There are both formal and informal ways to evaluate strength. (Spoiler alert: there’s a workout in the last week of the year designed for evaluation!) Hit me up if you want to talk about getting into the nitty-gritty.
Some of the evaluation of your strength training routine will depend on what your goals are. There are, very loosely, a few categories of goals: endurance, which is exactly what it sounds like, hypertrophy, which is a fancy word for building big muscles, max strength, which again is exactly what it sounds like, and power, which is exerting a lot of force in a short period of time. If the weights you use are getting heavier over time, you’re probably doing fine.
Another way to think about how well the workouts are working is to see how our everyday tasks are going. If schlepping the groceries is not a problem, great! If you need to move the couch and you can, also great! Problems lifting the Pekinese? Maybe not so great.
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