In my earliest days of being an aspiring bodybuilder, I trained too often and too hard. Believe you me; I trained harder than most top bodybuilding stars. I’m not saying this to brag about myself; in fact it’s quite the opposite. I’m saying this to point out how ignorant I was when it came to applying real life training methods that actually build muscle and not just tear it down. The difference between having a muscular, well-developed physique or looking like a guy that “works out once in a while”is in your applied training knowledge. At first I reasoned thatgoing to the gym 5 or 6 times a week was a sure path to building an outstanding physique. After a few fruitless years of weight training at the university of futile methods, I discovered 6 powerful muscle-building secrets from the WORLD’S BEST BODYBUILDERS. Once I applied this scientifically sound training knowledge to my bodybuilding lifestyle, in 12 month’s time I built more muscle size and strength than in the previous 3
years. Check and see how many of these 6 secrets you’re applying to your bodybuilding lifestyle!
SECRET #1
Stimulate The Muscle Don’t Annihilate It!
This has to be the granddaddy secret of them all. If I had just a dime for every person who gave up weight training because of over-training, I would quite possibly be the richest man in the world. I learned this secret from Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman.
Here was one of the best bodybuilders that ever lived, and I was doing more sets and reps in my weight training than he was.
Ronnie Coleman believes that you should strive to “Stimulate the muscle, don’t annihilate it”. Once a muscle has been thoroughly stimulated, more sets and reps will just retard growth.
Great bodybuilders like Ronnie Coleman limit the number of sets and reps per workout, this make’s it easier to target your specified muscle and enhance its overall potential. Too many bodybuilders are guilty of “over-training.” Most weight lifters just go into the gym and do countless exercises per muscle group and never give a thought to what-or-why they train the way they do. It’s that type of approach to training that leads to insignificant gains in muscle mass and overall fitness.
To stimulate muscle growth pick 1 or 2 basic exercises per muscle group and perform 4 to 6 all out hard work sets for each exercise. Rep range should be between 6 to 20 reps with all the weight you can safely handle.
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