If you’ve been following the guide to creating The Ultimate Weight Training Workout Routine from the very beginning, then congrats… you just learned a ton! At this point you’ve figured out what your exact goal and training experience level is, found out how much frequency, intensity and volume is best for you, chose a workout…
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Do you want more muscle tone? Of course you do! Maybe you want to tone up your legs, or your stomach, or your arms, or your back, or your butt. Hell, maybe you want to tone up your entire body. And that’s why you’re here. You want to know all of the best tips, tricks,…
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What is an article about creating the perfect diet plan doing on a site called “A Workout Routine” in the middle of a guide to creating the most effective weight training program? I mean, this is obviously a site geared specifically towards workout related topics, so why the hell am I writing about diet stuff?…
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As I’ve previously explained, the #1 key to getting positive results from your workout routine is progressive overload. Meaning, you must strive to increase the demands being placed on your body in some way over time. When you fully understand how big of a requirement this is, the next logical question is pretty obvious… Exactly…
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Do I have your attention? I mean seriously… do I really have your attention? I ask because I’m about to explain the single most important factor in getting positive results from any type of workout or any form of exercise. Are you listening now? Good. When trying to create the most effective workout routine possible,…
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After you’ve selected the exercises you will perform in each of your workouts and put them in their ideal order, the next important step is to answer the following questions: How long should you rest between sets of an exercise? How long should you rest between different exercises? Simply put, if your rest periods are…
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Once you select the weight training exercises you will perform during each of your workouts, the next decision you need to make is what order to perform them in. As is the case with most aspects of creating an effective weight training routine, exercise order can vary significantly based on factors specific to you and…
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When it comes to diet and fitness, people are always obsessed with finding out what works best. You know, like… What is the best workout routine? What is the best workout schedule? What is the best diet plan? What are the best exercises? These questions are all extremely common, and for good reason. If you…
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The most common and straight forward way of categorizing weight training exercises is simply in terms what muscle group or body part an exercise targets. While some explaining was necessary to properly show the difference between free weight exercises, body weight exercises and machines, and compound exercises and isolation exercises, and of course the different…
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Another one of the many ways of categorizing weight training exercises is in terms of their movement pattern. You see, while there might be hundreds of different exercises in existence, there’s really only a few basic movements the human body is capable of doing during an exercise. For the most part, these movement patterns are:…
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