Training Splits for Hypertrophy
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Many people talk about hypertrophy as a gold standard in heavy weightlifting. If you want to get bigger muscles in the process, incorporating this training style into your routine is a great way to challenge yourself. Hypertrophy is when you train your muscles to failure and deprive them of oxygen so that the blood needs to pump harder. When muscle fibres are damaged, your body seeks to repair them and that is what builds mass.
Hypertrophy for Muscle Growth
How to incorporate hypertrophy into your routine:
- Aim for 6-12 reps
- Lift to fatigue
- Rest between sets for 1-3 minutes
- Eat adequate protein to repair muscle fibres post-workout
1. Aim for 6-12 reps
The easiest way to incorporate a hypertrophy workout is simply to lift heavier than you normally would. Instead of doing 3 sets of 15 reps, consider doing 5 sets of 6 reps. You want to lift heavy enough to hit fatique on the last rep. If your body starts shaking and you start to lose your form by the last rep, that's a sign that you're lifting the right amount of weight.
2. Lift to fatigue
When we lift heavy, we are depriving our muscles of oxygen and also creating muscular damage to the fibres. When you start to feel like you can't do anymore reps without losing form, it means you've hit failure. You should be breathing heavy, which gives your body a cardiovascular effect. Remember to lift weight slowly on the concentric movement (shortening of the muscle), and slow it down a little bit more on the eccentric movement (elongation of the muscle). That might mean doing the concentric movement for 1-3 seconds, and eccentric movement for 2-4 seconds.
3. Rest between sets for 1-3 minutes
New research shows that longer rest times are required for heavy compound movements like deadlifts, squats, bench press, and rows. If you are doing isolation exercises like bicep curls and shoulder presses, less rest time is needed. This is something you can play with to decide how much rest you need between sets.
4. Eat adequate protein to repair muscle fibres post-workout
Ideally, we need to consume anywhere from 0.8g to 1.7g of protein per kilogram of bodyweight, depending on your level of daily exercise. Most sedentary adults can aim for the lower end of the spectrum. But if you are seeking more muscle growth and strenght, you need to increase your protein intake accordingly.
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