Work All of Your Muscles

Work All of Your Muscles

            When I first started working out I had the idea that all I really needed to exercise were just a few select muscles.  For about half a year of exercising all I really worked was my chest, biceps, and abs.  But I was stupid and felt like I didn’t really need to work the other muscles because I didn’t want them to be too strong.  It is very important to work ALL to muscles you can work for balance in your muscles.  Every muscle is important in its own way and some can even help others gain mass. 

            Arms- A lot of people work their biceps, and only their biceps.  That is only half of the work, like washing your car with soap and not rinsing it off.  You need to also work your triceps.  Actually, you should work your triceps more than your biceps.  Your tricep, tri-cep, has three muscles in it, while your bicep, bi-cep, has only two.  So to get big arms you need to work your triceps because it can have the potential to get quite a bit bigger that your biceps.

            Chest and Back- I had spent a lot of my time working on my chest and just my chest, but then I learned that working your back is also very important.  You might not know it but you use your back in many things that you do throughout the day, just about anything that you pull or lift, uses your back muscles.  It’s always important to work the muscles that are opposite of each other like biceps and triceps, chest and back, and quads and hamstrings. 

            Legs- I NEVER did legs starting out and now I’m paying for it.  I always thought what is so important about your legs.  Your legs are your base and your base should be one of your top priorities.  Your legs not only help you with running and jogging, but they can even help strengthen your upper body.  If your legs are strong then doing a lift, like curls, will stabilize and keep the position of that lift allowing you to perform that lift better.