Saturday, February 14, 2009

Killer Muscle Building Tips

Majority people want to build more muscle. . They make one mistake when they're desperate to gain those last few pounds of muscle. What mistake?

Before I answer that, let's proceed to these 3 simple tips that can quicken your muscle gains.

1. Don't Train More Than 2 Days Straight
We do actually have other systems of our body to take care of besides the muscular system. They are the central nervous system, hormonal system and immune system.
Each of them plays their own unique role in supporting the muscular system. When you train, you place stress on the other systems too. Training a different body part everyday may seem like it's putting off stress on the muscular system, but it's actually harming the other systems if you train more than 2 days consecutively.
Your level of fitness will most certainly stay the same because you will be depleting your energy reserves further into a deep, dark hole called 'over-training.If you cannot lift more weight or 'out-do' yourself from your previous workout than how do you expect to create any NEW muscle? It is literally impossible. Taking a full rest day every two days will minimize the chance of overtraining and ensure your energy reserves are replenished.
2. End Your Training As Soon As You Feel That You Haven't Gotten Stronger Than The Previous Workout
What I mean is if you could bench press 100lbs for 8 reps last week, but today you could only do it for 5 reps, go home immediately!
That's your body's way of telling you that it hasn't recovered properly from the last workout. Guess what will happen if you continue training a body part that hasn't recovered properly? The muscles are damaged even more and need more time to recover.
And you are easily susceptible to a workout injury. Injuries won't exactly heal overnight. It will take months before the doctor gives you the green light to go back to the gym. So are you still thinking of continuing with your training if your bench press was worst than the previous one'?
3. Another End Your Training Tip
Just like Cinderella's story, where she has to go home at 12 o'clock, you have to stop your workout when the time's up!
That time limit is 60 minutes. Let me give you a biology lesson : the human body can only withstand so much punishment before it shuts down. After 60 minutes of intense iron-pumping session, you testosterone levels drastically decrease by up to 80%!
Testosterone is an important factor in muscle growth, in case you have no idea. Even if it's your last set but the time's up, drop it. Forget about it. The last set is gonna do more harm to you more than it will in stimulating new growth.
Now that you understand the key factors in building more muscle, you might want to check out which is the best muscle building program in the market. And oh yeah, the answer to my question in the first paragraph - they train more - which leads to overtraining and not to mention a drop of testosterone level after an hour.


About the Author
Chadwick Eaton writes regularly about health related topics. I hope you enjoy this article.

No comments:

Post a Comment