As the months pass by they become more and more frustrated with their absence of muscle mass gains. This can be a regular occurrence for someone wishing to improve their physique, which is why many body builder’s stop, thinking that they are by some means unable to develop muscle mass.
So why does this happen to so many people? Are one of them? And what can you do to resolve it? From my knowledge, the people who do not make good muscle mass increases at the gym all make similar errors time after time. Read on below to see if you are making these everyday mistakes, with explanations for every problem.
Common Problem 1: Hardgainers opt for the incorrect exercise routines to achieve their goals, often following professional workouts from bodybuilding magazines. This is no use for the typical person, and in particular for beginners.
In order to build muscle fast you must train for approximately forty five minutes with weights, doing no more than 3 sets for each exercise. Keep your sets at between 8-15 sets per weight training visit. It does nothing to benefit you by performing 25 sets and sacrificing many hours at the gym.
Common Problem 2: Doing the same bodybuilding workout week after week, even though they have not made any reasonable body mass gains.
In order to encourage muscle growth you must completely alter your bodybuilding program every 12 weeks maximum. Our body’s have a kind of muscle memory so it very quickly gets used to the same weight training routine you do again and again every week.
You therefore need to surprise your muscle by changing your body building workouts regularly.
Common Problem 3: Not taking any time off from body building.
I routinely take up to 1 week off half way through every weight training training program.
This gives my body time off to recuperate and recharge. I’ve done this for several years now and I haven’t had a serious injury while doing so. An additional benefit is that I always experience increased strength after I’ve taken a week off.
Common Problem 4: Weight training on consecutive days.
Doing body building training routines that entail using heavy weights puts a lot of load on your body. It can even take up to 24 hours to re-establish your glycogen energy reserves. Therefore, try to train no more than 2 days in a row. This will ensure your body will re-nourish itself, resulting in optimum energy reserves when you train at the gym.
Common Problem 5: You depend on body building supplements to compensate for a poor diet.
The vast majority of muscle building supplements are not anything more than pricey marketing scams. They drain your pockets of hard earned money and do zilch to build lean muscle. Even if you spend $50 a week on muscle building supplements, it will make no more than 10% difference to your muscle growth.
All workout routines should be built around a well balanced dietary plan [Editor's note - for examples, see our free ebook]. You have got to ensure that you feed your body with the nutrients it needs in order to develop lean muscle mass.
Summary
In order to build mass quicker than you have ever thought possible, you must disregard the usual body building methods that you have picked up in the past from professional body builders in muscle publications. Hardgainers in particular should adapt their body building programs and stop repeating the frequent mistakes I’ve outlined above. Make these changes and you may well see some outstanding results!
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