Building Muscle Handbook by Julian Shapiro
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Building Muscle Handbook by Julian Shapiro
We’re approaching this through fitness because we’ve discovered that for most men, the first step toward mastery of the self should be mastery of the body. And hormones hold the key.
Setting up and following a straightforward workout. - Training consistently and with high intensity. - Following the rule of progressive overload (meaning over time you will lift more weight, more reps or more sets). - Following a good diet with proper nutrition. - Getting enough rest for recovery.
But as a taste, here are some general guidelines that apply to most exercises you would use to build muscle, starting with these two fundamental principles: • Control the negative. Don’t let the weight free-fall back to the starting position. Control it all the way down. • Move through a reasonably full range of motion. On most exercises, you shoul
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