Your mind-muscle connection has just as much an impact on building an aesthetically pleasing physique as exercise selection and program design. A lack of mind-muscle connection leads to haphazard muscle gains and the risk of creating lagging body parts or lagging aspects of a muscle. Whereas a strong mind-muscle connection AMPlifies targeted muscle gains… shaping your body with great precision.
This mind-muscle phenomenon, also known as “Training for the feel” to us Physique Artist’s… is a learned skill that will take your workout experience to a whole new level.
With it’s limitless potential… the practice of enhancing your mind-muscle connection turns every workout into an adventure. It’s a heightened sense of focus and awareness… allowing you to intentionally dial down the activation of specific muscles, while cranking up the activation of others.
To us Physique Artist’s… this is where the magic happens in the gym.
I live for this shit! It excites the hell out of me as I anticipate each training session. No pre-workout drink can match this kind of ‘rush’.
A Weak Mind-Muscle Connection Leaves Clues
Many fitness enthusiasts have built incredible physiques without having a strong mind-muscle connections. They don’t think about lifting… they just pick the weight up and put it down. That’s exactly how I built the foundation of my physique during the first 15 years of working out.
But as is the case with many lifters… about Training For The ‘Feel’ and It’s Role In Building Aesthetic Muscle