Anyone that does resistance training does so with the goal of getting stronger. Individuals coming off an injury want to get back to regular activity as soon as possible and do this by increasing the strength of the supportive muscles.Individuals with a weight loss goal understand that increased strength will lead to added muscle mass. And this extra muscle mass becomes the metabolic furnace to burn extra calories when we're not in the gym training.Athletes as well train to increase strength as this helps them minimize the potential for injury as well as enhance performance in sport. A stronger athlete can typically produce force more quickly than a weaker athlete which provides an athletic advantage in terms of speed. As well, when an athlete is stronger this does wonders for their confidence which can translate to better performance during games.So how do we typically go about getting stronger?[caption id="attachment_4907" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Increased strength benefits all training goals.Well one of the first protocols for strength was developed by Dr. DeLorme who helped rehab injured soldiers. DeLorme noticed the soldiers recovered more quickly and completely when given a strength training protocol as part of their rehab.I'm going to go out on a limb and say you probably know what the protocol was...Finish the following...'3 sets of ___ reps'.If you said 10 reps, you'd be right. That's the training plan for the DeLorme protocol.And it worked really well. In the short term.Over time however, it doesn't yield the results it did in the beginning. And this should come as no big surprise to anyone reading this. Consider the following example.Mary is new to weight training and has just learned how to do a trapbar deadlift. For the month of May Mary does 3 sets of 10 reps with 75 lbs on the bar. Each...