Forced Reps are another great bodybuilding technique that you can use to break out of plateaus, kick your muscles into new growth and add some extra “oompf” to your workouts. This technique requires a partner to help you out so if you don’t already train with someone, you’ll need to ask someone at your gym to lend a hand. To perform forced reps, you should rep out on an exercise as you normally would. Once you’ve reached a point where you can no longer perform another rep, your training partner should help you do one or two additional reps. Even though your partner is helping you, you’re still making your muscles work past the point of fatigue which is a great way to shock them into some new strength and size gains. It’s very important that your partner only helps you just enough for you to complete the rep…you want *your* muscles to be doing as much of the work as possible. You can utilize the Forced Reps technique with a multitude of bodybuilding exercises; some of my favorites include the bench press, barbell curls, and skull crushers. Give ‘em a try!
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