High Intensity – Low Weight Workout

When you’re lifting weights, it’s definitely not all about the weight. Where your concentration lies and your range of motion can add a degree of difficulty entirely separate from the amount of resistance you’re up against. For example, one person curling 35 lb dumbells may not achieve the level of workout that another person curling 25 lbs reaches.

Range of motion is one aspect of this. When you are curling weight, once you reach a certain point your bicep is no longer worked. Take the moment you touch the dumbell to your shoulder. This is unnecessary and actually gives you a resting point while you’re performing your reps. So person B who follows a lesser range of motion in his curling technique actually is working the bicep more because at no point is the bicep being allowed to relax.

Concentration on your muscle groups gives you an edge as well. Person A who concentrates and focuses on contracting their pectorals during bench press is going to see more growth in that muscle group than person B who sits down and hammers out 10 presses without consciously thinking about what they’re doing.

The weight training portion of my workout is done for today (back and bi’s) but I still want to add in abs and a light run so I’ll post tommorow.

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