| If you are familiar with traditional body building | | | | impressive, on average 40% greater. |
| techniques you already know that the typical workout | | | | In another study this one at Montclair State University |
| regimen trains one body part per session. For example | | | | researchers found that using one set per exercise |
| day one's session may train legs, day 2 chest, back | | | | was just as effective as multiple sets. The subjects |
| training another day and so on. Sessions may last an | | | | used were previously trained making the findings even |
| hour or more employing multiple sets of several | | | | more compelling. |
| exercises. Using this regimen your whole body would | | | | The implications on how we train are huge and |
| be trained over 4-5 days. With a day of rest each | | | | validates something I have suspected for many years. |
| body part would have a full week to recover for the | | | | It means that it is likely more effective to train using a |
| next training session and you would probably feel like | | | | whole body regimen of 1-2 sets per exercise 3 |
| you needed it. | | | | sessions per week than more popular advanced |
| A new body of evidence is strongly suggesting that | | | | routines. |
| this type of body building technique is less effective | | | | Of course, always be sure to warm up properly. After |
| than previously thought. The University of Alabama | | | | your warm up try using this information with basic |
| conducted a study showing that 3 workouts per week | | | | multi-joint exercises in a routine of your own. Cheers to |
| is more effective at creating muscle mass than 1 | | | | the improvements in your strength and muscle gains |
| workout per week. Strength gains were also more | | | | that should soon follow. |