Workout Wednesday #10

Intro:
     Maxing out at the gym and doing drop sets is one way to train your body for building size and for truly figuring out where you stand on strength.  Maxing out simply means that you are  giving your all on whatever workout you are doing and that is your maximum limit.  Drop sets are incorporated within maxing out usually to help you build size by tearing more muscle.  Maxing out at the gym can help you be more efficient as well if you do not have too much time during the week to workout but at the same time it is equally as difficult as any other training technique that gives you the same results.

Workout Wednesday #9

Introduction:
     Whether you are trying to build muscle mass or you are short on time during the week for a workout or even just want to try something new, "supersets" work great for this.  A superset is simply working out two different muscle groups during the same day which is similar to following a training split but with one difference.  The way that this kind of workout actually does differ from the training splits that I have posted here before is by the fact that between each exercise or set there is virtually no resting time or at least there shouldn't be any resting time.  Sometimes for this type of workout, you exercise two opposing muscles instead of two companion muscles but you can actually superset any two body parts or even the same muscle.

Workout Wednesday #4

Intro:
     Pre-Workout supplements are supplements you take before your workout which will give you more energy and a much better pump giving you a better workout.  Having a better workout could be doing more repetitions or even moving up in weight on what you are working out.  Moving up the latter for weights would mean you are getting stronger and size will increase.  Other pre-workout supplements aim at weight loss rather than focusing on your muscle gain and will cause your body to heat up and make you sweat more than you usually do and are usually called thermogenic fat burners.  Some use these to help define their bodies or for competitions.  Whatever your goals are, with the supplements your taking, you are hoping to get the most out of your workout and you hope to have your workout time be more effective.

Workout Wednesday #3

Intro:

    Now it is time for the 3 day split!  This isn't so much of a drastic change from the 2 day split from last week where instead of focusing solely on upper body one day to lower body the next day, here you are focusing on different muscle groups each day.  With the three day split it seems like you are doing less work than the 2 day split but that is because you are adding an extra day to split up the workouts throughout the week.  This way, even though you are doing less exercises in any given workout day, you should be adding even more intensity to your workouts each time you go to the gym.  Also by doing this split unlike most other splits, it allows you to recover the other days muscle groups without really using that muscle group.