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Many people believe you need to train with a variety ofweights and reps in order
to maximize your muscle buildingprogress. I believe that you can find the
appropriate repnumber for your muscles and it is best to stick with thatrange
most of the time.
However, in weight lifting, the mental aspect of bodybuilding is also extremely
important. And some people will get more out of their workout when their
training includes some variety and they are always feeling fresh and
challenged. After all, it doesn't matter that your weight training routine is
perfect if you get bored with it and stop training.
With the power mass bodybuilding weight lifting program,it is very important to
keep a training log. You need to keep track of you weight lifting exercises,
weights and reps you perform at each workout. Your goal during this
weightlifting program will be to increase either the weight you use or the
number of reps you perform - every workout, or at least every other workout,
for the length of the program.
If you're a newsletter subscriber (if not, I suggest you become one - see below
for a free ebook), you know that I stress the importance of recuperation. If
you overtrain,you won't get stronger, or bigger, and your training progress
will cease.
Since overtraining varies from person to person, it's extremely important to
keep track of everything in your weight lifting program so that you can make
appropriate and systematic changes so you reach your muscle building goals.
Some people can work each muscle group two times a week and make great progress,
while others do best with one workout per week. And this changes as you go from
a beginner weight lifter, to an advanced one.
As you get stronger, you need more time to recover from the stresses you place
on your body in your weightlifting workouts. When you start out, you may be
able to work each muscle group three times per week. Eventually, in order to
keep making progress, you might be able to work each muscle group only once per
week.
The idea of a power mass weight lifting routine is to focus on a compound
exercise for each muscle group. Such weight lifting exercises include the
following:
* Bench Press
* Squat
* One Arm Dumbbell Row
* Deadlift
* Dumbbell Upright Row
* Dip
Then you follow the compound weight training exercises with isolation movements
such as flyes for chest, lateral raises for shoulders or machine pullovers for
the back.
In this power mass weight lifting routine, you perform the compound exercises
first, for low reps, and then perform the isolation movements for higher reps.
For the compound movements, make sure to warm up properly. Your rep scheme
should include these sets. For example, you might do five sets of the following
rep scheme - 15, 8, 6, 4, 3. The first two sets of this weightlifting program
should be light, and only used to warm the muscle and prepare yourself mentally
for the final three sets, which are much heavier.
On the isolation movements, keep the reps in the 8 - 12 range for a couple of
sets.
Keep in mind that a weight training program is the best way to build muscle mass
but it's also the best way to lose fat, completely change the shape of your
body, and keep the fat off. Weight lifting is much more effective for fat loss
than aerobics or dieting alone.
Gregg Gillies
Gregg
Gillies is the founder of http://www.buildleanmuscle.com.
He has contributed articles to Ironman Magazine and is a regular
contributor to Body Talk Magazine. He has written two books,
available at his site. You can also get a free copy of his newebook,
Fast Mass at Build
Muscle with Fast Mass
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