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| How many times do you notice those persons sitting around waiting for some particular equipment to become free so they can continue working out? See what Delbert has to say! |
 Okay, you are just about to begin your workout and you throw into your CD player
a little something different. You are in the mood to listen to some different
sounds that are going to help propel you through each set today. What will it
be? Hmmmm... Moby Underground? That's a good one. Or how about the Mortal
Combat Annihilation soundtrack? Naaaaa. Moby it will be! As the 1st track begins,
immediately your thrown into a frenzy and mind and body have connected. You are
literally wired from sound! Although, this is not the type of "alternative bodybuilding"
I'm referring to.
First of all, I want to ask you something. How many times do you
notice those persons sitting around waiting for some particular equipment to become
free so they can continue working out? Sometimes they will sit for 10-15 minutes
or more. They choose not to ask to work-in. Not sure why. Maybe the person using
it has too much or not enough weight. Or maybe they are fearful of being pushed
today since working in with someone places a little more pressure to alternate in
a timely fashion. For whatever reason, there is no excuse to sit around and waste
valuable workout time waiting for equipment. Several "alternatives" exist and it
is not difficult to find them. It just takes a little extra motivation on your part.
In this article, I hope to challenge you next time you are in a situation where you
have your mind set on a particular exercise and find that: 1) the person using it has
a very different goal (i.e. very little weight or extremely heavy weight) or 2)
there is already several people waiting to work in.
It's chest day and all the benches are full!
Today is chest day. As usual, you head towards the bench. On the way, you notice
that today is chest day for practically everyone else in the gym! Now what do you
do? In your mind, you have psyched yourself up and know you will have the best
chest routine in a long time. Unfortunately for you, the bench is swarming with
several other highly motivated chest pressers. Don't worry, an alternative is just
waiting for you and not far! Why not try an alternative to what you do on the
"regular" and jump over and grab a pair of dumbbells and start with dumbbell press.
If you're really that motivated, you could hit all three angles of the chest by
doing incline, flat, and decline dumbbell presses. By the time you're done, you
will notice the barbell bench is now open. Yeah, I hear you. But I won't be able
to lift as much because I've fatigue my chest with dumbbells. And? Pre-exhaustion
is an excellent way to ignite some new muscle growth. Anyway, since when have your
muscles formed their own separate brain? All you muscles know is that they must
work harder today and doing a 275 lbs bench, instead of 315 lbs, will provide the
same benefits if not more. If for some reason the bench is still taken after
completing dumbbell presses, you could opt for the incline or decline barbell
benches.
Shoulder molder is your motto!
You have a shoulder workout planned that will
have you crying for "mommy" yet you are not afraid. As planned, you start
towards the military press and find that other shoulder molders have confiscated
your plan. Now what? Again, not so far away is the dumbbell rack! Why not try starting
with overhead dumbbell presses? Yeah, yeah, you still fear an inadequate military
press that will follow. Again, not true. In fact, I suggest throwing in lateral
raises (bent-over, side, and front) between each dumbbell press set. This will
fully fatigue your shoulders. Following this with the military press, that should
be open by now, will be like none you've experienced before. Again, don't focus
on the amount of weight. Focus on technique! The deltoid and other supporting
muscles will greatly benefit.
The squat rack is being monopolized!
Usually a gym, for some unknown reason, has one and only one squat rack. To me,
squats build the foundation from which all other gains begin. For example, a car
is absolutely useless without wheels, a house cannot stand without a solid foundation,
and a bodybuilder "will not" succeed in any fashion without well developed legs.
Everyone knows, it takes extra motivation to get "up" for a leg workout and push
yourself to new heights. The worse thing you can do is to sit around and think
about it when you discover someone using the squat rack. It's possible to even
talk yourself out of it! An alternative? See if the leg press is open. If not,
check the hack squat. These two alternatives provide an excellent means to begin
a leg day! If you complete one (either leg press or hack squat) before the squat
rack becomes available, start the other. This will get your legs pumped. You will
find that your exceptionally stronger on the press and hack. Don't limit yourself
with the pending squats in mind. Push yourself! When the squat rack opens up,
this will be the time where you find out exactly what you are made of. You will
find that you will not be nearly as powerful as normal. What you will find is that
your legs will quiver, shiver, and shake from the intense pounding that you applied.
Be prepared and fore-warned. The days that follow will be extremely difficult. The
difficulty will be walking up stairs, standing and sitting, and basic walking! Trust
me.
Well, thanks again for all you reading and support!
Thanks, Delbert
"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait
so long to begin it."
- W. M. Lewis
wnbfprofessional@aol.com
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