How To Make Your Muscle Building Workout More Intense
Many bodybuilders around the world are now faced with the difficulty of getting significant results from their efforts, which would require the strengthening of all applicable muscle fibers after they have been enlisted to work harder.
But what if you find this hard – no problem – then work harder just as your muscles do the same, and everything will follow. The words “easy workout” are an oxymoron, which in short means that the only way to get satisfying results is to work hard – no alternatives or shortcuts to it.
But if you really are to work hard, how can you make your training count? Follow the tips we shall be discussing, as this is the golden path, tried and true, towards a better body and a better you:
Added Resistance
Increasing the weight lifted in meaningful increments ensures the muscle is pushed beyond its previous point of failure thus maintaining the muscle building process. Avoid failure in your workout by increasing the weight after six to eight reps.
Change the exercise
Every single muscle fiber in your body must be challenged for best results. If you are doing bench presses, for instance, you can modify the angle, or you can work on a totally different exercise all together.
Rest Is For The Weak
If you minimize those unproductive rest periods before returning to your intense workout, needless to say it would only become more intense in nature.
Pre-exhaustion
When an exercise involves two or more muscles the weakest will prevent you from working the primary muscle to failure. The answer is to first isolate and tire the primary muscle before immediately moving to another exercise that works the set of muscles to failure.
Introduce supersets
This involves performing two exercises for the same muscle group without a rest interval. This would require you to use different muscle fibers, thus increasing your chances of more dynamic growth.
Partial Reps Upon Failure
At the point of failure you will not be able to complete the full range of movement for a given exercise. Since the goal here is to work beyond the point of failure, you can still do this by doing a partial lift. This technique is especially useful to advanced bodybuilders as it allows them to increase intensity without adding extra routines that could cause overtraining.
Use isometric contractions
This technique allows you to generate a static contraction in your muscles by keeping the weight steady at the point of failure.
Forced Reps Beyond Point Of Failure
You may want to add a coup de grace to your workout by doing a couple reps at the point of failure. You will need the assistance of an experienced helper to attempt this.
Once you have added these techniques to your training regimen you’ll know you’ve done your best to maximize muscle growth.
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