![]() This means getting plenty of protein for recovery and muscle repair, carbs for sustained intensity and delayed fatigue, fats for energy, and vegetables for their nutritional goodness. When you are training for strength gain, you need to eat big. Add a couple of basic compound lifts and you have a session! Dietĭiet does not mean eat less. Push = bench press + overhead, legs = squat + deadlift. I usually split these up into seperate gym sessions, such a push, pull, and legs. That is squat, deadlift, bench press, overhead press. Stick to mastering the Big 4 lifts in the gym. You want to stick to the basics and build a strong foundation when you are starting out in strength. K.I.S.S.Īs Michael Scott says to Dwight Schrute in the Office – Keep It Simple Stupid. Setting yourself in a pattern of “I don’t want to, so I won’t” will kill any chance you have of making progress. Those are the most important days to knuckle down and get the session done. ![]() Some days we aren’t going to feel like training. Consistency is Keyīy far the biggest indicator of success or failure with any fitness endeavour is consistency. But we have to embrace the challenge! Here is some great advice I was given to help me in building my strength. So take it from me, if you want to build strength, it’s going to be challenging sometimes. The biggest factor in my ACL recovery has been building back strength. It is just as much a mental challenge as it is a physical challenge when we are in the gym. I know what you are thinking “It takes strength to get strong?”… what I mean is mental strength. Ok so maybe not BUT gaining strength isn’t all montages and 80’s music! It takes knowledge, commitment, and unsurprisingly, strength. right?…?… We ALL thought that didn’t we?…guys?. We have all been there! We’ve all seen the Rocky IV training montage in the snow before the fight against Ivan Drago and thought “I could probably do that”. So you want to build strength in the gym, but you’re not sure where to start. Blog | Justin Shaw, Sports Development Coordinator
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