How to really shock your muscles into growth

How to really shock your muscles into growth

So I’m two workouts into phase 3 of Vince Delmonte’s Maximize Your Muscle program and I can tell you that once again, my muscles are fried. It doesn’t seem to matter that I’ve been working out for years and it doesn’t seem to matter that I’ve already hit every muscle in my body from every angle imaginable. The bottom line is that regardless of all of that, each muscle group I’ve worked in the new program is screaming sore right now. They are almost as sore as my first day working out. The thing is, they were this sore when I started phase 1 and 2 also.

There is a reason I’m telling you this. I often hear people talking about including different exercises in their routine so they can “shock” the muscles into growth. They want to hit the muscle from all angles to make sure they don’t stop getting results. The truth is, while there is some truth to this way of thinking, most people are missing the point. When was the last time you went home as sore as the first time you walked in the gym because you changed up an exercise? Sure you may find that a small section of your body that you normally miss is sore but when was the last time the whole muscle group was screaming for mercy the next day?

The thing is, shocking the muscles is about a lot more than changing an exercise. In fact, if you really want to shock your muscles, you’ve got to change a lot more than just the exercise and this is what most people miss. The reality is that most people train the same way every time they walk into the gym.

Many people only have a small arsenal of exercises and they never really change them up at all.

There are other’s that jump on the bandwagon of people that believe in always expanding their movement arsenal so they never get stale. You can always find these people asking for new exercises to hit this or that part. They all think that there is some Holy Grail movement that will give them the body they’ve always wanted. They are better than the first but not by much.

What most of these people forget is that your body isn’t just made of muscles. Your body is a system of systems that all have to work together to build those muscles. Changing a movement isn’t going to have much effect on your nervous system, your hormone levels, or really anything but the movement of that muscle. If it hits some new part of the muscle it might do something but not much. Probably better for definition than mass. So what’s the answer?

Quite simply, the answer is you have to change everything. For instance, if you’re bench pressing for 3x10 @70% of your max weight with 90 second rests, change it to 5x8 @60% max with strict 30 second rest periods.  Change between explosive and slow and controlled, change the count, change the order of the exercises, etc. If you’re used to doing 3 days per week body part training, try high intensity full body workouts 5 days per week. You know when you’re really shocking your body because the fatigue is different. It feels different. Maybe your muscle just hits a wall and can’t lift anymore, another time your muscle may feel fine and then suddenly your body just gives out, another time your pump may be so ridiculous that you just can’t move the muscle anymore.

What many people don’t realize is that you can take the guy that only knows a few exercises and does the same thing every time he comes in the gym and completely revamp his workout without adding a single new movement to his repertoire. That’s not to say that you shouldn’t add more for optimal results but I’m just saying its possible. The problem is that most people simply don’t know how. Even if they can change a few things up, most people don’t know what they are really accomplishing by doing so.

It’s for this reason that I keep with the Maximize Your Muscle program. Sure, I know my way around the gym. I know my way around better than half the trainers I see. That doesn’t matter though. The reason I’m doing this program, is because every month I receive a new set of workouts that changes everything and I didn’t have to think about it at all. I don’t have to wait until things stop working to start looking for a new way; like clockwork, it just shows up. Furthermore I already know that this stuff has been tested and approved by someone that has been where I am. I know its been put together through trial and error of someone that is probably even more passionate about this stuff than I am. I know this stuff isn’t random and that its put together in such a way that each month builds on the last.

The great thing is that all this comes to me for less than the price of one personal training session each month. Now if you are new to all this, I don’t really recommend you go with this program. Vince actually has a better one for you called No Nonsense Muscle Building which will take you through your first year of training with amazing results if followed. However, if you’ve been at this for a few years and are sick of mediocre results, find yourself a program like this ASAP. As of now the Maximize Your Muscle program is closed but if it opens back up… get in quickly.

Til Next Time,

Kris

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The great thing is that all this comes to me for less than the price of one personal training session each month. Now if you are new to all this, I don’t really recommend you go with this program. Vince actually has a better one for you called No Nonsense Muscle Building

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Whats the best way to shock your muscles?
i heard shocking ur muscles makes them grow faster. i was thinking the way to shock my chest muscle is by doing two sets of as many reps as i can with 135lb. so that would probably be about 20-25 reps. than on the third set do less heavy reps. say 6-8 reps with 205lb. will that shock my chest muscle?