Heavy or light weights, high reps or low reps, machines or free weight, 6 sets per body art or 16 sets, short rest between sets or long rest between sets, super strict form or controlled cheating, full range of motion or partial reps, dumbbells or barbells, each body part once a week or twice a week, 3 days on 1 day off, 2 days on 1 day off, Weider principles or Mike Mentzer’s heavy duty approach???
The list of training methods seems endless and sometimes intimidating even to the most experienced gym goers. Well which is the right way you ask? The truth of the matter is that there are many "right ways" of training, which will all yield good results. Nevertheless, through my own personal experience as a drug free athlete along with my dealings over the years with numerous other successful athletes, I now firmly believe in keeping it simple. At the end of the day when all is said and done, effective training is actually quite simple no matter what some (usually those with vested interests) would have you believe. To effectively build muscle you must do three things:
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