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Intensity; what does it mean? If you are like me, you have heard that pesky word over and again in the realm of bodybuilding, strength training and athletics. All the bodybuilders keep talking about how much of it they have and all I can recall from high school is my coaches screaming in our ears about how much of it we lacked.
In the realm of fitness and training, you have different variations of said intensity: high intensity interval training, low intensity cardio and dynamic effort days where you train sub-maximally to allow for recovery etc. Lately I have been eavesdropping on the bros’ conversations and I am noticing the word thrown around fairly often. I keep asking myself, “just what is intensity, really?” [Read more...]
