Old School Body Weight Training
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Body Weight Training for Building Muscle
Most guys at the gym just don't "get" this simple fact...
Muscle isn't dependent upon some fancy machine down at the gym.
In fact, the one form of exercise that's been shown to be far better than any other is BODYWEIGHT TRAINING.
Want proof?
In the bodybuilding world, old school pro Lee Haney credited his legendary barn door-sized back NOT to his gym's pulldown machine...but to bodyweight pullups.
Olympic gymnasts have some of the best bodies on Earth and are masters of bodyweight exercises.
And here's a video about a skinny guy who went from 148 lbs. to 187 lbs. using nothing more than bodyweight exercises.
Why are bodyweight exercises so powerful for building muscle mass?
Well old school gym rats understand that ALL muscle growth is the direct result of how well you can "activate" your central nervous system (CNS).
You see, when you train a muscle, an electrical signal is sent to your CNS to recruit muscle fibers as well as wake up every biological function that supports building more muscle - hormone release, oxygen use, you name it.
The stronger that signal, the more your body is going respond and help you build more mass.
Electrical readouts of muscle stimulation have shown that a bodyweight exercise program recruits the most muscle fibers of any type of training and therefore prime your body for massive growth.
One Leg Bodyweight squats
Pushups
Pullups
Chinups
Handstand Pushups
Etc.
If you're not doing these, then you need to add them to your routine right away.
Trust me...even if you can only do one pullup, it's going to help you more than doing 10 reps of pulldowns in the long run.
There are numerous exercises you can use, but you need a plan on how to pair them correctly and convert them into real muscle.
Mike Thiga has a great bodyweight exercise program that's a proven mass-builder. Watch the video at The-Muscle-Experiment.com.
You can see his own transformation as well as what's included at his website.
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