A proper style of training is certainly not easy. It is much easier to do an extra set than it is to perform the last one or two hard repetitions correctly. This Is especially true with negative exercise.
Those last one or two repetitions, however, are actually the only productive movements in the entire set. If they are skipped, the entire potential benefit of that set has been lost. The first few repetitions in a set are nothing more than preparation. They exhaust the muscles so that the last few repetitions can cause the overcompensation, or growth process, to occur.
Although most bodybuilders seldom exert themselves to that extent, they do work that hard at least sometime, even if only during one set a week. Most of their success is produced by those few hard sets. The rest of their training is wasted. It does nothing to stimulate size. That’s why most bodybuilders experience such slow rates of growth.
Barbells are tools, and like any tool, they are subject to misuse. Barbells make it possible to perform exercises that are effective at building muscle. But owning a barbell does not ensure that a particular bodybuilder will understand the proper utilization of this tool. Nor does understanding guarantee correct usage.
It's possible to go through the motions of training as outlined in this book and attain little worthwhile results. Just as smearing a certain quantity of paint on a canvas does not create a meaningful painting, lifting and lowering a certain amount of weight will not necessarily produce gains in muscular size and strength. The significance of the painting and the lifting lies in how the paint Is put on the canvas and how the weights are lifted.
Much of the Bigger Muscles in 42 Days concept can be reduced to two rules:
Those last one or two repetitions, however, are actually the only productive movements in the entire set. If they are skipped, the entire potential benefit of that set has been lost. The first few repetitions in a set are nothing more than preparation. They exhaust the muscles so that the last few repetitions can cause the overcompensation, or growth process, to occur.
Although most bodybuilders seldom exert themselves to that extent, they do work that hard at least sometime, even if only during one set a week. Most of their success is produced by those few hard sets. The rest of their training is wasted. It does nothing to stimulate size. That’s why most bodybuilders experience such slow rates of growth.
Barbells are tools, and like any tool, they are subject to misuse. Barbells make it possible to perform exercises that are effective at building muscle. But owning a barbell does not ensure that a particular bodybuilder will understand the proper utilization of this tool. Nor does understanding guarantee correct usage.
It's possible to go through the motions of training as outlined in this book and attain little worthwhile results. Just as smearing a certain quantity of paint on a canvas does not create a meaningful painting, lifting and lowering a certain amount of weight will not necessarily produce gains in muscular size and strength. The significance of the painting and the lifting lies in how the paint Is put on the canvas and how the weights are lifted.
Much of the Bigger Muscles in 42 Days concept can be reduced to two rules:
- Train hard, as hard as possible.
- Do not train too much.
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