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Weight training can be both incredibly fulfilling and sometimes frustrating. A great deal of mystery surrounds effective weight-training methods, but it's key to try to decipher truly effective tips from all the information on this topic.
Additionally, you need to be open to change and create specific goals for yourself to better understand how to approach your own fitness program.
Change is one of the best tactics to stimulate a loss in body fat, increase strength and endurance and enjoy your routine. Think of the body from "the inside out." When you lift weights, the body senses stress and its job is to adapt as quickly as possible. When it begins to adapt, you stop seeing results. However, once the training parameters change, the body must re-adapt, thereby accelerating your progress.
Strategic, well-thought-out change in your weight-training and overall fitness routine is pivotal to ongoing progress and consistency. There are several essentials to weight training.
The following tips will help you get started by simplifying key essentials and have you on your way to physical change, increased strength and, ultimately, a more enjoyable fitness regimen.
1. Develop a Specific Goal This is where you truly begin. Knowing what you are working toward and creating a mental picture of your goal will determine your weight-training parameters and program, as well as increase your focus and dedication. Is your goal to reduce body fat, increase muscle tone, train for a competitive event or increase energy? Different training parameters apply for a person who wants to just tone up versus someone who is training for a marathon.
The more specific your goal, the more effective your program. Write them down! Make them measurable and realistic (such as lose 5 pounds or increase the weight of an exercise by 5 percent). This is where your eDiets journal becomes invaluable.
2. Change Your Workout Routine Every 3-4 Weeks Periodically change the order of your routine. For example, instead of performing lunges at the start of every leg exercise routine, begin with leg presses or possibly dumbbell squats. There are many ways to restructure a training session, but switching the order in which you perform your exercises is one.
Stop performing the same amount of sets and reps each workout. Vary the volume of your sets and reps for three weeks. For example, if your legs and butt are a visually weaker muscle group, perform three additional sets of leg exercises for 15 to 20 reps. Another example: For the next three weeks, reduce the number of sets for legs and butt exercises. Instead, increase your weights by 5 percent and attempt to get 12 repetitions per set. Your muscles will recognize the change and you will see the results. You need not fear bulking up if your nutrition program has you in a slight caloric deficit (slightly less than maintenance).
4. Vary the Tempo of Your Reps
When it comes to tempo, slow repetitions are a popular method, but incorporating various tempos in your routine, from slow to medium speed, can enhance your body.
For example, when working toward a goal of shapely shoulders, perform seated dumbbell presses and work at a moderate tempo (one second pushing the weight up and two seconds on the lowering). Then, for your next shoulder exercise, take a pair of dumbbells and perform lateral raises with a four count on the eccentric part of the movement (the downward movement). This provides different rates of tension on the muscle, leading to further progress.
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