Zen and bodybuilding combined develops the area of "muscle-mind link" which will increase your training performance. This process is called Synergy; simply put, it's where you add parts together but the resultant is more than the sum of those parts!
Sounds magical? Not really but what it can mean is that we take advantage of this concept, apply it for creating an effective fitness body mind set called muscle mind link that will produce better results.
The muscle-mind link is not new, some associate this with 'psyching yourself up' before the event but with Zen it's done during the exercise (in realtime!) so we are adapting it in a different way.
WHICH EXERCISE ROUTINE IS THE BEST?
There are many fitness and weight lifting programs out in this big wide world. You'll find plenty of programs all different in their approach.
It's either short repetitions or long reps, slow cardio or fast cardio; do this but don't do that! Yeah you get the idea.
Try a few of the programs, you could say well that's a 'cop out'! but find one that gets results for you, which doesn't normally mean the easiest one, the 'hurt' box should appear a few times during your work out.
GETTING RESULTS
When you lift weights or even going for a run what do you think about? You might be thinking about the weather, having your car fixed, bills to pay or is that cute girl (or guy) watching you workout! That's wasting your time.
Being mindless and running on the treadmill going around and around like a laboratory rat is just going through the motions, being mindful will ensure your intensity, this is what will drive and get you your results.
For most of us spending 3-4 times per week in the gym we need to maximize our time so we get the best result for our time spent. If you can only spend less time then that, then having an efficient workout becomes critical for any gains.
Your body will find the truth of your workout as positive results will occur, like getting leaner, more muscular, losing weight whatever is your goal. If you have an effective program, in 3-6 weeks small or large body changes will be happen depending on your level of commitment.
The body is pretty smart it will adapt to a mode of exercise very quickly, being aware of this, changing workouts often like anywhere from 4 to 12 weeks is so beneficial for constant gains and results. This is a called rotation or cycling, which can also be applied to your nutrition, I'll talk about this in a future post.
SO WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN
Here are two exercise examples;
Lifting weights, focus on the muscle that you are developing, lets say in the bench press which we will be working chest and triceps. Lift the bar off the rack and in every repetition you do, think and concentrate on the triceps pushing up and then lowering. Feel every movement in the triceps and as you get to those last few working reps visualize the muscles completing each movement "at that moment".
If you have trouble connecting to your muscle, (and chest press is not the best example) exercises that give you the freedom of your other arm will allow you to touch the muscle you want to develop e.g 1 arm bicep curls and that will help reinforce the connection.
Whilst lifting don't worry about the future I mean whether you'll finish the set or not, don't think of the past, you can acknowledge the present pain you are going through (remember you need the hurt box) just getting to that point but;
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Sounds magical? Not really but what it can mean is that we take advantage of this concept, apply it for creating an effective fitness body mind set called muscle mind link that will produce better results.
The muscle-mind link is not new, some associate this with 'psyching yourself up' before the event but with Zen it's done during the exercise (in realtime!) so we are adapting it in a different way.
WHICH EXERCISE ROUTINE IS THE BEST?
There are many fitness and weight lifting programs out in this big wide world. You'll find plenty of programs all different in their approach.
It's either short repetitions or long reps, slow cardio or fast cardio; do this but don't do that! Yeah you get the idea.
Try a few of the programs, you could say well that's a 'cop out'! but find one that gets results for you, which doesn't normally mean the easiest one, the 'hurt' box should appear a few times during your work out.
GETTING RESULTS
When you lift weights or even going for a run what do you think about? You might be thinking about the weather, having your car fixed, bills to pay or is that cute girl (or guy) watching you workout! That's wasting your time.
Being mindless and running on the treadmill going around and around like a laboratory rat is just going through the motions, being mindful will ensure your intensity, this is what will drive and get you your results.
For most of us spending 3-4 times per week in the gym we need to maximize our time so we get the best result for our time spent. If you can only spend less time then that, then having an efficient workout becomes critical for any gains.
Your body will find the truth of your workout as positive results will occur, like getting leaner, more muscular, losing weight whatever is your goal. If you have an effective program, in 3-6 weeks small or large body changes will be happen depending on your level of commitment.
The body is pretty smart it will adapt to a mode of exercise very quickly, being aware of this, changing workouts often like anywhere from 4 to 12 weeks is so beneficial for constant gains and results. This is a called rotation or cycling, which can also be applied to your nutrition, I'll talk about this in a future post.
SO WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN
Here are two exercise examples;
Lifting weights, focus on the muscle that you are developing, lets say in the bench press which we will be working chest and triceps. Lift the bar off the rack and in every repetition you do, think and concentrate on the triceps pushing up and then lowering. Feel every movement in the triceps and as you get to those last few working reps visualize the muscles completing each movement "at that moment".
If you have trouble connecting to your muscle, (and chest press is not the best example) exercises that give you the freedom of your other arm will allow you to touch the muscle you want to develop e.g 1 arm bicep curls and that will help reinforce the connection.
Whilst lifting don't worry about the future I mean whether you'll finish the set or not, don't think of the past, you can acknowledge the present pain you are going through (remember you need the hurt box) just getting to that point but;
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