Simple Guide to Building Muscle Mass

There are many bodybuilders that regularly attend a gymnasium in order to gain lean body mass. They strive for a much improved body shape but all too seldom they do not attain their goals.

As the months pass by they become increasingly aggravated with their absence of mass gains.

This can be a very common occurrence for anyone having a strong desire to improve their body shape, which is why many body builder's quit, thinking that they are by some means unable to develop muscle size.

So why does this occur to so many people and what can you do about it?

From my experience, the people who do not make good muscle mass gains at the gym make similar errors time after time.  Read on below to see if you are making these general mistakes, with solutions for every problem.

1.    Beginners choose unsuitable bodybuilding workouts to achieve their goals, often following professional workouts from books and magazines.

This is no use for the typical man or woman, and in particular for novices.

To build solid body mass you should train for approximately 45 mins with weights, performing 2 or 3 sets per exercise. Keep your sets at between 8-15 sets per weight training session.

There is no benefit doing 25 sets and devoting many hours in the gym.

2.    Performing the same body building training routine month after month, even though they have not made any obvious increased muscle gains.

To be able to gain muscle mass you must change your bodybuilding program every 8-12 weeks. Your body has a kind of muscle memory so it very quickly gets used to the same muscle program you do again and again every week.

You need to shock your muscle by changing your body building workouts regularly.

3.    Not taking any time off from body building.

I normally take 5-7 days off half way through each body building program.

This allows my body time off to recuperate and recharge.  I've done this for many years now and I haven't had a bad injury while doing so..

An additional benefit is that I always experience increased strength after I've taken a week off.

4.    Doing your workouts on consecutive days.

Doing body building workouts that involve lifting heavy weights puts a lot of tension on your body. It can even take up to a full day to re-establish your glycogen energy reserves. Therefore, try to train no more than 2 consecutive days. This will ensure your body can re-nourish itself, resulting in optimal energy when you workout at the gym.

5.    You depend on bodybuilding supplements to make up for a meagre diet.

Most body building supplements are nothing more than pricey marketing gimmicks. They drain your income of hard earned cash and do zilch to build lean muscle. Even if you spend $75 a week on muscle building supplements, it would make no more than 10% difference to your muscle mass gains.

All exercise programs should be structured around a stable nutritional plan.

You must ensure that you nourish your body with the nutrients it requires in order to produce solid body mass.

Summary

In order to increase muscle quicker than you have ever thought possible, you must forget the conventional bodybuilding methods that you have picked up in the past from well known body builders in muscle magazines.
Slow gainers in particular can adjust their bodybuilding workouts and stop repeating the frequent errors I've mentioned in this article. Do this and you may well see some remarkable results!

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