How to build Muscle………anyone can do it! Part 1

How to build Muscle………anyone can do it! Part 1

When trying to build muscle and gain weight most people make the mistake of trying imitate professional bodybuilders. This is a mistake because most of them are investing huge amounts of money in supplements that could choke a horse. Duplicating their routines will not help you build muscle.

Your everyday man needs a different plan. A plan that will prevent burnout both mentally and physically. Here is how we are going to build muscle and I promise anyone can do it!!

1. Build Strength. If you build up your strength, muscle will follow. No one ever built muscles without building their strength. I personally recommend weight lifting combined with bodyweight exercises. If you are just starting out do bodyweight exercises only for the first two weeks before starting with weights

• Weight Lifting. To begin with start with a light weight that you can manage. Once you get comfortable and learn proper technique then you can start adding more weight

• Body Weight Exercises . There is a reason that people still do push ups, crunches and dips, they work!!

2. Machines vs. Free Weights. If you are going for maximum muscle growth in a shorter period of time I would recommend free weights.

• Safety. Believe it or not free weights are actually safer than machines. In an effort to isolate a specific muscle machines will often force you into not only an uncomfortable position, but sometimes one that puts too much stress on joints.

• Inclusion. Free weights will force all of your muscle groups, not just the primary muscle group you are working on to balance and control the weight

• Reality. The strength that is built using machines does not seem to translate into the real world. We have all seen what looked like strong people until you asked them to help move a couch! Who wants to just look strong?

• More bang for the buck. If you decide to work out at home instead of joining a gym You can do a lot more exercise with limited amount of free weights for a lot less than the purchase price of one machine.

In the next article we are going to discuss which exercise you should be concentrating on to build the muscle you want and what you need to do while training.  While these articles serve as a good starting point for anyone wanting to build muscle it is highly recommended that you follow a system.

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