lifting heavy and still skinny? (here’s why)
We all like to lift heavy weights to feel stronger and impress the ladies, but have you ever thought that lifting heavy maybe the reason you still skinny and not making any gains.
I know that you have been told that lifting heavier will make you bigger, in fact it’s true but when it’s done probably.
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Resistance (weights) is an important factor to push your body beyond its limit and grow, but The technique and range of motion of the exercise are very important factors too.
Let’s have an example here to clear up my point;
Let’s say you are a skinny guy who is lifting 200 pound bench press, but you don’t go all the way down until it touches your chest and you are pushing it with all your body and you are shacking to get only 3 reps with very bad form.
In this case, lifting heavy is doing you more harm than good, Not only because it will get you injured eventually, but also doing half reps not the best for strength or muscle gains and here’s why;
Your muscle consists of many small muscle fibers and not all of these fibers are activated at the same time.
for every portion of the movement there is a certain part of the muscle is activated to complete a portion of it and then another part of the muscle is activated to complete the next portion and so on until the movement is done.
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So, let’s go back to our example to apply this theory, if the bar is going only to the half of the movement and not touching your chest then you may only be activating the half of your chest muscle fibers,this means you are not really working your chest to its full capacity to grow bigger.
solution: instead of doing half reps with 200 pounds for 3 reps, drop down the weight and pick a weight that you can handle for 8 reps with a full range of motion (going all the way up and down) and I guarantee you, you will see much better results in less time.
Here’s what you need to know…
as a skinny guy, Lifting heavy will get you bigger and stronger, but when it’s done with good form and a full range motion.
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