Unique Muscle Building, Fat Loss Training Technique...Exposed, By: Gregg Gillies

Whether you are feeling stale on your current routine or just looking for a way to improve your workouts and 

start making progress again, unilateral training is a perfect way to increase the results of your training time and help you 

build muscle.

What is unilateral training? It is simply working one side of your body at a time. This is not the same as,

 say, alternate dumbbell curls where you do a rep with the left arm, then a rep with the right, etc. You do a 

complete set for one side before moving to the other.

For example, do a set of 10 reps on the leg press with your right leg only and then do a set of 10 reps with your 

left leg only.

Unilateral training allows you to increase your focus on the

muscle you are working by doing a better job of isolating the

working muscle.

Your intensity increases because you increase the muscle 

involvement due to the bilateral deficit. The bilateral deficit

means the total weight you can lift by working one limb at a time is more than the total weight you can lift

 when working both limbs together.

This increase in focus and intensity will help your muscle building 

efforts while boosting your strength.

Here are a number of exercises that are well suited to unilateral training that can help you build muscle mass - 

Smith Marchine Squats

Leg Press

Leg Curls

Leg Extension

Calf Raises

Cable Crossovers

Pec Deck

Pullups or Pulldowns

Seated Cable Rows

All types of lateral raises for the shoulders

Dumbbell Press

Seated overhead dumbbell extensions

Tricep Pressdown

Dumbbell Preacher Curl

Cable Curl

If you are looking for something different to help you break out of a rut and build muscle or you just want

 to increase the intensity and productivity of your current workout, you should definitely give

unilateral training a try. Give it a fair shake and you'll be pleasantly surprised by the results.
 
 
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Gregg Gillies is the founder of
http://www.buildleanmuscle.com/fast-mass.html 
Build Lean Muscle.com
His articles have appeared in Ironman Magazine. He has written two 
books and is a regular contributor to Body Talk Magazine. He publishes a free fitness newsletter available at his site that includes lots of weight training tips, fat loss, 
nutrition and exercise program information to help you build your best body as quickly as possible. Check it out at his site.