strength training workouts that are designed to help you keep gaining a pound of strength on an ongoing basis.
The best exercises for maximizing your strength.
Whether you are focused on powerlifting, or general strength training, if your main goal is to keep getting stronger, the 1 x 100 challenge provides a systematic plan to help you get stronger, one pound at a time.
Author(s): Sherwood, Mark
Year: 2016
Language: English
Commentary: The Challenge To Gain 1 Pound of Strength 100 Times
Pages: 98
Tags: The Challenge To Gain 1 Pound of Strength 100 Times
Introduction
Chapter 1: When Adding Weight Fails to Produce Strength Gains
Chapter 1: When Adding Weight Fails to Produce Strength Gains
Chapter 2: A Pound at a Time
Chapter 2: A Pound at a Time
Chapter 3: Finding Proper Equipment and Fractional Weight Plates
Chapter 3: Finding Proper Equipment and Fractional Weight Plates
Chapter 4: Identifying the Right Level of Effort to Keep Adding Pounds
Chapter 4: Identifying the Right Level of Effort to Keep Adding Pounds
Chapter 5: The Right Amount of Effort: Where to Stop During a Set
Chapter 5: The Right Amount of Effort: Where to Stop During a Set
Chapter 6: The Right Amount of Effort: When to Stop Repeating Sets
Chapter 6: The Right Amount of Effort: When to Stop Repeating Sets
Chapter 7: The Right Amount of Effort: When to Stop Adding Weight for Heavy Single Reps
Chapter 7: The Right Amount of Effort: When to Stop Adding Weight for Heavy Single Reps
Chapter 7: The Right Amount of Effort: When to Stop Adding Weight for Heavy Single Reps
Chapter 8: How Often to Add a Pound
Chapter 8: How Often to Add a Pound
Chapter 9: Rate of Gain and Accumulating Strength
Chapter 9: Rate of Gain and Accumulating Strength
Chapter 10: Basic Exercises that Maximize Strength
Chapter 10: Basic Exercises that Maximize Strength
Chapter 11: Optimizing Training Frequency
Chapter 11: Optimizing Training Frequency
Chapter 12: Effective Use of the Pyramid Method for Workouts
Chapter 12: Effective Use of the Pyramid Method for Workouts
Chapter 13: Use Percentages to Specify How Much Effort
Chapter 13: Use Percentages to Specify How Much Effort
Chapter 14: How to Determine Your Single Rep Max for Percentage Training
Chapter 14: How to Determine Your Single Rep Max for Percentage Training
Chapter 15: Adjustments That Produce Results
Chapter 15: Adjustments That Produce Results
Chapter 16: Heavy Single Reps Plus Back-off Sets
Chapter 16: Heavy Single Reps Plus Back-off Sets
Chapter 17: The 5-1 Weekly Training Cycle
Chapter 17: The 5-1 Weekly Training Cycle
Chapter 18: Block Training for Strength
Chapter 18: Block Training for Strength
Chapter 19: Vacillating Blocks
Chapter 19: Vacillating Blocks
Chapter 20: Accepting the Challenge
Chapter 20: Accepting the Challenge
Exercise Guide: How to Perform Exercises
Exercise Guide: How to Perform Exercises
About the Author
Additional Resources