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Here’s an great (and overlooked) technique that you can incorporate into your workouts. After your final exercise of each set, or after the final exercise of your workout–whichever you prefer–pick a relatively light weight and perform 20-25 repetitions. It’s alright if you miscount. Just rest in the middle of the set for a few seconds and continue until you reach the desired number of repetitions (or have a spotter help you if you can’t get anymore).
So why should you do Pump Sets? The high-rep sets will flush your muscles with nutrient-rich blood, setting the stage for muscle growth. On a more psychological note, it makes the target muscle feel much tighter, much larger, and makes you feel like you’ve truly had a successful workout. In other words, it can be used like a burnout set–a final, high-rep set at the end of your exercise, in which you expend every last piece of energy into. So what’re you waiting for? Try it out; see what you think.
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