As discussed in part one, teen bodybuilding can start at a very young age allowing young fitness enthusiasts a whole new world to pursue. Teen bodybuilding is an excellent way to promote a healthy lifestyle since it requires regular weight training, cardiovascular training, balanced nutrition and even stimulation of the mind since the topic of teen bodybuilding involves constant education. Teen bodybuilding can also help you erase nicknames like “Skinny Mini,” “Scrawny,” “Tooth Pick,” “Twiggy,” and in my own personal case, “Skinny Vinny!”
Unfortunately teen bodybuilding is not as easy as it looks and can result in injury, bad habits and frustration if stated with out structure and progression. Here are the next five tips to successful teen bodybuilding:
6. Learn Proper Technique First
How well do you think you would golf without supervision? How well do you think you will skate without coaching? How well do you think you will play piano without lessons? How much muscle do you think you will build without proper lifting technique? Not much!
I hope you are humble enough to swallow your pride and accept the fact that your first step should be getting professional coaching from a reputable fitness trainer. I know many of your friends will not even consider this and you will be told, 'just learn it yourself,' or 'watch others.' Can you imagine a medical surgeon or dentist who took this approach? Yikes!
Think about it. You are going to be lifting weights the rest of your life. Is spending a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars, on a professional fitness trainer, not going to pay you back over and over (for the rest of your life) if you do things correctly right from the start? Definitely! If you start lifting weights incorrectly, get ready to spend the money you saved on a coach for a rehab therapists next vacation! If you don't get injured now, most likely it will be in the next few years.
7. Stretch Just As Much As You Lift
Stretching is the most under rated physical quality which is unfortunate because shortened muscles perform weaker and slower and have a higher incidence of injury. Stretching is the only physical quality which more is better. Stretching is one of the only habits that can not be over trained.
If you are serious about getting into the world of teen bodybuilding, I encourage you to start this habit early. Most text books teach stretching methods that include 20-30 seconds per stretch. Don't even waste your time if this is your idea of stretching. From real world, in the trenches, experience, I would suggest stretching at least the same amount of time that you lift. That means, for every 1 hour of weight training you perform, you must balance the effect of weight training with one hour of stretching. Therefore, if you weight train 4 hours in the week, you better be stretching for at least 4 hours in the week. If you are really lazy, start stretching for at least half the amount of time that you lift. After you see the benefits of increased strength, quicker recovery and less injuries I am sure you will have no problem bumping up your stretching sessions to the recommend 1:1 ratio.
Fail to stretch at least the same amount that you lift is almost a sure fire way of shortening a teen bodybuilding career or lifestyle. Remember, weight training shortens and tightens the connective tissue you train. Stretching counters the effect and ensures your muscles have room to grow!
8. Focus On Bodyweight Strength First
It amazes me at how many teen bodybuilders can barely do a set of 40 push ups, 20 chin ups and 30 dips. In my opinion, these are some standard upper body fitness tests that should be accomplished with ease before loading is introduced (it might take your 3 or 4 months to achieve this if you can't do them right now). I once heard a famous fitness coach say, “You have no freaking business using a load if you can't stabilize, control, and move efficiently using your own bodyweight.” I would have to fully agree.
What's the point of a sloppy 150 pound lat pulldown if you can't do 10 bodyweight pull ups? What's the point of a 185 pound bench press with microscopic range reps, if you can push up your body a couple dozen times? What's the point of a 500 pound leg press if you can do a set of one legged squats down to the floor? Believe me, after a few months of conditioning your body to body weight training, you will be blown away by how quickly your weights climb when you introduce loading.
9. Keep Your Workouts Under 1 Hour
Unless you are in a teen bodybuilding competition for the longest workout possible, it bewilders my mind what you could possibly be doing for longer than a hour! Unless you go to the gym for mirror workouts (that's when you spend more time looking in the mirror than actually lifting)I suggest getting some help with your workout program. If it takes longer than 20-30 minutes of even moderate intensity lifting to fully exhaust a muscle, I have to question your workout intensity. Shorter more intense workouts will always trump longer less intense workouts.
Your goal should be in fact to complete your workout faster and faster. This will force your muscles to condition and adapt to a greater work load. The more work you expose your muscles too, in a shorter amount of time will improve your muscle density. Your bodies ability to tolerate greater workloads.
10. Develop Full Range Of Motion
Initially, teen bodybuilding should involve building strong muscular attachments, tendons, ligaments and bones – text books refer this as anatomical adaptation. Look at building your muscles as the finishing touches on a solid house. You would not want to start framing the house until the foundation has been built. Strengthening your tendons, ligaments and bones would be considered building a strong foundation to build from.
What is the best way to begin a strong foundation for a house to stand on? Build from the bottom up or in our case, from the inside out. This means developing a full range of motion with each weight training exercise to ensure all the muscle fiber gets activated and all the supporting tissues are fully involved.
Think about it. Partial movements will only develop partial muscle. Full movements will develop full muscle. What would get you better results? Squatting 135 pounds with your butt to the floor or squatting 225 pounds for about ¼ of the way? That's correct, involving the entire range of motion with a lighter weight will involve more musculature, improve your mind-muscle connection quicker and strengthen all the supporting tissues more rapidly. Initially, as a teen bodybuilder, you should never sacrifice range for load.
Conclusion
If you are serious about doing teen bodybuilding safely and effectively than take all of the tips very seriously. Do not pick and choose the ones you wish to follow. They will all result in a long and fruitful bodybuilding lifestyle. To your teen bodybuilding success!
Friday 20 November 2009
Thursday 19 November 2009
Top 10 Tips To Successful Teen Bodybuilding Part 1
Teen bodybuilding is growing at an alarming rate, as enthusiastic teens hit the gym every night of the week. I don't blame them. Teen bodybuilding is one of the most effective ways to boost a skinny guys self-confidence and self-image. Did I also mention lots of attention and admiration from the ladies and respect from the guys. Teen bodybuilding does not just help out with vanity but promotes a nutritious diet, disciplined lifestyle, and strong work ethic.
So the question is, how is teen bodybuilding done right? Should teen bodybuilders read the latest bodybuilding magazines? Learn from their friends or a professional? Train every day or every other day? Rely on supplements? Start when they are done growing or earlier? Focus on endurance training heavy lifting? Teen bodybuilding has dozens of questions and many different opinions on each. Here is my top 10 tips to successful teen bodybuilding in no particular order:
1. Avoid Steroids
Duh! This might sound obvious and if you have not been offered steroids yet, make your stand now and be prepared to say 'no' when you get backed into a corner. Your body is flowing with more natural hormones than any steroid could replace. Don't screw up your natural hormonal levels at such a young age. Even though all your friends might laugh at you for not conforming to the pressure of using illegal drugs, be a real man and train drug free. In the end your friends will respect you more for staying away from the dark side.
2. Focus On Clean Eating
Old habits die hard. Believe it or not, the nutrition habits you are creating today will affect you all the way into your adult years. As a young teen bodybuilder, you have an opportunity to create good habits at an early age. Focus on eating clean carbohyrdates like whole wheat breads, oatmeal, brown rice, potatoes, fruits and veggies. Focusing on eating a variety of clean proteins like tuna, chicken, fish, cottage cheese and protein shakes. Balance out your meals with clean fats like olive oil, fish oil, natural peanut butter and nuts. Take pride in the fact that you even know what clean eating is. Look at this as an opportunity to be an example to your friends to be walking statue of health! I promise you that you will have a few friends who admire your physique and ask you for advice!
3. Avoid One Body Part Workouts And Focus On A Full Body Workout
A full body workout? But all my friends are training chest tonight. And tomorrow they are training back. And on Wednesday they are training arms. But if you have the courage, you are not going to follow the herd and trust me. You are too young to be splitting up your muscles groups into only one body part a day. Unless you are pursuing a career in competitive bodybuilding, one-body part splits are an excellent way to over train at a young age. Look at it this way. Do you only eat once per week? Do you only take supplements once per week? Do you only sleep once per week? Do you only study once per week? Than why would you train your muscle groups only once per week? It does not make sense. Full body workouts will allow you to hit all your major muscle groups three times in the week, without overtraining, instead of only one time.
