The concept of sporting ‘strength & conditioning’ programs has its roots buried deep within the body building industry and from this axiom developed the ‘no pain no gain’ philosophy.
Training without pain or high stress has wrongly influenced thousands upon thousands of athletes from school sport through to professional sporting levels. Pain is damage! It is not a training formula.
To train excessively has now become a derivative of this adage, which was borne out of Gold's Gym, California in the early sixties. The adage was designed for bodybuilding NOT sporting athletes.
The full adage is…
"No pain no gain but too much pain and all is in vain"
This references the outward vanity of muscle bulk increase and NOT muscle strength/speed increase.
A body builder is striving to push muscle growth outside normal muscle development.
A sporting athlete is striving for increased muscle strength through specific conditioning.
Over the decades, the ‘no pain no gain’ adage has become a sporting media slogan seen on T-shirts and billboards, implying this is how endurance athletes train and should look.
It is almost a campaign
The result of this campaign is many thousands of club and elite athletes train this way to their detriment with an improper balance of speed and strength.
Going to the gym as a netball player may increase muscle mass but does not increase passing strength or the ability to hold your ground.
The ebook, “Training on your own” shows you how to build strength without even thinking about it.
