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Don Juan
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Hey all,
Lets have everyone post their favorite workout techniques/tips that are not widely known nor are found in Diesels or Efforts guides.
Here are mine:
Drink alotta milk and other vitamen d sources: vitamen has been proven to increase muscel strength. http://www.newstarget.com/002260.html
Working out your forearms can have a significant effect in your overall arm strength, and its a quik way to make your arms seem allot bigger.
Eat a combination of whey and casin for your protien sources. Whey digests quikly while casin digests slowy, you need a balance for optimal results. Eat alotta casin before you sleep, since you'll be fasting for 7-8 hours. Good sources of casin: milk and cottage cheese.
http://www.wannabebig.com/article.php?articleid=121
When doing stiff-legged deadlifts, place 10 or 15 lbs plates underneith your toes for a better workout. Reference: http://www.topendsports.com/fitness/technique-deadlift.htm
Eat 3-4 slices of whole wheat or whole grain bread before a workout for awesome stamina. I Exclude the crusts, they are too filling for me.
Do not get oversleep. Even though your muscels grow mostly when you sleep, you are also fasting when you sleep. You need to find a balance where you are fully rested. You'll notice when you oversleep when your appetite is significantly less than usual. For me, my optimal sleep time is 7.5 hours.
Sometimes, a certain exercies works better if you grip without using the thumb. That is, your thumb is on the sames side as your fingers. I first noticed this when my Jujitsu instructer told me to do this for certain submissions. Experiment and see the effects.
Stretching can significantly decrease the time it takes for muscels to repair. I heard from a sports physician that a stretch is most optimal after 30 seconds. For most stretches, it doesn't help much to keep a stretch after 30 seconds.
If you sometimes hurt your wrists during curls, or hear any clicking noices, you should do this stretch before you do them: http://www.trickstutorials.com/images/s135.jpg
Finnaly, my favorite workout technique. Doing 2-4 sets consequatively. That is, without breaks in between. Just lower the weight and keep going. This way your muscels fatique to the max. This had a much greater impact on your muscels than just doing regular sets. I find this technique most usefull for: leg curls, butterflys, leg extensions, and rows. I do not find this useful for anything that takes too long to lower weight, like bench press, although it is possible with 2 spots. Since these types of sets takes up alot of energy, do one less set of these than you would usually do. For example, if you usually do 4 regular sets or a particular exersice, then do only 3 of these 'super sets'.
Now lets hear yours
Lets have everyone post their favorite workout techniques/tips that are not widely known nor are found in Diesels or Efforts guides.
Here are mine:
Drink alotta milk and other vitamen d sources: vitamen has been proven to increase muscel strength. http://www.newstarget.com/002260.html
Working out your forearms can have a significant effect in your overall arm strength, and its a quik way to make your arms seem allot bigger.
Eat a combination of whey and casin for your protien sources. Whey digests quikly while casin digests slowy, you need a balance for optimal results. Eat alotta casin before you sleep, since you'll be fasting for 7-8 hours. Good sources of casin: milk and cottage cheese.
http://www.wannabebig.com/article.php?articleid=121
When doing stiff-legged deadlifts, place 10 or 15 lbs plates underneith your toes for a better workout. Reference: http://www.topendsports.com/fitness/technique-deadlift.htm
Eat 3-4 slices of whole wheat or whole grain bread before a workout for awesome stamina. I Exclude the crusts, they are too filling for me.
Do not get oversleep. Even though your muscels grow mostly when you sleep, you are also fasting when you sleep. You need to find a balance where you are fully rested. You'll notice when you oversleep when your appetite is significantly less than usual. For me, my optimal sleep time is 7.5 hours.
Sometimes, a certain exercies works better if you grip without using the thumb. That is, your thumb is on the sames side as your fingers. I first noticed this when my Jujitsu instructer told me to do this for certain submissions. Experiment and see the effects.
Stretching can significantly decrease the time it takes for muscels to repair. I heard from a sports physician that a stretch is most optimal after 30 seconds. For most stretches, it doesn't help much to keep a stretch after 30 seconds.
If you sometimes hurt your wrists during curls, or hear any clicking noices, you should do this stretch before you do them: http://www.trickstutorials.com/images/s135.jpg
Finnaly, my favorite workout technique. Doing 2-4 sets consequatively. That is, without breaks in between. Just lower the weight and keep going. This way your muscels fatique to the max. This had a much greater impact on your muscels than just doing regular sets. I find this technique most usefull for: leg curls, butterflys, leg extensions, and rows. I do not find this useful for anything that takes too long to lower weight, like bench press, although it is possible with 2 spots. Since these types of sets takes up alot of energy, do one less set of these than you would usually do. For example, if you usually do 4 regular sets or a particular exersice, then do only 3 of these 'super sets'.
Now lets hear yours
