Bulking Up Isn't Nearly As Hard As You Think It Is If You Follow This Advice.

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Training Tip: Bulking Up Isn't Nearly As Hard As You Think It Is If You Follow This Advice.

Bulking up, usually considered one of the hardest parts of weight lifting, is amazingly easy if went about the right way. First, abbreviate your routine. Cut out all meaningless exercise. 4 or 5 big basic compounds will do the trick. Work each one HARD! But the most important of all is the squat. Effects of hard heavy squats will make your whole body grow. One set, twenty reps, with your ten rep poundage. No, I'm not kidding. Three huge lung bursting breaths between every rep. Every rep after 8 should be doubtful, but you close your eyes, grit your teeth, and make all twenty reps. Also, add 5-10 pounds to the bar every single workout (twice a week). The breathing will increase your metabolism, deepen your chest and widen your shoulders. Do twenty pullovers after the squats with a light weight to stretch your ribcage. Besides that, go home, rest, and eat as much as humanly possible. That means tons of protein and calories. If done right you're looking at a minimum of ten pounds of muscle a month. But it is all dictated on how hard you work on that one set of squats.

Response #1

I know this is true, because after reading info like it in the past, I started adding squats to my workout. They kill your legs and it takes a LOT of determination to max out with weight you can squat over 10 reps. But it was also the most rewarding of my lifts. I increased steadily, and if I benched directly after squatting (and regaining my breath), I could get more up than usual.

Response #2

I read that word for word a year and a half ago, from Bill not you. I remembered the lung bursting part and checked it out. Most of it was directly out of the mag. I don't know what's worse, you copying it or the fact that I busted you.

I tried it long ago, and it does help your squat. You really can get 20 reps because everyone is just too scared to really push themselves on the squat. I thought I could do 315 once or twice, but that turned into five and then in the next set I pumped out 15 and could probably have done 20. Take home message: You really can push squat, just have a spotter or two and set the spotter bars high (if you've been in the gym long, you've seen someone fail in the squat rack and it ain't pretty).

Response #3

DEFINITELY. Squats are the single most important exercise that anyone can do. And yes, you can do a lot more reps than you think you can. The body can handle anything you throw its way. The only thing that stops you is your mind. This works with other exercises as well. PUSH YOURSELF!! Make sure you have a spotter though. But if you can bench 275 like 6 times, throw on 315!! Push yourself, push yourself. It will give you a mental edge that will help you to increase all of your weights. Only those with intensity will grow to maximum potential. Be intense, go insane, lift hard. The toughest competition one could face is with their own mind and body. The mind controls the body. If you are mentally tough, you will be physically strong.

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