Understanding Strength Training Tension and rigidity between two points. Almost all the gear you will ever use is built to lock in/anchor the two points or facilitate that tension/rigidity between the two points. Essential Strength Training Gear 1. Weightlifting Shoes 2. Weightlifting Belt 3. Chalk Conclusion These are essential and required gear for strength training. I will write another article on non essential but nice to have gear in the future.

This will only be a piece of the puzzle. Just enough abstract view to understand the variables nothing more. Understanding the Variables and how they influence each other First let's start with Tonnage Why Tonnage The Variables that influence Tonnage Frequency Sets Reps Load Start Start Start Start Start Conclusion I will write future articles on programming principles. This is simply to get comfortable with some of the hard objective numbers of a program.