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Bodybuilding and Training Errors (Part 1)

By: Mick Hart

Eating like a pigeon: This really is very, very simple. If you do not have a surplus of calories in your diet then you will not grow any new tissue. If you are not gaining weight then you need to eat more food; not just more protein but more carbohydrates and more fats as well.

I would like to clear up the myth that you can gain muscle tissue by training alone. It is only possible if you eat enough and then you will gain weight and consequently bigger muscles. Otherwise the weight you lift is irrelevant, but if you are gaining weight then you are both performing and eating in the correct manner.

Intensity Intensity: What bodybuilders like most is to train hard, boast of training hard, do the impossible, triple drop sets and forced reps, and anything else that will leave their body in a state of suffering. But the a serious problem that arises is that although the muscular structure can get back to normal within a short time period, the central nervous systems are basically f**ked. It can take up to a month or so for the CNS to get back to good working order after so many failure training attempts, meaning that getting back to normal training at these weights could take up to several weeks.

Why anyone would want to do this, I just don't know. Although normal muscle recovery takes around 72 hours; at which point you can really progress with your training, if your CNS has been over stressed, you will be put in a position of under training until the CNS has recovered. So when you can start training at pace you would have lost any previous muscle gains...so think about it.

To start with this will work out fine but on the long term it will have a very negative affect on training, forcing you to start back at your initial training loads. Frequency and total load are the two determining factors in correct training for size and strength! So why on earth would anybody minimise either of them on purpose?

Single factor training: Almost everybody in the gym currently train according to single factor training theory, or the principle of super compensation, where as only about 5% of strength athletes train like this and they all happen to all be bodybuilders. I realize that the majority of people don't even know what dual factor theory is, so let me try and explain what it is. Firstly single factor theory deals with fitness and fatigue as existing to the exclusion of each other.

For example if you are tired and have sore muscles following a training session you should wait until you feel better and have fully recovered before training again. This fits in with supercompensation theory, which dictates that after training your fitness decreases slightly (because you are tired) and then rises back up again to a point just above where it was prior to the workout. At this point you train again with a slightly greater load and push up your fitness a little further and so on.

Dual factor theory considers fitness, fatigue and preparedness as being factors apart but not exclusive to one another. Your long-term ability is considered to be fitness and it changes gradually and is not related to fatigue. Your immediate ability is considered to be preparedness which is what you can do NOW but is not influenced by fatigue.

According to dual factor theory you can train to the point of extreme fatigue, and have a terrible state of preparedness but still be making improvements in long-term fitness. In other words you DO NOT have to fully recover between workouts all the time and nor should you.

Macronutrient fascism: "Carbs just suck", "You get fat by eating fats" and "Just eat protein to get more muscle". No and a big NO. We need all of then in some form or other. Each person might be different in personal needs depending on personal objectives, but to actually cut one of the macronutrients out of our diet is plain dumb.

Different mixes of macronutrients produce different results and by taking away one from the equation you just won't achieve anything. I would personally start off with an isocaloric diet which is a great method to obtain both health and strength.

Lifestyle what lifestyle?: If your the kind of guy who trains biceps on a Friday night so he looks "pumped" in a club then just let it be known that I would never tire of punching you. If you are going to get bigger or stronger, be it for bodybuilding or any other sport then you will have to take control of your whole lifestyle. All too often perfectly good training programs yield zero results due to the "other " factors of training being ignored.

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About the author: Mick Hart... a Top Class Steroid & Bodybuilding expert facts on training, nutrition and steroids 100% USEFUL information that will make your muscles bigger, stronger and most of all healthier Right away

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