Guidelines For Maximum Muscle Growth
‘Why am I not growing?’ is one of the most frequently asked questions around the world by bodybuilders. After all you are training hard, with good muscle building nutrition in your diet, yet your gains are still minimal. The sense of frustration after all of the months of effort is tremendous and can be really demotivating. So, what exactly is the answer? Well, there are a few likely causes, see if any of these ring a bell with you, together they show you how to build muscle up:
1) Are you consuming enough calories? Some hardgainers are really just undereaters. As this is a major reason for poor muscle growth. In bodybuilding the key to weight gain is eating, lots and often! Having meals every two hours is a sensible rule of thumb which will enable you to take in the required amount of calories. Make sure you snack lots on food such as: dried fruit and nuts, yoghurt, cottage cheese, cereal and milk, protein bars, fresh fruit, and protein shakes, etc
2) Are you getting enough protein? To build muscle mass fast you should aim for 1.5 grams of protein per pound of body weight daily. Awesome sources of protein are: chicken, fish, turkey as well as dairy products. Eat everything don’t worry so much about eating low fat products, that will make it harder to get all the calories you need in order to bulk up. of course you need quality calories but you can do a cutting stage at a later date to remove excess fat. A further great way to take on board quality protein is to get your hands on the large tubs of whey protein.
3) Have your routines ceased to be useful? If you can dictate out loud your session off the cuff then that likely means you have been using the same workout for a decent length of time already. Lots of variety is required in order to keep your muscles growing. What about really mixing things up with aided lifts, negatives, partials, super sets and so on. You can even just reverse the order of your routine and see what difference that makes, how about 10 sets of 10 reps to failure on just one major exercise such as the bench press (get ready to be sore!) or even allow yourself a week off from working out and let your body totally recover. Make use of the endless amount of variations that are possible.
4) Are you resting enough? Did you ever see anyone walk into a fitness centre workout and then come out having put on half a stone of muscle? Never. Obviously, your muscles grow when you are at home resting, not when you are pounding iron in the gym. If you do not get enough rest than you are limiting the time available for your muscles to grow. If anything over compensate and give your body more than enough time to grow. Try dropping to working a muscle group just once a week. Also reducing the number of sets per body part, how about a maximum of 3-5 really intense sets per body part per workout. Why not try them yourself, you might be pleasantly suprised by your progress!
5) Is your water consumption high enough? You will limit your progress if you don’t get an adequate supply of water. To build muscle mass copious amount of water is required. Take a bottle of water with you, leave it in the car and always sip on it.
So the question we began with: “Why am I not growing quicker?’as you now know has potentially many answers. After viewing the guidelines above don’t forget them, try and make the necessary changes today. If you are not satisfying just one of the above criteria then you have found the reason why you are not growing. Some alterations are needed if any of these points are not being properly dealt with. Of course there may well be other reasons why you might aren’t growing but they are are the usual suspects. Now go hit the gym and gain some weight!
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