I’ve talked about the dread factor before—no fire to train due to disdain. You could be overtrained…
That lack of excitement can also happen during an illness, like a head cold, for example. Do you just skip until you feel like training?
If your illness is severe, of course you do. But if it’s minor or you’re simply suffering from a bout of laziness—we’ve all been there—trick yourself…
You do that by having a short, reload workout in your training arsenal—two sets of the ideal exercise for each muscle—about 20 minutes total.
You’ll have less guilt, recharge your recovery and maybe even trigger new growth—or allow it to happen if you’ve been overdoing it…
Do the first set with a standard 1/3 tempo for around 20 reps, feeling the target muscle and keeping tension on it.
Rest 20 to 30 seconds, then take the same weight and do a Speed Set—1.5 seconds per rep.
This method will attack an array of fiber types quickly, giving you a good pump and even provide variation in fiber recruitment…
What happens is that you exhaust the slow-twitch fibers on the first 20-rep set, priming the fast-twitch to fire at the end. Then you get more fast-twitch involved immediately on set 2 due to the change in tempo.…
Speed equals force and a mix of fast- and slow-twitch from the very first rep.
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Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
www.X-Rep.com
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