There is absolutely no room for ego when it comes to training for physique development. I see many on a daily basis using their own leverage advantages just to lift more weight, but this does not isolate a muscle and most definitely will not properly produce enough overload for an adaptive response. We have all seen guys doing quarter squats and half reps on DB presses with tons of weight just to try and impress someone. Wake up egomaniacs! This does absolutely nothing for development. In fact, all it does is increase risk of injury and make your head swell because you put a ton of weight on a bar and moved it 2 inches. Is it then ironic that in spite of so many dazzling plates, your legs are as big around as my wrists?! Ego-Gym bag-Leave it. People that ego-train are not making the targeted muscle the weakest in the movement. They simply use leverage and oftentimes momentum to complete the lift for them, thereby stressing the joints more than the actual muscle they are trying to work. So humble yourself and back off the amount of weight you are using and put the muscle through its intended range of motion. Invest your time in the gym and stop wasting it--strength will come over time. If you try to force it, you are begging your body to react negatively, if not disastrously.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:11:47 +0000
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