Gaining Strength Through Weight Training
size and help you lose that flabby bodyfat.
To gain strength you must consistently follow a weight training routine. This may sound obvious, but so many people just don't stick with it if they haven't made huge progress after a month or 2. Others believe the right supplements will explode their strength and size in record time. Some supplements like creatine and protein powders can certainly help, but you still need intense weight training workouts to get bigger and stronger. That guy in a supplement advertisement claiming to have gained 50 pounds of muscle mass in a few months was probably either regaining previous muscle size he lostafter a layoff from weight training or using steriods. Either way, he was also certainly following an intense weight training routine.
Even without supplements or steroids, you can increase your strength exponentially over time if you consistently follow a weight training program. To gain strength you must strive to increase the amount of weight or amount of reps with the same weight you're working out with on each exercise. Over time these small increases in weight and reps will add up. You should keep a workout log and write down the exact reps and weight you do on every exercise and try to do just a little more at the next workout. For example, if you did a 10 rep bench press with 150 lbs. during your last chest workout, you should try to either get 10 reps with 155 lbs. or 11 reps with 150 lbs. the next workout. Don't despair if you don't get the weight or rep increase at every single workout, if you keep trying you'll eventually get it. Some gyms also have small magnet weights that weigh 1.25 lbs. so you can try to increase the weight you're using by 2.5 lbs. instead of 5 lbs. If you can't get an increase in weights or reps during your workouts you may be overtraining. Make sure the bodypart your working out isn't still sore from your last workout, as it will be counter-productive to gaining strength.
Gaining strength is also a must if you're trying to gain muscle mass. As you get stronger your muscles are forced to adapt to the increased workload. How do the muscles adapt? They adapt by growing to handle the extra workload. Over time, increases in muscle strength will cause increases in muscle size no matter what your body type is.
Gaining strength will also help you lose bodyfat. Since gaining strength increases muscle mass, and extra muscle mass raises your resting metabolic rate, ultimately your strength gains will help you lose fat.
Hopefully this information was helpful in showing you why you should always strive to gain strength during your weight training workouts.
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The main reasons why men and women decide to start a weight training routine are to gain strength and muscle size and lose bodyfat. All of these are connected as gaining strength will cause you to gain muscle
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