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Resistance Training Protocol

  1. Engage Weight – You should feel comfortably challenged by the weight
  2. Stabilize – Chest up, shoulders down and back, abdominals long and tight, glutes tight, legs tight
  3. Contract – shorten the muscle until its range of motion is restricted by the stabilizers
  4. Squeeze - squeeze the tight muscle.
  5. Lengthen – lengthen the muscle until movement is restricted by the stabilizers

  6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for 8 to 12 repetitions.