The excellence of
execution
It would be a challenging assignment to find anyone who doesn’t agree that
what you do matters far less than how you do something. Anyone can put in the
time necessary to be as prepared as humanly possible for any given situation,
but if effective execution of the plan is less than optimal, it’s all for
nothing. As it relates to strength training, one of the most, if not the most,
underrated parameters when it comes to effectively executing an exercise is the
tempo in which it’s performed.
Trainers are often nothing more than exercise instructors, for the lack of
a better term, if they don’t emphasize the importance of execution. I’m not
talking about alignment, and what would be considered proper form, but rather the
tempo that is used to raise and lower the weight.