Growing up and seeing the likes of Arnold in all of those crazy gun battle movies and then the likes of OG Tookie Williams as a 20-something, I wanted to grow in size but never had that real affinity with being ‘properly built.’ I can now appreciate how much time, effort, training and eating goes into those amazing physiques that really show the creation of Allah azza wa jal in terms of muscle form, and how being dedicated to something can show wondrous results.
I don’t spend my time watching bodybuilders nor have I ever watched an ‘Arnold Classic’ due to the awra of men and women being shown which isn’t what the point of our muscles are for, they have been given to us so we can move and act in ways that please our creator – but i’m floating away from the point.
Building your physique can generate great results asthetically and help you move better throughout your life. So, as a youth I’d knock out a few reps on my bench, do some leg extensions, few curls and overhead presses and done. I’d never heard of a deadlift, row or skullcrusher so you can imagine how out of symmetry one could become with a prolonged period of training without a clear plan and knowledge of whats over/under developed in the body.
Exercise order won’t neccessarily mean you avoid over/under developing muscles due to the programme you’re using but the order, number of exercises to specific muscles, time under tension, frequency of sessions and so on all combine to give you the look you attain through your training.
The order of exercises does play a crucial part in your training and good order has benefits. By starting a session with the heavy work, the work that combines the most number of bodily muscles, you’ll have more energy reserve in the body to complete those exercises. Imagine you were to start your ‘Leg Day’ with 30-minutes of upper body training. Would you be as fresh and prepared, energised and able to get a PR compared to a short treadmill walk, warm-up and then into the leg training session?
You also risk blood pooling by switching from upper body to lower body work during your strength training session which is when blood has flowed to parts of the body, then you’ve started exercise (strength training’ a different area of the body e.g. Upper-body to lower-body.
Time saving is also a benefit of having a training plan that has good organisation rather than you walking around the gym doing hack squats, preacher curls then farmers carry, then rowing (cardio), then lateral raises etc. You see, you’d be losing time by moving around the gym in a way thats not too time efficient – but if thats your thing to get more steps in then that’s up to you.
To get the best results and save time for your busy daily pursuits it makes sense to design or pay for a programme that works all of your limbs, builds strength of muscles while enhancing body symmetry. You want to look good and feel good, you need to follow a safe plan like those found at bethecriterion.com or a personalised programme which we can arrange. The key is to be safe and avoiding injury through bad form and plan design. So, yes plan design does matter and you’ll enjoy your training sessions more by ordering exercises in a safe way.
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