The body is a pretty amazing machine. And the more I learn about it and figure out what it can do the more amazed I am. One of the more interesting things, imo, is that we have built-in governers. You know what I mean by a governer, right? If you've ever driven a golf cart down a hill you're familiar how the speed is controlled when you descend a hill. This is in place for safety and to prevent tipping or crashing the cart. So what kind of governers does your body have? Well in our hands and specifically the finger tips we have more nerve endings than any other part of the body except for the mouth and lips. If we drew a self portrait emphasizing the areas with higher concentrations of nerve endings it might look something like this. [caption id="attachment_5008" align="aligncenter" width="279"] We learn a lot about our environment through our hands and mouth. Think about a newborn baby and how they learn about this new world. If they can grab something they will. And once they've gotten ahold of it it's going in their mouth. And while this can be a good way to learn and explore it can also be our early warning system if something is potentially dangerous to us. If we touch a hot element we flex in order to retract and pull away. And when we taste something awful we usually will spit it out. So how does this relate to training? Well imagine doing deadlifts. If someone were to injure themselves it would most likely be a back injury. Now if the load on the bar was more than our nervous system felt it could handle it would want some kind of an out. Because when you think about it grip strength is indicative...