All the best bodybuilders know that to achieve the most muscle mass in the shortest period of time you must train to absolute failure.
For the uninitiated muscular failure is the point in an given exercise where further movement is not possible.
So for instance if you were doing squats, you would pile up the bar with as much weight as you figured you could complete in say 8-12 reps, then you would get under the bar and move slowly and methodically rep after rep until your body could no longer lift the weight.
At this point you may have two thoughts running through your mind. First, that this type of training is not for the faint of heart. You'd be quite right, training to failure is tough to be sure, but it is also very effective. Second you'd begin to wonder what is going to happen when you can no longer control the decent of the weight.
Where does it go!
Ahhh, that leads us to answer the headline question which is, what is The Best piece of bodybuilding equipment for muscle mass and strength.
This is a very good question to ask because while we want to lift the heaviest weight possible, and we need to lift to absolute muscular failure, we must take precautions to stop the decent of all that weight at a safe point.
If you're doing exercises like chins going to failure is really not a problem, you just descend until your feet touch the ground then simply stop hanging on. However, if you are doing heavy basic lifts like bench press, squats, military press and so on, you will need to have something physically in the path of your barbell to stop it from crushing you.
Enter our winner for the best piece of Bodybuilding equipment for building mass and strength.
The Squat Rack!
This humble structure of steel that has sat quietly in the corner of your gym for years, being overlooked by all but the most neanderthal of gym members. Thought by some to be a medieval implement of torture, this monstrosity is in fact your key to safe muscular failure.
Place a bench between the towers, adjust the safety pins to a point just below the height of your chest and voila - instant spotter. Now when the barbell fails to move away from your chest just slowly lower it and let it rest on those safety pins. Crawl out from under the iron and walk away stimulated and smiling.
Place a loose upright seat in the rack and set the pins to the height of your clavicles and presto a fearless spotter for your set of heavy military presses. You can use it for practically any lift where a barbell is used, and enjoy the benefits of full muscular failure without the fear.
Friend the squat rack ain't just for squats anymore!
For the uninitiated muscular failure is the point in an given exercise where further movement is not possible.
So for instance if you were doing squats, you would pile up the bar with as much weight as you figured you could complete in say 8-12 reps, then you would get under the bar and move slowly and methodically rep after rep until your body could no longer lift the weight.
At this point you may have two thoughts running through your mind. First, that this type of training is not for the faint of heart. You'd be quite right, training to failure is tough to be sure, but it is also very effective. Second you'd begin to wonder what is going to happen when you can no longer control the decent of the weight.
Where does it go!
Ahhh, that leads us to answer the headline question which is, what is The Best piece of bodybuilding equipment for muscle mass and strength.
This is a very good question to ask because while we want to lift the heaviest weight possible, and we need to lift to absolute muscular failure, we must take precautions to stop the decent of all that weight at a safe point.
If you're doing exercises like chins going to failure is really not a problem, you just descend until your feet touch the ground then simply stop hanging on. However, if you are doing heavy basic lifts like bench press, squats, military press and so on, you will need to have something physically in the path of your barbell to stop it from crushing you.
Enter our winner for the best piece of Bodybuilding equipment for building mass and strength.
The Squat Rack!
This humble structure of steel that has sat quietly in the corner of your gym for years, being overlooked by all but the most neanderthal of gym members. Thought by some to be a medieval implement of torture, this monstrosity is in fact your key to safe muscular failure.
Place a bench between the towers, adjust the safety pins to a point just below the height of your chest and voila - instant spotter. Now when the barbell fails to move away from your chest just slowly lower it and let it rest on those safety pins. Crawl out from under the iron and walk away stimulated and smiling.
Place a loose upright seat in the rack and set the pins to the height of your clavicles and presto a fearless spotter for your set of heavy military presses. You can use it for practically any lift where a barbell is used, and enjoy the benefits of full muscular failure without the fear.
Friend the squat rack ain't just for squats anymore!
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