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Shaolin Temple
05-17-06, 12:22 AM
YOUR GOAL: THE PERFECT CHEST

YOUR TIME: 18 MINUTES

This routine attacks the primary cause of puniness. "The mistake most men make when looking for more chest size and strength is always sticking to the traditional eight-to-12-repetition principle," says Jason Ferruggia, owner of Renegade Strength and Conditioning, in Warren, New Jersey. Ferruggia's first rule: Diversify your repetition schemes and emphasize heavier-weight, lower-repetition sets. This allows you to target your body's fast-twitch muscle fibers, the ones with the greatest potential for growth.

At times, this workout calls for you to lift only your body weight while in a suspended position. Think gymnasts, who build rock-hard bodies without ever picking up a weight. "Moving your body through space is more taxing to your central nervous system than regular weight training," says Ferruggia. This means you'll improve your brain-to-muscle connection, which will train your body to recruit more muscle in every exercise.

Do Phase 1 for 4 weeks, working your chest twice a week with two separate routines (Day 1 and Day 2). (Do the exercises shown here as the chest portion of your upper- or total-body routine.) Rest at least 2 days between workouts. Complete Phase 2 workouts in the next 4 weeks.

Here is part of an article that I found online that states something that completely contradicts what I know is right. Can any of you pick it up? I'll tell you later in the day what I think is wrong with this article. But just curious if you guys pick it up. It's just one sentence, but I copied and pasted a big chunk, just to make it a bit more challenging.

It must be a editing error/typo.

big al 3985
05-21-06, 07:11 PM
thepart about lifting weights helps your fast twitch muscles. weight lifting only helps your slow twitch muscles...

Shaolin Temple
06-02-06, 01:51 PM
thepart about lifting weights helps your fast twitch muscles. weight lifting only helps your slow twitch muscles...

Yeah, it's a typo I'm assuming. Weight lifting can help fast twich, only if you use explosive movements. Like when you squat, if you go up as fast as possibe and go down slow. Of course, you'll have to go down in weight.

Good job! SOrry, I do not have a prize.