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Sunday, October 22, 2006

TARGET MAJOR MUSCLE GROUPS (332 words)

One of the secrets to better results from weights is to target major muscle groups (MMG). It must be understood right from the initiation that the biceps aren’t the only muscles that constitute the human body.

The MMGs (also some of the strongest ones) are predominantly the thighs & the lower back (the back in its entirety is itself a huge muscular portion). The pectorals & the deltoids together constitute another perceivable portion.

All that I’ll take up in this post is the benefits of working out the MMGs on the body, as well as on the supporting muscles.

To begin with, high intensity free weights workout like the squat, the deadlift, bent over rows, the bench press & to some extent the shoulder press stimulate a greater production of testosterone & other growth enhancing factors in the body. Increased hormone production evidently leads to increased muscular bulk & a general feeling of bodily well being.

At this juncture, I wish to bring to your notice an easily observable physiological phenomenon. Any organ that is put to greater use; pressed for increased productivity will undergo an increase in size (& strength) to meet the changing scenario.

Therefore the demand for increased androgenic activity placed through the targeting of MMGs will see a not so spectacular increase in the size of the testes (among other such changes). The other conceivable change in the body would be the increased rate of metabolism.

Exercising the MMGs has a comprehensive effect; in the sense that the supporting minor muscles are also strengthened. The bench press will build up the triceps & the anterior deltoids, the shoulder press takes care of the forearms as well as the triceps, the deadlift has an effect on the biceps, the trapeziuus & the biceps femoris (the hamstrings) & so on. Therefore, followers of this approach may cut down their training of the minor muscle groups to an extent to only strengthen them for higher yields on the MMG targeting power moves.



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