Unfortunately, the majority of Americans don't exercise. Even sadder?
Too many of those who do, get poor, mediocre, or no results because they
don't make the best use of their workout time.
Disclaimer: The following doesn't apply to you if you are training for an athletic event or are a competitive bodybuilder.
However,
if you're like most people who are interested in dropping excess fat,
having more energy, feeling better, and just generally improving the
quality of your life, read on.
You should be performing 2-3 total body strength training sessions per week.
Are
you a bodybuilder? If not, stop training like one. Forget about body
part splits and other "creative" ways to divide up your strength
training. Instead, train your entire body 2-3 non-consecutive days a
week.
Fifteen years ago, like many people who weight trained
(although not many women), I divided my strength routines into body part
splits like Legs, Back and Biceps one day and Chest, Shoulders and
Triceps the next. When I think about it now, it doesn't surprise me that
so many serious lifters ended up with shoulder injuries. (Luckily, I
wasn't one of them.) Our body works in an integrated fashion and true
muscle isolation is pretty much impossible so lots of shoulders were
being over-trained, big time.
Back then, besides your basic
circuit program, most workouts were based on the bodybuilder model. I
don't know why because it really makes little sense if you think about
it but that's how it was done. But as Maya Angelou says, "When you know
better, you do better" so I long ago moved on from that method and now
spread the gospel of total body training.
👉 Stop Messing Around And Start Getting Results From Your Workout Program (Part 2)
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