Tips to maximize muscle tension=bigger muscle

Hi guys hows training going on?Hope your not slacking off. Today im goin to talk  about " form". Lots of guys i see in the gym tried to lift as heavy as they can by sacrificing form ,cheating and using their momentum to get the weight up.



For example a bicep curl. They use "body language" arching their lower back to curl the weight up and lower the weight as fast as they can. This place alot more stress on your lower back rather then your bicep and might cause injury. Why bother doing it? Just head over to do back extension.


You should minimize the momentum and maximize the tension on your bicep. Try curling it up without much "body language " and control on the way down .This is a "mid range" exercise. I like to use a 4010 tempo, 4seconds of lower the weight,0second pasue at the bottom, 1 second up explosive and 0 second pasue at the top. However you can use a bit of momentum to squeeze out those last few reps.

                                          Feeling really pump after a arm workout


Conclusion: Control, stretch ,power!!  It doesnt matter how much you can lift,is how you lift it efficiently placing maximum stress on the specifically target muscle group that grows the muscle.



Train hard, train smart and train safe!

Alex.

Bench press gone wrong

There's a reason why its called a "suicide grip".