asides how do I know that accumulating 50 reps >75% 1RM in a week will increase lire you aredefended before you attack”, And thisbrings us tothe concept of the parbell ‘rategy. Barbell Strategy Via Positiva and via Negative approaches can be combined with a decision taking strategy outlined by Nassim ‘Taleb (laleb, 2012; Jovanovic & Jukie, 2019): arhell strategy (sce Figure 2.16) Barbell strategy has two ends: theleft endis focused nprotecting from the downside, while the right end is focused on chasing the upside. |hedistribution isnot 50:50, but asyrametrical where the left side ofthe barbell is more ominant. Low Risk High isk