Dave Draper is full of advice and wisdom - Im a proponent of sticking to a workout scheme for six weeks to achieve the maximum results it can afford. Too little time with one plan and you dont dig in deeply enough to excavate its densest ore. You dont overload the muscles repetitively enough with might and discovery to send the message to the brain that you need more powerful cellular structure, more rippling muscle to accommodate the consistently applied workload -- you need the muscles to grow. Nevertheless, a tail-wagging diversion is often whats necessary to put some bark in the routine and bite in the workouts. Sit, stay, roll over... good doggie. You get bored regularly? Tough. Keep digging! Some people talk about surprising the muscles with new routines. Whoopee. Whats this, a birthday party at the Pizza Hut? Youve got to pound size and density and shape into your muscular system. Thats when they and their possessor are their happiest, most content. Surprise your neighborhood this winter and train like an animal this fall. There are those who proclaim intense, steady, slow repetitions for maximum muscle intensity, something bordering on isometrics and dynamic tension with a twist of language suggesting its the cutting-edge method. Where has the motion gone, the action, the excitement, the circulation of oxygen and blood and nutrients, the expression and revelry? Put me under an Olympic bar for 10 minutes while I do six reps (or whatever) and Ill implode. Do it on a regular basis and an aspiring musclebuilder will last three days to three weeks. Dont listen to me. Im just hypered, old-fashioned and narrow-minded, although I do go from some dynamic tension exercises from time to time when the gym seems too far to go. The idea of short, 30-minutes workouts is getting a lot of play from some who fear the demons of catabolism and dont really understand how anybody could want to go to the gym and get huge. In 30 minutes a good natural bodybuilder carrying good muscular size is just getting warmed up and inspired. You want time to fly? Throw the clock out the window. Zoom, zoom. You want to grow? Youve got to do some saturating and penetrating and exploding. Boom, boom. One workout a week per bodypart for beginner and advanced bodybuilders is a recent rule put forth by the guys who hang out on the corner near the Rexall. Makes sense as long as youre intertwining and blending and overlapping exercises in such a brilliant way that every bodypart is receiving its necessary twice weekly blessing and bombing. Dont be stingy. Dont be cowardly. Dont be lazy. Dont be dumb. Be generous and be wise. Use your common sense and train hard and efficiently, with good order, crisp pace, absolute focus, intelligence and zeal. Stop listening to the noisy voices that confuse you with the latest ingredient, method, holistic adventure, scheme, gadget, scam or whatever. Look in the mirror and be that person you see, your best friend. Give him or her credit for inner knowledge and understanding. Learn the very simple basics in exercise and nutrition and practice, and apply them happily and with confidence. Now youre on your way, not their way. Youll learn and youll grow as the days go by with your tender loving care. Stand and be strong. The gym and training and good nutrition are important to you. Your health and well-being and body comfort are necessary, and you dont want to make them your god or your worship. The gym is full of good folks who love to mingle and stimulate and break up the day. Its healthy, productive and freeing. The one-hour expression refreshes the spirit, renews the body and inspires the mind. The gym is a refuge and fueling station, bombing and blasting excluded. Its a place and time to coax the muscles and fill the lungs and bloodstream with oxygen and goodness. Eyes toward the sky, you grab, lift, push and pull the iron, engage the cables and pulleys and make the back work. The moments are yours, well-lived and valuable. Keep training, never doubt, and turn up the volume if you get the urge. Forget the news, life is good.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:10:23 +0000
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