As-I'm Health & Wholeness

Asked by livefreeloveoften

Well first and foremost thanks for the question.

I don’t have too many secrets regarding workout routines with the exception that I never stick to just one routine! Your body is a very smart machine and quickly adjusts to stimuli. With that being said it’s important to never stagnate with your training. Always be looking to progressively increase the stimuli and target the muscles with either an increase of intensity or applying other intensity principles like pre-exhaustion, intermittent bouts of volume training, 5 x5 training, drop sets, and forced reps. Just keep in mind your body is resilient, so you have to continually find new ways to surprise it and keep it adapting. After all physique training is in its purest form is simply a cumulative result of muscular adaptation.

that being said, I can divulge one big secret of mine which has definitely helped me reach the aesthetic i want; That is train with purpose. Each rep of each set should be performed with the purpose of building the desired muscle you are training. So for example if you were training chest you should make a strong mind-muscle connection with your pecs and learn to contract the pectorals with each repetition. You’ll be surprised when you see the difference this makes to your workouts and results. And yes, even while doing heavy compound lifts like bench press you can force a strong pectoral contraction!

The best way to work on this mind-muscle connection and train for feeling, is to always begin with a few light warm-up sets in which you hone in using and contracting the muscle you intend on training that day. Focus on the sensation of pumping that muscle and try to replicate it while you increase the weights and vary the exercises. When you go to train, always keep the focus on the specific muscle you are trying to build! Using the chest example, If you were to be doing bench press, dips and flyes for chest each rep of every exercise should be performed with the soul purpose of building that muscle. I find it is sometimes helpful to close your eyes and visualize that muscle working. You will surely develop your own mechanism to enhance your mind-muscle connection, but investing in taking the time to do so will pay dividends. I know it sounds a bit repetitive but the presence of this principle will make a significant difference in developing your physique. A few good sets performed correctly will outdo countless sets performed poorly.

I hope this helps shed some light on your question!

Peace, Love, Unity.