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Importance of rest and recovery
Effective workout routines
Proper nutrition for muscle building
Muscle Strength
Training to failure and not training to failure lead to comparable strength gains, although the increased risk of injury and overtraining may warrant a cautious approach to training to failure on a regular basis.
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Save the Best for Last
Saving the set leading to failure for last, retaining the ability to perform a larger number of repetitions per set throughout the exercise could lead to a greater total training volume.
This might be a good compromise between training volume, performance and still being able to reap any p...
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Muscular Hypertrophy
Training volume is one of the main drivers of muscular hypertrophy, behind only progressive overload training.
If taking the majority of the sets of a training session to muscular failure leads to fatigue towards the end of the workout, however, this could mean a compromised ability to perf...
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Some gains in muscle force can appear in two weeks, but gains in muscle size won't be seen until around eight to 12 weeks.
12 Weeks without training causes a significant decrease in the amount of weight we can lift, but only a minimal reduction in the size of the muscle fibres
The Benefits Of Tai Chi
- Improved lower and upper-body strength. Practiced regularly, it’s comparable to resistance training and brisk walking.
- Boosts flexibility and strength of upper and lower-body.
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The Starting Strength Program
A popular training program among newbies at the gym is the ‘starting strength’, where the routine and techniques change every few days or weeks, in order to avoid plateaus and maximize strength gains.
It helps to switch and mix up the exercise and uses the theory of constraints to avoid a...
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