Saturday, February 16, 2013

Can You Build Muscle Quickly With HIIT Resistance Training?

By Russ Hollywood


Most folks at the gym would like to discover how to build muscle as quickly and effectively as possible. Today's post will teach you how to get a six pack in 3 minutes per day and also how to apply the same rules to build other areas of the body in double quick time.

Gone are the days when people need to spend hours working out in the gym after a long, busy day at the office. Nowadays you can get great results in as little as half an hour. []

The levels of variety and intensity are the two most important factors within any solid training program. Variety simply means challenging the body in ways it's not used to. You could simply swap low reps for high reps, or perform exercises in a different order than usual.

Most gym users hit a plateau due to a lack of variety within their program. This comes from doing a program that works initially and provides good results, causing the gym user to want to stick to it, only to find that results begin to slow down over time. It doesn't mean you are no longer working hard in the gym, it simply means your body has adapted to your program, it knows what to expect.

Try to keep every single workout different from the last. Even if the changes are relatively small, you'll notice great improvements in your results.

A lot of people misunderstand the meaning of the word intensity. They often presume it means working out really quickly, sacrificing form and technique for speed. This is not the case. Intensity means keeping your heart rate elevated. There are numerous fat loss benefits to doing this, as well as other benefits too. Your actual exercise is still performed slowly and controlled throughout, getting the absolute most out of each contraction you do. Intensity comes into play when you drop the weights at the end of each set. Rather than sitting there talking to other gym users while you wait for your next set to begin, watch the clock. After just thirty seconds, begin the next set.

The shock factor of hitting the body with new, unfamiliar exercises and also keeping rest times down is enough to spur new growth in even the hardest of gainers.

The following sample workout focuses on toning the midsection in as little time as possible. It is simple, but it is very intense: []

* Crunch

* Bicycle Crunch

* Plank

This session should be performed as a circuit. Each exercise gets 30 seconds and there is no rest allowed until the end of the circuit, at which point you can take 1 minute before restarting. Due to the fact that most gym users do not train with resistance machines at a high intensity level, this simple session really pushes the fitness levels despite looking easy on paper.

The workout above will effectively show you how to get a six pack in 3 minutes at home every day. If you were to keep doing it, however, you would simply adapt as we have already discussed. The trick lies in varying things when it become stale. You can also apply this style of training to any other muscle group, so if your goal is to learn how to build muscle in as little time as possible, then you have just discovered one of the most effective methods.




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