Why Perform Will Improve Your Strength Training (and more)

When most people think about strength training, they picture barbells, dumbbells, and isolated lifts. While these are crucial, research continues to show that integrating structured conditioning alongside resistance training produces superior results in both strength development and overall fitness.

This is where Perform, our performance-based class, comes in.

What Perform Is

Perform is a structured group training session designed to blend strength, conditioning, and functional movement patterns in a way that complements your gym training. The format is built around high-effort work phases and controlled recovery, cycling through exercises that challenge the major strength systems of the body.

You’ll push, pull, lift, carry, sprint, and move across multiple planes, training the body to perform as a unit, not just in isolated parts.

The Strength Benefits

1.    Improved Work Capacity: By pairing resistance movements with conditioning, you increase the body’s ability to repeat efforts under fatigue. This improves your work capacity, allowing you to handle heavier training loads during your normal gym sessions.

2.    Enhanced Muscular Endurance: The higher-volume, time-based nature of Perform builds muscular endurance in key strength lifts. This carries over into being able to complete more quality reps in your own training.

3.    Better Energy System Development: Strength alone depends on ATP production, but repeated strength efforts (sets, workouts, training blocks) demand well-developed aerobic and anaerobic systems. Perform stresses both, helping you recover faster between heavy lifts and sessions.

4.    Improved Movement, efficiency & functional tasks like carries, sled pushes, and loaded runs demand proper mechanics and trunk stability. Training these under load improves overall movement quality and transfers to barbell and machine-based lifts.

The Additional Benefits

• Fat Loss & Body Composition

  
  

  High-output functional conditioning burns calories at a significant rate. Combined with strength work, this supports lean mass retention while driving fat loss.

• Mental Toughness

  
  

  Working under fatigue builds resilience. Pushing through a structured, challenging session develops not only physical capacity but also mental discipline.

• Community & Accountability

  
  

  Training alongside others creates a competitive but supportive environment. The shared effort elevates performance and consistency in a way solo training often cannot.

Who Should Do It?

• Lifters who want to add an edge to their strength program.

• Anyone seeking improved conditioning without sacrificing muscle.

• Members looking for a time-efficient, structured training session that delivers both strength and cardio benefits.

Perform is not about replacing your gym training, it’s about enhancing it. By combining resistance-based tasks with conditioning principles, you’ll improve strength, efficiency, and overall fitness. The result? A stronger, leaner, more resilient body capable of more than just lifting weights.