| Are you feeling burned out on your current | | | | worry about counting reps, and don't even think about |
| bodybuilding training regimen? Have you been plugging | | | | the weight you are moving. You will actually be moving |
| away at the same low-weight, high set routine for | | | | more blood into the muscle group than normal, as the |
| years now, and you just feel like your central nervous | | | | slower speed will recruit many fast-twitch muscle |
| system needs a break? Do you love training, but feel | | | | fibers which have been dormant for years due to your |
| the wear and tear on your joints starting to add up? | | | | previous lifting style. |
| Do you just spend too much time in the gym without | | | | Super-slow training has an interesting way of taxing |
| seeing good results? Super-slow training might be the | | | | the body in new ways, while giving it a rest from the |
| solution you're looking for. | | | | continual long-term damage which is caused by |
| Take a week off of the weights. Enjoy life - go for | | | | high-set heavy training several days per week over a |
| walks, play some touch football, and catch up on a little | | | | series of years. On its own merit, super-slow isn't the |
| cardio. When you come back in the gym, reduce all | | | | best routine for building an overall foundation of muscle. |
| weights used by 40%. That's right - we're going light. | | | | Employing a routine calling for a greater number of |
| After your standard warm-ups, don't plunge into your | | | | sets with heavy weights is the only ready to do that. |
| normal powerful reps with fast, explosive lifts. It's time | | | | However, once the base foundation of muscle has |
| to leave that mindset behind. | | | | been established, super-slow training can be very |
| Instead, stop thinking about moving the most weight. | | | | effectively used to push new volumes of blood into |
| Begin thinking about moving the most blood into the | | | | the muscle group in order to elicit new growth. Give |
| muscle you are training. Move the weight slower, with | | | | your body a break, and give super slow training a shot! |
| more controlled movements. Feel the muscle. Don't | | | | |