Increase Your Training Intensity - Negative RepetitionsWritten by Rick Mitchell
You can only build muscle tissue if you can generate progressively stronger muscular contractions, so this calls for an emphasis on finding ways to increase exercise intensity. This should not be confused with exercise duration as maximum training intensity will actually shorten time needed to achieve maximal muscular growth.In an earlier article I outlined ways in which you can intensify your training. Here we'll focus on role that negative repetitions have to play in intensifying training effect. At most basic level, human muscles have three types of strength: 1. Positive strength - ability to raise a weight. 2. Static strength - ability to hold a weight. 3. Negative strength - ability to lower a weight.
| | Know Your Muscle Building Exercises - The BackWritten by Rick Mitchell
Every bodybuilder and weight trainer will have his or her favorite exercises for each body part. That's how it should be - as you progress through various stages of learning you'll understand what works best for you. It is useful, however, to take stock of your progress every so often and carry out an analysis of where you are and what changes, if any, are needed to move onwards and upwards.Part of this analysis should include an assessment of core exercises that make up your bodybuilding training program. In this article we'll look at back exercises that have proven their worth to serious bodybuilders for many years. Where appropriate a series of exercises suitable for achieving pre-exhaustion will be presented. All exercises should be performed to failure with one set of six to eight reps.
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