4. Emphasize Your Conditioning
Teen bodybuilding can actually become something that appear to be a lazy man's sport. Next time you walk into the weight room, count how many people are actually doing something. Seriously, I guarantee you will see more people standing around and talking, adjusting weights and staring in the mirror. Not many people are actually hustling from one exercise to another or even sweating. That's another reason to avoid one body-part bodybuilding style workouts. They don't emphasize your fitness or cardiovascular system. Your weight training program should be incorporating more than just weights. Balance out your sessions with some skipping, stair climbing, hard running, supersets, and really short rest periods. If you don't feel like you are going to throw up at the end of your weight training sessions, I have to question your workout intensity.
5. Stick to Basic Supplements
Your a teenager and should be saving your money for college and your first car. Don't get scammed by over hyped supplement ads that promise the world. Follow the saying, 'If it looks too good to be true, than most likely it is!” All you need to budget for now is a high quality multi-vitamin which you should take for life as well as a high quality protein powder in your arsenal and a regular omega-3 fish oil cap. Between these three supplements you are more than covered. Don't worry about creatine, glutamine, fat burners, testosterone boosters or even NO2 products. The first three to four years of your lifting should be done with just the basic supplements.
Conclusion.
Stay tuned for part two when I reveal the next top five tips to successful teen bodybuilding.
PART 2 COMMING TOMORROW!!!
So the question is, how is teen bodybuilding done right? Should teen bodybuilders read the latest bodybuilding magazines? Learn from their friends or a professional? Train every day or every other day? Rely on supplements? Start when they are done growing or earlier? Focus on endurance training heavy lifting? Teen bodybuilding has dozens of questions and many different opinions on each. Here is my top 10 tips to successful teen bodybuilding in no particular order:
1. Avoid Steroids
Duh! This might sound obvious and if you have not been offered steroids yet, make your stand now and be prepared to say 'no' when you get backed into a corner. Your body is flowing with more natural hormones than any steroid could replace. Don't screw up your natural hormonal levels at such a young age. Even though all your friends might laugh at you for not conforming to the pressure of using illegal drugs, be a real man and train drug free. In the end your friends will respect you more for staying away from the dark side.
2. Focus On Clean Eating
Old habits die hard. Believe it or not, the nutrition habits you are creating today will affect you all the way into your adult years. As a young teen bodybuilder, you have an opportunity to create good habits at an early age. Focus on eating clean carbohyrdates like whole wheat breads, oatmeal, brown rice, potatoes, fruits and veggies. Focusing on eating a variety of clean proteins like tuna, chicken, fish, cottage cheese and protein shakes. Balance out your meals with clean fats like olive oil, fish oil, natural peanut butter and nuts. Take pride in the fact that you even know what clean eating is. Look at this as an opportunity to be an example to your friends to be walking statue of health! I promise you that you will have a few friends who admire your physique and ask you for advice!
3. Avoid One Body Part Workouts And Focus On A Full Body Workout
A full body workout? But all my friends are training chest tonight. And tomorrow they are training back. And on Wednesday they are training arms. But if you have the courage, you are not going to follow the herd and trust me. You are too young to be splitting up your muscles groups into only one body part a day. Unless you are pursuing a career in competitive bodybuilding, one-body part splits are an excellent way to over train at a young age. Look at it this way. Do you only eat once per week? Do you only take supplements once per week? Do you only sleep once per week? Do you only study once per week? Than why would you train your muscle groups only once per week? It does not make sense. Full body workouts will allow you to hit all your major muscle groups three times in the week, without overtraining, instead of only one time.
4. Emphasize Your Conditioning
Teen bodybuilding can actually become something that appear to be a lazy man's sport. Next time you walk into the weight room, count how many people are actually doing something. Seriously, I guarantee you will see more people standing around and talking, adjusting weights and staring in the mirror. Not many people are actually hustling from one exercise to another or even sweating. That's another reason to avoid one body-part bodybuilding style workouts. They don't emphasize your fitness or cardiovascular system. Your weight training program should be incorporating more than just weights. Balance out your sessions with some skipping, stair climbing, hard running, supersets, and really short rest periods. If you don't feel like you are going to throw up at the end of your weight training sessions, I have to question your workout intensity.
5. Stick to Basic Supplements
Your a teenager and should be saving your money for college and your first car. Don't get scammed by over hyped supplement ads that promise the world. Follow the saying, 'If it looks too good to be true, than most likely it is!” All you need to budget for now is a high quality multi-vitamin which you should take for life as well as a high quality protein powder in your arsenal and a regular omega-3 fish oil cap. Between these three supplements you are more than covered. Don't worry about creatine, glutamine, fat burners, testosterone boosters or even NO2 products. The first three to four years of your lifting should be done with just the basic supplements.
Conclusion.
Stay tuned for part two when I reveal the next top five tips to successful teen bodybuilding.
PART 2 COMMING TOMORROW!!!
Sunday 15 November 2009
Teen Bodybuilding - The Latest Upcoming Trend Is Teen Bodybuilding
Following their role models in movies and sports teenage people also start showing interest in bodybuilding activities. Toady bodybuilding is a separate category that constitutes the young teenagers who show interest in bodybuilding. To encourage these people bodybuilding organisations have started to conduct separate competitions for teen bodybuilders. The present celebrity bodybuilders such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lee Priest and Jay Cutler started participating in competitions while they were in their teenage.
The work out of the teen bodybuilders consists of weight exercises such as pull ups, chin ups, push ups, dips and hyperextensions. To start with the exercise, a teenager should first make sure whether his body is strong enough to endure the strong and rigorous weight exercises involved in the process.
If you are a teenager who is interested in bodybuilding, as the first step try to understand the four basic concepts involved in the bodybuilding process. Nutrition, supplementation, the effectiveness of lifting the weight and the overall recovery are the four basic concepts of a teen bodybuilding just like that of an adult bodybuilder.
The process of teen bodybuilding consists of two stages. The first stage that is known as bulk up stage is meant to increase the muscle mass and body fat of the person undergoing the weight exercise or bodybuilding.
The second phase of a bodybuilding is known as contest preparation. At contest preparation more attention will be given to maintain as much muscle as is possible. To increase muscle definition the excess fat in the body should be reduced by following a proper diet suitable for body development.
A teenager undergoing teen bodybuilding should be extra cautious about what he is eating every day. The food that he takes should compliment the muscle development of the body. The bulk up stage of bodybuilding may require five to six meals per day to build more muscle mass in the body. At the same time he should be careful to avoid foods that are too fatty from his daily diet.
Increasing the level of protein intake can be suggested as a best method to increase the muscle growth for a bodybuilder. Experts suggest taking one gram of protein per pound of the body weight a teen bodybuilder like to reach.
He can also take supplements to enhance the muscle growth. Every one who wants to be a bodybuilder should follow an effective weight exercise to tone up the developed muscles in his body. For that he could seek the assistance of an expert trainer.
For your great course teaching you exactly how to succeed with BodyBuilding using simple and effective BodyBuilding and nutritional workout simply Click Here!
The work out of the teen bodybuilders consists of weight exercises such as pull ups, chin ups, push ups, dips and hyperextensions. To start with the exercise, a teenager should first make sure whether his body is strong enough to endure the strong and rigorous weight exercises involved in the process.
If you are a teenager who is interested in bodybuilding, as the first step try to understand the four basic concepts involved in the bodybuilding process. Nutrition, supplementation, the effectiveness of lifting the weight and the overall recovery are the four basic concepts of a teen bodybuilding just like that of an adult bodybuilder.
The process of teen bodybuilding consists of two stages. The first stage that is known as bulk up stage is meant to increase the muscle mass and body fat of the person undergoing the weight exercise or bodybuilding.
The second phase of a bodybuilding is known as contest preparation. At contest preparation more attention will be given to maintain as much muscle as is possible. To increase muscle definition the excess fat in the body should be reduced by following a proper diet suitable for body development.
