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HELLO ALL. I thought I'd Share My experiences with A TRAINING JOURNAL.IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TOOL THAT IF YOU ARENT ALREADY USING MAY BE ONE OF THE KEYS TO YOUR SUCCESS!SO,LET'S GO.
wikipedia:
A common goal for any strength training program is to increase, or at least maintain the user's physical strength or muscle mass.
In order to achieve new results, as opposed to maintaining the current strength capacity, the muscles need to be overloaded, which stimulates the natural adaptive processes of the human body, which develops to cope with the new demands placed on it. Progressive overload not only stimulates muscle hypertrophy, it also stimulates the development of stronger and denser bones, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. Progressive overload also incrementally increases blood flow to the region of the body being progressively overloaded. Furthermore, progressive overload stimulates the development of more responsive nerve connection between the brain and the muscles involved.
Conversely, decreased use of the muscle results in incremental loss of mass and strength, known as muscular atrophy .Sedentary people often lose a pound or more of muscle mass annually. The loss of 10 pounds of muscle every decade is one troubling consequence for people choosing a sedentary lifestyle.
The fact is that the adaptive processes of the human body will only respond if continually called upon to exert a greater magnitude of force to meet higher physiological demands.
THAT BEING SAID THE MAIN BENEFIT OF A JOURNAL IS TO CONSTANTLY MAKE PROGRESS.ARE YOU A NEWB? AN OLD TIMER TIRED OF RUNNING IN CIRCLES?THEN KEEP A JOURNAL AND TRY TO BEAT YOUR PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE BY REP OR WEIGHT WITHIN YOUR CHOSEN REP RANGE WHILE STRIVING FOR A BETTER EXECUTION AT THE SAME TIME.SOMETIMES EVEN THE BEST HAVE TO SCALE BACK BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING "SLOPPY" OR FEELING "OFF"/CUT THE GUESS WORK OUT.I PLAN EVERY WORK OUT DAY BY DAY A WEEK IN ADVANCE.I USE A HARDCOVER LEATHER JOURNAL WITH A STRAP THAT I CAN THROW AROUND THE GYM AND IT STAYS CLOSED.NOW ,. I'M THE ONLY GUY IN MY GYM (AND MY GYM IS HUGE) THAT USES A JOURNAL IN THE ACTUAL GYM...THAT IVE SEEN ANYWAYS.BUT I KNOW THIS FROM NOW AND PAST EXPERIENCES-THAT I'M WILLING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND MAKE PROGRESS EVERY SINGLE WORKOUT INSTEAD OF LOOKING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE GYM AND LOOKING THE SAME OR WORSE WEEK AFTER WEEK.HERE'S AN EXAMPLE
IN THE BOOK I WRITE THE BODY PARTS EX: CHEST
INCLINE BARBELL PRESS 2X4-6 /
FLAT DUMBBELL PRESS 2X4-6 /
INCLINE FLYS 2X4-6 /
WEIGHTED DIPS 2X4-6 /
CABLE CROSSOVERS 2X8-12 /
SO I MAKE SLASHES TO SEPERATE SETS IN THE SAME ROW FOR THE EXERCISES AND I MAKE A LITTLE CIRCLE NEXT TO IT WHERE I RIGHT THE REPS I HAVE ACHIEVED SO THAT NEXT WEEK WHEN I GO TO PLAN THE NEW WEEK AND WORKOUT "B" FOR CHEST OR WHAT NOT I ALWAYS HAVE LAST WEEK TO LOOK BACK AND SAY "HEY, I NAILED INCLINE BARBELL:-"SO LETS GO UP IN WEIGHT" OR "HEY,THAT SUCKED I ONLY GOT 4 WHICH IS IN MY REP RANGE BUT I NEED TO GET 6 GOOD ONES...MAYBE TWO SETS IN A ROW OF 6 BEFORE I'M READY TO ADD WEIGHT".IF A MUSCLE IS NOT FORCED TO GROW IT WONT.PERIOD.HENCE PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD.IM CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE FASTEST AND BEST WAY TO GET SLABS OF MUSCLE PACKED ON YOUR FRAME.HOPE THIS HELPS.GOOD LUCK BROS!
wikipedia:
A common goal for any strength training program is to increase, or at least maintain the user's physical strength or muscle mass.
