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To Add Shape and Mucularity To Your Arms, You Should Flex Between Sets During Your Arm Workouts
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Strength Training
"If you really want big and ripped biceps, triceps and forearms, try flexing them in between sets during your arm-building workouts. Hitting a double or single biceps pose in between sets of curls is great for hardening those “peaks” you’re trying to build. Similarly, extending and tensing your triceps after a set of Skull Crushers or pushdowns can help you build a sharply defined “horseshoe” in this muscle region.
Arnold and other bodybuilding greats used this flexing technique to bring out maximum muscularity in their arms when preparing for a bodybuilding contest. Even if you’re not a competitive bodybuilder, flexing in between sets can still help you build the rock-hard, chiseled GUNS that you desire. Give it a try, and don’t worry if you get funny looks from anybody else at the gym. Believe me, when they see your results you’ll soon see them flexing in between sets during their arm-building workouts!
For more simple and effective arm-building tips, check out my website at www.goforyourguns.com."
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mgunslinger
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Keep weight training sessions short
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Strength Training
"Keeping the actual weightlifting part of the workout less than 50 minutes has the following benefits:
• Allows you to maintain maximum mental focus and engage in the exercises with maximum possible physical intensity.
• The consequence of high intensity training is maximized hormone spikes, hormone that put the body in an anabolic state (fat loss, muscle building state).
After this time period the opposite occurs – the body secrets catabolic hormones (that destroy muscle to use it for energy) and the risk of over training is increased. Overtraining basically means increased recovery time for the muscles, less capacity to efficiently stimulate then during the next workout which translates into a halt in progress – also known as a “plateau”.
Many people make the mistake of working out hours at a time thinking that muscle grow while you’re working out. But the fact is that muscles grow given appropriate rest and recovery time as well as the nutrients needed to build/repair muscle tissue. So do your self a favor and keep lifting sessions short and intense to avoid over training and benefit from the optimum fat burning an anabolic state provides."
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Cheat to a Minimum !!
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Strength Training
"Keep the temptation to cheat on each rep and each set to an absolute minimum. Most fitness enthusiasts (bodybuilders,etc), in both a conscious and subconscious manner, have developed a habit of cheating on almost every exercise they perform. Most of these cheating techniques can be grouped under 4 categories: 1) stopping short of an all-out effort, 2) moving too fast, especially at the start of a rep, 3) shortening the range of movement, and 4) bringing into action other muscles to assist the primary muscle.
An example would be not curling all the way down and using your legs and back to curl up a heavy weight. Remember, harder exercise - not easier exercise - produces the best possible results."
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fitness, technique, strength, weights, muscles
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MAXIMIZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR WEIGHT-LIFTING MOVEMENTS !!
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Strength Training
"Bench Press - Lie back on the bench and position yourself so that your eyes are looking slightly to the front of the bar and your forearms should be straight vertical to the floor about shoulder width.
Squats - Place a 10 lb weight under each heel. The elevation will keep your torso from slouching forward and also assist you in sitting back. Descend to the point at which your thighs are parallel horizonally to the floor.
Curls - Keep your elbows in close to your body, don't bend your back and curl all the way up and all the way down. A common mistake is to curl only part of the way down - go all the way !!"
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strength, fitness, weights
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Trouble moving up in weight?
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Strength Training
"When I lift, sometimes I find it difficult to move up in weight. I reach the panicle if you will. I find this common with such exercises as bicep curls. To overcome this I sometimes change my style lifting, but still working the same muscles. They call this muscle confusion. So instead of doing curls with free-weights I’ll switch to the preacher curl machine and do an extensive workout routine on that machine for several weeks. Then after I see improvement on that machine I’ll try to go back to free-weights again. Sometimes it’s all in your head and your mentally blocking yourself from moving up to that next set of weight. It’s amazing how much psychology relates to fitness."
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