6 ways to improve your workout program
Large Muscle Group Isolation Days
The most popular way to exercise today. You learn it from friends, magazines, websites, even “professionals.” But have you ever wondered why the majority of weight training programs were developed this way? The method trickled down from unnatural
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I always say that there are ways to work out, and then there are efficient ways to work out. A muscle builder’s routine should consist of four days at the gym and three days of rest. The split consists of two upper and two lower body days, or two push and two pull days. Each day will contain exercises working ALL muscles within that group. Upper body day will include the chest, back, shoulders, and arms. This does not mean you will be stuck in the gym for five hours a day. Most exercises involve multiple muscles. Incline bench works the chest, shoulders, biceps, and triceps. A seated row works the whole back (traps and lats), biceps, and triceps. As you can see, arms don’t need a day dedicated to them. Legs (quads and hams), glutes, abdominals, shoulders (traps), and forearms (grip) are all stimulated during deadlifts. Knowing this information may help you cut out a handful of exercises to shorten your day at the gym and increase your results.
Time Spent in the Gym and Rest Periods
Plenty of us like to stay at the gym until our muscles are dead. Exercising can feel like a chore when we spend hours on it and have other things to do. No matter what type of routine you utilize, you may have 4-8 exercises to get to and very little time to do it.
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Cut the rest time. You only need 90 seconds of rest between sets. This is sufficient for
2 more ways to improve your workout.
*Order of Exercises
*Technique and Range of Motion
By: Zak Goodman BS, CSCS
Exercise specialist
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