This has completely changed my mindset on training, literally entirely changed my mindset on training.
I've never been one to stick to the same routine with workouts. I've always tried different things and training methods to progress my training. But now I feel like there is an entirely different process I wasn't aware of or had attempted before.
Check out the podcast: http://dangerandplay.com/2014/03/02/mark...interview/
I made some notes on it. Here were the highlights for me. But you should really take the time to listen to it when you can:
- Hit isolation movements, rather than compounds first (I had ALWAYS done otherwise)
- Training one set only per exercise, with failure during concentric, isometric, and eccentric contractions
- Move the weight as fast as you can, but within control. Learn control, as in maximally activating your muscle fibres
- Odds are you are probably using a lot of momentum in your lifts and you are not contracting the muscle fibres maximally like you should be for full benefit
- Example of one set for an exercise, high intensity style: Pullups, done in control, to maximum number of reps, but at the last one, you perform an isometric hold. Hold that static position as long as you can, and then hold the eccentric lowering extension as long as you can until your elbows fully extend and your arms can't hold you up anymore.
Positive, static, negative failures.
I've never been one to stick to the same routine with workouts. I've always tried different things and training methods to progress my training. But now I feel like there is an entirely different process I wasn't aware of or had attempted before.
Check out the podcast: http://dangerandplay.com/2014/03/02/mark...interview/
I made some notes on it. Here were the highlights for me. But you should really take the time to listen to it when you can:
- Hit isolation movements, rather than compounds first (I had ALWAYS done otherwise)
- Training one set only per exercise, with failure during concentric, isometric, and eccentric contractions
- Move the weight as fast as you can, but within control. Learn control, as in maximally activating your muscle fibres
- Odds are you are probably using a lot of momentum in your lifts and you are not contracting the muscle fibres maximally like you should be for full benefit
- Example of one set for an exercise, high intensity style: Pullups, done in control, to maximum number of reps, but at the last one, you perform an isometric hold. Hold that static position as long as you can, and then hold the eccentric lowering extension as long as you can until your elbows fully extend and your arms can't hold you up anymore.
Positive, static, negative failures.