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Building Muscle Fast:
5 Common Mistakes
If you’ve been spending hours a day at the gym, pumping endless reps
and not seeing the results you desire, then keep reading
.
Vince
DelMonte’s No-Nonsense Muscle Building program has outlined the most
common mistakes athletes and bodybuilders make when the goal is
building muscle fast. By becoming aware of these top five
mistakes and turning them around to your advantage, you’ll be amazed at
how quickly you reach your goal of building muscle fast.
Mistake #1:
Loading up on supplements, powders, pills, shakes, drinks, and any
other substance that guarantees to help you build muscle without having
to work as hard, or to build more muscle than you should from the
exercises you’re doing.
Sure, supplements may give
you a little boost, but research shows that on average, supplements
only add a 5 percent gain, and that’s assuming you’re following the
ideal diet and training plan.
Solution #1:
Eat right. Eat the way you know you should based on your goal of
building muscle fast. Don’t add extra calories and synthetic
substances to your body in hopes they might add a few ounces of
muscle.
Mistake #2:
Trying to get fancy with your routine in order to “confuse” your
muscles. Now, muscle confusion can have its benefits,
particularly for functional training for everyday folks.
However,
for building muscle fast, it’s just not necessary and may be adding
more time (time that is not being used efficiently) to your workout
routine.
Solution #2:
If
your goal is building muscle fast, stick with the basic compound
exercises. Deadlifts, military presses, chest presses and
squats
are some of the most important compound exercises for packing
on
mass.
Mistake #3:
Trying to train like a champion competitive bodybuilder when you’re a
normal person is just not going to help you reach your goals.
It
will only set you up for disappointment, because what these competitive
bodybuilders won’t tell you is that drugs and genetics are often
largely responsible for their physiques.
Solution #3:
Follow a realistic training plan, like the No-Nonsense Muscle Building
plan to help you reach your goal of building muscle fast.
Mistake #4:
Thinking that bodybuilding magazines must be advertising effective
supplements; if they weren’t effective why would they advertise
them? Or write feature articles about them?
Solution #4:
Do not rely on bodybuilding magazines to be truthful about supplements
and their effectiveness. For building muscle fast, the proper
regimen and diet is what is crucial.
Most bodybuilding
magazines are owned by supplement companies, and between those parent
companies and paying advertisers, there’s not much information in the
content of those magazines that is unbiased.
Mistake #5:
Buying every new and slick machine that you see on television or at the
sporting goods store, thinking it will help you get the same physique
as the guys or ladies in the advertisements.
Solution #5:
Be honest with yourself—do you really believe that in just 15 minutes a
day, 3 days per week, you will add significant inches on your chest
using just a Bowflex? Or that Chuck Norris only works out on
the
Total Gym Pilates machine? No way. The fitness
models in
these ads train with real weight, not just resistance cords and
flexible bows.
To summarize: stick with the basics. As the saying goes, “if
it isn’t broke, don’t fix it!”
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Chris Alexander is the publisher of http://www.totalfitnessreport.com.
TotalFitnessReport.com is a website that helps users research
popular programs
for building muscle by providing unbiased facts and user
experiences.
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