Optimizing Tempo for Muscle Growth

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Tempo, or the speed of the movement, is crucial for muscle growth. Understanding the concentric (contracting the muscle) and eccentric (lowering the weight) phases is essential. Slowing down the eccentric phase (lowering weights) by about two seconds is recommended. This allows the muscle to stretch at the end of the movement, which is beneficial for hypertrophy. Using good technique and controlling the negative phase can lead to more effective and safe workouts, ensuring that the initial repetition is the easiest.

Building and maintaining muscle is one of the most important things that we can to protect or long term health. But, building muscle can be a challenge and it is a lot more difficult if you are not doing it effectively.

Today on the show, I have my friend Dr. Joey Munoz on to discuss the 3 muscle building mistakes that you want to avoid to ensure that you get the most out of your resistance training.

On this episode we discuss:

The #1 mistake that keeps people from getting results from their efforts
Why range of motion during training is extremely important
How speed of exercise impacts results
Nutrition mistakes that people make when losing fat AND building muscle

And more.
Tune into the episode to hear more.

Here is the previous epoisode that I did with Joey.

If you want more information, go check Joey out on his Instagram and at his Fit4Life Academy.

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