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, I c H A p T E R 4 Advanced Training Principles INTENSITY IS THE key to making progressive-resistance training work for you. What is intensity? One kind involves how hard you feel yourself trying. That is intensity of effort. Another is the amount of stimulation you are able to deliver to the muscles, causing them to respond and develop. This is in- tensity of effect. It is important to realize the difference between these two types of intensity, otherwise you are likely to just keep trying harder (often to the point of injury) rather than mastering the type of intensity techniques described in this chapter that produce maximum training progress. INCREASING TRAINING INTENSITY Increasing intensity in the beginning is not that difficult. You learn to do more exercises and how to do them correctly; you get stronger and in bet- ter condition so you can work harder and longer and put more stress on your muscles. Once your body gets used to this effort, however, it be- comes more difficult to continue to escalate intensity at the same rate. Obviously, if you take long rest periods and train very slowly, so it takes you half the day to get through your workout, the actual intensity of your