I see so many people in the gym just slinging weight around. You can accomplish more if you squeeze the reps out in perfect form, instead of going big and trying to kill it every time.
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I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym.
Circuit training is a great way to go. Keeping the reps high and the weight low, you'll tone your muscles without bulking up.
Oftentimes, heavy weights can tear the muscle fiber causing it to bulk, but using a lighter weight for a longer duration and allowing your body to move in many different ways to target all of the muscles will lengthen them without tearing.
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.
If I go in the gym, it will slow me down. I don't go in for weights or anything like that. Each and every person is different, and this is my way, and I'm sure if someone else tried doing what I do, then it probably wouldn't work for them.
You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case.
I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years.
I'm not a big fan of just doing weights. Anything more physical is infinitely better.
We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started that rumor. I noticed if I did weights a couple of times a week, I would be able to hit that jab a lot longer. After sparring, everybody's gone, and I sneak into the weight room. Spend 40 minutes in there lifting weights.
If I lift any weights, I do it more for explosion, but I really use my body weight to build up muscle and strength.
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