Monday, October 22, 2012
Over training
Don't confuse body building with strength training, as both are different subjects. The ideas for both types of training are simple, but not simplistic. Training with a purpose or goal is very important because you can't train for a sport like you train for a competition. There's a lot of specialized work that goes into sport training, endurance training, developing raw power unlike the basic split set / body building routine. If you want to be a body builder, train like a body builder, if you want to be a soccer player, train for that sport, if you want to be a power lifter, then work towards it. Don't work on generic ideas because each sport is different and each person's body is different.
Remember the rule of thumb, "No shortcuts, no magic pills, you have to pay with consistent workouts, working your ass off and sweat in the gym for 45 minutes"... If you want something badly in life, you will work towards it with out coming up with a laundry list of excuses. Ronnie Coleman said "Everybody wanna be a body builder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weights!" and nothing could be further from the truth. Without progressive loading and breaking the homeostasis, thereby causing continual and concentric muscular failiure you will never achieve your body's maximum potential. But hey, let's not forget the important fact, knowing and doing are NOT the same things... Bruce lee's quote comes to mind... ;))
One of the big mistakes people make while they try to become a body builder... or to increase mass is over training. Over training can kill your musculature like nothing else can. The muscles don't grow in the gym, the abs don't form or show their definition in the gym. Both start in the kitchen, with proper dieting, in eating healthy, working out consistently and resting consistently. As one of my early teachers in the gym always says "Heavy eating, heavy workout, heavy rest..."
People make out body building to be rocket science whilst what is missing, the consistency in balancing out the three key components namely nutrition, recovery and working out. To avoid over training do not train for more than 3 or 4 days in a given week. Don't train for longer than 45 mins to 60 mins max. Don't train to failiure and most importantly, don't push yourself more towards infinite number of reps. Stick to the basics and don't be that guy beating himself up with barbell curls endlessly to see no results! Train with intensity, train for short periods of time and train rhythmically.
One of my friends, a competitive body builder told me two things... About weights and body building, "Don't lift weights, don't use that word... Train with weights and train your mind and body with proper form and technique"... "Train, don't lift"... About proper supplementing and correct dosage, "Consume supplements like they are supplements or you'll be pissing costly urine"... LOL! :D
Sticking to the basics will pretty much get you through mostly... Once you've trained for a reasonable amount of time with proper nutrition, supplementing and consistent work outs...the results will show... if not, don't forget the first thing about body building - eat more than you can burn!
You must have noticed that a lot of this blog is old school, that's because old school ideas are simple. You should stop overtraining if you want to achieve remarkable mass gains... Let's close this post with some thing Socrates said about training, grooming and body building (Greek Philosopher for those who don't know Soc)
Soc said - 'What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable'. The bottom line for body building; if you don't eat more, you'll not put on weight... isn't it obvious?
Remember the rule of thumb, "No shortcuts, no magic pills, you have to pay with consistent workouts, working your ass off and sweat in the gym for 45 minutes"... If you want something badly in life, you will work towards it with out coming up with a laundry list of excuses. Ronnie Coleman said "Everybody wanna be a body builder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weights!" and nothing could be further from the truth. Without progressive loading and breaking the homeostasis, thereby causing continual and concentric muscular failiure you will never achieve your body's maximum potential. But hey, let's not forget the important fact, knowing and doing are NOT the same things... Bruce lee's quote comes to mind... ;))
One of the big mistakes people make while they try to become a body builder... or to increase mass is over training. Over training can kill your musculature like nothing else can. The muscles don't grow in the gym, the abs don't form or show their definition in the gym. Both start in the kitchen, with proper dieting, in eating healthy, working out consistently and resting consistently. As one of my early teachers in the gym always says "Heavy eating, heavy workout, heavy rest..."
People make out body building to be rocket science whilst what is missing, the consistency in balancing out the three key components namely nutrition, recovery and working out. To avoid over training do not train for more than 3 or 4 days in a given week. Don't train for longer than 45 mins to 60 mins max. Don't train to failiure and most importantly, don't push yourself more towards infinite number of reps. Stick to the basics and don't be that guy beating himself up with barbell curls endlessly to see no results! Train with intensity, train for short periods of time and train rhythmically.
One of my friends, a competitive body builder told me two things... About weights and body building, "Don't lift weights, don't use that word... Train with weights and train your mind and body with proper form and technique"... "Train, don't lift"... About proper supplementing and correct dosage, "Consume supplements like they are supplements or you'll be pissing costly urine"... LOL! :D
Sticking to the basics will pretty much get you through mostly... Once you've trained for a reasonable amount of time with proper nutrition, supplementing and consistent work outs...the results will show... if not, don't forget the first thing about body building - eat more than you can burn!
You must have noticed that a lot of this blog is old school, that's because old school ideas are simple. You should stop overtraining if you want to achieve remarkable mass gains... Let's close this post with some thing Socrates said about training, grooming and body building (Greek Philosopher for those who don't know Soc)
Soc said - 'What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable'. The bottom line for body building; if you don't eat more, you'll not put on weight... isn't it obvious?
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