Friday, April 3, 2009

Neuromuscular System

When training, our neuromuscular system adapts to specific movement patterns.  It is advisable to change the training exercises occasionally to obtain optimal results.  I keep a list of all the exercises I perform and which body-part they target.  This helps when switching up exercises and saves time.

Also, different movements require different muscle-fiber activation patterns that may stimulate further strength development.  For example: if you do chest press (flat) the first time you do chest, if only performing one-exercise per workout, then do incline press the next time.  If performing multiple-exercise sets, then the rotational pattern of exercises works well.

Another way of switching up resistance training is the type of training that is done.  The following are a few different ones:

  • Supersets
  • Dropsets
  • Assisted Training (eccentric contractions)
  • Negative Training (eccentric contractions)
  • Slow Training

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