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Weight-Training Change Up

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Author: John

It's known as the principle of "muscle confusion." The principle of muscle confusion means that the only way to have continuing weight-training success is that you must always keep your body guessing.

When you get comfortable with your workout routine to the point that you feel like you could probably do it in your sleep and no concentration is necessary, it means that it's time for a change. Comfort and muscle building are mutually exclusive.

If you want the time that you spend working hard at the gym to actually accomplish the desired results, you must never let your body get comfortable with the routine. You have to keep your body guessing about what's coming next and what is going to be required.

There is just no one-size-fits-all routine-changing schedule. Each person's requirements are different. Usually routines need to be changed every four to eight weeks, but you might need to change yours at three weeks, or you might not need to make any change for more than eight weeks.

The best way to determine when it's time to shake things up is by keeping a good weight-training journal. Your journal can help you determine how often your body needs the routine changed in order to keep it stimulated.

Basically, the idea is that comfort is not a weight-training goal. If you are mentally comfortable with a routine, it's a pretty good bet that your body has made all of the adjustments it's going to make, because it is also comfortable with the routine. If your body is comfortable, you are NOT building muscle mass.

Change is good. When you have to change your routine because you've become comfortable doing it, that means that you have made some muscle mass-building progress.









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