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surrounding muscles into action should be avoided. Only in compound exercises, when no other perfect repetitions can be performed, is cheating permissible - but even then it should be kept at an absolute minimum. RELAXATION OF UNINVOLVED MUSCLES The isolation of a particular muscle is directly related to the ability to relax the uninvolved muscles. Dangerous levels of stress may be reached if the trainee places too much stress on too many muscles simultaneously. A warning sign of this is the development of
headaches during exercise. Greater energy, and therefore more efficient growth stimulation, can be released to the isolated muscle if you learn to effectively relax your other body parts. SPEED OF MOVEMENT Research conducted over some years has indicated that slow repetitions are far more
productive than faster ones. RANGE OF MOVEMENT A fully contracting muscle produces a full range of movement. If a particular movement is less than full range, the entire length of the muscle will not be involved in the work. In order to achieve the desired effect of increased lean muscular shape and size, the range of movement of each repetition should be as great as possible. SUPERVISION High-intensity exercise, properly performed, is very demanding and few people find it
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