7 Facts that you need to know before you can build an effective Strength Training Routine

Building a strength training routine that can help gain a great body can be tricky since there are lots of thing that you need to consider.   If you are going to ask 10 trainers about the best strength training routine then prepared for 10 different answers.  Below are guidelines that you can use to build your own program.  These guidelines are use by most trainers in preparing a program that is used for different clients.

1. Muscle can’t be strength train today and tomorrow – there is always a need to rest between training.  You have to allow 24 to 36 hours of rest before exercising the same body parts.   You’ll just strain yourself if you would insist on exercising that part of the body and that might lead to injury. 
2. There are no such thing as spot reduce –  Say, you want to lose a few pounds off your stomach, doing 100 crunches in a single day won’t help since that might lead to some problem at the end.  If you are serious in reducing some fat around your waist then you need to consider the rest of the body.  You can only achieve that if you rest, exercise and eat well. 
3. Spot tone – We can concentrate on one part of the body if we want that part to be bigger.  The secret lies on focusing on one group of muscle, which is also known as targeted training.   We could grow one single muscle part (hypertrophy).  This can be done easily with the help of machines. 
4. Strength training must be regular and consistent – you can’t undo something fast if that takes year; you need consistency for you to see results.  The best thing that you could do is a total lifestyle change.  You need to replace most of your bad habits with some healthy ones. 
5. Change your routines every 4 to 6 weeks – Most people hits a plateau and that stops their body from improving.   That is the reason, why you need to change your routines at least every 4 to 6 weeks.  If you does change your routine regularly then you would see a great change in your body as soon as possible. 
6. Strength training routines must have something to do with the specific goal – Specific goals can range from weight loss, hypertrophy, maintaining weight or adding bulk.  And since each goal is different, you would need a different approach for each goal.  Someone, who wants to lose fat, would have a different training routine with someone, who wants to be stronger 
7. All muscle groups must be use within a week – You need to separate your training routine for each group such as biceps, triceps, shoulders, chest, back, abs, quads, glutes, hamstrings and calves.  If cannot balance your time with a few of them then you would create an imbalance and that would result to an imbalance in the body.