Free Muscle Building Tips

Why doesn’t my muscle grow?

Are you tired of working out without obtaining any results?
Are you constantly practicing on your muscles yet you find that your friends are outperforming you although they don’t practice as hard as you do?

Well, if that’s the case then most probably you are feeling bad because the summer is approaching. But don’t worry, you won’t feel ashamed of your body anymore because after reading this guide, your muscles will grow like they never did before.

Muscle Building Tips

Knowledge is power. If you tried to do something without being aware of all the variables involved you may end up with unsatisfactory results. By being familiar with these different variables, you will be able to use them on your side to maximize your muscle gain. Before i start talking about muscle building tips, it may be interesting for you to know that I constantly practice three times a week for 7 years, I used to be very slim but now i am in good form because I gained 50% of pure muscle weight.

How do muscles grow?

Your muscles are formed of fibers, when you lift a weight that is heavier than what your muscles can carry, some of these fibers tears down. When this happens, your body decides to restore these fibers again but this time it restores them with a greater volume and that's how your muscles grow. A pretty intelligent counter action from your body but on the other hand if you didn’t tear down your fibers then your muscles won’t grow!!!

I have met many people who train their muscles using very light weights and over the time they only happen to burn their fats!!! So rule number one, use heavy weights and the word heavy means a weight which allows you to hardly do over 8 repetitions without impacting the performance.

Muscle growth and body types

Our response to weight training is not the same. Am sure that you have at least one friend who builds a bulk of muscles as soon as he commits to the Gym for few weeks. usually people compare themselves to these people then wonder if they have done something wrong. He may have even told you that you aren’t eating or training well. In this case, both of you are wrong; you just don’t know your own body type!

Body types are classified into Ectomorph (slim and hardly gain muscles), Mesomorph (well built and gain muscles easily) and Endomorph (fleshy and gain weight easily). You shouldn’t just go and exercise randomly. You should first identify your body type in order to know the training style that is most suitable for your muscles. (See different body types for more information on this topic)

If you are a Mesomorph then most probably you won't be reading this article. So I assume that you are either an Ectomorph or Endomorph. If you are an Ectomorph then follow this Link and it will tell you how to train your body. If you are an Endomorph, gaining muscles won't be that hard but you will be gaining fats easily too. These fats may hide your muscle definition so you should train cardio in addition follow a proper diet. The main idea is to know your body type and then adjust your training style to suit it.

Muscle building and changing exercises

When you keep on doing the same exercises over and over, your body will get used to it and so gaining more muscles will become difficult. The best thing to do to avoid this situation is changing the order of the exercises every three weeks or you can even replace the exercises with other ones.

By doing so your body will always be surprised by new exercises and so it will keep growing instead of staying at the status quo.

Muscle building and your mood

Am sure that you have heard many times about the most three important factors in muscle training; training hard, having enough rest and eating well. Unfortunately, most people think that muscle building is a process that involves only these three factors but the truth is that there is a fourth factor that is over looked inspite of the fact that its much more effective than all other three factors combined. Its your "Mood" factor.

If you eat well, sleep a lot and practice hard but you are depressed, you won't gain muscles and you may even lose muscles or gain extra fat. Your mood and your psychological well being is a very important factor in muscle building and i am sure that you have experienced a period of time where you took care of all of the other three factors yet found that there were no progress. This is a fourth factor problem.

Fortunately, this website contains enough documentation that can help in getting over most of the emotional problems that you may be suffering from. Go to the main page and solve your emotional problems in order to avoid the bad effect of the fourth factor.

Muscle building and your biological clock

Your body doesn’t do its functions randomly. Everything is controlled by what we call the biological clock. Based on this type of control, doing certain activity in certain times could be much better and effective than doing that activity in a different time

For example, have you ever stood awake for the whole night then tried to sleep at 10 am?
Did you sleep well? Of course not. Simply because the best time for your body to rest is at night and the same goes for the muscles. The best time for training is in the morning where your body’s activity is elevated. The more sunlight you catch the more your body get an energy boast and the better will be your training and muscle growth. (See the biological clock for more information on this topic)

Other factors that helps in developing muscles

There are some other important factors like having enough rest (in order to let your body restore the torn tissues), eating a high protein diet (if you are a vegetarian you should decide between muscles or vegetables), drinking lot of water (helps to deliver nutrients to the muscles) and avoiding over training (not to damage your muscles). If you started doing all the above tips you will soon experience muscle gain. Be patient and persistent and you will notice the effect yourself.

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