If you have read anything that I have ever written before, you would probably already know that I am a large fan of doing weight training routines that are a little bit different than what the mainstream media tends to push at us regularly.  If you follow my advice and train regularly by doing these routines, you will not only see massive growth in your muscles but you will also be able to tell that you are getting stronger, each and every time that you go to the gym.

I know that sounds a little bit out of the question, but the simple fact of the matter is that many of us are doing weight training routines that are not really benefiting us as much as they possibly could.  It is true, however, that almost any type of weight training that you are going to do is going to benefit your body in some way or another but most of us want to be able to see the maximum amount of results for the efforts that we put into it.  That is why I usually recommend that you do high-intensity training and that you get more than enough rest in between times did you go to the gym.

Introducing High Intensity Training

If you have never tried high-intensity as one of your weight training routines, you are really missing out on something that can push your body to the next level.  The unfortunate thing is, it seems to be something that is lost, for the most part, amidst a sea of information that comes to us in the bodybuilding magazines.  Most of them are telling us to push our body five days or more per week, perhaps even working out for hours at a time.  Is that necessary?

If you do high-intensity interval training for your weight training routines, you will not only be able to get more done in less time you will actually find that your only spending about a half hour per week at the gym.  Yes, you read that right, 30 minutes per week is all that is necessary in order to see massive growth.

The Colorado Experiment

You have probably heard about the Colorado experiment before but many people simply push this aside as being either something that only worked in a freakish sort of way or perhaps something that was overstated in order to make it sound more important.  The simple fact of the matter is, however, these basic principles that were set forth in the Colorado experiment not only work well for the average person in the gym it works very well.

During the Colorado experiment, two individuals, one that was athletic but had become sick and another that was average athletic worked out a maximum of 2 times per week, doing anywhere from six to eight different exercises per workout.  They worked the entire body and each set that they did was done to absolute failure and not repeated.

Along with the workouts that they were doing, they ate an extraordinary amount of food, packing in as much as they possibly could in order to feed the body that they were trying to build.  The results?  One of the men gained 34 pounds of muscle in a month while the other gained about 18.  Yes, some of this may be attributed to muscle memory but not all of it.

How Is It Done?

The type of weight training routines that most people do will have them doing anywhere from eight to 12 repetitions over three sets and perhaps even hitting the same set of muscles with another three sets of a different exercise.  With high intensity training, however, you’re going to do one set of exercises to complete failure.

One of the most important aspects of high-intensity training, and one that tends to be overlooked with other types of exercise is that each movement that you do must be slow and controlled.  You’re going to lift for five and then do your negative for five.  The negative is an extremely important part of becoming stronger and making sure that your muscles are worked to their maximum potential.

The Importance of Rest

One of the interesting things about working out in this way is the fact that you’re going to want to rest up to a week before getting back into the gym again.  If you go to the gym and do not recognize some kind of an advancement in either your strength or size, you did not rest enough.  Remember, we don’t get stronger whenever we are lifting we get stronger whenever we are resting and preparing to go back into lift again.

This is where most people tend to have a difficult time with these type of weight training routines.  They feel as if their muscles are going to waste away to nothing if they are not in the gym every day pumping iron.  Don’t believe it, it quite simply is not true.  Your body needs this rest in order to build itself back up to withstand the abuse that you’re going to put it through again.  Get the rest and grow.

Don’t Forget to Eat

No mention of these types of weight training routines would be complete without talking about the importance of eating the right types of foods.  Not only do you need to eat clean but you need to make sure that you are eating enough in order to fuel the body that you are building.  It takes an extreme amount of energy in order to build your body up in this way and the only way they can get that energy is through the foods that you are eating.

You should also make sure that you eat as balanced and clean of a diet as possible, one that would include plenty of raw fruits and vegetables.  These will give you the basic building blocks that you need in order to push your body to the next level and to build muscles as never before.

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