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Maximum growth muscle workout
Compound your training

This workout will target all your major muscle groups and kick-start your natural growth process so you'll see results in four weeks

What are compound exercises?

A compound exercise is one that uses more than one muscle group to lift a weight. For example, a deadlift – lifting a barbell off the floor – targets muscles in your thighs, backside, abs, lower back, upper back and forearms. By using so many muscles, compound moves can encourage the body's hormonal system to build muscle mass.

How do these workouts work?

Recruiting as many muscles as possible at the start of the workout makes sure that the energy stored in your muscles goes towards putting microscopic tears into their fibres. And the single-joint moves at the end of the workouts target any remaining fibres. These are subsequently repaired and grow after the workout.

Try the first workout in this plan: chest and back

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1 Comment

This is a great article. It is very hard to lose weight and to become committed to a diet.

By LillyAdams79 on 24 March, 2010, 2:21pm

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