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2003/06/06, 01:14 PM
Ravenwolf was very inspirational in “To sling or not to sling” and made me look at some of my own thoughts for both Mass Building/Power Lifting and Body Building. I just had to type a little when I got this thought even if it doesn’t make since to everyone or has been said before it might help someone.
If you muscles aren’t growing then you may need to make some adjustments in diet and training.
#1 Diet, here is a way to think of it as to growth. I don't know how old you are but when I was a teenager (not THAT long ago) I could eat anything, a lot of it and not gain a pound of fat! Because I was growing both in height and width, my body needed all that food to grow. As I have gotten older that is not the case unless I'm in the Gym Growing Muscle! Once you body hits a point it doesn't need the nutrition to grow but to maintain.<-this is the point were a lot of us put on the pounds, others just cut down what that eat and are ok. There is a POINT to that long explanation: Because your muscles are Growing you need to feed them not maintain them. If you don't feed growing muscles they starve before they get to their full potential and those your wasting time!
#2 Gym, I would say this question is one that you need to answer. Are you working your muscles correctly and to their full potential? Make sure you are doing proper form should be given, and that if your using a spotter their not doing a majority of Your work. Now when I say form there is two schools of thought Power Lifting and Body Building. You can read up on which one you want to achieve all over this forum and others. BUT MAKE SURE YOU DOING IT RIGHT!! (o: the second part to this are you working your muscle to their limits the proper way and not holding back? I like the Mass program on this site with a few adjustments.(I have not gotten through the whole 12 weeks yet so forgive the rest if you think otherwise, 12 week mass, 5 days a week, week 3.)
I have been doing another mass program before I switched to this one with a few more exercises per body part. (I add shrugs on shoulder day and maybe an extra leg curls for hams on legs). The thing I think is to work for that EXTRA REP. Are you doing all your sets TO a # or reps or are you trying to get PAST that # of reps? If the routine says ten are going to 10 and stopping even if you could do 11 or even 12? If your not working your muscles to that point then what are you working out for? The body will grow only to the point that it can handle the weight, to make your muscles grow by pushing them past.
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