Increasing intensity in correspondence to muscle gains is the sure way of maintaining muscle mass and definition while also stimulating further growth. Yet such increments must be guided by particular principles and not just introduced from the blue. The following five points represent the guide posts that a body builder can use to ensure that the workout adjustment results to greater muscle growth and not overtraining of injury.

To begin with, intensity must be understood as an application of maximal physical effort to an already developed motor skill. Intensity means simply the addition of workload to an exercise routine that is fired and maintained on course of body building objectives. Intensity is not and should never be thought of as efficiency or prowess in body building. A consistent body building routine, a dieting discipline and experience in exercise techniques must be established prior to intensity amplification. Insisting on intensity before successful body building program is underway will ruin rather than build the body.

The second thing that a body builder intent on amplifying the level of workout intensity should ensure is that he or she is in the right highway. Successful body builders ensure that their priority remains at refining their skills in performing weight exercises irrespective of intensity levels. Mastering the efficient techniques of exercising is a key ingredient of attaining masculinity. Once each exercise is effectively and carefully done, the body builder can then worry about increasing the intensity of each exercise. Full intensity must always be attained on the foundation of skill, efficiency and strength. Amplifying intensity while doing the wrong exercise or the right exercise the wrong way is like pressing the fuel pedal of a sports car on the wrong highway. The destination will be failure.

Thirdly, intensity increment must be preceded by directly proportional muscle gains and body development. A body builder must initially build the body to points where it is ready for additional physical strains and discomfort. Endurance levels must be pushed a notch higher in months leading to intensity adjustment and strength levels amplified. The body must have developed strength and muscle mass levels to the optimal point of the current intensity level before moving on to the next level of intensity. Intensifying exercises too soon or before the body is ready, makes way for injuries and muscle ruin.

This demands that the body builder starts by training at the outer limits of the current intensity, putting in upper level performance until absolute muscle failure. If the most adventurous attempt to orchestrate a workout using the current intensity level does not yield the utmost fatigue, then it is time to move up the ladder of intensity. But if muscle injury results when the current intensity level is orchestrated to the max, then increment of intensity is not well advised.

A fourth point to consider before increasing intensity is the amount of pain the body can handle. The ability to distinguish the burn from a muscle fatigued to the max, and that which is injured is crucial. Fatigue subsides in 20 seconds or so whereas injuries pains are more pronounced, sharp and last for days. A body builder must operate at his or her physical limitation of pain endurance before elevating intensity. This helps build tolerance to pain, a sure result immediately after amplifying intensity.

Finally, it is well advised to consult a physician or expert instructor to give guidelines on how to amplify intensity levels. If blindly done increase of intensity may overload muscles to irreparable damage. Too minimal increases have no effect.

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