Are You Getting The Absolute Maximum Out Of Your Weight Training Workouts?

Are You Getting The Absolute Maximum Out Of Your Weight Training Workouts?

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Its hard to train consistently all year round without a break, although it can be done if you really dedicate yourself to it.

The best way to achieve bodybuilding success is to divide the year up into weight training cycles.

A cycle could be for a set number of weeks, or it could carry on until you reach a target weight in one of your big compound exercises, such as dead lift, squat or bench press, for example. It could be as long as it takes you to gain a certain amount of muscular body weight, or until youve lost a certain amount of fat.

But what if you get to the end of that cycle, and youve hit that target, but youre still raring to go? The easy option is just to stop training and pat yourself on the back for a job well done. But say that your last workout didnt wipe you out, and you still had plenty of energy?

If this is the case, Id recommend training on for another week or two - reaching a goal is a terrific feeling, but hitting your goal out of the park is even better!

If youre near the very end of a weights cycle, you should be adding weight to the bar in small increments - this should mean that you make every rep in every set each workout because youre not making great big jumps in weight from week to week.

That in turn means the weight youve loaded on next week shouldnt surprise you at how heavy it is - so you should get your desired sets and reps. And if that goes OK, maybe you can go on for another week after that?

Now, what if you make your target reps and sets in your big lifts (dead lift, squat or bench press as before) but you fail on one or more of your other smaller exercises?

Again, Id go for another week. If needs be, you could drop one or more of your smaller exercises - if youre still making your reps and sets in the big lifts, why not carry on? The compound exercises are where the gains in muscle come from.

On the other hand, if you fail on all your big lifts, that may be your body telling you to back off and have a rest - but if you make your target reps and sets in only one of your compound exercises it could still be worth going again next week, and trying for another pound or two on the bar for the successful exercise, while just going for maintenance weight on the other exercises you failed at last time.

If you fail at your big lifts but you came fairly close, you may have just had a bad week, in which case have another go for the same weight next week and see if you make it that time - if you fail again it maybe time to call a halt for a week.

The point is that these really hard reps at the end of your training cycle are the reps that can make all the difference in your quest to be the best that you will ever be - think of these hard reps as an opportunity that may be never repeated!


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