Minimalist Training Routine For Muscle Mass

If I told you that it was not only possible for you to make great gains in strength and muscle mass by spending two hours a week in the gym you would probably think I am trying to sell you on the latest fad or gimmick, but in actual fact, that is all the growth stimulation you really need to become larger and stronger – provided it is set up properly and intense.

The vast majority of people who wouldn’t believe this is possible have likely been led to believe that on has to be on one of those typical high volume, high frequency routines that we see in every issue of the most popular muscle magazine.

No doubt you’ve all heard the axiom, “Less is More”? This is exactly what the idea behind minimalist training is all about – stripping away the cruft and spending the most effort and energy on whatever gives you the most benefits.

The so-called Pareto’s Principle or “80/20” rule is another way of looking at it. The notion being that 20% of our efforts result in 80% of the beneficial results.

Minimalist training is your best “bang for the buck” with its focus on keeping things simple.

Truth be told, most of us can tend to let “the perfect be the enemy of the good” and in an effort to look for the next best thing, we overcomplicate things, adding in too many exercises or complex set/rep schemes which drain our energy away from recovery and can negatively affect training motivation.

The truth is, that the lion’s share of the bodybuilding routines found in most magazines and on the Internet would constitute overtraining for the average trainer with a fair metabolism.

Everything works for a while, but over time, the body can only handle so much before stagnating. Volume and frequency are two variables with an inverse relation: raising one, means lowering the other.