Want Great Arms and Burn Body Fat?

September 28, 2010 admin 3 comments

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Hi,

Do you want great arms and burn body fat at the same time?

If so then you need to be negative.

That means you have to increase the amount of time you spend returning the weight to the starting position.

So for biceps curls, you lift the weight upwards.

When you have the weight up, tighten the muscle as hard as you can for a split second.

Then, and this is the important part, lower the weight back to the starting position very slowly. Take 4 to 6 seconds to do this.

The upward lifting is called the positive part of the rep and the lowering is called the negative. The more scientific terms are concentric and eccentric.

The slow lowering is much more damaging to the muscle tissue.

All exercise damages your muscles somewhat, but lowering the weight slowly damages it the most.

And this is what you want if you want to burn body fat.

After you do any weight training, your body has to recover. The recovery does two things.

It takes more energy to repair your muscle tissue. You will have many tiny tears in the muscle and this is what needs to be repaired. This takes energy and your body gets it from raising your metabolism and burning body fat.

The other thing your body does is to realize that it needs a bigger muscle to handle what you just did to it.

So it repairs the muscle and adds a little bit of size to it. Again, lowering the weight slowly causes this repair process and growth process to accelerate.

A word of caution. You can’t do this at every workout. Even if you are only 20 and full of energy.

Add your negatives about once a month for a particular body part. That will be plenty to get the growth and raised metabolism you desire.

Add these to your routine and watch your arms grow while you burn more fat in the process.

Thanks,

Mike Val