by Derek Manuel

If you want to learn how to build up muscle strength, then look no further. My goal is to put together for you the simplest, purest, and most learnable form on how to build up muscle strength to whatever you want it to be. Whether you want to compete in weight lifting championships, or you just have some personal weight lifting goals that you always wanted reach, then read on my friend.

Gaining strength, or poundage progression, is a very simple concept. Before you do anything else, I want you to take out a pen or pencil and a pad of paper. Now I want you to write out long term goals for however many lifts you want. For instance, one of my long term goals for a long time as a kid was to squat 405 pounds. At the time I set that goal I could barely squat 135 pounds for 10 reps. What I did next was set a goal for 185 pounds for 10 reps. This was my immediate short term goal.

Then all I did for the next few weeks was concentrated on adding weight a little at a time each week until I could squat 145 pounds for ten reps, then 155 pounds, then 165 pounds, etc, until I could eventually squat for 185 for ten reps. Then I would set a new short term goal, 225 pounds for ten reps, and go at it again. Now, it sounds simple, and it is, but the secret is in the HARD WORK you put in each workout to pass your last workout, and having the tenacity to keep going and NOT QUIT!

Each workout you are getting an inch closer to your long term goal by attacking the heck out of your short term goal. They say the only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. This is how great success works in anything, and it is more measurable in weight training then anything else.

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