Maximum muscle stimulation is a generic phrase. It's thrown around the gym between guys who have their PhD's from Flex Magazine as they salivate over every new training article promising new gain. Maximum muscle stimulation. How do you achieve it? What is it? There are so many factors in achieving maximum muscle stimulation that it remains elusively undefined by most though parts of it are described everywhere training is written about.

I started out by publishing a "conditioning" training article that is excellent to get your body ready for hard and/or heavy training, then I followed with a description of intensity and an analysis of the squat. Assuming that you're an advanced lifter, I have a workout design that will push you to the edge of strength gain but incorporate high-level muscle work as well.

A thirty minute circuit training workout was described in last month's issue of Revolution to start inactive subscribers on a path to better health and a better body. If you recall, the workout progressed in intensity throughout the thirty minutes and included intervals of cardiovascular exercise such as walking and various strengthening exercises. 

Last month's abdominal training article provided a detailed look at the abdominal musculature anatomy. Make sure you review the article in the last issue if you're a new subscriber. You'll want to begin with that level of abdominal exercise to strengthen the muscles with the least risk of injury.