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    42 Awesome Workout Hacks
    42 Awesome Workout Hacks
    42 Awesome Workout Hacks
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    42 Awesome Workout Hacks

    By Philipp Moser

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    Are your workouts not taking you where they are supposed to? Do you struggle with plateaus in your muscle, strength or cardio developement? Then this guide could be exactly what you need to get more insights and new ideas for turning your workouts into more productive sessions. In easy to understand language, this book breaks down important, but often overlooked concepts of resistance training and shows you productive ways to incorporate them in your workout planning. It also emphasizes on the important role of recovery and various mechanisms that foster optimal recovery after workouts. A great tool for people working out at home, weekend warriors and dedicated gym-rats.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhilipp Moser
    Release dateDec 3, 2017
    ISBN9781370666492
    42 Awesome Workout Hacks
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    Philipp Moser

    Philipp Moser is a passionate personal trainer, mental trainer and speaker in Austria. His core competency lies in the field of functional strength and mobility training. In his spare time he loves to research and write articles for local magazines and writing books.

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      42 Awesome Workout Hacks - Philipp Moser

      42 Awesome Workout Hacks

      Philipp Moser

      Published by Philipp Moser at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2017 Philipp Moser

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      1. Introduction

      2. Why exercise?

      3. Before we train

      4. Hacks to improve your workouts

      4.1 Warming up

      4.2 Hypertroph-Me!

      4.3 How strong can you get?

      4.4 In a rush? Tips for short workouts

      4.5 Recover like a Champ!

      5. Conclusion

      6. About the author

      1. Introduction

      All over the world there are millions of people working out on a regular basis, but not getting the desired results. They got sold on outdated rules of thumb, false claims about nutrition or training methods or just plain, foolish bro-science. A lot of us were told to do X and then Y will fall into place. And if it still didn’t happen, well, keep on pushing until the desired results kick in. As an experienced personal trainer, trust me when I tell you this: If it hasn’t worked out for you until now, your routine will never get you to accomplish your goals in the gym. Everybody is different: different metabolisms, different limb-torso-ratios, different muscle attachment points, our hormone systems operate differently, heck, we don’t even have the same muscles! First, everybody has his or her distinct ratio of slow twitch and fast twitch muscle fibres, which defines if you are more prone to add mass easily or if you are bound to stay rather lean. Second, there are even muscles that can only be found in certain people (e.g. plantaris muscle, psoas minor muscle). So, chances are that you will have to experiment a lot over and over again until you find the exercises, techniques and rest intervals until you find out what has the potential to really help you achieve your gym goals – be it more strength, more mass, overall athleticism or just building a more appealable physique. The only proven method to improvement is to test, apply and then re-test. There are simply too many variables to consider! Science has done a great job so far in explaining different mechanisms of the body and how they react to certain types of training, but in any study you can only control a few variables. When you work out, dozens, if not hundreds of variables work together in a complex way to lead to a certain metabolic response to your training session.

      This book primarily addresses experienced lifters and people who have been working out at home for at least a year. Most of the stuff you will read about requires a good physical foundation. If you are looking for new inputs to break through plateaus, this book is here to give you more options. More options to work on hypertrophy, more options to sneak in a quick workout on the go, more options to work on strength and to improve recovery. Be ready to flip your workout philosophy upside down if it hasn’t yielded the results you have been waiting for. Be curious enough to try out some completely different approaches to training. Be willing to try new stuff and dump it if it doesn’t work – but at least give it a fair shot for about six to eight weeks. Be all that, but don’t believe anything I tell you! Be open to new ideas inside and outside the gym and be convinced by what works for you! Work, sweat, repeat…and have fun with the process!

      2. Why exercise?

      My guess is that you first started exercising because you just wanted to transform your body composition. And I don’t blame you for that, I did as well. Who doesn’t want to look sexy and attract certain people into their lives. So basically, if you were not told by your doctor, you most certainly started working out by being a bodybuilder. But building a leaner, more muscular body is not the only reason people seek to throw some weights around. As experience grows, demands grow. Some people want to tap further into their strength potential, others wish to be more athletic and agile on the playing field. Others only want to get rid of that goddamn back pain that had been troubling them for years and years. For quite a few people working out is an excellent way to meet new people or have fun with family and friends. You get the idea! There are many good reasons to invest time in your physical health and before we kick it off I’d like

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