A teenager undergoing teen bodybuilding should be extra cautious about what he is eating every day. The food that he takes should compliment the muscle development of the body. The bulk up stage of bodybuilding may require five to six meals per day to build more muscle mass in the body. At the same time he should be careful to avoid foods that are too fatty from his daily diet.
Increasing the level of protein intake can be suggested as a best method to increase the muscle growth for a bodybuilder. Experts suggest taking one gram of protein per pound of the body weight a teen bodybuilder like to reach.
He can also take supplements to enhance the muscle growth. Every one who wants to be a bodybuilder should follow an effective weight exercise to tone up the developed muscles in his body. For that he could seek the assistance of an expert trainer.
For your great course teaching you exactly how to succeed with BodyBuilding using simple and effective BodyBuilding and nutritional workout simply Click Here!
Thursday 12 November 2009
Bodybuilding Routines For Beginners
When it comes to bodybuilding routines, there are a number of options available on the internet. Unfortunately, many of these bodybuilding methods are not of the highest quality. The reality is that it takes a comprehensive bodybuilding program combining weight training, nutrition, and proper technique to achieve positive results.
If you are new to the bodybuilding scene, your best bet will be to purchase a high quality product that will get you started right. A quality bodybuilding product will give a year's worth of bodybuilding routines, a complete diet guide with recipes, as well as some video and/or audio material. Check out some review sites (click the link at the end of this article) to help you decide which bodybuilding program is best for you. Be sure to analyze each product to determine if it's right for you. Is it too advanced for the novice bodybuilder? Does it focus on toning, cutting, or bulking?
Once you actually begin your bodybuilding routine, you will begin to realize what is working and what isn't. This will be a good time to make slight adjustments to your routine to maximize your results. Any quality bodybuilding routine will tell you to keep a tracklist, which should make it easy to make adjustments. Making the right adjustments will help you to achieve results much quicker.
When choosing from a variety of bodybuilding routines, the most important thing is to choose one that is right for you. Are you overweight? Are you skinny? Are you an experienced bodybuilder who just needs a new routine? What bodybuilding equipment do you have access to? How much money do you want to spend on food and supplements? Most bodybuilding guides will address these questions. Don't be afraid to spend a little money on a quality program. Paid programs typically contain more effective bodybuilding routines and techniques than free ones.
If you are serious about starting a bodybuilding routine, check out my Bodybuilding Program Reports site for helpful bodybuilding product reviews.
Visit HERE for an accurate guide to a number of bodybuilding products based on actual customer feedback.
If you are new to the bodybuilding scene, your best bet will be to purchase a high quality product that will get you started right. A quality bodybuilding product will give a year's worth of bodybuilding routines, a complete diet guide with recipes, as well as some video and/or audio material. Check out some review sites (click the link at the end of this article) to help you decide which bodybuilding program is best for you. Be sure to analyze each product to determine if it's right for you. Is it too advanced for the novice bodybuilder? Does it focus on toning, cutting, or bulking?
Once you actually begin your bodybuilding routine, you will begin to realize what is working and what isn't. This will be a good time to make slight adjustments to your routine to maximize your results. Any quality bodybuilding routine will tell you to keep a tracklist, which should make it easy to make adjustments. Making the right adjustments will help you to achieve results much quicker.
When choosing from a variety of bodybuilding routines, the most important thing is to choose one that is right for you. Are you overweight? Are you skinny? Are you an experienced bodybuilder who just needs a new routine? What bodybuilding equipment do you have access to? How much money do you want to spend on food and supplements? Most bodybuilding guides will address these questions. Don't be afraid to spend a little money on a quality program. Paid programs typically contain more effective bodybuilding routines and techniques than free ones.
If you are serious about starting a bodybuilding routine, check out my Bodybuilding Program Reports site for helpful bodybuilding product reviews.
Visit HERE for an accurate guide to a number of bodybuilding products based on actual customer feedback.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Bodybuilding Workout Tips For Bigger Arms
Most bodybuilding workout warriors want bigger, more defined arms. This is not much of a surprise considering the number one body part bodybuilders want to develop are their arms. The men want to build more muscle, and the women want toned, shapely arms.
The good news is getting bigger arms can be quite easy as long as you understand the proper bodybuilding workout routine principles below.
Yes, you can develop bigger, more cut arms with minimal time invested in the gym.
Here are a few bodybuilding workout tips you should be incorporating into your weight training workouts in order to develop muscular arms.
1. Stick to multi-jointed exercises.
When training the chest, shoulders, and back make sure you focus on multi-joint exercises. What this does is work, secondarily, the arms. The arms are defined as the biceps, and triceps.
A good example of multi-jointed exercises are the bench press, shoulder press, row, pull down, and good old fashion pushup.
2. Boost up your intensity.
In order to stimulate arm muscle growth using your bodybuilding workout program you must increase your effort. Force the muscles to adapt, and grow. Increase the weight training weight, reps, or decrease the rest between sets. Make your bodybuilding workout progressive in nature. Keep trying to beat the reps, and weight you accomplished the previous arm workout.
3. Limit the number of arms sets.
This weight lifting tip may puzzle you. No, it is not a misprint. You want to keep the number of arm sets to a minimum to avoid overtraining.
A majority of bodybuilders overtrain their arms because they want to increase the size, and definition so badly. The more is better theory does not apply in bodybuilding.
You want to increase your intensity, tax the arms with a few sets, and begin the muscle building recovery process that immediately begins after an effective bodybuilding workout.
4. Train your triceps.
The triceps make up a majority of your arm's muscle size. Make sure you do close grip bench presses, dips, and push downs to ultimately increase your triceps muscle tone.
Make sure you focus on increasing your intensity during the minimal sets you perform.
5. Get adequate rest between training sessions.
This is the biggest mistake most bodybuilders make. They simple follow the more is better theory. Little do they know, more is a detriment to your bodybuilding workout results.
Each additional arm set performed cuts into the recovery ability of the muscle. Remember, the bicep, and triceps grows while resting, not during the workout.
I always recommend 6-10 days between arm workouts. As far as the number of sets, 2 sets of 2-3 exercises for the arms is optimal for growth. In other words, if you spend more than 10 minutes on your arms, you are overtraining.
Here is a good bodybuilding workout routine tip to determine the exact number of rest days between training sessions. Track your weight, and reps. If your strength continues to increase, you are resting optimally. If the weight plateaus, or decreases, add additional muscle building rest days between workouts.
Here are 5 bodybuilding workout tips to help you optimize your workout time by yielding greater workout results per time invested.
Discover how you can utilize the same secret muscle building arm strategies professional bodybuilders use by following their personal BodyBuilding princiles.
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE!!
The good news is getting bigger arms can be quite easy as long as you understand the proper bodybuilding workout routine principles below.
Yes, you can develop bigger, more cut arms with minimal time invested in the gym.
Here are a few bodybuilding workout tips you should be incorporating into your weight training workouts in order to develop muscular arms.
1. Stick to multi-jointed exercises.
When training the chest, shoulders, and back make sure you focus on multi-joint exercises. What this does is work, secondarily, the arms. The arms are defined as the biceps, and triceps.
A good example of multi-jointed exercises are the bench press, shoulder press, row, pull down, and good old fashion pushup.
2. Boost up your intensity.
In order to stimulate arm muscle growth using your bodybuilding workout program you must increase your effort. Force the muscles to adapt, and grow. Increase the weight training weight, reps, or decrease the rest between sets. Make your bodybuilding workout progressive in nature. Keep trying to beat the reps, and weight you accomplished the previous arm workout.
3. Limit the number of arms sets.
This weight lifting tip may puzzle you. No, it is not a misprint. You want to keep the number of arm sets to a minimum to avoid overtraining.
A majority of bodybuilders overtrain their arms because they want to increase the size, and definition so badly. The more is better theory does not apply in bodybuilding.
You want to increase your intensity, tax the arms with a few sets, and begin the muscle building recovery process that immediately begins after an effective bodybuilding workout.
4. Train your triceps.
The triceps make up a majority of your arm's muscle size. Make sure you do close grip bench presses, dips, and push downs to ultimately increase your triceps muscle tone.
Make sure you focus on increasing your intensity during the minimal sets you perform.
