Build
Muscle Mass the Right Way
and Go from Skinny to Ripped
How
to build Muscle and how to build muscles fast are
the 2 big questions skinny guys who want to put on weight most often
ask. Very
often they are newcomers to the sport, but mostly they have been
working their
butts off in a gym without seeing the results they expect. And usually
this is
no wonder. Go to almost any gym and where do you see the skinny guys
working?
On the gleaming chromed machines, doing single muscle exercises. I have
been there
and what is more, I was given the routine by one of the
“personal trainers”. I
am not knocking these machines or these exercises completely, but they
are not
for the guy who needs to put on a whole bunch of weight.
If
your goal
is to go
from skinny to muscular and ripped you must understand the 4 basic
principles
involved.
- You
first of all need to select the
right exercise such as squats, deadlifts, power press, bent over rowing
etc
What makes these exercises so important and effective is that they are
using
both really heavy weights and the biggest muscles in the body such as
your
thigh muscles and the glutes both of which respond rapidly to heavy
exercise. But
they also use a number of other muscles such as back, shoulders, arms,
stomach,
lats all of which are responding simultaneously to the heavy weights.
Then you
put all of them under as much stress as they can bear and keep
repeating this
procedure using progressively heavier weights. You are therefore
stepping up
the intensity of your exercise and exercise program of progressive
overload. These increasingly heavy weights combined with the
intensity cause the
muscle to react and grow bigger and stronger in order to cope with the
stress
which they have been put under.
- Secondly,
if your muscles are to grow, they need to be fed often and with the
proper muscle building foods. Here we are talking about lean meats and
fish, fresh salads, vegetables, fruit and the good carbohydrates, all
of which have the added advantage of restricting fat build up. But as
important as eating the right foods is the need to eat a lot. Not only
do you have to replenish what you have taken out in a strenuous
exercise session, but you have to also feed the muscles which need to
grow in order to accommodate the new loads which you are imposing on
them. This applies in particular to skinny guys who more often than not
skinny because they do not eat enough. And of course this does not mean
that you must eat 3 huge meals a day but rather 6 – 8 meals a
day
- The
third principle is rest. By working with the intensity which you need,
you are in fact breaking down the muscles which need time to repair, at
least a full day in between exercising. And don’t ignore the
healing nature of sleep. Getting the proverbial 8 hours a day is based
on fact; sleep is nature’s way of helping the body to recover
- The
4th principle is technique. You will be working
with heavy weights and if you perform these exercises incorrectly,
there is always the possibility of injury, something you want to avoid.
But as important is by doing them correctly, you get so much more out of your efforts; you will put
on more weight, more muscle and will increase your strength
significantly.
Finally,
I am convinced that if you are a skinny guy
who wants to gain muscle mass as fast and as effectively as possible
then the
most important next step is to get a proven coach or trainer or to
subscribe to
a reliable and proven program.
I am a long time
bodybuilding and exercise workout enthusiast and my
interest has taken me to reviewing various Muscle Building Programs.
You can
catch my review and recommendation, plus a free 10 video mini course,
at my
website: www.GetPhysiqueCal.com
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