The core lifts are the most important part of this program, and they should be treated with plenty of respect and understanding.
You need to know your form on the core lifts.
You need to know why you chose the core lifts.
You need to understand which muscles are working during the core lifts and why those muscles are working as well.
I will commonly ask a client to perform a set of an exercise while singing the alphabet. I then ask them to perform a second set while highly concentrating on the exercise at hand. The client reports a major difference in feel between the two sets, and I can visually notice the difference in form as well.
One set is simply going through the motions without respecting form or their functioning muscle groups. The other set is smart training! Get to know your smart training! Get to know your core lifts, and you will benefit.
The core lifts are going to follow a schedule that will increase in intensity and decrease in reps throughout each microcycle. Each microcycle will have one thing in common; one core lift working set requires that you perform as many reps as possible (AMRAP). This is a great way to incorporate a feeling of anxiousness and suspense into your workouts.
How many reps can you handle?
How hard can you push yourself?
Can you stay focused on form through a time of extreme mental and physical stress?
These are thoughts that many training programs don’t force into your brain, which is a shame.
1. The Creation of Growth Stimulus Training
2. Growth Stimulus Training and the Masses
3. The Core Concepts of Growth Stimulus Training
4. The Growth Stimulus Training Rundown
7. Core Exercise Rep and Intensity Schemes
9. Supplement Exercise Rep and Set Schemes
10. Training Order and Split Building
11. Explosive Core Exercise Priming
12. Direct Ab Work
14. Active Recovery Complex Training
15. One Growth Stimulus Training Session