5. Get adequate rest between training sessions.
This is the biggest mistake most bodybuilders make. They simple follow the more is better theory. Little do they know, more is a detriment to your bodybuilding workout results.
Each additional arm set performed cuts into the recovery ability of the muscle. Remember, the bicep, and triceps grows while resting, not during the workout.
I always recommend 6-10 days between arm workouts. As far as the number of sets, 2 sets of 2-3 exercises for the arms is optimal for growth. In other words, if you spend more than 10 minutes on your arms, you are overtraining.
Here is a good bodybuilding workout routine tip to determine the exact number of rest days between training sessions. Track your weight, and reps. If your strength continues to increase, you are resting optimally. If the weight plateaus, or decreases, add additional muscle building rest days between workouts.
Here are 5 bodybuilding workout tips to help you optimize your workout time by yielding greater workout results per time invested.
Discover how you can utilize the same secret muscle building arm strategies professional bodybuilders use by following their personal BodyBuilding princiles.
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE!!
Friday 6 November 2009
How To Build Muscle And Gain Weight Quickly Part 2
Do you mind if I be frank and ask you a honest question? If you had to transform your body which required you to know how to build muscle and gain weight quickly, and you only had a few weeks, could you step up to the challenge?
Let's say your wanted to enter a fitness model or beginner bodybuilding competition? Perhaps you want to be considered he 'buffest' guy in your gym? If you get starred at because your physique stands out in the crowd than click away because your probably already know how to build muscle and gain weight quickly.
However if you are the guy on the other extreme and receive surprised looks when you tell people you work out with weights, don't look any different than any body else in your gym and have never been approached for advice than please read this article carefully because this is your next step to building muscle and gaining weight quickly!
'Hardgainer' - Dump the title!
As soon as you start labeling yourself as a 'hard gainer' don't be surprised when your results come to a screeching halt.
This single word has more power to sabotage your potential for a muscular physique before you even begin training. Keep calling yourself a 'hard gainer' and don't be surprised if you continue to waste your time, effort, and money.
If you're lucky maybe you will build 3 - 5 pounds of muscle a year...
I have no problem with the term 'hard gainer' except for what happens when people label themselves to be so-called 'hard gainers.' Sure you might be a 'hard gainer' but I think most skinny guys believe they are actually 'no gainers.'
'Hard gainers' do exist but THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a 'NO GAINER!'
You might think you are a 'hard gainer' because you have trained your butt off for a few years, you eat the right foods, take all the latest supplements and yet still get a surprised look when you tell people you work out!
I don't know anybody that does not have the ability to put on slabs of muscle in record time. I have proven every client dead wrong who perceived themselves as a 'hard gainer.' This term is just a poor excuse.
Plain and simple: excuses are for the weak. It's easy to point the blame when your workouts are inconsistent, your training is sub-maximal and you indulge in a undisciplined social lifestyle. How convenient to shift the blame from yourself to a convenient label.
But it's easier telling everyone that you are a 'hard gainer.' Right?
This term is a great disguise for skinny guys who will never reach their true genetic potential. Instead of taking responsibility for your actions, it's a lot easier to pull out the 'hard gainer' card and flash it to everyone. It sits by your driver's license and has become a part of your identity.
The deadliest mindset in the world.
Consider this. It’s like saying, “I can’t afford it.” This should be considered a deadly statement because it forces your brain to stop working and reinforces a false perception of your true abilities. Instead you should say, “How can I afford it?” By constantly saying, “How can I afford it” or “I can afford it,” you will reinforce a new perception of yourself - you will no longer think of yourself as poor, but as a rich person.
If you examine these two statements, you will see that “How can I afford it?” opens your mind to examining the possibilities of accumulating wealth. “I can’t afford it,” on the other hand, closes your mind to any possibility of attaining what you desire.
Let’s make this example practical now. By simply being aware of the words you use, you can self-detect your self-perceptions. By changing your words, you can begin to change your self-perceptions - if you choose. So by simply reminding yourself to say, “There is no such thing as a 'hard gainer'” you will be able to bring out the muscular person inside of you. By saying, “I am a hard gainer” you are reinforcing the small and weak person who was already there.
Do you truly think that you can casually or unintentionally build muscle and gain weight quickly?
No way! Do you really think deep down that if you believe you are a hard gainer and a muscular physique is out of your limits, that you will ever achieve any significant results? I’m not talking 3 or 5 pounds of muscle a year. I’m talking about 20-50 pounds of massive muscle. Of course not. Every trip to the gym, every set, every meal, every shake you gulp down will be snuffed out because the beliefs in your mind have sentenced you to a life of smallness.
The very first step you must take before you read any of the training or nutrition content of this book is DITCH THE TITLE. Stop labeling yourself and start thinking of yourself as a ‘untapped reservoir with explosive muscular strength.’
Many personal development coaches stress the principle, ‘you get what you focus on.’ Therefore if you focus on being small, you will be small. Focus on being big and muscular and this will direct your mind and actions to the things you must do to become just that. All actions come from your beliefs and if you truly don’t believe that you can succeed then what chance do you have?
Focus on believing in yourself and your abilities and re-classify yourself as a ‘consistent gainer’ or an ‘unstoppable gainer’ or whatever title suits your motivation best. If you focus on being successful you will be and you are already one step closer to becoming the person you really want to be!
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About the Author:
Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found BY CLICKING HERE
Let's say your wanted to enter a fitness model or beginner bodybuilding competition? Perhaps you want to be considered he 'buffest' guy in your gym? If you get starred at because your physique stands out in the crowd than click away because your probably already know how to build muscle and gain weight quickly.
However if you are the guy on the other extreme and receive surprised looks when you tell people you work out with weights, don't look any different than any body else in your gym and have never been approached for advice than please read this article carefully because this is your next step to building muscle and gaining weight quickly!
'Hardgainer' - Dump the title!
As soon as you start labeling yourself as a 'hard gainer' don't be surprised when your results come to a screeching halt.
This single word has more power to sabotage your potential for a muscular physique before you even begin training. Keep calling yourself a 'hard gainer' and don't be surprised if you continue to waste your time, effort, and money.
If you're lucky maybe you will build 3 - 5 pounds of muscle a year...
I have no problem with the term 'hard gainer' except for what happens when people label themselves to be so-called 'hard gainers.' Sure you might be a 'hard gainer' but I think most skinny guys believe they are actually 'no gainers.'
'Hard gainers' do exist but THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a 'NO GAINER!'
You might think you are a 'hard gainer' because you have trained your butt off for a few years, you eat the right foods, take all the latest supplements and yet still get a surprised look when you tell people you work out!
I don't know anybody that does not have the ability to put on slabs of muscle in record time. I have proven every client dead wrong who perceived themselves as a 'hard gainer.' This term is just a poor excuse.
Plain and simple: excuses are for the weak. It's easy to point the blame when your workouts are inconsistent, your training is sub-maximal and you indulge in a undisciplined social lifestyle. How convenient to shift the blame from yourself to a convenient label.
But it's easier telling everyone that you are a 'hard gainer.' Right?
This term is a great disguise for skinny guys who will never reach their true genetic potential. Instead of taking responsibility for your actions, it's a lot easier to pull out the 'hard gainer' card and flash it to everyone. It sits by your driver's license and has become a part of your identity.
The deadliest mindset in the world.
Consider this. It’s like saying, “I can’t afford it.” This should be considered a deadly statement because it forces your brain to stop working and reinforces a false perception of your true abilities. Instead you should say, “How can I afford it?” By constantly saying, “How can I afford it” or “I can afford it,” you will reinforce a new perception of yourself - you will no longer think of yourself as poor, but as a rich person.
If you examine these two statements, you will see that “How can I afford it?” opens your mind to examining the possibilities of accumulating wealth. “I can’t afford it,” on the other hand, closes your mind to any possibility of attaining what you desire.
Let’s make this example practical now. By simply being aware of the words you use, you can self-detect your self-perceptions. By changing your words, you can begin to change your self-perceptions - if you choose. So by simply reminding yourself to say, “There is no such thing as a 'hard gainer'” you will be able to bring out the muscular person inside of you. By saying, “I am a hard gainer” you are reinforcing the small and weak person who was already there.
