— ...purely power-orientated because they do not have the body structure that is
well-suited to it; so they gravitate towards bodybuilding, where appearance
has priority over function.. You must have a great passion for what you are doing if you are to be suc-
cessful at it. If you try to achieve at something that your heart is not really
into, and that your body does not respond to, you will not get far.. If you love single-rep training, can consistently perform it safely, and gain
well on it, why do high reps? But if your body structure cannot tolerate
singles no matter how carefully and progressively you work into using them,
do not use them. If you enjoy high reps and respond well to them, stick with
them. If you enjoy very slow reps and they work for you, use them. But if
you hate very slow reps, then never mind that someone else can gain well on
them.. Find what you like, find the exercises that work best for you, find what you
can do safely, and find what you gain on. en with those factors in order,
pour in the effort.Your specific poundage goals
. If you are a beginner, or barely into the intermediate stage of training, you
may want to use the poundages given earlier in this chapter as your long-
term goals. But unless you have a natural gift for strength and development
that is well above average, those targets are going to appear a very long way
off. It may be better to set your sights on only a proportion of the full “very
good” figures (say ), get there, and then work on the next – for each
exercise, etc. Do this until you get to the “very good” targets, and then target
the “terrific” ones, but work on getting there by focusing on gains at a
time.Exercise is not only about size and strength, though they are the
biggest factors for most weight trainees for many years. ere is
much more to the exercise lifestyle. As you get older you will see
this more clearly, and modify targets, expectations and values so
you always have challenging and exciting goals.