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Squats are foundational to overall strength and mass
Let’s face it – if you’re reading this blog, you probably love to hit the gym. Weights are your friends. After work or school, when you step in the weight room you have to stop yourself from saying, “Honey, I’m home.”
So what’s your objective in there? Are you looking to get a sleek, toned physique? We all see like that in there – nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, they should check out our CB or Clen offerings – right up their alley.
On the other hand, we see the hardcore lifters. You know who I’m talking about – maybe you are one. These guys are built like a brick house. Slap one on the back and you feel like you’ve slapped a mountain. If you’re asking yourself, “What do these guys know that I don’t? How did they get like that?” then you’ve come to the right place, because I’m going to shed some light on it.
Here’s the key – compound exercises. When you see the slim guys working out, where do you see them? Usually, they’re on the nautalis equipment or the machines. They’re getting busy with the bicep curls. When you see the real big, strong lifters working out, where do you see them? Doing squats, deadlifts, cleans, and of course, the bench. They might be doing the machines or dumbell isolation exercises, but that’s AFTER they’ve worked their compound exercises.
So why do compound exercises work so well to develop that size and strength? There’s two reasons for this:
1. Compound exercises allow you to lift more weight. If you’re going to increase muscle size and strength, you MUST do this one thing: increase INTENSITY. Lifting the same typical weight – say 70% of your max – over and over again is not going to push your muscles to grow. Even if you add sets upon sets. Intensity is what signals your muscles to grow, which ties in to the next reason…
2. Compound exercises cause the body to release growth hormones. Growth hormones and testosterone are released according to the total muscle mass being exercised. Because compound exercises use multiple muscle groups, they cause your body’s endocrine system to signal to your body that it’s time to grow.
Because compound exercises are targeting your endocrine system, combining them with one of our Retabol, Parabol, Dianobol, or Annadrall products is a killer combo! These products are going to fuel and trigger your endocrine system for explosive gains in mass and strength.
How should you go about adding this to your workout? Well, to add strength, you don’t need to do a ton of reps. And you definitely don’t need to go to failure! That’s a good way to get injured with one of these exercises. If you’re new to these exercises, pay attention to your body and give yourself some time to break it in to these exercises. You may have really strong legs and shoulders, but lacking lower back strength. You need to give your lower back some time to play catch up to prevent injury. Remember – your body will break at its weakest link!
The classic workout for serious strength gains is 5 X 5. That’s 5 sets of 5 reps each. Work yourself up to maximum intensity! Here’s a great workout you can implement for massive gains:
- Monday: Squats (heavy)
- Tuesday: Benchpress (heavy)
- Wednesday: Deadlift (heavy)
- Thursday: Squats (light)
- Friday: Benchpress (light), weighted pull-ups (heavy)
If you really want to increase your power gains, focus on these and skip the isolation exercises. Devote that time and energy to the compound exercises. Let us know how it’s working out for you!
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