Anyone can go to the gym and work their body parts but if you lack intensity, you might as well go back home.
The gym floor should be a place of business… especially if your goal is to achieve big muscle growth.
Let us explain… Normally when we go to the gym today, we’ll see guys working out but also laughing, talking and standing around. Honestly, they will take 5 minute breaks between sets… which is completely detrimental to muscle development. We often wonder if they are taking their workouts seriously or if the gym is just some kind of daily social event. Let us tell you what is not happening during this kind of workout:
1) There is no focus to psyche up for the next set. They’d rather talk about the weekend then get motivated to do their best.
2) The body is cooling down and thinking “No Pain”….. which means “No Gain”.
3) The muscles you are working will not get pumped or filled with blood.
In short this approach to a routine is just going through the motions.
The time you spend on the gym floor is your time to focus, push every rep to the limit, and drive your muscles to greater size and definition. To do anything less is a waste of time… and this defines the men from the boys.
So how do you achieve intensity in your weight training?
1) Don’t socialize on the gym floor… or at least just keep it to a bare minimum. Your workout and timing of rests between sets is the #1 priority. If someone wants to say hello, then of course respond in kind… but don’t get distracted.
2) Concentrate on thinking about your next set during your rest period. Your eyes will naturally focus on fixed objects in the gym rather looking around and catching someone’s eye for conversation.
3) Talk to yourself internally. Encourage yourself with thoughts like: “I can lift this weight” or “I will push myself to the limit on this one”.
4) Get a training partner that is every bit as serious as you. Motivate each other. Limit conversation to aspects that have to do with the routine at hand.
5) Avoid long rests. This is not power lifting! This is bodybuilding! The muscle recovers to 80% to its original strength less than 1 minute after the previous set.
6) Take every set to failure. Unless you are doing a warm up set, why stop at 10 reps if you could have done 12 reps?
7) Get a spotter to push beyond the number of reps you can do on your own and help take you to failure.
If you don’t walk off the floor drained from your workout, you likely did not achieve the intensity required to grow your muscles.
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