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Fitness Tips For 6/10/2009
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The Benefits of Benchmarking Workouts
By Dwayne Hines II
The latest rage in training is the approach of changing the workout program
on a regular basis. This approach is touted on infomercials and elsewhere.
You can indeed make gains by switching your workout style – a training style
known as muscle confusion. However, there is much to be said for staying
close to the standard exercises and using them as a benchmark for making
gains. Benchmarking is crucial because you need to know your former
strength levels if you want to move beyond them. If you are always
switching your exercises, there is a very real chance that you won’t know
if you are making progress. Sure, you may become a little more muscular
(the touted goal of the infomercials) but you may not be making real
significant strength gains. Worse yet, you may be switching away from
those compound, hard-core exercises that activate the neuromuscular system
the most. These exercises such as the squat, clean and push/press, bench
press and deadlift, should never be far from your workout since they have
the power to make notable changes in your physique.
How do you go about using some muscle confusion training and yet remain
in touch with the heavy duty exercises that mold the muscles best? The
key is to use benchmarking. Benchmarking is the process of setting some
personal records for the key lifts. Using a notebook or training journal
is vital to pull off good benchmarking. It is a good idea to note your
best lifts in the 1-3 repetition range and your best lifts in the 7-10
repetition range. This will let you know for certain your previous
strength levels and help you target them when you come back from a muscle
confusion cycle. After all, you don’t want to spend a lot of time
focusing all of your training effort on isolation movements that don’t
yield significant gains.
Benchmarking is also an excellent way to make sure you are exact in
your best efforts. Like the fish that got away, the tendency to
inflate one’s weightlifting numbers is tempting. Benchmarking removes
that issue because it provides specific numbers at specific times.
The thinnest line is more accurate than the strongest memory, so put
it down in print. That’s the essence of benchmarking, as well as
storing your training notes where you have ready access to them.
Go ahead and seek a short-term boost from muscle confusion training,
but realize that benchmarking is the key to bigger, long-term gains.
Author bio
Dwayne Hines II is the Editor-at-Large for OnFitness magazine and
has written for a variety of national magazines, including Ironman,
MuscleMag, BlackBelt and Men’s Workout. He has acted as a
bodybuilding contest judge, is a certified personal trainer with
the National Strength and Conditioning Association and has
several bodybuilding and fitness books selling in major
bookstores such as Barnes and Noble.
Dwayne Hines II has just released "The Growth Zone"
Most People Fail To Work 50% of Their Muscle Tissue!
Did you know that even bodybuilders neglect half the
muscle tissue in the body?
It doesn’t take rocket science to build bigger muscles.
However, it does take a certain knowledge and application
of that knowledge in the gym and in your diet.
And the Truth is, the Sooner You Act, the Sooner Your
Muscles Start Growing!
Checkout "The Growth Zone" at Fast Muscle Growth
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