Increase Your Training Intensity - Training To Failure
by Rick
Mitchell
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You can only build muscle tissue if you can generate progressively
stronger muscular contractions, so this calls for an emphasis on finding
ways to increase exercise intensity. This should not be confused with
exercise duration as maximum training intensity will actually shorten the
time needed to achieve maximal muscular growth.
In an earlier
article I outlined the ways in which you can intensify your training. Here
we'll focus on the role that training to failure has to play in
intensifying the training effect.
Anything less than maximum effort
will reduce the effectiveness of your muscle building workout. The only
way to force an optimal reaction in any muscle is to train it to failure -
in other words, no matter how much effort you put in you are simply
incapable of completing one more rep of a given exercise.
Too many
people seem to finish a set when they reach a certain number of reps, but
the body will only show significant change if you ask it to do something
extra. Only by passing through the break-over point of momentary muscle
failure will you stimulate the muscle to grow.
Anyone starting out
on their bodybuilding career should not attempt this method of training as
it could lead to serious injury. Spend several months perfecting exercise
form and conditioning the body to lift heavier weights before gradually
introducing training to failure.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rick Mitchell is the creator of the bodybuildingadvisor.com website
that provides guidance and information to athletes at all levels of
bodybuilding experience. Go to Bodybuilding
Advice to learn more about the issues covered in this
article.
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