How to get Faster Lifting Weights

About 1/3rd of our clientele is composed of elite amateur and professional athletes. The other 2/3rds consists primarily of entrepreneurs, execs, and business owners serious about investing in themselves and getting results.

It’s a common misconception that lifting weights makes you slower. Here’s a method we mainly use with athletes to make them faster.

Have you ever packed and loaded boxes during a move? There’s likely been a time when you struggled and grinded picking up a really heavy box, then picked up a lighter box and surprised yourself with just how light it felt. This is a phenomenon called post-tetanic facilitation, which we can exploit for a training effect.

Here you’ll see Toronto Arrows professional rugby player Patrick Lynott perform a heavy 475lb deadlift and follow it up with 5 horizontal jumps. Both exercises work the same muscle groups. The magic is in the contrast – one is heavy and slow, the other is light and fast. This contrast allows light and fast movements to be performed even faster and with more explosiveness. The result: athletes get faster.

This method could also be used for anyone looking to improve power for specific exercises. Think: squats, deadlifts, bench presses, and chin ups.