Warning: Avoid Training This Muscle Too Much

When I say avoid training this muscle too much, I'm not talking about over-training it; although over-training can cause problems too. I'm talking about training this particular muscle to the point of it becoming too big. Sometimes we can become so obsessed with getting bigger, that it can lead to training this particular muscle too much.

Whenever we hit the gym we train this muscle, and it grows. We love this muscle, and are of course proud of it. What happens as a result of this practice is we end-up with a lack of muscle symmetry. And this particular muscle that we put so much effort into starts to look freaky when compared to our other muscles.

I've been saying "this" particular muscle just to hold your interest, but the truth is, this muscle can be a different one for every bodybuilder. This muscle is sometimes referred to as being your "freaky" muscle. Most of us have been blessed with a freaky muscle; a muscle that seems to have no end of growth.

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We love to showcase our freaky muscle, and it's usually what motivates us to hit the gym and push hard. But we must resist training our freaky muscle too much, for the sake of muscle symmetry. Some bodybuilders may be more blessed than others, and therefore have more than one freaky muscle.

So, how exactly should you train your freaky muscle? If you are a beginner or intermediate bodybuilder, no more than once a week, and for no more than 20 minutes per workout. Train your freaky muscle with maintenance in mind, not growth; at least not until your stubborn and average muscles are of a decent size.

Advanced bodybuilders can stop training their freaky muscle altogether. I haven't trained my legs in years, and they haven't suffered at all. My interval training routine is enough to maintain them. Whatever your freaky muscle is, it will get adequate stimulation while you train the muscles around it, or when you use it to train another muscle.

Train like this, and you will be adding another important element of bodybuilding to your routine. Every professional bodybuilder trains for symmetry, it's one of the ways in which they hide their flaws, in order to accentuate their gifts. Let's go.