Do you truly think that you can casually or unintentionally build muscle and gain weight quickly?
No way! Do you really think deep down that if you believe you are a hard gainer and a muscular physique is out of your limits, that you will ever achieve any significant results? I’m not talking 3 or 5 pounds of muscle a year. I’m talking about 20-50 pounds of massive muscle. Of course not. Every trip to the gym, every set, every meal, every shake you gulp down will be snuffed out because the beliefs in your mind have sentenced you to a life of smallness.
The very first step you must take before you read any of the training or nutrition content of this book is DITCH THE TITLE. Stop labeling yourself and start thinking of yourself as a ‘untapped reservoir with explosive muscular strength.’
Many personal development coaches stress the principle, ‘you get what you focus on.’ Therefore if you focus on being small, you will be small. Focus on being big and muscular and this will direct your mind and actions to the things you must do to become just that. All actions come from your beliefs and if you truly don’t believe that you can succeed then what chance do you have?
Focus on believing in yourself and your abilities and re-classify yourself as a ‘consistent gainer’ or an ‘unstoppable gainer’ or whatever title suits your motivation best. If you focus on being successful you will be and you are already one step closer to becoming the person you really want to be!
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About the Author:
Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found BY CLICKING HERE
Thursday 5 November 2009
How To Build Muscle And Gain Weight Quickly Part 1
Do you truly know how to build muscle and gain weight quickly?
If you knew how to build muscle then the skinny jokes would have ended long ago. If you knew how to gain weight quickly then the blank stares would stop when you tell someone you work out with weights. And if you knew how to build muscle and gain weight quickly you would no longer frustrated that the scale has not budged upwards since you first started lifting.
I know from first hand experience what it feels like to train for hours in the gym, slug back protein shake after protein shake, spend your hard earned money on over-priced and over-hyped supplements, with little or nothing to show for it! If this is you than you're not alone and are probably missing a few key ingredients that you're executing effectively.
If you're a naturally skinny person than you must play by a different set of rules. If you were not gifted with muscle friendly genes than does it make sense to follow a program by someone who builds muscle even when they sneeze? If you're training drug free than does it make sense to take advice from a guy who’s spending a few thousand dollars a month on steroids?
Or maybe you're taking advice from someone with great genetics? That’s like taking money advice from someone who inherited a fortune! You must accept the fact if you have muscle 'unfriendly' genes you must be prepared to play by a different set of rules if you want to build muscle and turn heads!
Here are a few simple tips to show you - the skinny guy - how to build muscle and gain weight quickly :
Train like a barbarian!
Do people stop and watch you work out? Do you reach the point in a workout where you question your ability to finish? If you treat working out more like a hobby than a job than it’s no surprise that you do not stand out in a crowd and are still spinning your wheels.
The majority of people that work out in a gym barely sweat and spend more time starring in the mirror and trying to impress the new front desk girl than getting into the ‘zone’ and crashing through previous training limits.
Here are some tips on how to 'train like a barbarian':
1. Treat every single set like it is your last set.
2. Treat every single rep like your life depends on it.
3. Wear a stop watch and ensure that you keep the rest period honest.
4. Wear a sweater so you can’t stare at yourself in the mirror.
5. Wear a head set on that tells others ‘do not disturb.’
6. No girl friends allowed or wimpy guy friends who are going to compromise the intensity of your workout.
7. Train with an intensity that scares the gym shorts off of every person in your path.
Are you starting to get the picture? There is a philosophy that simply states, “You get what you focus on.” Focus on training like a barbarian and you will soon start looking like a barbarian!
Give your muscles a reason to grow!
Guess what happens when you train at the same intensity as you did in a previous workout? Your muscles laugh back at you and say, “Nice try, we did this workout before and can handle this stress! Is that your attempt on getting us to grow?”
Don’t get caught up in the latest hype of bodybuilding and fitness magazines. Most of it is rehashed and just packaged sleeker to sell magazines. There are two forms of training that must be cycled in a successful weight training program:
1. HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY! Put everything into lifting heavier weights and getting as strong as possible. Use only one compound exercise per major muscle group and focus on a 5% increase in strength from week to week. This will ensure neuromuscular development and targeting the fast twitch muscle fibers which have the greatest opportunity for growth.
2. VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME! Expose your body to as much work possible in the shortest period of time. Placing your muscles under more tension will result in more tapped and untrained muscle fiber being recruited therefore more muscle growth! The key here is to find the correct balance in time and work. Volume training does not mean 2 hour gym workouts lifting light weights. Instead lift heavy weights close to your max threshold but with shorter rest periods, slower tempos and more exercise selection per muscle group.
No more program hopping!
Sure, it’s easier to test drive a program for a few weeks and than say it does not work and move on to the next latest ‘breakthrough’ program. This is called the blame game and neglecting responsibility! Do you think you will become rich if you test out a new job for a few weeks and than call it quits when your first paycheck does not meet your expectations? No way! But if you stay with the company and exploit the companies benefits and opportunities to the fullest than you will succeed.
The reality is that virtually every program will work for a certain period of time if it is done at the right intensity and as the author has written.
Find a program and study the details of it’s full entirety. Ensure that the program goals of the author are in alignment with yours and study all the fine details. Do not ask a million questions and try and find holes or flaws or attempt to make it ‘perfect.’ The perfect program does not exist. Trust the program, follow it honestly and monitor the progress. The experience and results you gain from following one program for a consistent period of time will be priceless.
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About the Author:
Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found BY CLICKING HERE
If you knew how to build muscle then the skinny jokes would have ended long ago. If you knew how to gain weight quickly then the blank stares would stop when you tell someone you work out with weights. And if you knew how to build muscle and gain weight quickly you would no longer frustrated that the scale has not budged upwards since you first started lifting.
I know from first hand experience what it feels like to train for hours in the gym, slug back protein shake after protein shake, spend your hard earned money on over-priced and over-hyped supplements, with little or nothing to show for it! If this is you than you're not alone and are probably missing a few key ingredients that you're executing effectively.
If you're a naturally skinny person than you must play by a different set of rules. If you were not gifted with muscle friendly genes than does it make sense to follow a program by someone who builds muscle even when they sneeze? If you're training drug free than does it make sense to take advice from a guy who’s spending a few thousand dollars a month on steroids?
Or maybe you're taking advice from someone with great genetics? That’s like taking money advice from someone who inherited a fortune! You must accept the fact if you have muscle 'unfriendly' genes you must be prepared to play by a different set of rules if you want to build muscle and turn heads!
Here are a few simple tips to show you - the skinny guy - how to build muscle and gain weight quickly :
Train like a barbarian!
Do people stop and watch you work out? Do you reach the point in a workout where you question your ability to finish? If you treat working out more like a hobby than a job than it’s no surprise that you do not stand out in a crowd and are still spinning your wheels.
The majority of people that work out in a gym barely sweat and spend more time starring in the mirror and trying to impress the new front desk girl than getting into the ‘zone’ and crashing through previous training limits.
Here are some tips on how to 'train like a barbarian':
1. Treat every single set like it is your last set.
2. Treat every single rep like your life depends on it.
3. Wear a stop watch and ensure that you keep the rest period honest.
4. Wear a sweater so you can’t stare at yourself in the mirror.
5. Wear a head set on that tells others ‘do not disturb.’
6. No girl friends allowed or wimpy guy friends who are going to compromise the intensity of your workout.
7. Train with an intensity that scares the gym shorts off of every person in your path.
Are you starting to get the picture? There is a philosophy that simply states, “You get what you focus on.” Focus on training like a barbarian and you will soon start looking like a barbarian!
Give your muscles a reason to grow!
Guess what happens when you train at the same intensity as you did in a previous workout? Your muscles laugh back at you and say, “Nice try, we did this workout before and can handle this stress! Is that your attempt on getting us to grow?”
