Progressive Resistance
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March 24, 2015 at 11:09 am
Progressive resistance is one of the main principles of weight training. In order for your muscles to grow, you need to keep them working their hardest. If you keep lifting the same weight your muscles will adapt and will not get any stronger. So in order to keep getting stronger you need to keep increasing the weight you are using if it starts to feel easier (but of course never lift a weight that is too heavy for you to maintain proper form).
Remember, stronger and more developed muscles will help you on your quest for a six pack. The more muscle you have the higher your metabolism will be and the easier it will be to burn the fat that’s covering those abs. So make sure to keep the intensity up when weight training.
Weight lifting should always feel hard. There are too many people who go to the gym and just go through the motions, and it seems like the weight they are lifting is way too easy for them. If you aren’t struggling to get the weight up during the last few reps you are working out hard enough!
Sample Strength Training Program
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January 6, 2015 at 9:04 pm
The exact details of your weight training program aren’t that important, so if you’ve got one that you like, you can stick with it. If you’re really confused about what kind of program to do here’s a sample one for novice weight trainers. It’s broken down into three different days. The exercises are written as S sets of R reps written SxR (one exercise is repeated R times and after a break the whole thing is repeated S times). The weight should be chosen so that the last rep is quite difficult and you’re really not able to do another rep after it. Be careful not to overdo it because you can injure yourself, and that can set you back.
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