Many weight lifters believe that using extremely heavy weights for their weight training workout sessions will produce superior results when compared with a lighter weight workout focus, and this theory is correct. Heavy weight and lower rep weight lifting sessions do produce larger, more dense looking muscles, so it's no shock that most who achieve muscle building success perform at least a portion of their weight lifting workouts using a lower rep range.
Yet, the issue for a large number of weight lifters is that their goal of pursuing low rep weight training exercise sessions far too often causes them to abandon proper weight lifting form, which can lead to serious injury. If a legitimate study were conducted on the subject, I would not be surprised to find that the majority of those who experience weight lifting injuries are using improper form during their workouts, which causes muscles to function awkwardly, leading to muscle tears and strains. In fact, muscle mass increase is maximized only if constant weight training can be maintained for an extended time frame, and many individuals find themselves taking unplanned vacations from their weight lifting workouts due to injuries stemming specifically from improper weight training form.
The temptation is strong to abandon strict form in order to enhance weight used for a particular weight lifting exercise, especially when using heavy weight and low reps during a weight lifting workout session, and when a weight lifter does not immediately fix such behavior, he or she will soon modify weight lifting form to the point where the exercise becomes dangerous, and injury is likely to occur.
What all weight lifters must remember as they pursue maximum muscle gains is that the term "heavy" is relative, and proper weight training form is far more important than the weight used in each weight training workout session. Therefore, when you are considering the use of more weight for a bodybuilding exercise, ensure that you are doing so with proper weight lifting form in mind, adding weight in very small increments to avoid encouraging incorrect, awkward weight lifting performance.
If you find yourself altering exercise form to allow for more weight in a given exercise, then you should reduce the amount of weight used by at least 10-20 pounds, focusing on fostering a connection between your mind and muscles during each set, only increasing weight (in small increments) when you are once again confident that form is 100% correct. It's unfortunately very easy to become convinced that because you have not added weight for a few exercise sessions that your muscle building efforts will suffer, when it's actually very common to stay with an identical weight for several workouts while still increasing muscle size by a significant margin. But by using improper form to try and increase the amount of weight used in a given bodybuilding exercise, you will actually risk harming muscle gains in the long run given both the injury potential, and the risk of transferring emphasis away from the target muscle group.
Never forget that the success of your weight lifting pursuits will be based on how consistent you are capable of training, and using improper form will lead to injuries, necessitating missed bodybuilding workout sessions, and will impact your overall bodybuilding progress in a negative way.
Francesco Castano authors MuscleNOW.com, a diet and weight training program teaching the exact techniques for muscle building without supplements or drugs. He also owns IncrediBody.com, an online fitness superstore selling protein powder at guaranteed lowest prices.
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