Recovery from the gym can take anyway from 48-96 hrs so if you train regularly, that means your body is in a constant state of repair.
Without a periodic break from this, you’ll quickly burn out. Aim to a full week of rest every 12 weeks.
You will probably still grow during this rest period and it will completely refresh you physically and mentally.
Form is everything to ensuring maximum muscle stimulation & also help avoid injury.
Let the target muscles do the work, not momentum, or other muscles.
Your goal is to fatigue the target muscles to their absolute maximum.
Forget trying to impress others, focus on working the muscle!
To the bodybuilder, sleep is viewed as an enforced fasting period.
Bodybuilders need a constant supply of protein to maintain a high nitrogen balance, helping to fend off catabolism & maintain the anabolic state .
Your last meal before bed should consist mainly of slow digesting protein such as casein, cottage cheese & egg whites.
When lowering during the squat, your knees shouldn’t extend ahead any further than the end of your toes.
Over extending can cause extra stress on the knee joints.
Ensure that your knees remain vertically in line with your feet, not jutting out to the left or right.
Negative reps, done correctly, are essential for muscle growth.
Negative reps stretch the muscle fascia, creating microtrauma, the stimulus for individual muscle fibers to heal & rebuild, larger &stronger.
Cardio is often avoided by many bodybuilders, the misconception being that it cannot possibly help to build muscle.
Bodybuilders should think of cardio as streamlining the efficiency of their bodies, as that is exactly what it does through increasing oxygen utilization & ultimately, potential.
Chewing each mouthful of food at least 20 times, preferably more, greatly improves the nutritional intake efficiency.
This in turn helps support a healthy metabolism & can even prevent colon buildup or cancer.
