Another topic that falls within the realm of positions patterns and performance is the concept of load versus resistance.
Now, what do I mean? Something that is considered load is an external weight, something, some sort of piece of equipment or natural thing out there in the world like a rock or a boulder. Right. a bale of hay that is considered a load, it’s something that you are loading your body with, you’re holding it externally is creating more pressure internally in the core, but also amongst compression of the joints, right? It could also be something like this weakest.
What that typically does over time is compressed the joints. Now if I were to do a pull up with this weight vest on technically, that’s a decompression exercise. So that’s a little nuance, but this is still an external load the other option is resistance. Right? So resistance is coming from, whoa, make sure you attach a resistance band and something that can really hold them steady. Alright, so resistance is something that’s creating resistance against your movement. pattern or with your movement pattern.
resistance usually mimics the muscles because we have these fibers, none of which really are straight and narrow, but all rotational in some sort or diagonal. And when the muscle gets longer, it’s at a higher chance of injury. Just like a rubber band, the longer it is, the more likely it is to snap. So when you use resistance, you are mimicking your muscles ability to withstand or adapt to a constant changing pressure and tension. So that’s why it’s important. Give me one more second to be able to understand when you do a resistance chest press and as I press further and further away, this actually becomes harder to push, because it’s getting longer. All right.
There’s a lot to be learned through understanding if you are training with load, or you are training with resistance, and there’s a lot of years to be saved on your joints. If you train a little bit more with resistance, or just add a little bit more resistance in to your training. Not always using iron and heavy things. To do all your resistance we mean that that creates that bone density, avoids osteoporosis, all of those things, but it’s really beneficial for your joints. And your muscles to understand their intention with resistance training. So make sure to add it in. If you have more questions, let me know what you think.
