If you are wondering why I concentrate on strength training to a great extent and think you should too in that case this article will tell you why.
Read this article right away to find a number of good reasons why I think building strength should be your most important goal (although you just want to build mega-muscles and nuke lots of fat)...
1. Strength Training Is More Useful:
Ever needed to lift somewhat heavy? Move fixtures? Lift your girlfriend up and pin her against the wall for a sizzling make out session? All those things required strength, not necessarily muscle size.
In fact, sometimes having excess muscle is not useful - it weighs more so if you have to run or walk long distances takes more calories to maintain, meaning you have to eat more
2. Building Strength Takes a Lesser Amount Of Time:
Majority of expert weightlifters spend up to 6 days in the gym and some even do twice a day workouts. If you're like me (or most people) therefore lifting weights isn't your permanent job.
You can turn into super strong training 3-4 days a week, and spend not greater than 20-30 minutes in the gym each time - DoubleYourGains' 3-5 Program takes 30mins/3x week. That means you could be consuming 2 hours in the gym vs. 12. It doesn't take long to improve strength.
3. Building Strength Is Inspiring:
Nearly all people don't have any goals when they go to the gym, they think "I want to look better" but that's uncertain and undetermined. Knowing you want to add 5lbs to your deadlift each time you set foot in the gym though is VERY motivating.
What's more, observing the weights build and seeing how far you've developed over the course of time is very motivating and makes you want to keep coming back to the gym.
4. Strength Makes It Natural To Develop Bulk:
Most bodybuilders nowadays don't realize that guys like Arnold and weightlifters from his day all did powerlifting routines at the beginning of their careers to build high starting levels of strength and power.
They had a unique "dense" look to their physiques from all this heavy weight training. And were able to use heavier weights when it came to doing traditional bodybuilding style set/rep schemes - so it was much easier for these strong lifters to build muscle.
5. Better For Fitness:
There's been loads of modern research that shows strength training helps to stop age related diseases and worsening diseases.
To sum up: Losing muscle mass is an expected upshot of aging, but strength training in particular will tell your body to "hold on" to muscle mass as it needs it to continue lifting weighty stuff.
Plus, your bones will get stronger too to support your framework of muscle mass.
6. Builds Up Self-Confidence
There's nothing better than KNOWING you can pick a heavy weight off the floor or press a heavy weight up above your head. Or knowing that you have the strength to pull yourself up and over a wall up and over the edge of a cliff and things like that.
Knowing you are as strong as you look is a main confidence booster.
7. Strength Training Is Excellent For Athletics
Strength is the core for all other physical qualities. Building up your strength boosts your power, explosiveness, speed, agility, endurance, and all that.
What's more, several sports - mainly martial arts - require athletes to have high relative strength. They need to be immensely strong for their size for they have to stay within a specific weight class.
There's nothing worse than putting on 20 MORE pounds of muscle you have to carry down the field, or move around the ring to avoid getting knocked out - and that 20 pounds of muscle is doing you no good.
8. Strength Training Is Better For Women
The majority of women don't want to seem like the hulk. They don't want to acquire 20 pounds of muscle. They just want to get "toned". As I mentioned in the past, strength training is the ultimate way to get the toned look.
So if you're a woman you can get strong very quickly and boost up your health and quality of life without taking away from your womanliness in the least. - 16004
Read this article right away to find a number of good reasons why I think building strength should be your most important goal (although you just want to build mega-muscles and nuke lots of fat)...
1. Strength Training Is More Useful:
Ever needed to lift somewhat heavy? Move fixtures? Lift your girlfriend up and pin her against the wall for a sizzling make out session? All those things required strength, not necessarily muscle size.
In fact, sometimes having excess muscle is not useful - it weighs more so if you have to run or walk long distances takes more calories to maintain, meaning you have to eat more
2. Building Strength Takes a Lesser Amount Of Time:
Majority of expert weightlifters spend up to 6 days in the gym and some even do twice a day workouts. If you're like me (or most people) therefore lifting weights isn't your permanent job.
You can turn into super strong training 3-4 days a week, and spend not greater than 20-30 minutes in the gym each time - DoubleYourGains' 3-5 Program takes 30mins/3x week. That means you could be consuming 2 hours in the gym vs. 12. It doesn't take long to improve strength.
3. Building Strength Is Inspiring:
Nearly all people don't have any goals when they go to the gym, they think "I want to look better" but that's uncertain and undetermined. Knowing you want to add 5lbs to your deadlift each time you set foot in the gym though is VERY motivating.
What's more, observing the weights build and seeing how far you've developed over the course of time is very motivating and makes you want to keep coming back to the gym.
4. Strength Makes It Natural To Develop Bulk:
Most bodybuilders nowadays don't realize that guys like Arnold and weightlifters from his day all did powerlifting routines at the beginning of their careers to build high starting levels of strength and power.
They had a unique "dense" look to their physiques from all this heavy weight training. And were able to use heavier weights when it came to doing traditional bodybuilding style set/rep schemes - so it was much easier for these strong lifters to build muscle.
5. Better For Fitness:
There's been loads of modern research that shows strength training helps to stop age related diseases and worsening diseases.
To sum up: Losing muscle mass is an expected upshot of aging, but strength training in particular will tell your body to "hold on" to muscle mass as it needs it to continue lifting weighty stuff.
Plus, your bones will get stronger too to support your framework of muscle mass.
6. Builds Up Self-Confidence
There's nothing better than KNOWING you can pick a heavy weight off the floor or press a heavy weight up above your head. Or knowing that you have the strength to pull yourself up and over a wall up and over the edge of a cliff and things like that.
Knowing you are as strong as you look is a main confidence booster.
7. Strength Training Is Excellent For Athletics
Strength is the core for all other physical qualities. Building up your strength boosts your power, explosiveness, speed, agility, endurance, and all that.
What's more, several sports - mainly martial arts - require athletes to have high relative strength. They need to be immensely strong for their size for they have to stay within a specific weight class.
There's nothing worse than putting on 20 MORE pounds of muscle you have to carry down the field, or move around the ring to avoid getting knocked out - and that 20 pounds of muscle is doing you no good.
8. Strength Training Is Better For Women
The majority of women don't want to seem like the hulk. They don't want to acquire 20 pounds of muscle. They just want to get "toned". As I mentioned in the past, strength training is the ultimate way to get the toned look.
So if you're a woman you can get strong very quickly and boost up your health and quality of life without taking away from your womanliness in the least. - 16004
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