Measure Your Bodybuilding Progress To Make Gains

Why some weight trainers fail to make progress!

Friend's,

The reason we lift weights is to grow muscle and become stronger - Period! There is no other physiological reason or logic.

So why do so many fail at making real progress? Here is one of the reasons I have noticed.

Choice distraction: Yes, the curse of so many choices. Back in the days before modern muscle-building, the want to-be-bodybuilder had few choices of modes of training methods. There were barbells, dumbbells, benches and a few different simple cable machines. So a weight trainer just kept training with the basic weight lifting tools using the basic exercises and you know what happened? They grew muscle!

They didn't worry about a special machine to use, nor did they fret about the speed or cadence of the reps they were performing and they sure as heck couldn't have cared less about the workout clothing they were wearing. There was a time when workout clothing was not a fashion and definitely was not a passion.

So what the heck happened?

Here's what happened!! Building muscle went mainstream and lost its soul. Yes, corporate enterprises took over and turned the passion into fashion. The result was watered down training methods and the focus was shifted to supplements, clothing, fancy machines and methods of diet and training that don't produce long-term results!

Did you know that when Mike Katz trained for the Mr. Universe he trained in a two car garage? Did you know that he was also a full-time teacher at a high school at that time? And he was also one of the LAST DRUG FREE competitor's.

So what does this have to do with you?

Ask yourself these questions:

· Do I change my workout routine every few weeks?

· When I'm working out do I care if my shirt and shorts match?

· Do I keep looking (and buying) supplements that I think will make my muscles bigger and stronger?

· Do I consume energy drinks to help me train harder?

· Am I always on a diet?

· Do I mostly eat chicken breast, vegetables and rice or potato's?

Well if you answered yes to most of these questions your most likely caught up in the corporate buyer's side of bodybuilding or fitness.

The roots of bodybuilding are founded on a few simple principles. Here they are:

1. The real muscle builder uses free weights to near exclusion

2. Training sessions are centered on core compound multi-joint exercises

3. Training sessions are intense

4. Training sessions are short

5. Shocked and traumatized muscles need to be rested before training them again

6. Perfect technique of exercise must be used for every set and rep

The most important aspect for anyone doing any kind of weight training is to remember this: The profound purpose of resistance training is two-fold, 1. trigger muscle growth and 2. increase strength levels. Nothing else should be sought or expected.

Effective muscle and strength building is a raw, brutal undertaking and anyone who tells you different either doesn't know what they are talking about or are trying to sell you a product!

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