Strongest Man. A 9-Week Workout Plan from Men. Principles of Strength and Size (Editor's note: These exercises are from Core Performance by Mark Verstegen. You can order the book online at the Men's Health store) Athletes' Performance is the training ground for professional athletes of every sport, including all-pros like Chicago Cubs shortstop Nomar Garciaparra, along with household-names-in-training like Tampa Bay Devil Ray Carl Crawford. "These guys are built to perform at high speeds with high power, and they look unbelievable, too," says Mark Verstegen, M.S., C.S.C.S., owner of Athletes' Performance, and the Men's Health Muscle Guy. Building a body to perform will give you the best results even if your only reason for training is to attract attention at the beach.
For instance, you might do total-body workouts, alternate between routines such as upper-body/lower-body, or work pairs of muscle groups together. You'll also notice that the workout plans include some total-body rotational movements to attack muscles in all planes. Printer. Muscles are funny things. They respond to just about any type of training, as long as it's hard and as long as it's not the same damn thing you've always done. That's the beauty of density training: It's a whole lot of stuff you haven't tried yet. And best of all, it'll hit your major muscles in a fraction of the time. Instead of counting reps and sets, you'll focus on the total amount of work you can accomplish in a fixed amount of time. As you progress, you'll naturally increase your sets and reps, be able to use more weight, and perform exercises that are more challenging.
Try this plan, created by David Jack, director of Teamworks Fitness in Acton, Massachusetts, to increase the intensity of your workouts. In only 4 weeks, you'll create a lean physique that looks like the product of hours at the gym. Unsure what exercises you should focus on? THE PLAN: Do three density workouts a week, with at least 1 day off in between. Pushup Reverse Lunge and 1-Arm Press Inverted Row Prisoner Squat. Printer. Eating 10 hot dogs in 6 minutes and belching the national anthem may impress your friends, but neither of those feats will do much for your body—at least not much good.
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