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Bodybuilding And Training Errors (Part 1) |
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Mick Hart |
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Bodybuilding and Training Errors (Part 1)
Mick Hart
Eating like a pigeon: There's nothing simpler than the fact that if you are not putting on weight, you just have to eat larger quantities so you can grow more body tissues. That means not only more proteins but also more carbohydrates and even fats.
Do you really think that there is a special low-density muscle tissue that will accrue on your body if only you had the right program? Give me a break. If you are eating enough to gain muscle tissue you will also be gaining weight. The number on the scale is irrelevant - look at the performance indicators of your sport, if your performance is improving then you are doing the right thing.
Intensity Intensity: What bodybuilders like most is to train hard, boast of training hard, do the impossible, triple drop sets and forced reps, and anything else that will leave their body in a state of suffering. But the a serious problem that arises is that although the muscular structure can get back to normal within a short time period, the central nervous systems are basically f**ked. It can take up to a month or so for the CNS to get back to good working order after so many failure training attempts, meaning that getting back to normal training at these weights could take up to several weeks.
Why oh why oh why would anyone want to do this? Your muscles recover from almost any stimulus within 72 hours but if you have stressed the CNS so greatly that it can no longer apply any force then you will become detrained as the CNS recovers. By the time your preparedness is back up to a high level the fitness gain from training has almost completely gone.
This is OK in the short term but to train like this week in week out whilst attempting to increase poundage's or total load in a linear manner is a lunacy that literally forces you to reduce training frequency and total load to a minimal level. Frequency and total load are the key determinants of successful training for size and strength! Why would anyone deliberately minimise both of them?
Single factor training: Almost everybody in the gym currently train according to single factor training theory, or the principle of super compensation, where as only about 5% of strength athletes train like this and they all happen to all be bodybuilders. I realize that the majority of people don't even know what dual factor theory is, so let me try and explain what it is. Firstly single factor theory deals with fitness and fatigue as existing to the exclusion of each other.
For example if you are tired and have sore muscles following a training session you should wait until you feel better and have fully recovered before training again. This fits in with supercompensation theory, which dictates that after training your fitness decreases slightly (because you are tired) and then rises back up again to a point just above where it was prior to the workout. At this point you train again with a slightly greater load and push up your fitness a little further and so on.
Dual factor theory views fatigue, fitness and preparedness as being different factors but not exclusive to one another. Your long-term ability is fitness and it changes on a gentle curve and does not relate to fatigue. Your immediate ability is preparedness being what you can do in the present although not influenced by fatigue.
The dual factor theory believes that can still improve fitness while training up to extreme fitness while having a terrible state of negative preparedness. The theory is really telling us not to recover between workouts in order to get better results.
Macronutrient fascism: "Carbs are bad mmmmmkay?". "Eating fats will make you fat" "Only protein builds muscle so if your not growing eat more protein" Urrrrghhh! Look, we all need protein, fats and carbohydrates in some fashion. The amounts and timing of their intake may vary from person to person and for different goals but to completely eliminate or isolate a macronutrient in a diet is foolish to say the least.
Different mixes of macronutrients produce different results and by taking away one from the equation you just won't achieve anything. I would personally start off with an isocaloric diet which is a great method to obtain both health and strength.
Lifestyle what lifestyle?: So if you are the type of bodybuilder who does biceps on a Friday night just to get that pumped up look to go out clubbing, then you need a good kicking. If really do want to achieve a bigger and stronger look then you need to keep a check on your whole lifestyle. Otherwise all your good hard training efforts will produce zero gains.
Author: Mick Hart... a genuine bodybuilding and anabolic steroids expert http://www.mickhartblog.com/ facts on training, nutrition and steroids 100% USEFUL Real "Inner Circle" Steroid and Training Advice http://www.mickhartblog.com/ that will make your muscles bigger, stronger and most of all healthier Right away This article is available as a http://www.uberarticles.com/?id=15052&b=79 unique content article with free reprint rights.
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