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It seems appropriate that the best way to kick your body into high gear is to make it work harder and more. If you’re used to performing a specific number of sets and reps with a lackadaisical attitude, this point would be most applicable to you. Decrease your rest time between sets and add more total training volume. Both objectives can be hit by simply adding something as simple as high-intensity jumping jacks in-between sets.
“This helps to force more blood into the muscles, stretching the fascia to make room for new muscle growth,” explains Matt Kroczaleski, bodybuilder and world champion powerlifter. When Marc Megna wants to pile on muscle, he plays around with the tempo, or pace of each rep, during his sets. “The amount of hypertrophy you experience is directly related to total time under tension,” he explains. “When most people simply increase rep range, their total weight lifted tends to go down.”
He continues, “Slow eccentric and concentric contractions will increase type I muscle fiber size, whereas slow eccentrics or pauses (isometric holds) with explosive concentric contractions focus on the fast-twitch fibers.”
The next time you’re working on, say, your biceps, try slowing down the tempo to really feel your muscles work and contract.
