The most tried and true way of gaining size is getting stronger muscles.
There’s a well known saying:
“A stronger muscle is a bigger muscle”
While I don’t entirely agree with that statement, it is undeniable that getting stronger will aid in the process of your muscle growth.
When you’re starting out, the name of the game is getting stronger via progressive overload.
This is slowly increasing the weight you use to force the muscles to adapt; ultimately inducing muscular growth to accommodate the heavier weight.
Typically, muscular progression is dictated by how strong you get on compound lifts, as this builds the foundation of your physique.
Although, when you should increase the weight can become unclear.
As a general guideline, you want to increase the weight by tiny increments each time you reach 12 reps without going to muscular failure.
For example, if you can do 185 pounds on the bench press for 12 reps without needing a spotter, then the weight is too light and you need to increase it.
You will then use that increased weight until you can rep that weight for 12 reps.
Rinse and repeat.
By progressively overloading the muscle in small increments on a consistent basis, you can accrue a huge amount of muscle size and overall strength.
This article is for guys that aren’t as muscular as pro bodybuilders, but are still grinding day in and day out trying to look like one. Most amateur bodybuilders and gym rats believe that to look like their favorite pro bodybuilder, they simply have to train and eat exactly like him. However, once they replicate their diet …
Take a quick glance online at any social media platform or just talk to any random person and you’ll quickly realize something… People love to label themselves. “I’m a lawyer, traveler, couch-potato, bodybuilder, etc.” “I’m not a pessimist, outdoorsy, wage-slave, etc.” As humans we have this tendency to define ourselves or put ourselves into groups based on …
There is 1 thing above all other factors that determines if you can put muscle on at all, how much you can put on and at what rate. It’s not steroids, or training, or sleep…. It’s Food Many people have gotten into the fad of calorie counting for cutting and then don’t understand why they aren’t growing when they’re …
When Should You Increase The Weight You Are Lifting?
The most tried and true way of gaining size is getting stronger muscles.
There’s a well known saying:
“A stronger muscle is a bigger muscle”
While I don’t entirely agree with that statement, it is undeniable that getting stronger will aid in the process of your muscle growth.
When you’re starting out, the name of the game is getting stronger via progressive overload.
This is slowly increasing the weight you use to force the muscles to adapt; ultimately inducing muscular growth to accommodate the heavier weight.
Typically, muscular progression is dictated by how strong you get on compound lifts, as this builds the foundation of your physique.
Although, when you should increase the weight can become unclear.
As a general guideline, you want to increase the weight by tiny increments each time you reach 12 reps without going to muscular failure.
For example, if you can do 185 pounds on the bench press for 12 reps without needing a spotter, then the weight is too light and you need to increase it.
You will then use that increased weight until you can rep that weight for 12 reps.
Rinse and repeat.
By progressively overloading the muscle in small increments on a consistent basis, you can accrue a huge amount of muscle size and overall strength.
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