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Bodybuilding
Program For Serious Trainers
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Training to Gain
Fitness
& Muscle Building Know How for Hard Gainers by
Indy Stewart
Hard gainers are individuals who train equally hard
as other people but somehow fail to make any gains comparable
to others. They need a lot more than hard training.
Hard gainers need to incorporate many different principles
in order to achieve their muscle building ambitions
and goals. Many bodybuilders get to discover this through
the hard way of personal experience, which results in
wasted time, energy and money.
Majority of bodybuilding aspirants go to the gym with
a well set belief that there is no such thing as training
too often, too much nor too long. They do not bother
to spend respectable amount of time in constructing
an effective training regimen for themselves. Then there
is this myth that if some is good, more would definitely
be better. This misconception is the driving force behind
most youngsters and hard gainers who weight train for
stamina, strength and size.
Training on these principles ultimately, results in
lack of muscle growth and to counter this problem they
put in more training and the results go from bad to
worse. Therefore it is good time to face the truth.
In the sport of bodybuilding; effort and effect do
not show any evidence of a linear relationship. On the
contrary, our bodies are fuel burning entities which
are very complex and depend upon delicate balances.
Improper and excessive training breaks downs these balances.
Simply put, if you burn your energy reserves faster
than they get replenished, you'll deplete the entire
mechanism of strength, stamina and ability to recuperate.
In case you are a beginner bodybuilder, you must get
your body conditioned to handle increased levels of
stress rather that jump into the drive to achieve your
goals quickly. It is wise for the beginners to keep
their workout schedule to a maximum of three days per
week, training the whole body in each workout and training
each muscle group with a maximum of three sets per exercise.
Each set should be taken to total failure, not mental
failure but physical failure. In other words, don't
quit mentally before your body says by itself to quit.
Bring variety in the types of exercises employed. If
you take up exercise "A" for a muscle group
in one workout, then take up exercise "B"
for the same muscle group in the next workout.
Split training is suggested for the advanced bodybuilders.
If your workout schedule comprises of training four
days a week Monday, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays,
separate body parts so that half of the body is worked
on Monday and the other half on Tuesday.
As a muscle building addict you need to increase your
protein intake with significant amounts than you take
up in a normal active life. As soon as you substantially
increase your protein consumption, your muscles size
will increase gradually. In fact, if you are a hard
gainer then this may be your root problem. As per modern
standards you need at least two grams of protein per
pound of your body weight. A 150 pound individual, for
example, needs at least 300 grams of protein a day,
to increase muscle size, but most bodybuilders don't
even take fifty percent of this requirement.
Lastly, your training program should emphasize more
on the use of free weights over machines. And always
be sure that you have warmed up adequately before you
start lifting weights for muscle building.
For more info go to: http://www.BigMusclesBuilding.com/
About the Author
Indy Stewart is a bodybuilding freak who took up this
sport for weight loss and to build muscle and has achieved
great success in health and fitness. You may visit his
website for muscle building/fitness related information
at: http://www.bigmusclesbuilding.com/
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