Give your muscles a reason to grow!
Guess what happens when you train at the same intensity as you did in a previous
workout? Your muscles laugh back at you and say, "Nice try, we did this workout
before and can handle this stress! Is that your attempt on getting us to grow?"
Don't get caught up in the latest hype of bodybuilding and fitness magazines.
Most of it is rehashed and just packaged sleeker to sell magazines. There are two
forms of training that must be cycled in a successful weight training program:
1. HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY! Put everything into lifting heavier weights
and getting as strong as possible. Use only one compound exercise per major muscle
group and focus on a 5% increase in strength from week to week. This will ensure
neuromuscular development and targeting the fast twitch muscle fibers which have
the greatest opportunity for growth.
2. VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME! Expose your body to as much work possible
in the shortest period of time. Placing your muscles under more tension will result
in more tapped and untrained muscle fiber being recruited therefore more muscle
growth! The key here is to find the correct balance in time and work. Volume training
does not mean 2 hour gym workouts lifting light weights. Instead lift heavy weights
close to your max threshold but with shorter rest periods, slower tempos and more
exercise selection per muscle group.
No more program hopping!
Sure, it's easier to test drive a program for a few weeks and than say it
does not work and move on to the next latest 'breakthrough' program.
This is called the blame game and neglecting responsibility! Do you think you will
become rich if you test out a new job for a few weeks and than call it quits when
your first paycheck does not meet your expectations? No way! But if you stay with
the company and exploit the companies benefits and opportunities to the fullest
than you will succeed.
The reality is that virtually every program will work for a certain period of time
if it is done at the right intensity and as the author has written.
Find a program and study the details of it's full entirety. Ensure that the
program goals of the author are in alignment with yours and study all the fine details.
Do not ask a million questions and try and find holes or flaws or attempt to make
it 'perfect.' The perfect program does not exist. Trust the program,
follow it honestly and monitor the progress. The experience and results you gain
from following one program for a consistent period of time will be priceless.