In order to achieve new results, as opposed to maintaining the current strength capacity, the muscles need to be overloaded, which stimulates the natural adaptive processes of the human body, which develops to cope with the new demands placed on it. Progressive overload not only stimulates muscle hypertrophy, it also stimulates the development of stronger and denser bones, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. Progressive overload also incrementally increases blood flow to the region of the body being progressively overloaded. Furthermore, progressive overload stimulates the development of more responsive nerve connection between the brain and the muscles involved.
Conversely, decreased use of the muscle results in incremental loss of mass and strength, known as muscular atrophy .Sedentary people often lose a pound or more of muscle mass annually. The loss of 10 pounds of muscle every decade is one troubling consequence for people choosing a sedentary lifestyle.
The fact is that the adaptive processes of the human body will only respond if continually called upon to exert a greater magnitude of force to meet higher physiological demands.
THAT BEING SAID THE MAIN BENEFIT OF A JOURNAL IS TO CONSTANTLY MAKE PROGRESS.ARE YOU A NEWB? AN OLD TIMER TIRED OF RUNNING IN CIRCLES?THEN KEEP A JOURNAL AND TRY TO BEAT YOUR PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE BY REP OR WEIGHT WITHIN YOUR CHOSEN REP RANGE WHILE STRIVING FOR A BETTER EXECUTION AT THE SAME TIME.SOMETIMES EVEN THE BEST HAVE TO SCALE BACK BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING "SLOPPY" OR FEELING "OFF"/CUT THE GUESS WORK OUT.I PLAN EVERY WORK OUT DAY BY DAY A WEEK IN ADVANCE.I USE A HARDCOVER LEATHER JOURNAL WITH A STRAP THAT I CAN THROW AROUND THE GYM AND IT STAYS CLOSED.NOW ,. I'M THE ONLY GUY IN MY GYM (AND MY GYM IS HUGE) THAT USES A JOURNAL IN THE ACTUAL GYM...THAT IVE SEEN ANYWAYS.BUT I KNOW THIS FROM NOW AND PAST EXPERIENCES-THAT I'M WILLING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND MAKE PROGRESS EVERY SINGLE WORKOUT INSTEAD OF LOOKING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE GYM AND LOOKING THE SAME OR WORSE WEEK AFTER WEEK.HERE'S AN EXAMPLE
IN THE BOOK I WRITE THE BODY PARTS EX: CHEST
INCLINE BARBELL PRESS 2X4-6 /
FLAT DUMBBELL PRESS 2X4-6 /
INCLINE FLYS 2X4-6 /
WEIGHTED DIPS 2X4-6 /
CABLE CROSSOVERS 2X8-12 /
SO I MAKE SLASHES TO SEPERATE SETS IN THE SAME ROW FOR THE EXERCISES AND I MAKE A LITTLE CIRCLE NEXT TO IT WHERE I RIGHT THE REPS I HAVE ACHIEVED SO THAT NEXT WEEK WHEN I GO TO PLAN THE NEW WEEK AND WORKOUT "B" FOR CHEST OR WHAT NOT I ALWAYS HAVE LAST WEEK TO LOOK BACK AND SAY "HEY, I NAILED INCLINE BARBELL:-"SO LETS GO UP IN WEIGHT" OR "HEY,THAT SUCKED I ONLY GOT 4 WHICH IS IN MY REP RANGE BUT I NEED TO GET 6 GOOD ONES...MAYBE TWO SETS IN A ROW OF 6 BEFORE I'M READY TO ADD WEIGHT".IF A MUSCLE IS NOT FORCED TO GROW IT WONT.PERIOD.HENCE PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD.IM CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE FASTEST AND BEST WAY TO GET SLABS OF MUSCLE PACKED ON YOUR FRAME.HOPE THIS HELPS.GOOD LUCK BROS!
