What is Muscle Confusion
September 5, 2009
You may have heard of the term muscle confusion but this term’s meaning is enough to leave you confused in and of itself. What exactly does muscle confusion mean to you and how does it affect you?
Muscle confusion basically means that you are confusing or tricking your muscles. This is done by adding variation to your workouts. When working out to build muscle it is advisable not to do the exact same routine each time you go to the gym.
If you do, do this, your muscles will become comfortable with the routine, and they will not be challenged. Therefore, your muscle growth will hit a plateau rather quickly, and you will not get the results you are looking for.
So variation is the key to a good muscle-building workout. Try varying your exercise regime with strength training exercises, weight training exercises, and throw in some cardio classes such as aerobics or spinning and some stretching classes such as yoga or Pilates.
If you add variation to your workout you will surely see, the results come faster and stronger. Mixing up your workout routine will not only increase the size of your muscles but it will enable you to become more flexible and more agile.
Tony Horton, creator of the p90x program, has designed a workout program that is excellent in creating muscle confusion. Anyone who follows his program will see results in muscle mass, flexibility, and agility.
The program is based primarily on muscle confusion. The program breaks up the monotony of the same workout routine with alternatives. This way the muscle will continue to grow and not remain stagnant in its progression.
When following this program, remember to get lots of rest, eat a nutritious diet, and drink plenty of water. The p90x muscle confusion plan works by tearing the existing muscle and having it repair itself.
When the muscle repairs itself, it grows bigger. In addition to confusing the muscles, tearing, and repairing them, this program will help you overload the muscle, which encourages growth of the muscle fibers.
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