Kustom Fitness - Weight Lifting Tactics

Weight Lifting Tactics |January 30, 2008

Introduction

For maximum results, vary your workouts: Everybody hits plateaus sometimes. One common reason is a stale workout. If you are not making progress where you want it, or just not making enough progress, then it's time to take a new approach. Try some of the advice you will find in this content selection to give your progress a boost.

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What kind of plateaus have you run into (and more importantly, how did you get passed it)?

Articles & Guides

Make Every Rep Count
by Ken Schweickert
Use these three basic concepts for a perfect lift every time.

Integrating Breaks to Boost Gains
by Ken Schweickert
Take time off from your workout and see improvements! (Sound like a good deal?)

Protein Shake - Here's an easy nutrient-packed shake to top off a hard-training-packed workout.

Extended Resources

Use muscle shocking to avoid stale workout and boost progress. These are unusual lifting techniques that trigger growth in your body due to a lack of built-up resistance against the specific tactic. "If there is any such thing as a magic formula for muscle growth, shocking is it." Get some ideas from the learning base!

Discussion

What kind of plateaus have you run into (and more importantly, how did you get passed it)?

Re: Weight Lifting Tactics
by littleguy Mar 17, 2008 02:47:54 AM

I haven't done century training in a long time. Once the weights got bigger I kinda stopped the high rep training. Something to look into since the workouts are getting a little stale.

Good to hear about the ad campaing

Re: Weight Lifting Tactics
by Ken Mar 15, 2008 05:31:13 AM

I think one of my all time favorites is century training (one hundred reps; starting with 70, then a few second break and finish it off). It especially comes in handy around when I'm trying to bulk up since during those periods I'm usually only lifting really heavy weights.

On a side note: Good news, we hopefully will be getting around to releasing an ad campaign this week.

Re: Weight Lifting Tactics
by littleguy Mar 12, 2008 03:34:32 AM

I think everyone who has lifted consistently has experienced a plateau or two. I do the same thing I tell others. Change it up, throw in a set or two of ladders (up the rack down the rack) super slows, HITT training there are hundreds of different ways to lift, by throwing in a few slight changes you get a renewed sense of accomplishment and break the plateau. The easiest thing is to change your routine switch up the order of your lifts, it's not a huge change but you can see the difference.

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