Beyond-Brawn-2nd-Edition

BEYOND BRAWN
2.24 See abbreviated training as the first resort, not the last resort. Do not waste
years of your life trying anything and everything else before finally trying
abbreviated training.
2.25 Be sure to keep your exercise form tight. Training to get big and strong does
not mean using loose form and getting injured. Make excellent exercise technique
the creed that you train by, with no compromises!
2.26 Never train through injuries. If an injury does not clear up quickly by itself,
see a training-orientated injury specialist. Investigate the probable trigger of
the injury (incorrect training), correct it, and do not let it happen again. And
when you get an injury, investigate non-intrusive and non-drug therapies.
2.27 If you lift Mickey Mouse poundages, all you are going to get is a Mickey
Mouse body.
2.28 ose who hoist the biggest poundages do not necessarily have the biggest
muscles. It is not just sheer poundage that matters. Individual leverages,
type of training used, lifting support gear (in powerlifting), muscle composition
factors, neurological efficiency, and lifting technique, among other
elements, account for differences in muscular development among individuals
of similar strength levels. But for every individual—keeping all other
factors constant—if bigger weights are built up to, then bigger muscles will
be developed.
2.29 Focus on the big basic lifts and their variations. Do this for most of your
training time. Do not try to build yourself up using tools of detail. Leg
extensions do not build big thighs, and pec-deck work does not build big
chests.
2.30 You cannot get very powerful in the big and key basic exercises without getting
impressive throughout your body.
2.31 For appearance-first bodybuilders, only when you are already big and
strong (but without having gotten fat) should you even consider concerning
yourself with attaining outstanding definition, and the finishing touches
of perfect balance and symmetry. Build the substance before you concern
yourself with the detail. Perfectly proportioned and well cut up “bags of
bones” do not look impressive. If you concern yourself too soon with detail
work, as is nearly always the case with bodybuilders, you will never be able
to apply the effort, focus and recuperative ability needed to get big in the
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