Balancing Between Strengths and Weaknesses in Bodybuilding , Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 12:26 AM, in

Success in bodybuilding results from a delicate balance of the individual's strengths and weaknesses. Every person has a weak point and a strength. The beginning point of every bodybuilding program therefore ought to be in identifying these points, both of weakness and strength, before setting the goals. A clear and correct identification ultimately helps in determining the best course of action in the pursuit of bodybuilding objectives.
You might be genetically predisposed towards accumulation of body fats. Body fat content therefore is your weak point, or rather, point of weakness. You must identify this weakness before scheduling fro your training so as tp0o adequately feature fat loss strategies as part of your training, failure to do so will mean that despite gains in muscle, you will have unhealthy proportions of body fat to contend with all along a training program.





On the other hand, you might be genetically enabled to achieve full muscle recovery in very short durations. This means that you can schedule for your training sessions closely, even back to back, in a bid to fully exploit the strength. As many body builders take days off to achieve full muscle recovery, especially after intensive training, you will hit the gym sooner and thus stimulate further growth. This strength like many others you might have, can only be exploited if identified beforehand and then fortified to facilitate maximal muscle gains.
Encourse a bodybuilding-training program, you must pause severally to identify any new developments in terms of strengths and weaknesses. You will be surprised that there are hundreds of unknown and unexploited strengths in your body. Some other things will develop to be weaknesses however. You might discover for the first time in your life that you are very poor when it comes to keeping time or maintaining a schedule, be it dieting or workout schedule. These newly discovered strengths must be utilized to the maximum to aid gains in the program while the weaknesses are downplayed, overcome or avoided. The balance must thus be maintained and reviewed frequently in view of developments and changes.
What was initially a weakness might develop to be a strength encourse your training. For instance, if you have a difficulty in feeling muscle pains and detecting overtraining, if care is taken and progress built in the body, this might turn out as a strength when maximal endurance is needed, especially in hardcore training later on. Still, what was a strength might turn out to be a delimiting weakness after some time in the training routine. If for instance you were very good at aerobics at the beginning of training, when weight exercises become the norm, the body might not be very adept. Yet it is weight exerci9ses that stimulate maximal muscle growth not aerobics. In fact, aerobics should be reduced as weight exercises get more intense.
The key is in identifying the weak point and the strengths and then strategically planning how each can be featured in the training program in such a way as facilitates maximal gains. It is a balancing act that actually gives fun to the whole training concept.

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