| "What is the best body building workout schedule?" is | | | | Day 4 - aerobic |
| a question that beginning bodybuilders pose time and | | | | Day 5 - upper body workout |
| time again. This quest for a holy grail of perfect | | | | Day 6 - aerobic |
| workout schedule has been sought for generations | | | | Day 7 - rest |
| and the truth is that the actual components of a | | | | Start the next week with a lower body workout and |
| workout schedule are only slightly more important than | | | | continue alternating. This body building workout |
| the timing of the schedule itself. From rudimentary | | | | schedule accomplishes three things. One, it builds the |
| exercises that can be done in the home or in a basic | | | | habit of working out (almost) every day, the benefits |
| gym up to compound muscle group super sets the | | | | of which are described above. |
| pros use, the secret to a body building workout | | | | Two, it allows for ample rest between workouts of |
| schedule is in its consistency. | | | | the same muscle group. It is in the rest period where |
| Day in and day out, at approximately the same time of | | | | your muscle actually grows. While you are in the gym |
| day, you should be exercising your body and you mind | | | | working your muscles, they are under stress. It is in the |
| to develop the habit of your new routine. By | | | | reparation from that stress that the muscle becomes |
| 'scheduling' yourself for body building, you will train | | | | larger, not while it is under stress. |
| yourself to get the feeling that something is wrong if | | | | Three, it provides enough room for variety of |
| you skip a session. This mental training starts with your | | | | exercises so that your muscles don't get used to doing |
| preparation for your workout - the ritual of preparing | | | | the same exercise each time. The human body very |
| you gym bag, walking into the gym, changing your | | | | easily gets used to any strain it is put under. If you |
| clothes and mentally going over the routine you are | | | | performed the same exercise over and over again |
| about to perform. | | | | with no variety your muscles would quickly adapt and |
| Tiger Woods does not vary his approach to the ball | | | | your routine would reach a point of diminishing returns. |
| depending on the weather. His swing, perhaps but the | | | | By altering the resistance, position and movement of |
| repetition of each practice swing has trained him to | | | | your exercise, your muscles will not be able to adapt |
| 'feel' when something is wrong and to step back and | | | | to the new strain they are being put under. Small |
| start over. | | | | stabilizing muscles and different areas of the same |
| That being said, one of the most useful beginner | | | | muscle will be strained in subsequent workout sessions |
| workout schedule follows the work week alternating | | | | keeping your muscles under varying strain and allowing |
| weight lifting with aerobic exercise every other day. | | | | for greater growth during the rest phase. |
| Day 1 - upper body workout | | | | These are the basics for setting up a body building |
| Day 2 - aerobic | | | | workout schedule. |
| Day 3 - lower body workout | | | | |