It takes too long to build muscle.
Yea, I’ll go ahead and say it.
It can take months for visual changes to take affect.
Now one of the most important elements of building muscle consistently is progressive overload.
This is just a fancy phrase for “make your muscle grow my adding more resistance over time.”
And while muscle-building is generally a slow process, that doesn’t mean you can’t speed it up.
I actually have a quick tip I want to share that can prevent muscle-building plateaus and prevent weeks of just “spinning your wheels” in your student workout.
Building muscle requires that a lot of things line up including your protein consumption, your schedule, and your campus workout.
The way you know a training program is effective for the long term is if it uses progressive overload.
It has a set of rules that should be followed on how to add weight or resistance to your workouts over time.
I had a gym buddy that used to pick out exercises for me and just say “you should lift this much”.
There was no rhyme or reason. I just did what he said.
It was one of these stupid mistakes and I was an idiot to listen to him.
I know now why I wasted so much time during that period and that calculated percentages based on your current muscle adaption is the real way how to workout in college with real results.
But the problem with many of these good routines is that the jumps from one level of resistance to the next can be too much for your muscles to handle.
For example, you can’t just jump from 160 lbs to 200 lbs.
If someone has never lifted 200 lbs before and they just decide to do it… they’re gonna have a bad time.
You gotta use smaller increments.
Well, in this video, I talk about how you can take “small increments to the extreme” and allow your muscles to engage in faster adaptation.
And it’s really simple to do too!
Stop! Build More Consistent Strength with THIS in Your Campus Workout
How Do You Use Progressive Overload in Your Student Workout Plan?
Leave a comment below and fill me in on your current routine and how it helps you build muscle from one week to the next.
Do you think what I said in the video can help you make faster gains in your college workout routine?