What is the correlation between grip strength and health? How do you keep yourself motivated when injured? And is muscle soreness really a good sign that your training is working?

In this episode, we finish the Q&A we started last week, with five more listener questions on strength training!

Timestamps:

• 01:30 - Question 1: Is muscle soreness a good sign that you've trained hard or just have unaccustomed muscles? And do you stop getting soreness when you reach a particular strength level/habit?
• 06:00 - Question 2: Is there any study on the connection between grip strength and health?
• 10:10 —Question 3: My problem is that no matter how hard I push myself, I'm just not adding weight to the bar. Why?
• 17:45 - Question 4: I'd love to hear some perspectives on how to keep motivation up when you're plateauing or injured.
• 24:00 - Question 5: I want suggestions for exercises/programs to prepare my body for working out at the gym again in the fall. I haven't worked out in 7–8 years, because I gave birth to 2 children and lived through the toddler years!

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