Don’t get caught up in the latest hype of bodybuilding and fitness magazines. Most of it is rehashed and just packaged sleeker to sell magazines. There are two forms of training that must be cycled in a successful weight training program:
1. HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY! Put everything into lifting heavier weights and getting as strong as possible. Use only one compound exercise per major muscle group and focus on a 5% increase in strength from week to week. This will ensure neuromuscular development and targeting the fast twitch muscle fibers which have the greatest opportunity for growth.
2. VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME! Expose your body to as much work possible in the shortest period of time. Placing your muscles under more tension will result in more tapped and untrained muscle fiber being recruited therefore more muscle growth! The key here is to find the correct balance in time and work. Volume training does not mean 2 hour gym workouts lifting light weights. Instead lift heavy weights close to your max threshold but with shorter rest periods, slower tempos and more exercise selection per muscle group.
No more program hopping!
Sure, it’s easier to test drive a program for a few weeks and than say it does not work and move on to the next latest ‘breakthrough’ program. This is called the blame game and neglecting responsibility! Do you think you will become rich if you test out a new job for a few weeks and than call it quits when your first paycheck does not meet your expectations? No way! But if you stay with the company and exploit the companies benefits and opportunities to the fullest than you will succeed.
The reality is that virtually every program will work for a certain period of time if it is done at the right intensity and as the author has written.
Find a program and study the details of it’s full entirety. Ensure that the program goals of the author are in alignment with yours and study all the fine details. Do not ask a million questions and try and find holes or flaws or attempt to make it ‘perfect.’ The perfect program does not exist. Trust the program, follow it honestly and monitor the progress. The experience and results you gain from following one program for a consistent period of time will be priceless.
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About the Author:
Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found BY CLICKING HERE
How To Build Muscle And Gain Weight Quickly Part 1
Do you truly know how to build muscle and gain weight quickly?
If you knew how to build muscle then the skinny jokes would have ended long ago. If you knew how to gain weight quickly then the blank stares would stop when you tell someone you work out with weights. And if you knew how to build muscle and gain weight quickly you would no longer frustrated that the scale has not budged upwards since you first started lifting.
I know from first hand experience what it feels like to train for hours in the gym, slug back protein shake after protein shake, spend your hard earned money on over-priced and over-hyped supplements, with little or nothing to show for it! If this is you than you're not alone and are probably missing a few key ingredients that you're executing effectively.
If you're a naturally skinny person than you must play by a different set of rules. If you were not gifted with muscle friendly genes than does it make sense to follow a program by someone who builds muscle even when they sneeze? If you're training drug free than does it make sense to take advice from a guy who’s spending a few thousand dollars a month on steroids?
Or maybe you're taking advice from someone with great genetics? That’s like taking money advice from someone who inherited a fortune! You must accept the fact if you have muscle 'unfriendly' genes you must be prepared to play by a different set of rules if you want to build muscle and turn heads!
Here are a few simple tips to show you - the skinny guy - how to build muscle and gain weight quickly :
Train like a barbarian!
Do people stop and watch you work out? Do you reach the point in a workout where you question your ability to finish? If you treat working out more like a hobby than a job than it’s no surprise that you do not stand out in a crowd and are still spinning your wheels.
The majority of people that work out in a gym barely sweat and spend more time starring in the mirror and trying to impress the new front desk girl than getting into the ‘zone’ and crashing through previous training limits.
Here are some tips on how to 'train like a barbarian':
1. Treat every single set like it is your last set.
2. Treat every single rep like your life depends on it.
3. Wear a stop watch and ensure that you keep the rest period honest.
4. Wear a sweater so you can’t stare at yourself in the mirror.
5. Wear a head set on that tells others ‘do not disturb.’
6. No girl friends allowed or wimpy guy friends who are going to compromise the intensity of your workout.
7. Train with an intensity that scares the gym shorts off of every person in your path.
Are you starting to get the picture? There is a philosophy that simply states, “You get what you focus on.” Focus on training like a barbarian and you will soon start looking like a barbarian!
Give your muscles a reason to grow!
Guess what happens when you train at the same intensity as you did in a previous workout? Your muscles laugh back at you and say, “Nice try, we did this workout before and can handle this stress! Is that your attempt on getting us to grow?”
Don’t get caught up in the latest hype of bodybuilding and fitness magazines. Most of it is rehashed and just packaged sleeker to sell magazines. There are two forms of training that must be cycled in a successful weight training program:
1. HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY! Put everything into lifting heavier weights and getting as strong as possible. Use only one compound exercise per major muscle group and focus on a 5% increase in strength from week to week. This will ensure neuromuscular development and targeting the fast twitch muscle fibers which have the greatest opportunity for growth.
2. VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME! Expose your body to as much work possible in the shortest period of time. Placing your muscles under more tension will result in more tapped and untrained muscle fiber being recruited therefore more muscle growth! The key here is to find the correct balance in time and work. Volume training does not mean 2 hour gym workouts lifting light weights. Instead lift heavy weights close to your max threshold but with shorter rest periods, slower tempos and more exercise selection per muscle group.
No more program hopping!
Sure, it’s easier to test drive a program for a few weeks and than say it does not work and move on to the next latest ‘breakthrough’ program. This is called the blame game and neglecting responsibility! Do you think you will become rich if you test out a new job for a few weeks and than call it quits when your first paycheck does not meet your expectations? No way! But if you stay with the company and exploit the companies benefits and opportunities to the fullest than you will succeed.
The reality is that virtually every program will work for a certain period of time if it is done at the right intensity and as the author has written.
Find a program and study the details of it’s full entirety. Ensure that the program goals of the author are in alignment with yours and study all the fine details. Do not ask a million questions and try and find holes or flaws or attempt to make it ‘perfect.’ The perfect program does not exist. Trust the program, follow it honestly and monitor the progress. The experience and results you gain from following one program for a consistent period of time will be priceless.
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About the Author:
Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found BY CLICKING HERE
If you knew how to build muscle then the skinny jokes would have ended long ago. If you knew how to gain weight quickly then the blank stares would stop when you tell someone you work out with weights. And if you knew how to build muscle and gain weight quickly you would no longer frustrated that the scale has not budged upwards since you first started lifting.
I know from first hand experience what it feels like to train for hours in the gym, slug back protein shake after protein shake, spend your hard earned money on over-priced and over-hyped supplements, with little or nothing to show for it! If this is you than you're not alone and are probably missing a few key ingredients that you're executing effectively.
If you're a naturally skinny person than you must play by a different set of rules. If you were not gifted with muscle friendly genes than does it make sense to follow a program by someone who builds muscle even when they sneeze? If you're training drug free than does it make sense to take advice from a guy who’s spending a few thousand dollars a month on steroids?
Or maybe you're taking advice from someone with great genetics? That’s like taking money advice from someone who inherited a fortune! You must accept the fact if you have muscle 'unfriendly' genes you must be prepared to play by a different set of rules if you want to build muscle and turn heads!
Here are a few simple tips to show you - the skinny guy - how to build muscle and gain weight quickly :
Train like a barbarian!
Do people stop and watch you work out? Do you reach the point in a workout where you question your ability to finish? If you treat working out more like a hobby than a job than it’s no surprise that you do not stand out in a crowd and are still spinning your wheels.
The majority of people that work out in a gym barely sweat and spend more time starring in the mirror and trying to impress the new front desk girl than getting into the ‘zone’ and crashing through previous training limits.
Here are some tips on how to 'train like a barbarian':
1. Treat every single set like it is your last set.
2. Treat every single rep like your life depends on it.
3. Wear a stop watch and ensure that you keep the rest period honest.
4. Wear a sweater so you can’t stare at yourself in the mirror.
5. Wear a head set on that tells others ‘do not disturb.’
6. No girl friends allowed or wimpy guy friends who are going to compromise the intensity of your workout.
7. Train with an intensity that scares the gym shorts off of every person in your path.
Are you starting to get the picture? There is a philosophy that simply states, “You get what you focus on.” Focus on training like a barbarian and you will soon start looking like a barbarian!
Give your muscles a reason to grow!
Guess what happens when you train at the same intensity as you did in a previous workout? Your muscles laugh back at you and say, “Nice try, we did this workout before and can handle this stress! Is that your attempt on getting us to grow?”
