A functioning blood flow is necessary for recovery. The downside is, that it increases the stress on your muscles. Therefore it might increase your muscle growth. It’s a metabolic stress that may increase your protein synthesis in the working muscle. Having this blood congestion forces your body to adapt. The pump therefore is a temporary blood congestion inside your working muscle. How your body worksīefore we understand, how the pump works, we first need to have a basic knowledge in anatomy. Today I want to show you, why the pump isn’t as necessary as you might think it is, and how you should train instead. The chances are high that he’s still desperately chasing the pump, while completely neglecting the more important aspects of his exercise schedule. I haven’t heard of him since I’ve changed my training location. Because they guaranteed, that he will get a great pump. That guy once told me, that he started eating junk food before his workout sessions. Arnold Schwarzenegger, about the feeling of the pump I am like, uh, getting the feeling of coming in a gym, I’m getting the feeling of coming at home, I’m getting the feeling of coming backstage when I pump up, when I pose in front of 5,000 people, I get the same feeling, so I am coming day and night. He lived by the philosophy of Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Pumping Iron: He thought the pump was absolutely necessary for building muscles in any way. The main focus of his training was getting a pump.

In the last fitness center that I trained in, there was a weird guy.

Immobile muscle growth