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In this article > I'm going to be talking about something that I
consider absolutely essential for building muscle.

There's an old saying in the bodybuilding community: Intensity
builds immensity. And it's spot on!

Before I explain it any further, I'm going to take a small step
back. You see, an understanding of the human body helps you
understand the reasons why your body builds muscle and perhaps why
training as you currently are isn't doing you much good.

The truth is, your body likes the way it is right now. Your body
doesn't want to change, it's perfectly content. So in order to make
a change, we need to make your body unhappy.

We need to grab it by the throat and make it realize that it's
current state just isn't gonna cut the mustard.

And the best way to do this is to stress it out in the gym. By
working out intensely, you put a lot of stress on your body. And if
you can do this continually, your body will start to think "Holy
shit, this guy is putting me through the ringer, I better get
bigger and stronger if I want to be able to keep up".

Ok, so now you understand that intensity is good, I guess you'll
want to know how to workout intensely? Too easy...

Have you ever seen someone running around the gym in pink tights,
waving a set of 5lb dumbbells around? Well, that's not intense.
It's definitely funny, but not intense.

I like to think back to high school physics when trying to define
intense. The definition of work is force multiplied by distance.
Let's apply this to your workout.

For an exercise to be intense, you need to be using maximum force,
over a long distance. This means waving a 5lb dumbbell around for a
long time doesn't cut it. Neither does performing an exercise for
one rep.

If you want to build maximum muscle, you need to stress out your
muscles and you do this by lifting a heavy weight 6-10 times per
set. By only performing 6-10 reps, it means that you're lifting a
weight that's heavy enough.

And performing 6-10 reps means that you're keeping your muscles
under stress for long enough for it to actually tell your body to
kick it up a gear.

If you can perform more than 10 reps with good form, then you're
not working out heavy enough. Which means you're not working out as
intensely as you should which means that you won't build as much
muscle as you could. Understand the process yet?

Alright, so I've written just about all I have time for. Don't want
to turn this email into a novel. But by now you should understand
one of the most important muscle building concepts there is.

If you can't seem to grow any muscle, this is very likely the
reason. While the other 9 lessons will also focus on important
areas, lack of intensity is one of the most common reasons I see
people not getting the results they want.

So go and apply this next time you're in the gym. Be an animal.
Attack those weights like they've been bad mouthing your mother. If
you can boost your intensity by just 10%, you'll be amazed at the
results.