Strength training is probably the most misunderstood topic in the sporting environment. From a physiotherapy point of view, incorrect strength training can be the biggest cause of injury for many athletes. There is an important distinction to be made between machine weights, which attempt to isolate muscles in a bodybuilding style, and free weights, which add additional stability requirements.
What is important to realise with regard to free weight training is that if you were to film someone for as many repetitions as they could possibly perform in one set, at any intensity level, they would never produce the exact same bar path twice in a row. In fact, if you review research on elite Olympic lifters, you will find that not only does the bar path change slightly each time they lift, no two lifters produce the same bar path when executing the same lift.
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