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Intensity Workouts

Posted by Dan on April 20th 2007 to Training

Every now and then its a really good idea to mix up your routine and do some really good intensity workouts. There are a lot of different methods and techniques that you can use to increase the intensity of a workout. Here are a couple that you may have heard of:

Dropsets - do a normal set for one exercise (curls for example, 6-8 reps), then immediately drop the weight by about 20% and do 6-8 more reps, then do it again. This would be a ‘triple drop set.’

Supersets - this is where you take two exercises and do them without rest in between. This can be done with exercises for the same body part of different ones. Great intensity technique and time saver!

Running the Rack - start at the lighter end of the weight rack, do 6-8 reps of an exercise, then without resting (or maybe a short rest of 10-15 seconds) move up to the next weight. Go as high as you safely can, then go back down.

This is just a small sample of some techniques out there. For a great article on some intense arm workouts, check out 5 Star Arm Workouts by Tom Venuto. Tom also recently released a great chest workout that has great intensity also. You can reach that article here: Build a Bigger Chest in 3-5 Workouts or Less.

You can also read about a lot of intensity techniques in Arnold’s book The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding.

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