Don’t get caught up in the latest hype of bodybuilding and fitness magazines. Most of it is rehashed and just packaged sleeker to sell magazines. There are two forms of training that must be cycled in a successful weight training program:
1. HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY! Put everything into lifting heavier weights and getting as strong as possible. Use only one compound exercise per major muscle group and focus on a 5% increase in strength from week to week. This will ensure neuromuscular development and targeting the fast twitch muscle fibers which have the greatest opportunity for growth.
2. VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME! Expose your body to as much work possible in the shortest period of time. Placing your muscles under more tension will result in more tapped and untrained muscle fiber being recruited therefore more muscle growth! The key here is to find the correct balance in time and work. Volume training does not mean 2 hour gym workouts lifting light weights. Instead lift heavy weights close to your max threshold but with shorter rest periods, slower tempos and more exercise selection per muscle group.
No more program hopping!
Sure, it’s easier to test drive a program for a few weeks and than say it does not work and move on to the next latest ‘breakthrough’ program. This is called the blame game and neglecting responsibility! Do you think you will become rich if you test out a new job for a few weeks and than call it quits when your first paycheck does not meet your expectations? No way! But if you stay with the company and exploit the companies benefits and opportunities to the fullest than you will succeed.
The reality is that virtually every program will work for a certain period of time if it is done at the right intensity and as the author has written.
Find a program and study the details of it’s full entirety. Ensure that the program goals of the author are in alignment with yours and study all the fine details. Do not ask a million questions and try and find holes or flaws or attempt to make it ‘perfect.’ The perfect program does not exist. Trust the program, follow it honestly and monitor the progress. The experience and results you gain from following one program for a consistent period of time will be priceless.
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About the Author:
Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found BY CLICKING HERE
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Do You Know How To Gain Muscle Fast?
Could you teach me how to gain muscle fast? Could you teach me how to pack on an extra ten to fifteen pounds of muscle mass before my next vacation? Could you help me get ready for my first bodybuilding or fitness model competition? Could you help you look like someone who actually lifts weights? Could you help me build a body that turns heads and demands respect?
As a skinny guy muscle building expert, I get approached these questions daily in my office. Every single hard gainer I consult with wants to know how to gain muscle fast and how to do safely and effectively.
Hard gainers, please listen up! There is hope for you. I am happy to say that learning how to gain muscle fast is not as hard as some would make you believe but it also not as easy as you might think. But you must be prepared to train smarter and not harder. Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about wimping out during your workouts. I am referring to the big picture of training more intelligently.
Here is some of the most popular advice I give to the hard gainer when he wishes to gain muscle fast.
1. Never Perform More Than 10 Reps.
If you are lifting weights beyond 10 reps than you are emphasizing your slow-twitch muscle fibers which have the smallest opportunity for muscle growth. You are a hard gainer and you need recruit the maximal amount of muscle fibers in every set. Always choose your weights knowing that a 11th rep is forbidden and trespassing into 'skinny land.'
If you really want to gain muscle fast than get your mind into heavy lifting mode. Every single set and every single exercise. Keep the weights heavy and never more than 10 reps. Approach every workout knowing that you are going to be venturing into new territory and waging war on your skinny genetics. I recommend these workouts with a workout partner so you can eliminate any safetey issues, not slack off and push your limits every inch of the way.
2. Reduce Your Workout Time
Perform more work in less time and you have increased your work capacity. Work refers to the number of sets, reps and poundage within your workout. Who is fitter? The guy who can do 4 sets of 185 pounds bench press with 30 second rest or the guy who can do 4 sets of 185 pound bench press with 90 second rest? The one who can do the same amout of work in less time. Guess who is more muscular? The one who has a higher work capacity.
Next time you enter the gym, try to complete your current workout in less time. Take shorter rests. Move from one exercise to the next much quicker. Don't be surprised if you feel out of shape! This is one of the easiest tips you can take away to increase your muscle density and take your fitness to a new level. Be prepared to humble yourself and get out of your comfort zone.
3. Do Only One Exercise Per Muscle Group
Only one? Yes, only one, unless you want to buy into the notion that you must mutilate a muscle for over an hour to get any growth out of it. Consider this typical day in the gym. Today is your chest day. Your first exercise is bench press. You perform your first set with 185 lbs, second set with 205 lbs, third set with 225 lbs and fourth set with 245 lbs.
Assuming this is your max weight for the desired number of reps, is it not safe to say that you have used the maximal number of muscle fibers? Your goal is to simple spark your muscles into growth. Not exhaust them to death. Once they experience a unknown assalut (stimulus), your body will be forced to adapt and create new muscle to prevent future assaults! Therefore, your take home lesson is this: Once you have out performed your last workout, it is time to move onto the next exercise.
4. Do No More Than 3-5 Sets Per Muscle Group
I question a hard gainers workout intensity if they must do more than 3-5 sets per muscle group. Now if you are using anabolic steroids or have muscle friendly genes than you can safely dismiss this advice. Remember, learning how to gain muscle fast for the hard gainer requires following a new set of rules.
Consider the first 1-2 sets at 85% maximal effort. The third set at 95% maximal effort and the fourth (and sometimes fifth) set at 100% maximal effort. It is only this last all out set that contributes to the greatest muscle growth. Anything over and above this last go till you blow set simply exhausts the muscle beyond reason and delays your recovery ability to hit the muscle again. It is this last set that you should perform at least 1-2 extra reps or 5-10 extra pounds than last workout. Mission accomplished. You have sparked your muscles into growth. Time to move on.
5. Increase Your Strength 5% Every Two Weeks
One of the biggest mistakes I see hard gainers make in the gym is not track there progress. They return week-after-week to simply reherse the same workouts with the absense of progress. How do you expect to gain muscle fast if you continue to lift the same weights each workout? Your body is designed to tolerate stress. Assault it and let it get bigger. Assault it and let it get bigger. It's a simple concept.
So your take home message is to aim for a minimum of 5% strength increase every two weeks. You might progress a little quicker with larger muscle groups like back and legs versus smaller muscles like biceps and triceps. Just think, in six months from now, you will be over twice as strong as you are now! I would actually recommend writing down your strength goals for six months from now and than work backwords. If you are currently dead lifting 135 lbs, aim to be deadlifting 270 lbs over the next few months!
Conclusion
I know these five tips were not your typical Muscle and Fitness 101 advice and not your typical generic bodybuilding advice. I learned a long time ago to question everything you read and hear. Learn for yourself by doing and not by talking about it. As a skinny guy once myself, 149 lbs to be exact, I defeated my skinny genetics and learned how to gain muscle fast by not following the herd and training smarter and not harder Will you?
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About the Author:
Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found By clicking here
As a skinny guy muscle building expert, I get approached these questions daily in my office. Every single hard gainer I consult with wants to know how to gain muscle fast and how to do safely and effectively.
Hard gainers, please listen up! There is hope for you. I am happy to say that learning how to gain muscle fast is not as hard as some would make you believe but it also not as easy as you might think. But you must be prepared to train smarter and not harder. Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about wimping out during your workouts. I am referring to the big picture of training more intelligently.
Here is some of the most popular advice I give to the hard gainer when he wishes to gain muscle fast.
1. Never Perform More Than 10 Reps.
If you are lifting weights beyond 10 reps than you are emphasizing your slow-twitch muscle fibers which have the smallest opportunity for muscle growth. You are a hard gainer and you need recruit the maximal amount of muscle fibers in every set. Always choose your weights knowing that a 11th rep is forbidden and trespassing into 'skinny land.'
If you really want to gain muscle fast than get your mind into heavy lifting mode. Every single set and every single exercise. Keep the weights heavy and never more than 10 reps. Approach every workout knowing that you are going to be venturing into new territory and waging war on your skinny genetics. I recommend these workouts with a workout partner so you can eliminate any safetey issues, not slack off and push your limits every inch of the way.
2. Reduce Your Workout Time
Perform more work in less time and you have increased your work capacity. Work refers to the number of sets, reps and poundage within your workout. Who is fitter? The guy who can do 4 sets of 185 pounds bench press with 30 second rest or the guy who can do 4 sets of 185 pound bench press with 90 second rest? The one who can do the same amout of work in less time. Guess who is more muscular? The one who has a higher work capacity.
