Stuff that Confused Me ( & Brett)

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I want my muscles to hypertrophy especially upper arms, chest, lats,

yada yada (whatever most guys want). I always thought you finish off

your BFL sets with supersets to muscular failure. Though I'm sure

what's below was written with dummies like me in mind, sometimes I am

beneath dummydom. (I can't be alone tho, can I? On second thought

don't answer that.) Technical knowledge " gives me a thrill "

and " makes me tingly " but only when I " get it. " But I am confused -

is what appears below ( wrote it) consistent with BFL? Or is

this new knowledge for tweaking?

Then, in response to something else, Brett wrote about muscles like

lats and traps that work with a lever. hunh? *scratches his head*

I don't get the lever part.

And finally, is there a place that illustrates scapular retractions?

Reading the words I don't get it. It sounds like I'm supposed to

hang there and try pressing my shoulder blades together. Maybe if

there were a video demo or something?

Jeff (whose lightbulb above his head is dim today)

P.S. Be patient with me.

You can't see significant hypertrophy (a fancy term for muscle

growth) training extremely high or low reps - the most significant

hypertrophy is seen with moderate weights. Why? Because the intensity

or heaviness of the load is light enough that your body is not forced

to adapt by becoming more efficient, but the volume or amount of work

you perform damages the muscle to the extent that you have to

recover.