Training for strength

Cycle Day #10 - Strength Supersets


As a young man struggling to escape the fate of being the stereotypical fat kid for eternity, I was obssessed with being bigger, stronger, faster and better than everybody else.  Over the years, my obssession with being bigger has faded, particularly in the light of the injuries I lug around, but I am certainly still obssessed - moreso than ever before - with being stronger, faster and - in the light of CST - especially better.  Stronger and faster can always be beat if they are taken out of context, but better is always just, simply, better.

That said, my experiences in strength and conditioning have taught me that everything builds from a base of strength.  Without sufficient general preparation in strength, many levels and modalities of training are simply inaccessible.  Strength breaks plateaus and gives access to new heights of training.  Hence my devoting at least one day each week to heavy strength overload training.  And hence also my frustration at my current slowness to regain levels of strength that I had previously possessed. 

That said, this is nothing new.  I have faced this sort of thing before and I *will* overcome it.  Failure is not an option.