7 Ways To Build Hulk Sized Muscle And Strength
Getting stronger isn’t easy and neither is growing muscle. Sticking to a good workout routine is a good first step but the results might not show as fast as you would like. If you want to accelerate your muscle growth and improve your overall strength, try out some of these tips.
1. Squeeze Your Cheeks - If you flex your glute muscles while working out, especially during bench press and overhead press you will stabilize your entire torso.
2. The Rule of 25 - 25 is the magic number for muscle gain. Try to make sure your sets and reps multiply to about 25. Configurations like 5x5 4x6 or 8x3 work well.
3. Switch From Heavy to Light - Do lower reps with higher weight one month and then switch to higher reps with lower weight the next month. The heavy training allows your body to make even faster gains during the lighter weeks.
4. Warm Up With Heavier Weight - Work up in weight as normal on a lift to warm up, but make your last warmup set a few pounds heavier than the load you plan to use for your first work set. Just make sure to do fewer reps in your warm up than you do during your actual workout.
5. Do Pull-Ups Twice A Day - Do one set of as many as you can in the morning and then again at night. Keep track of your max reps and push yourself to up it every 30 days.
6. Train On Empty - The European Journal of Applied Physiology found that working out first thing in the morning on an empty stomach doubled the magnitude of muscle growth signals.
7. The Total Rep Method - Forget three sets of 10. Choose a weight you can get about 10 reps with, and aim for 30 total for that exercise. Perform each rep explosively and take as many sets as you need to get up to 30.
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