Improve Your Weight Training Program Today

By Emmanuel Palmer


If you ask me what makes a great weight training program, I will have to tell you that equally as important as the drills that comprise it, are the factors that undergird it. Read on to learn more about helpful information to arm you as you go to the gym and execute the best muscle building exercises for the great body you've always wanted to have.

There are two philosophies in weight training: the high intensity training and the periodization program. The main difference between the two is the time and aggression that you hit each session with. High intensity focuses on short and highly charged workouts with emphasis on drills that you need to do until failure (unable to lift weights because of sheer exhaustion). Periodization is training over a period of 2 to three months; wherein you will do light, medium and heavy training for three weeks per level.

Nowadays, most people use both philosophies by getting parts of each that works best for them personally. What you need to remember is that sooner or later your body comes to a plateau wherein it becomes accustomed to the drills you are inflicting on it. When this happens, training will cease to be as effective as it once was. To avoid this, vary your exercise drills and weight loads every so often. Push yourself constantly to new levels and see the progress in your physique.

The power triumvirate of serious bodybuilders is weight training, rest and nutrition. For the more inexperienced trainers, the latter two usually not as given much attention; however, it needs to be said that all three are equally essential to the success of your training. Like for resting; when you exercise and put little tears in the muscle, it is rest that repairs it and develops the tissue to become the stronger and harder muscles that you enjoy. When you work out certain days; use the remaining days of the week to concentrate on getting good sleep.

For a bodybuilder's diet, the best muscle building food are those that are rich in protein and carbohydrates. This means include a lot of lean meat and whole grains in your meals. As much as you are able, do not eat a lot of food high in fat to complete your calorie quota for the day. Instead, consider consuming protein shakes and recommended muscle building supplements to fill in the needed nutrients.

Before you start your training, always make it a point to warm up and stretch thoroughly. Doing so prepares your body for the upcoming physical strain and furthermore enhances your performance. Stretching increases the body's temperature as well as flexibility and blood flow to vital organs in your body. Stretch before, during and after workout sessions.

When you are bulking up you need more calories so do not load up on extreme aerobic training in the beginning stages. That being said, cardiovascular training is important to the health of your heart so never neglect this aspect in your training. As you get closer to your weight objective; increase the frequency and time you allot for aerobic exercises.

A perfect weight training program is the holy grail of all bodybuilders and professional trainers alike - much desired but few take the effort to see it through. And while mistakes may litter the path to the amazing physique of your dreams, with determination and persistence it will not fail to come.




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