The infamous muscle pump, I’m going to break this down to you as simple as possible, everyone loves to achieve a great muscle pump but in reality it doesn’t effect your outcome of how big your muscle grow.

Everyone has heard that heavy weights allows you to bulk up while lighter weights allows you to become ripped. Now I’m here today to tell you right now that only half of this is true. Lifting lighter weight at a much higher rep range doesn’t and will NEVER allow you to become ripped but I’ll save that for another posting.

So the part that’s true of course is the heavier weight does allow you to achieve the muscle build up that we all strive for and love. Now as far as the muscle pump goes, when we start to battle the resistance of weight against our bodies we force blood to become trapped inside our muscles.

As a result of this act, we achieve the well known muscle pump. Now for most of those who know what I am talking about, know how wonderful they feel. Your muscle swells up showing you to be bigger and you feel super tight, it’s a good rush to say the least but it has absolutely nothing to do with your muscle gain.

If it were true that the pump was an absolute need for bulking then all we would have to do is grab a pair of light weights and get to work. For an example; I can go up to the weight rack grab myself a pair of  20lbs dumbbells and perform 200 repetitions of a flat bench press and I would have an incredible muscle pump that would feel amazing.

You see the point I’m trying to get across? If  we needed the muscle pump for gains then all we would have to do is utilize small weights every time we step foot in the gym. Anyone with half a brain knows that it is impossible to achieve muscle buildup following a method such as this. This is why the muscle pump has absolutely nothing to do with your muscle gains. So make sure to always handle heavier weight at the correct rep range!