Big Body Building Tips

Not everybody likes to work out in a gym, not everybody has access to a gym. Even worse, as a result of the current financial climate, some people simply cannot afford a gym membership.

Consequently, body weight modalities are increasingly attractive for an ever increasing sector of the population.

But body weight workouts have a serious limitation: it can be challenging to increase the load and intensity of the exercises since you are restricted by your body weight.

So here are 5 ways to take your body weight workouts to the next level:

1. Use slow-motion: Experiment with slowing down the pace of your exercises and feel the difference in your muscles. By slowing down the pace, you will place an extra amount of tension on the targeted muscle. This is a great way to make sure you are getting a maximum return on your workout.

2. Cut down on rest periods: You may need a stop watch for this one, but the investment is well worth it. By cutting down on your rest periods, your muscles will be pre-fatigued by the time you start the next set. And this is a great way to increase intensity.

3. Experiment with back to back sets: Back to back sets involve doing one exercise immediately after another without any rest in between. By doing this, you are working more muscle mass per unit of time and also reducing total time under rest.

4. Add partial reps: Once your muscles have fatigued doing a given exercise, keep on going by doing partial reps. This is a fantastic way to completely drain the muscle and accelerate results. The key here is to make sure your form and posture doesn’t deviate even though you are going beyond your limits.

5. Forcefully contract the muscle: Practice contracting the muscle towards the end of each exercise movement. Doing so will allow your nervous system to do a better job at activating the right muscles at the right time.

Ok, with the above tips your body weight workouts should not be limiting once you adapt. The key here is to start implementing these techniques now before any adaptation occurs.

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