Be patient with your muscles

Posted on August 28, 2013 by john in Fitness tips

We live in a world where waiting is no longer an option. We are conditioned by the demands and we want everything to happen quickly. Since he walked through the door of the gym want to get everyone to know and recognize that we are stronger than the day before, that when you leave our friends tell us the typical phrase “see you stronger, you going to the gym?” .

Even if you eat well, train well, rest, plan your training, etc., will be realized when all the work and time spent in the gym? How is it possible that your legs will not grow if we spend the same time as other muscle groups?

If you are concerned that your muscles do not grow all at the same speed, keep in mind that you are not alone. A recent study has shown that one of the reasons why, for example, the legs do not grow as fast as the chest can be due to biology and genetics, not a bad training.

This interesting study published in the European journal of applied physiology, examined the time taken by the body to adapt to exercise-induced stress at the top and bottom. We designed a workout routine for 17 men and 20 women and included six exercises for legs and chest with 8-12 reps per set, three days a week for 12 weeks. Using ultrasound and strength test, the researchers found changes in strength and muscle density in the legs and chest, and what they found was interesting:

after 12 weeks of training, strength increased by an average of 19% in leg extensions and bench press in men and 27% in women. The researchers also found that increases in muscular torso density were larger and occurred earlier than those produced in the bottom in both groups during this period of 12 weeks.

This news is good and bad. Good because science verifies that our muscles respond to different growth rates, and bad because these muscles respond in different ways. We must do something about it. Yes, we must adapt our workouts to our genetics! Each of us has a different gene. You may be doing the same muscle group takes much longer to show the work invested. We give each muscle you need to grow, and that we get every so often changing our stimuli on it, change exercises, sets, repetitions, loads, rest periods, etc.. And eventually get to find out what kind of work is more profitable for each of our muscle groups.

But in short, keep training and varying your routines, nourish, if necessary supplement, rest you need, and the muscle will eventually emerge.