When you lift weights, you’re also training connective tissue.
Training connective tissue
It’s important to load these structures so they become more robust, injury resistant and tolerant.
This has been a key focus of my training. After injuring my knee, again.
It’s important to understand certain physiological differences between connective tissue, ligaments, tendons and cartilage and muscles.
The way they respond to stimuli, recover and adapt is a little bit different.
Training connective tissue
For instance, muscles have a greater blood supply than cartilage. Which means it takes much longer for cartilaginous injuries to repair, if they can at all.
This is why it might be important to deload relatively frequently if you’re training hard.
Your muscles might be recovering. You might feel fine. Though, your connective tissue could not be.
Unloading phases can give your central and peripheral systems a break, mitigating injury risk and facilitating performance.
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