I know the secret.
Ok maybe its not really a secret, but when it hit me, it was like having a huge mist removed from in front of my eyes and I think the next 6 months will show more growth for me then ever before.
Last night before my workout I sat at the computer looking for some motivation to get started. I did a search for Lee Priest (my personal favorite BB’er) videos and came across some really good ones. Now normally I just watch these vids to psych myself up for training. But in the shitty mood I had been in all day I started consintraiting on his form during his lifts being critical of some of the things he was doing that looked like half reps or less then full ROM, or using weight that was light enough for him to do 15-20 reps sometimes. Here I was criticising one of my heroes, when right in front of my eyes I was being taught the secret and it took about 30 mins of watching before the lightbulb went off.
Body building. Its not about moving weight, its not even about moving weight in the perfect form of any given exercise. Its about building muscle. Its about forcing a pump into a given muscle group reguardless of what that takes… DUH! What was I thinking! I had spent the last 6 months training, and focussing on using perfect form thru every movement reguardless of if I was being left with a good pump or not.
Now dont get me wrong in that 6 months I have put on some muscle and have lost alot of weight but the muscle that I have gained, now that I have seen the light, has been by accident! Instead of working out to move alot of weight in a perfect form, what I should have been doing is moving the weight in what ever way it took to get that muscle I was training to respond and pump. I needed to focus on the muscle I was training, not on the weight I was moving. I needed to make every rep harder by squeezing just that muscle I am working, not worry about the ammount of weight I could move while mantaining perfect form. Squeeze, not push or pull… Pump, not form. My God it seems so simple now that I say it outloud. (uh er type it)
Well after this revelation I hit the weights using this new found power and found something out right away… It does not take long at all to acheave maximum pump in any one muscle group. I usually work out for 1.5 hours everynight and leave the gym feeling tired, but not really PUMPED.
Last night after 45 mins I could not move my bis or chest one more inch… I was so pumped I thought I would rip my own skin. 45 mins and it was the best workout of my life… I am so sore today that I feel like I never trained before and last night was my first time! WOW! 45 mins and I was using LESS weight!
Tonight is legs and I cant wait! I cant wait to feel this feeling in the biggest muscles I have! WOOHOO!!!!
Keep your eye on this bodyspace over the next 6 months. I have a very good feeling that you are going to see some SICK results!
