Published by Elle Nash on 20 Aug 2008
Extreme Muscle Hypertrophy For Females
Extreme muscle hypertrophy for females is a much more difficult challenge for many. As women, we don’t have as much testosterone as men do, which greatly reduces our ability for muscle hypertrophy. Just because we do lack this testosterone, doesn’t mean there are other ways to stimulate more muscle growth. I feel a lot of women out there assume that it’s just something they have to live with, but that’s not true. We can all have great results, it just takes a little hard work. I’m going to show you exactly what you’re going to need to do to have great success.
Extreme muscle hypertrophy has a few main components that need to be implemented:
- Volume Cycling
- Rest Time
- Reps
The first one is volume cycling and this is a new idea for most people, but it is a primary training method in Eastern Europe. The idea is that over a week, you’re going to have a volume applied to your body through all your training. Volume is weight multiplied by rep. You want to cycle these volumes every few weeks. The first cycle should be a regular volume. The next volume cycle should be a heavy volume (more workouts). The last cycle should be a low volume (less workouts).
As for your rest time, your body recoups a lot in this time, so you can end up doing more. You should just have a week where you have a short 30 second break in between reps. This will really throw off your body.
The last part of extreme muscle hypertrophy is the amount of reps you do per set. I typically have my reps follow my volume changes. During my regular cycle, I do 6-8. During my high cycle, I do 8-10. Lastly, during my low cycle, I do 10-12.
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