The Toughest Way To Train With Weights
August 26th 2007 13:19
What would be the most demanding way in which to train with weights and how would one work up to training in that manner? That is today's object. First, let me say that in planning weight training programs there are two levels. One is a broader strategic level which includes more macro issues like how many days to train, what exercises to use, how to divide the body into parts for individual training. Associated with this strategic level is a tactical one where the issues are how to maximize the individual sets of exercises to make sure that every set contributes to greater fitness. Various intensity techniques often discussed at NMF are important at this level.
Learning how to evolve the most demanding training scheme is a strategic issue.It resides in how you set up your workouts. Tactical issues like rep schemes and intensity techniques like forced reps, for example, can be utilized at whatever level of overall training you might find yourself.
The most demanding training regime is to do all the movements for a given body part within a narrow time frame. All chest movements or biceps etc would thus be done at one time and no other body parts would be directly incorporated. Lets use back training as an example. To train back at the maximum level you would take four or five movements that you prefer and do them on after another,stopping between sets only to move and possibly add or subtract weight(Of course, everything should be as much as possible prepared in advance.). In this way your back training would consist of an unbroken series of back movements. At the predetermined conclusion of the series you would move on to another body part and subject it to a similar circuit.
Let me say it another way. If you began weight training via a circuit of machines you would be returning to this method, except every station in your series would train the same muscle. It isn't an insight of genius to perceive that this is very tough work.Notice,however, that the tactical aspect of training is not addressed. How much weight you use, rep schemes, and intensity techniques would have to be improvised in accordance with your fitness level and capacity to endure discomfort. For your general information this circuit for one body part was long ago termed a "giant set." I find the name inadequate because it is really several sets we are describing and I tend to object to hyperbole.
The more extreme the tactical side of your training the more this strategy will yield. If you are afraid of sets that proceed too quickly upon one another or insist on using weights lighter than you are capable of, this strategy will yield much less. Combine this strategy with demanding tactics and you will soon see what real training is all about.Next time,I will outline how one progresses from beginner to doer of "giant sets." Your servant, as always.
Learning how to evolve the most demanding training scheme is a strategic issue.It resides in how you set up your workouts. Tactical issues like rep schemes and intensity techniques like forced reps, for example, can be utilized at whatever level of overall training you might find yourself.
The most demanding training regime is to do all the movements for a given body part within a narrow time frame. All chest movements or biceps etc would thus be done at one time and no other body parts would be directly incorporated. Lets use back training as an example. To train back at the maximum level you would take four or five movements that you prefer and do them on after another,stopping between sets only to move and possibly add or subtract weight(Of course, everything should be as much as possible prepared in advance.). In this way your back training would consist of an unbroken series of back movements. At the predetermined conclusion of the series you would move on to another body part and subject it to a similar circuit.
Let me say it another way. If you began weight training via a circuit of machines you would be returning to this method, except every station in your series would train the same muscle. It isn't an insight of genius to perceive that this is very tough work.Notice,however, that the tactical aspect of training is not addressed. How much weight you use, rep schemes, and intensity techniques would have to be improvised in accordance with your fitness level and capacity to endure discomfort. For your general information this circuit for one body part was long ago termed a "giant set." I find the name inadequate because it is really several sets we are describing and I tend to object to hyperbole.
The more extreme the tactical side of your training the more this strategy will yield. If you are afraid of sets that proceed too quickly upon one another or insist on using weights lighter than you are capable of, this strategy will yield much less. Combine this strategy with demanding tactics and you will soon see what real training is all about.Next time,I will outline how one progresses from beginner to doer of "giant sets." Your servant, as always.
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