Building Muscle – Consistency And Intensity Are Key When It Comes To Gaining Muscle Mass
23 Jan
Lots of programs and approaches exist when it comes to gaining muscle. Do this, do that, count tempo, lift fast, train with high volume and no failure, train with low volume to failure, etc. But do you know what the real secret to gaining muscle is? It’s all about consistency and intensity.
[Will Smith transformed his body from the skinny teenager in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" to a muscular athlete for his powerful impersonation of the greatest boxer who has ever lived in Ali.]
The Worst Workout Program In The World Will Give Results If You Stick To It
That’s right, no matter how lousy or ‘unscientific’ your routine is, if you stick to it and don’t miss workouts, you will succeed. Mark McManus alluded to this in this post. Progressive overload, the key to muscle building success, is all about making continuous small incremental increases. Little by little, you are getting closer and closer to your goal.
Do you know the kind of bozos at the gym that lift with atrocious form and dismal selection of exercises? Well those ‘bozos’ will make bigger gains than you, if you miss workouts, because they won’t skip training. Who’s the bozo now?
When You Are Not Being Consistent, You Are Actually Regressing, Not Progressing
No wonder you don’t have the body you want if you have to start from scratch every time you restart your training. This is like the difference between TRAINING and WORKING OUT. People TRAIN for a specific outcome, a specific result or goal. It’s a plan spanning over a number of weeks or months. Even years. This consistent approach will give significant results when it comes to transforming your body. Now, WORKING OUT, on the other hand, means to me a sort of ‘in the moment’ approach. It’s like being on maintenance mode. Maintaining and gaining are obviously different and this inconsistent, on and off approach will simply not give long term results.
The More Advanced You Are, The Less You Can Progress
It’s simple really. We all have our genetic potential for physical development. The closer we get to fulfilling it, the harder it gets to progress forwards. This brings me to the last point.
Intensity, Hustling, And Busting Your Ass
[The whole vid is golden, but watch it after 4:00 - for these powerful words: "I will not be outworked. Period.”]
Things that are worth getting don’t come easy. When it comes to getting lean and muscular, this is also true. Listen, you have to be willing to push yourself. Make every rep, every set, every exercise, and every workout session count. The intensity of your workout – how much you bust your ass, is what can make a lousy program work for you. People have been getting results since forever. And their secret? The will to hustle in order to get what they want.
Related posts:
- Building Muscle – The Top 7 Secrets of Gaining Lean Muscle Mass
- Building Muscle – Alternate Training for Size and Working for Strength And Never Hit a Plateau Again
- Gaining Muscle By Stuffing Yourself Like A Pig Is A Stupid Idea
- Mark McManus Interview, The Muscle Hacker Shares His Wisdom On Building Muscle And Carving Out A Six Pack
- Building Muscle – Get a Basic Strength Level First
This is so true for everything in life. It’s the guy that works and works at it that is eventually going to get it. Great interview!
Yup, Will Smith is an amazing role model.
yavor, nice website. Speaking of transformations, do you know what Tiger Wood did or does regarding exercise and nutrition? He went from about 165 to 195 and down to something like 5% body fat on a roughly 6′2″ frame.
Andy,
very interesting. I will have to research and make a post about Tiger’s transformation.
Yavor
Consistency with the right info about your Training, nutrition and how to live your life will get you very far in developing your body