Training for Size - Body Building
Continuing with the Goal Based training concept, here are a few thoughts if your goals are to train for muscle size, or in other words body build:
Training for Size (Body Building)
Training for size or body building is a very different game. Instead of just trying to lift the most weight you can, you should instead focus on stimulating muscle fibers to grow. There are many different intensity techniques you can use to help accomplish this, more than we have time to consider at this point. Some popular ones include drop sets, super sets, full contractions, partial reps, and more.
In conclusion:
Decide what your goal is, and then get the information that you need to achieve those goals. Not everyone goes to the gym for the same reasons. And that really doesn’t matter. What’s important is why you’re going and what you’re doing to accomplish your goals.
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V.good read, I couldn’t agree more about it not being about the weight you lift but more about working the fibres for maximum growth.
“you should instead focus on stimulating muscle fibers to grow”: sounds like an seffective and useful concept. Are there any sepcific approaches to accomplishing this? Is the technique different depending on the age?
I do it mainly just to make myself feel good.
Really perfect knowledge!
Great info! Lifting as much weight as you can hurt your chances of muscle growth by increasing the risk of injury. I like to train and challenge myself by using my body weight or resistance bands as aides. Crossfit is a great workout as well due to the extreme muscle confusion workouts the put you through. I’ve definitely seem the best results of my life so far.
You got that right! Strength training and body building are two totally different things. One mistake people often make when training for size, is that they overly train the muscle groups and don’t allow enough time for recovery and/or growth. A lot more thought has to go into it, when trying to pile on a massive amount of lean muscle mass.