Different muscle groups have different functions and abilities; training the entire body with a generic approach will limit your development and bore you to tears
Building muscle is a numbers game. Thankfully you don’t need a degree in exercise science to excel at this game, just a basic understanding of a branch of arithmetic known as meathead math. At the heart of meathead math – the figure that determines much of what we do when we lift – is the repetition, or the rep.
Now there’s nothing wrong with following this plan. Beginners especially will benefit from its simplicity. That said, different muscle groups have different functions and abilities; training the entire body with a generic, one-size-fits-all approach will limit your development and bore you to tears. A better way exists! But before we get to that, let’s take a step back and talk about the thing every gym goer is pursuing – muscle.
Our genetics and the specific jobs of the muscles in question determine their overall fibril composition, though most muscles are a balanced mix of both fibre types.
Training for size is a slightly different story. Mechanical tension and metabolic stress are the factors that lead to hypertrophy . Finding the proper balance between these two factors is the challenge in getting jacked. If the weight is too heavy, you won’t be able to perform enough reps to induce metabolic stress; if the weight is too light you’ll be relying mostly on slow twitch fibres and won’t be able to produce enough mechanical tension.
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