Thursday, May 22, 2008

How to turbo-charge your muscle growth

How to turbo-charge your muscle growth
Not too long ago, I was quite confused about the best way
to build muscle. If you've spent any time in the gym
trying to build a muscular physique, you can probably
relate to my frustration. After all, there's so much
conflicting advice out there. There are many times that I
felt like giving up, but fortunately I discovered some
basic truths about muscle building.

For a long time I listened to other guys in the gym who
tried to convince me about their methods. However, after a
while I realized that they weren't too successful
themselves. I mean, why would you listen to someone who
didn't have the muscle to prove his knowledge? They seem
to think they knew a lot about building muscle just because
they used all the right words. They often talked about how
great a "pump" they were getting from their workouts, and
they did their best to keep up with the latest supplement
fads.

One of their biggest mistakes, however, was spending way
too much time in the gym. Like many beginners, they
assumed that more time in the gym would equal more muscle.
As you may know, this is not the smartest approach to
weight lifting or bodybuilding. The problem with this is
that lifting weights stimulates your muscles to grow, but
they don't actually grow until you leave the gym! You have
to give your body enough rest to allow the muscles to grow
back bigger and stronger. Spending all day at the gym
neglects the importance of recovering from your workouts.
In addition, you have to make sure that you eat enough
calories and protein to build those muscles.

These last two concepts, diet and recovery, are crucial to
your success. Despite this, far too many trainees ignore
them. Or maybe it's just that they're not aware of how
important they are. If that's the case, I want to take a
moment to emphasize just how crucial they are. If you're
serious about building large amounts of muscle, your
commitment does not end when you walk out of the gym. That
is only the beginning of your muscle building program.
Everything you eat and drink, for one thing, will go a long
way towards determining what you look like in a few months
time. You can remain the same because you didn't eat
enough even though you worked out that the gym. You could
also gain a bunch of fat because you decided to eat the
wrong foods thinking that all calories are equal. Or you
can have a muscular body by sticking to a few basic
principles of muscle growth.

The rules for building muscle are actually not too hard to
understand. They are simple, but they're not easy. You
still have to put in the effort, but the basic principles
are simple enough to understand. Because there's so much
conflicting information, though, it's best to stick to a
proven program that teaches you all aspects of building
muscle. Find a program that has proved its worth - a
program that has helped build 40 pounds of muscle in under
6 months.


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