Six Rules To Strength Training

The first rule is flexibility. Strength training requires a wide range of motion throughout all the joints, and without proper flexibility you are going to suffer from hypertrophy and cramps.

To get good flexibility you will need to stretch regularly. A great way to incorporate stretching into your routines is through yoga.

Not only is it going to keep your body flexible, but it is going to help with a whole bunch of other things too. But I won't get into that because this is about strength training.

The second rule is ligament and tendon strength. You can tear a ligament and not even know until you realize your arm doesn't work the same way it did a second ago.

Ligaments have no nerve endings in them, so you can tell if you are hurting them. It is better to be safe than sorry and keep them strong all the time.

To prevent ligament or tendon tears avoid steroids. These add muscle force by not ligament strength and that is why ligament and tendon injuries are the most prevalent today.

Thirdly develop a strong core. The arms and the legs can only be as strong as your core.

If you want to beef up your arms you need to strengthen your core. All your strength and energy is first going to be generated through you core and then outward.

Fourthly develop the stabilizers. Have you ever been doing leg lifts and noticed your body start to spasm.

This is because of weak stabilizers, if you do not have stabilizers built enough to support your muscles you may not be getting the most out of the major muscles you have. It is very important to keep these stabilizer muscles strong, spasms greatly decrease athletic effectiveness... plus they look weird.

Fifth rule is a big one: compound movement's not isometric exercises. This means you should do things that work multiple muscle groups rather than sitting on machines pumping the fly all day hoping to get unnaturally large looking pectorals.

Isometric exercises do exactly what their names imply, they isolate the muscle. This is good for looking strong, but for actually being strong it is better to work through compound exercises.

Lastly, the sixth and final rule, focus on necessity not on what is new. There has been a lot of hype and garbage being spread through the fitness community of late.

Separate yourself from all that slanderous garbage and work with what you know to be true. Most of all I mean don't take steroids and maintain a healthy diet with your fitness routine.

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