that should be learned by a bodybuilder in the first place. Think about it, how can you "decide how many sets and reps to do if you are not familiar with the fundamental principles of bodybuilding? In particular, if you do not know that "failure" is an absolutely objective condition for growth. No matter how many sets you do 20, 30 or even one00  роста массы не будет, если хотя бы в одном повторении ты не добьешься от себя полного "отказа", за которым невозможно выполнение повторения даже на ничтожную часть амплитуды. Вот и выходит, что проблема числа сетов, которую так часто мусолят на страницах качковых изданий  pure speculation. In fact, if you know that the main thing is "refusal", you can determine how many sets you need without the help of the smartest "gurus". And for this you need to additionally rely on the second fundamental principle of training, understanding that that the body's ability to recover is strictly limited.I myself am convinced that the vast majority of amateur bodybuilders need one "failure" set for growth.Two or three such sets for there is a clear excess of them, exceeding their physiological capabilities. Moreover, it is contraindicated for an amateur to go to the gym every other day. Otherwise, he will be in chronic overtraining mode, which will tightly block muscle growth. One way or another, knowing the basic postulate about the limited ability of the body to recover, you again do not need to fool yourself with abstruse magazine articles about the frequency and frequency of training. From your own feelings, it’s easy to guess what kind of rest interval between workouts is needed exactly. to you.

I hope that with this short passage I have proved to you the true meaning of the fundamental principles of training. When you master them, you will be like a bright torch in your hands, which will illuminate your direct path to success in the darkness and chaos of modern bodybuilding methodology.

The truth of the "majority"

An illiterate bodybuilder is involuntarily forced to resort to the tactics of "Russian roulette" in training. With distrust, by touch, he tries one or the other method, hoping sooner or later to stumble upon something worthwhile. He has no knowledge, and therefore he is not able to immediately make the right choice (although with a certain awareness of the basics of training, any technique can be accurately assessed by one of its descriptions.) As a result of unsuccessful searches, our illiterate bodybuilder has no choice but to go with the flow in as a training program, choose the one that is given out as the most authoritative. Aogika, it would seem, is in such a step: since the majority does it, it means that it is necessary, it is right. But in fact, the majority is very often mistaken! And only a few are right! For centuries mankind has been deluded into believing that the earth is flat. But only

Copernicus dared to say that it was round. In science, such a false situation is called AD VERECUNDUM, i.e. "reference to someone else's authority", in particular, to the authority of public opinion. By the way, let me remind you of another curious case. For several centuries, in medieval universities, students were taught sheer nonsense: that a fly has eight legs instead of six. And all because this is exactly what one learned mind wrote in his treatise, whose authority in those days was considered indisputable.

I agree, learning is not easy. However, one who avoids the effort necessary to comprehend knowledge, initially deprives himself of the opportunity to become a person. He forever remains a faceless ignoramus, taking on faith any fashionable theories of noisy authors. It is worth recalling that Germany owes fascism just to its education system. The task of the German school was not to teach the child logical thinking, but to inculcate conformity. The main goal of Nazi educators was to destroy the ability of children to think independently and thereby fundamentally deprive them of the ability to make critical assessments. The zombie people who grew up from such children were ready to pick up any call of the Fuhrer, for "who am I to reason: if the Fuhrer needs it, then I need it too!"

Why did I say all this? Moreover, bodybuilding is not, cannot be and never will be something completely opposite to the spiritual work of our mind. Weight lifting, no matter how nonsense it may seem to some, requires the same ability to reason and make assessments, like any other life activity. No one is surprised that before becoming a doctor, one must educate one's brain with many, many knowledges. Then why can you become a bodybuilder, absolutely not understanding anything?

No, he who is lazy to develop his mind inevitably pays for it. In particular, the low growth rate of their muscle mass. If you really want to develop your body, first think about developing your mind. Roughly speaking, the brain is the most important part of your muscles.

If my book has already managed to seem too abstruse, too intellectual and far from bodybuilding to you, do not rush to put it aside. Bodybuilding, I assure you, does not exist in a vacuum, not on the sidelines of our daily existence.

Let's think together, who is able to succeed in life, climb to the very top of life's achievements? To answer, there is no need to think long of course, the individual. And bodybuilding is no exception in this sense. And you, in order to succeed in pumping muscles, you must first become a person. And for this you have only one choice: either you consciously and purposefully work on yourself, enriching your mind with knowledge, or you remain forever an insecure slave of your own ignorance. Random rubbish of other people's opinions and delusions, worthless promises and empty slogans with chains will entangle your weak mind. And instead of gaining wings of confidence, you will wallow in the abyss of eternal doubt...

Obey the laws of nature

Many centuries ago, the greatest (despite his mistakes) philosopher formulated the concept of being and the universal rule of knowledge: A equals A, a thing equals itself. If you do not grasp the meaning of this statement, I will help you by supplementing it: existence is self-determination, consciousness is the desire for self-determination. E. Rand, philosopher

The power of the human mind is limitless. Thanks to his insight, he, in the end, will solve all the mysteries of nature, unless, of course, give him complete, unrestricted freedom of action. Palmer, American educator

Most bodybuilders make one wild mistake, followed by a trail of others. It somehow doesn’t even occur to them that bodybuilding is essentially a science of muscle training, which “spun off” from medicine and in itself is an exact and immutable discipline. The theory of bodybuilding is based on the data on physiology that have been accumulated by modern medicine, and therefore the bodybuilder is first of all required to be a bit of a doctor. And how else can he train if he does not know the object of application of his efforts of the human body? Hence the conclusion that bodybuilding classes need to be applied to it the same method of thinking used by the medicine of logic. Believe me, this is a very important conclusion, because thanks to it we have in our hands a tool for evaluating the training systems that prevail today. However, let's get back to medicine for a moment. She, this science, is based on the recognition of the universality of the anatomical structure and physiology of man. Simply put, medical education begins with the recognition of the simple fact that all human beings are anatomically the same. And if so, then they can be treated with the same pills and perform the same operations on them. If all people, on the contrary, were different, then medicine would simply not exist. Every time a doctor would come across a patient who needs some special, new medicine.

Now remember what I said a few paragraphs above: bodybuilding as a science "spun off" from medicine. And in the context of this, evaluate the thesis that you have seen hundreds of times on the pages of bodybuilding magazines: "since we are all different, each bodybuilder needs his own training methodology, which he must find by trial and error."

I do not argue, no two people are the same. But only in a psychological sense! From the point of view of medicine, all people are the same in their physiological nature. And from here, quite logically, follows an assumption that sounds like absolute heresy: if people are the same, then there must be a single, equally effective training system for everyone!

Indeed, even if physiological characteristics fluctuate (barely!) from individual to individual, this does not negate the main thing: the general physiological the essence of man, the generality of his physical nature. Does the lack of a gastric enzyme necessary for the assimilation of dairy products among the representatives of the Negroid race cancel the need for them to have the same balanced diet for all people? Or are there people in the world who can do without sleep? Or maybe, in some nations, pregnancy proceeds differently than in others? No no and one more time no! Therefore, the difference in physique (endomorphic, ectomorphic or mesomorphic types) will never question the need for high-intensity training to gain muscle mass! Try to prove to me that low-intensity training is more effective for developing the muscles of full bodybuilders than high-intensity! This cannot be proven, because a person, no