Next time you enter the gym, try to complete your current workout in less time. Take shorter rests. Move from one exercise to the next much quicker. Don't be surprised if you feel out of shape! This is one of the easiest tips you can take away to increase your muscle density and take your fitness to a new level. Be prepared to humble yourself and get out of your comfort zone.
3. Do Only One Exercise Per Muscle Group
Only one? Yes, only one, unless you want to buy into the notion that you must mutilate a muscle for over an hour to get any growth out of it. Consider this typical day in the gym. Today is your chest day. Your first exercise is bench press. You perform your first set with 185 lbs, second set with 205 lbs, third set with 225 lbs and fourth set with 245 lbs.
Assuming this is your max weight for the desired number of reps, is it not safe to say that you have used the maximal number of muscle fibers? Your goal is to simple spark your muscles into growth. Not exhaust them to death. Once they experience a unknown assalut (stimulus), your body will be forced to adapt and create new muscle to prevent future assaults! Therefore, your take home lesson is this: Once you have out performed your last workout, it is time to move onto the next exercise.
4. Do No More Than 3-5 Sets Per Muscle Group
I question a hard gainers workout intensity if they must do more than 3-5 sets per muscle group. Now if you are using anabolic steroids or have muscle friendly genes than you can safely dismiss this advice. Remember, learning how to gain muscle fast for the hard gainer requires following a new set of rules.
Consider the first 1-2 sets at 85% maximal effort. The third set at 95% maximal effort and the fourth (and sometimes fifth) set at 100% maximal effort. It is only this last all out set that contributes to the greatest muscle growth. Anything over and above this last go till you blow set simply exhausts the muscle beyond reason and delays your recovery ability to hit the muscle again. It is this last set that you should perform at least 1-2 extra reps or 5-10 extra pounds than last workout. Mission accomplished. You have sparked your muscles into growth. Time to move on.
5. Increase Your Strength 5% Every Two Weeks
One of the biggest mistakes I see hard gainers make in the gym is not track there progress. They return week-after-week to simply reherse the same workouts with the absense of progress. How do you expect to gain muscle fast if you continue to lift the same weights each workout? Your body is designed to tolerate stress. Assault it and let it get bigger. Assault it and let it get bigger. It's a simple concept.
So your take home message is to aim for a minimum of 5% strength increase every two weeks. You might progress a little quicker with larger muscle groups like back and legs versus smaller muscles like biceps and triceps. Just think, in six months from now, you will be over twice as strong as you are now! I would actually recommend writing down your strength goals for six months from now and than work backwords. If you are currently dead lifting 135 lbs, aim to be deadlifting 270 lbs over the next few months!
Conclusion
I know these five tips were not your typical Muscle and Fitness 101 advice and not your typical generic bodybuilding advice. I learned a long time ago to question everything you read and hear. Learn for yourself by doing and not by talking about it. As a skinny guy once myself, 149 lbs to be exact, I defeated my skinny genetics and learned how to gain muscle fast by not following the herd and training smarter and not harder Will you?
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About the Author:
Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found By clicking here
Sunday 1 November 2009
Bodybuilding Foods - An Essential Part of Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding requires a lot of discipline and effort on the part of the individual who wishes to have there desired body. It is done through a lot of weight training and exercise. Aside from these, a supply of bodybuilding foods should be eaten to get the required nutrition and energy that the body needs.
One of the most common problems of so many people today is their weight problem. And one of the ways that they think would be a better solution to this problem is bodybuilding. Thus, they work hard to build up their bodies and to attain their goal of achieving their desired body condition.
Some people do bodybuilding but they avoid eating food. They just do the exercise and routines but they do not eat food because they think that eating foods would minimize the affect of bodybuilding. This is a common misconception and should not be tolerated at all because it can threaten their lives especially if they have health problems.
The truth of the matter is that no one will ever gain muscles or a beautiful body without any intake of food. Gaining muscles is simply a matter of eating the right bodybuilding foods. It is about choosing the right kind of food needed by your body.
Nutrition is the best formula for bodybuilding success. Nutrition provides the raw materials for the body’s growth, energy and recuperation. Without a good diet, your goal of having an ideal body will never be reached. A good nutrition program consists of the following:
Your meal should not consist of large and infrequent feedings instead try to have your meal in small and frequent feedings.
Your metabolism increases and you burn more fat when you feed your body several times a day. After three to four hours of no food, your body switches to a state wherein you lose muscle and gain fat. In order to prevent this from happening, frequent feedings are necessary.
Correct ratios of fat, protein and carbohydrates should be obtained every meal.
In order for the body to absorb macronutrients, fat, protein and carbohydrates should come in proper ratio (20% fat, 40% protein, and 40% carbohydrates). The absence of one of these three can result in the failure of what you want to attain during your period of bodybuilding.
Caloric cycling should be done.
To avoid metabolism in getting used to a certain level which can lead to stagnant results, your calorie intake should be cycled. Bodybuilding enthusiasts who want to gain muscles should follow of 5 days of high calories with 2 days of lower caloric intake. Bodybuilders who want to lose fat on the other hand should reverse the process.
The primary focus of all your meals should be bodybuilding foods with high quality protein that could be broken down by the body into amino acids. During bodybuilding, a person undergoes intense exercises which increase the demand for amino acids to be able to support muscle growth and recovery. Thus, it is very important that protein should be taken every meal.
Bodybuilding is not only about the exercises or weight training that helps you build muscles. More than doing those things, bodybuilding enthusiasts should properly eat bodybuilding foods. Having your desired body does not only depend on the things that you do but also to the food that you eat.
For more information on BodyBuilding Foods try Clicking here where you will find a variety of information and resources including information on Making your own Supplements.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Shawn_Woods
One of the most common problems of so many people today is their weight problem. And one of the ways that they think would be a better solution to this problem is bodybuilding. Thus, they work hard to build up their bodies and to attain their goal of achieving their desired body condition.
Some people do bodybuilding but they avoid eating food. They just do the exercise and routines but they do not eat food because they think that eating foods would minimize the affect of bodybuilding. This is a common misconception and should not be tolerated at all because it can threaten their lives especially if they have health problems.
The truth of the matter is that no one will ever gain muscles or a beautiful body without any intake of food. Gaining muscles is simply a matter of eating the right bodybuilding foods. It is about choosing the right kind of food needed by your body.
Nutrition is the best formula for bodybuilding success. Nutrition provides the raw materials for the body’s growth, energy and recuperation. Without a good diet, your goal of having an ideal body will never be reached. A good nutrition program consists of the following:
Your meal should not consist of large and infrequent feedings instead try to have your meal in small and frequent feedings.
Your metabolism increases and you burn more fat when you feed your body several times a day. After three to four hours of no food, your body switches to a state wherein you lose muscle and gain fat. In order to prevent this from happening, frequent feedings are necessary.
Correct ratios of fat, protein and carbohydrates should be obtained every meal.
In order for the body to absorb macronutrients, fat, protein and carbohydrates should come in proper ratio (20% fat, 40% protein, and 40% carbohydrates). The absence of one of these three can result in the failure of what you want to attain during your period of bodybuilding.
Caloric cycling should be done.
To avoid metabolism in getting used to a certain level which can lead to stagnant results, your calorie intake should be cycled. Bodybuilding enthusiasts who want to gain muscles should follow of 5 days of high calories with 2 days of lower caloric intake. Bodybuilders who want to lose fat on the other hand should reverse the process.
The primary focus of all your meals should be bodybuilding foods with high quality protein that could be broken down by the body into amino acids. During bodybuilding, a person undergoes intense exercises which increase the demand for amino acids to be able to support muscle growth and recovery. Thus, it is very important that protein should be taken every meal.
Bodybuilding is not only about the exercises or weight training that helps you build muscles. More than doing those things, bodybuilding enthusiasts should properly eat bodybuilding foods. Having your desired body does not only depend on the things that you do but also to the food that you eat.
For more information on BodyBuilding Foods try Clicking here where you will find a variety of information and resources including information on Making your own Supplements.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Shawn_Woods
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