Saturday, 12 March 2011

4 Muscle Building Tips For Building New Muscle

Do you have trouble gaining muscle? These quick muscle building tips will help you switch your body into a muscle building machine so you can start gaining size and strength. Muscle gain is not as hard as you may think and as long as you are following the correct training program, eating right and supplementing your diet you will gain more muscle.

Muscles grow when they are subjected to stimulus on a regular basis. They body has to adapt to this by making the muscles bigger and stronger in order to cope with the stress.

Below are 4 great muscle building tips that will help you gain your next few lbs of muscle mass:

Muscle Building Tip 1
Commit to lifting weights at least three to four times per week. Your goal is to stimulate your muscles with resistance (stress) which results in your muscles growing bigger to avoid the stress from occurring again. Once you go home, let the muscle heal through nutrition and rest, it will grow bigger and you will repeat this process again. Ideally you should hit your muscles once every 72 hours so you could perform 2 upper body workouts per week and 2 lower body workouts per week.

Muscle Tip 2
Eat regular, around 5-7 times a day is ideal. If you want to gain weight you should times your body weight in lbs by 15. This will give you the number of calories you need to consume each day. Your protein intake should be around 1-2g per lb of bodyweight.

Muscle Tip 3
You should focus on stretching at least half the amount that you lift weights. One of the biggest mistakes when building muscle I see is people training, training and training with out any stretching. Stretching helps combat injuries and keeps your body flexible.

Muscle Tip 4
Avoid supplements that are not proven. Dont waste your money. The only supplements that you should consider if you need to are a Multi Vitamin and Whey Protein. Other supplements to consider are Omega 3 and Creatine.
Dont rely on supplements to provide you with results, they are not magic and probably will only help 2% providing the other 98% of your diet is spot on.

By following these simple muscle building tips you will begin seeing results in just a few short weeks. Consistency is the key to success and what ever program you follow you should stick to it.