Resistance Is Not Futile

Let me ask you something: When you're in the gym, just how exactly are you lifting your weights? If you're the type of person that likes to go through your reps by lifting the dumbbell, but then letting the thing fall on its own, and then lift again, you could be missing out on some serious muscle gains. Studies show that it's better to keep a continuous state of resistance throughout your entire movement. For example, when you do a bicep curl, like the guy in the pic above is doing, explode coming up, but then slowly let the weight come back down again, before exploding back up. By letting the weight down slowly, instead of letting it drop, your working your muscles on the way up AND on the way down, thus maximizing your workout. The same is true with just about any other kind of workout, like leg presses, tricep pulldowns, chest presses, etc. The key is to push out, but then let your weight come back in slowly, so that you're resisting throughout your entire movement. Do this and see how much more muscle gains you'll get.