Lifting heavy weights is not enough to get you looking like a bodybuilder. Do you know what else is missing?
Assuming you have the diet portion of your workout routine under control, there is one more thing you need to consider if your goal is maximum muscle size.
Our bodies are extremely well designed when it comes to adapting and getting used to doing things; let me explain. If you are now bench pressing 135 pounds, and continue to bench press the same weight for the next six months, your body will have gotten used to that load, and do you know what happens then?
You guessed it, your body is now back on its comfort zone, by now you will have reached a plateau and you will not become any bigger even if you bench press 135 pounds for the rest of your life; unless you apply the progressive resistance concept to your training routine.
Progressive resistance is a basic progression of things; and it applies to every aspect of your life if you think about it. School gets harder every year so that you can continue to grow (mentally), video games get increasingly harder level by level so that you continue enjoying the game, and this rationale could be applied to almost all imaginable aspects of your life; your workouts should be no exception.
By now you know what I am talking about. Progressive resistance is about increasing the weight load that you lift so that your muscles can continue to grow.
A word of caution: Before you begin to increase the load consider that the new weight must allow you to complete the exercise safely and keep correct form and technique. Any load that prevents you from keeping good form is potentially dangerous. Always increase the load gradually.
Guillermo Uriarte writes for The Workout Blog on subjects ranging from nutrition to fitness and sports. More articles by this author: http://theworkoutblog.com
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