Tom Platz
Anyone who has watched Tom Platz in the documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger called the comeback will know what I mean when I say that simply listening to Platz talk about body building with such passion made you want to train to the max right there and then. The man was so enthusiastic, intelligent and energetic about his dream of becoming the best that he could be that it took your breath away. In fact I think it is fair to say that if there was a prize for putting your heart and soul to into achieving a dream Tom Platz would win every time. I have always believed that if you have a dream or ambition you should give it everything you have and Platz is the perfect example of this philosophy. We are talking about a guy who arrived in California with only $50.00 and a dream to train with the champions and become like them. Only a couple of years later and the Golden eagle as his fans affectionately call him was famous throughout the sport for his phenomenal leg development built through years of the most intensive training ever known and he was seen by everybody as the man who symbolised commitment.
Remember winning is not just about titles, medals or trophies but is more about giving 100% to the goals you have set yourself. If you do that you have already won regardless of where you finished in the race or competition. Platz is the perfect example of this because although he didn’t win his sports biggest prize he gave everything he could to achieve that aim and that is why he will always be a winner. Read more about sporting heroes Here and let them inspire you to train better than ever before.
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Facts on strength building
To build pure strength all bodyweight exercises have to be kept within the 1-6 repetition range.
Once you can do the required number of repetitions in an exercise change to a more demanding one
You can build strength and stay the same weight if that is your goal.
Strength training requires short workouts of no more than 30-45 minutes to be most effective.
Facts on muscle building
To build a combination of muscle and strength all exercises have to be kept within the 6-12 repetition range.
The best muscle building diet requires two grams of protein for every kilo of your bodyweight.
The quickest way to build muscle requires an increase in bodyweight.
Each muscle should be trained no more than once or a maximum of twice per week for best results.
Facts on abs building
Diet accounts for 80% of the success in building great abs.
You cannot spot reduce fat from any one area of your body or in other words you cannot pick and choose were to lose fat. It has to be done gradually throughout the whole body.
To lose weight eat 4 or 5 small meals a day with each meal containing protein. This keeps your metabolism high and stops your body going into starvation mode which is when it will store fat.
Do not lose more than 1 or 2 pound of weight per week.
The best three abs exercises are the dragon flag, full abs rollout and full hanging leg raise.
Sit ups and crunches are terrible fat burning exercises. You would have to do 1000 sit-ups every night for over 2 weeks to burn 1 pound of fat.
In one study on rats, one group was given all their food in one meal per day as opposed to the other group which had the same amount of food but in small meals throughout the day. The results showed that ones who ate all there food in one meal put on weight whilst the others did not.
Doing lots of cardio without muscle building will result in large muscle loss because your body will adapt to make the cardio easy by losing the heavy muscle. The result could be someone who has very little muscle but still carries some fat.
Exercises that are weight bearing like running and walking are better for burning calories than non weight bearing ones such as cross trainers and cycling.
Facts on flexibility
All workouts should begin with dynamic stretchinginvolving two sets of 10 to 15 repetitions of each movement used.
All workouts should end with a cool down of static passive stretching.
The quickest flexibility results are gained with isometric stretching.
Isometric stretching should be done towards the end of a workout and never more than 3-4 times per week.