When I woke up today, for some reason I guess I thought it was Friday instead of Thursday, so I went down to the basement without any shoes on and almost got started with P90X2 Yoga. Oops! Fortunately I realized my mistake before putting in the wrong DVD.
My goal today was to lift as much weight as possible with good form. After all, this is the updated bodybuilder-style workout, right? Recently I heard Ben Greenfield on his Get Fit Guy podcast episode titled “10 Ways to Keep Your Workouts Exciting” talk about using a different workout position, such as being on one foot, or on a Bosu ball. Wow, that sounds really familiar to me now! All that being said, I really need to pay attention to last week’s entries on my worksheet before I choose a weight and repetitions, if I want to improve.
Here are some additional tips I picked up from the Fat2Fit Radio podcast, episode 99:
- The first step of muscle building is actually “nerve training,” that is, teaching your nerves that they will need to adapt to a heavier load
- Lifting more weight requires the use of more individual muscle fibers, so if you lift a heavier weight, additional muscle fibers will be “recruited” for that task (and require repair, becoming bigger and stronger)
