the PUMP

The pump is what occurs while working out, and the muscles enlarge due to a greater than usual blood supply. It is an excellent indication that you are training correctly, and that what you are doing is effective in promoting muscle growth. In the simplest terms, we need the pump because we need blood supply to the muscles to give them more energy, and get rid of waste products caused by exercising. The extra benefits are that this will stretch the muscle ‘fascia’, which is the casing around the muscle. This works much the same as ‘muscle memory’ which I’ll cover shortly, but essentially it’s much easier for a muscle to grow and fill a bigger space once it’s been that size before.