Lifting For Endurance

Maximum Sustained Power

What am I doing here? The goal of MSP lifting is to increase endurance. By maximizing the weight and reducing the amount of time between sets the muscle doesn’t get to fully recover. By doing this more muscle fibers are recruited with each consecutive set. It’s a way to get more out of your workout, working more muscle fibers, which in turn helps with endurance.

As you work more muscle fibers those muscles have a higher resistance to fatigue in whatever sport you participate in. For me, I’m getting ready for ski season.

I’ve been incorporating MSP lifting into my workout for years and I can say that it feels like I get a lot of bang for my buck - I get a lot of results with very little effort. #smarternotharder

How to do it:

• Set the weight where your maximum amount of reps is about 5

• Stop 1 rep short of what you feel could be your last rep

• Wait 20 seconds

• Do another set

• Repeat this process until you get down to 2 reps for a set

I don’t usually do more than 2 or 3 sets.