How To Speed Up Your Progress
If you feel like your progress in the gym is stagnating, make sure you’re implementing these tips for faster results!
5 Basics For Speeding Up Your Gains
1. Master The Basics
You will ALWAYS see faster (and better) results from mastering and progressing the same foundational movement patterns than jumping between random workouts every day of the week
2. Track Your Progress
You can’t progress if you don’t have historical data! Log your sets, reps, and weight for each exercise so you can intentionally build on that volume each week
3. Take Rest Days
“No days off” is NOT the path forward. In order to progress, you need to rest so that your body can recover and adapt to imposed stressors (aka training stimulus). Training every single day isn’t smart and will actually inhibit your gains
4. Rest Between Sets
And speaking of rest… use your rest periods for RESTING! This is not the time for squat jumps or planks; your body needs time between sets to replenish energy stores so that you have enough in the tank for your next working set
5. Keep Intensity High
In order to stimulate muscle growth, you need to be lifting within 4-5 reps of true muscular failure. Not the point at which it starts to burn, but truly to the point that you cannot do anymore. No matter what you do, if you’re not lifting with enough intensity you’re leaving gains on the table
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