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How Important Is Muscle Confusion?
By Christina | June 18, 2009
I love when the questions are easy so thank you for this one. Muscle confusion is paramount if you want to see results. Happy with the way you are right now and not at all concerned about a plateau? Keep on keeping on then. BUT if you are looking at your body and thinking, “Hmm, looks the same,” then you want to add some diversity to your workouts.
To jazz up your workouts you can change the number of sets and reps, you can change the angles of the exercises you are currently doing, you can also select completely different exercises. As an example, if you are doing flat supine bench presses one day than on your next chest day try doing an incline bench press instead. You will still be working the chest but in a different way and that facilitates change.
One way to beat the plateau is to change up your routine and your body will follow. Try to do a different number of reps and different amount of weight than you are accustomed to. Different rep and weight patterns actually work different types of muscle fibers.
Muscle confusion is the principle of changing your routines to keep your body guessing. Muscle confusion also helps prevent injury from overuse. Once your body hits the dreaded plateau you will need to make changes in your diet and to your exercise routine. Look for ways to change up angles, exercises and weight/ rep patterns and see what a difference confusion makes!
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