By Brad Schoenfeld, CSCS Welcome to all the new subscribers to the HotBod newsletter as well as those who have been with us from the beginning. As always, your comments, questions and suggestions are always appreciated. It is all too common for a woman to mindlessly lift weights without thinking about the movement that she is executing. However, weight training is not simply about lifting a weight from Point A to Point B-it is about working a muscle through a complete range of motion.
Absolute concentration is necessary to make satisfactory gains.
It requires that you visualize the muscle that you are training and feel that muscle work as you perform each repetition. This ensures that total focus is applied to the target muscle, maximizing the results of your efforts. Without proper focus on the muscle that you are targeting, supporting muscles and connective tissue will often take over in the performance of the lift. With this technique, you visualize your muscles the way you want them to look and then imagine them taking this form as you are training. For instance, if you are training your hamstrings, you might visualize the back of your legs as being lean and hard, completely devoid of fat or cellulite.