Next layer in the Pyramid of Fitness...Strength!

Hello everyone. This week's topic will continue with what I feel is the next most important layer in the pyramid of fitness...Strength!

Strength is the ability to apply force. The stronger one is, the more force one can apply. Hence, the stronger you are, the larger the load you can move. This can come in quite handy throughout life. From doing heavy yard-work to doing laundry, the stronger one is, the easier is the task at hand.

Recently, a lot of emphasis has been placed upon endurance and stamina. And while being durable and having great stamina is important, I believe that strength comes in slightly ahead of those qualities. It is much easier to take a strong athlete and get them well-conditioned than it is to take a well-conditioned athlete and make them stronger. Let's look at this from another point of view. If you are a police-officer running-down a criminal, what good will it do you if you are a good runner, but can't perform more than five or ten good push-ups, for example? You will probably catch the bad-guy, but then what? In a scuffle, you will more than likely lose. This is where strength becomes important. 

For ladies, the same thing holds true. All of these classes being offered that use little to no weight resistance will NEVER  increase bone-density or add enough meaningful muscle to naturally raise one's metabolism which directly contributes to an improved body composition, ie, more muscle and less fat! I guarantee that if you ladies put on a  little shapely muscle, you'll be turning more heads than the vast majority of Hollywood actress'!

Canada's Camille Leblanc-Bazinet