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Monday, July 27, 2009

Body Building Workouts & Tips, Train Less and Get Bigger

By Ricardo d Argence

The more work you put into something, the better results you will achieve. This has always been a widely accepted truth that applies to most areas in life. The more time you spend fine-tuning your athletic skills, the better athlete you will become.

Therefore, it only makes sense that the more time you spend in the gym, the stronger and more muscular your physique will become, correct? Contrary to what you might think, the answer to this question is a gigantic no! It is in this area of bodybuilding that conventional wisdom goes straight out the window, down the street and around the corner. I know what you might be asking yourself: "Spending less time in the gym will actually make me bigger and stronger?" The answer is yes! It really will, and when we examine the muscle-growth process from its most basic roots, it becomes quite clear why this is the case.

In every way, the body is naturally geared to keep live and healthy. We feel miserable when we have not eaten or drank fluids for some time, we get a suntan because of the excessive UV rays presence, calluses are produced to safeguard our skin, etc. What would occur if we chance to split our muscle tissue in the gym? You are right if you are thinking that the muscles will get stronger and larger.

You can cause harm to your musculature if you push yourself against a resistance that is not within your muscles capacity at that time. The body recognizes this as potentially harmful and as a natural adaptive response the muscles will increase in size to protect the body against this threat. Increasing your workload every week will help your body adjust and grow.

Appear easy? Well, it is. Muscles will only grow bigger and stronger if they are allowed sufficient recovery time; this is the most important thing to realize. You must allow yourself enough recovery time, otherwise your muscles just won't grow.

Training with the minimum amount of volume needed to yield an adaptive response is your goal for your time in the gym. Once you have pushed your muscles beyond their present capacity and have triggered your thousand-year-old evolutionary alarm system, you have done your job. Recovery time will be increased by further stress to the body.

Most people train way too often and with far more sets than they really need to. High intensity weight training is much more stressful to the body than most people think. The majority of people structure their workout programs in a manner that actually hinders their gains and prevents them from making the progress that they deserve.

You should follow these guidelines if you want to achieve the maximum gains are: 1. Train no more than three times per week. 2. Keep your workouts to one hour or less. 3. Do this for 5-7 sets for the large muscle groups (chest, back, thighs); smaller muscle groups (shoulders, biceps, triceps, calves, abs) require 2-4 sets.

Take all sets to the point of concentric muscular failure and focus on progressing in either weight or reps each week. If you truly train hard and are consistent, training more often or any longer than this will be counterproductive to your gains. - 17273

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