Madtitan’s BodyBlog

Lets talk about cars.  There’s a method to my madness roll with this for a min.   The rage nowadays is fuel consumption.  you already know two ways to save on gas is    Drive a  car with a smaller engine and don’t drive like a speed demon.    The same principles applie to your body.  If you want to loose as much fat (the fuel) as possible in the shortest amount of time efficiently.   You must use the Big engine and you have to drive like a speed demon.

The Big Engine.

Why is monday always chest day for everybody?  I’m getting off topic…Anyway  The Largest muscle groups you have are your back and Legs.  These are your big engines.  Especially your legs.  Gluteus maximus being the largest muscle period then you have your hamstrings, quads and back.  So wouldn’t  it make sense that you work them out twice a week?   Do you ever notice how much wind you are sucking when you do  Deadlifts, regular squats, front squats and Lunges…even Romanian Deadlifts ?   If your goal is size, strength and low body fat.  You should be incorporating these lifts in your routine.  I split them in half and do  front squats and deadlift at the start of the week.   Later on Its regular squats, Lunges and romanian deadlifts.      Even if your goal isn’t size just low body fat,  I guarantee that you won’t lose with these lifts.      The speed demon factor comes in how fast you perform these movements.  Not so much as how quickly you perform the movement but your rest time in between sets. The rest time between set usually falls at 1 min-1:30 max  if you are focusing on just low bodyfat.  If your goal is not just low bodyfat but size and strength 2 mins -3mins is Ideal sometimes even 4min.    The same goes for back, if you ever go through your entire back workout doing all the variations of pull ups and chin ups. You will  see how you feel the next day….take note on your abs on how it feels the next day.  Its a world of difference the way you are going to look in 8 to 12 weeks…trust me your friends will notice.

Performing the majority of your movement standing helps your more than people imagine.  When you do this, your abs is called into play a lot more than it would if you sit down to perform a movement.  For instance everytime you perform an overhead pressing movement you serratus is called into play…the Serratus is the finger size looking muscles on the side of your abs (rectus abdominals).   You have to realize the main goal of your abs is stabilization.  Its stops your upper body from succumbing to gravity.  This is why virtually all my movement I do standing or hanging ( a la pull ups and chin ups).  This and the fact that I do the routines I wrote above is the reason I dont’ spend so much time doing abs or hardly any time doing cardio.  So instead wasting time on that elliptical machine give this a try.  You will definitely see a difference

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