How to build strong muscles

Speaking of muscles, every man wants them. Having muscles makes him look more manly. At the same time, in the process of muscle exercise, you can also strengthen your physical health, enhance your body's resistance and make you less likely to get sick. It’s just that many people simply practice according to videos or the exercises they think of at the beginning, but there is no effect. Let's learn how to strengthen your muscles.

1. Heavy weight, low number of repetitions: In bodybuilding theory, RM is used to represent the maximum number of repetitions that can be done continuously with a certain load. For example, if an athlete can only lift a weight 5 times in a row, then that weight is his 5RM. Studies have shown that: 1-5RM load training can make muscles thicker and develop strength and speed; 6-10RM load training can make muscles thicker and improve strength and speed, but the increase in endurance is not obvious; 10-15RM load training does not significantly thicken muscle fibers, but strength, speed and endurance are improved; 30RM load training increases the number of capillaries in the muscles and improves endurance, but the improvement in strength and speed is not obvious. It can be seen that a load weight of 5-10RM is suitable for bodybuilding training to increase muscle volume.

2. Multiple sets: Whenever you remember to exercise, you do 2-3 sets. This is actually a waste of time and will not help you grow muscles. You must set aside 60 to 90 minutes to focus on training a certain part of your body, and do 8 to 10 sets of each movement to fully stimulate the muscles. At the same time, the muscles need a longer recovery time. Keep doing this until the muscles are saturated. The "saturation" is something you need to feel yourself. The appropriate standards are: soreness, swelling, numbness, firmness, fullness, expansion, and obvious thickness of the muscles.

3. Long displacement: Whether it is rowing, bench press, push-up, or curl, you must first put the dumbbells as low as possible to fully stretch the muscles, and then lift them as high as possible. This one sometimes conflicts with “continuous tension”. The solution is to quickly pass through the “locked” state. However, I do not deny the role of heavy weight half-range movements.

4. Slow speed: Lift up slowly and then put down slowly to stimulate the muscles more deeply. In particular, when lowering the dumbbells, you should control the speed and do concession exercises to fully stimulate the muscles. Many people ignore concession exercises, and consider lifting the dumbbells as completing the task, and then put them down quickly, wasting a great opportunity to increase muscle size.

5. High density: "Density" refers to the rest time between two sets. Resting for only 1 minute or less is called high density. To increase muscle mass quickly, you need to rest less and stimulate the muscles frequently. “Multiple groups” are also based on “high density”. When exercising, you should focus on training as if you were fighting a battle and not think about anything else.

After the above introduction, everyone also knows how to exercise their muscles well. Generally, muscle training is accompanied by suitable muscles. Also, please note that whether at home or in the gym, it requires long-term persistence to achieve good results. You cannot give up after two or three days. This will definitely not be effective. If you still don’t understand something, it would be better to consult a professional coach.