Copyright (c) 2007 Jonathan Perez
If you are someone that regularly lifts weights in a
bodybuilding style workout routine in order to gain weight
in the form of muscle, then you should be very concerned
that you are weight training in such a manner that you
accomplish that in the most efficient manner.
In order to properly evaluate the effectiveness of your
workout program, it is very important that you understand
exactly what is it that makes a muscle grow in size, not
just strength (as 99% of weight lifters seem to confuse the
two and think that they go hand in hand, which they don't).
It isn't just a matter of lifting heavier and heavier
weight with good form in a progressive manner that will
stimulate muscle mass.
If that were the case, that all you had to do to build big
muscles was to constantly lift more weights, then
powerlifters and Olympic lifters would have the best
muscular development...and they don't.
I'm sure you know someone that can lift a lot of weight,
yet they don't have the muscle mass to match.
Bodybuilders have better developed muscles all over than
just about every powerlifter, with the occasional exception.
Sure, powerlifters are bigger in overall size and girth,and
weigh more than bodybuilders, but a lot of that "size",
"girth", and "weight" is not muscle mass, it's body fat.
These are the most important factors that will determine if
your natural workout routine is properly structured to
allow you to gain and build the most muscle mass that your
genetics will allow:
1) Total calories that you eat per day
2) Increasing lactic acid by-products
3) Increasing internal pressure within the muscle
4) Constant muscular tension
5) Stimulating hormonal metabolic processes
6) Causing higher amounts of blood to be sent to the muscle
after it's trained
7) Progressive weight overload / increases
Now, just because there are many factors that you must
cover in your weight training program that doesn't mean
that you have to make it complicated.
It's actually pretty simple to do, as long as you are using
the proper workout techniques.
If you noticed, I placed the total amount of calories you
eat per day as #1 on the list.
That's because you can have the perfect bodybuilding
routine, be consistent day in and day out, train with all
of the heart, might, and dedication in the world, but if
you don't eat enough calories for your particular body type
and genetics, you will not be supplying your muscles with
very crucial nutrients it needs to repair the muscle, let
it recover, rebuild, and grow.
You simply will not gain one ounce of muscle weight if you
are not eating enough calories, regardless of how or how
much you workout.
This is hands down the most important factor to building
muscle mass at the fastest rate possible.
If you aren't taking care of your daily total calorie
needs, don't bother moving on.
I'm being honest with you.
Now, factors #2 - #6 are all just as important as each
other.
These 5 factors all go hand in hand.
I'll go into detail about those 5 in my next article.
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Jonathan Perez is a Certified ACE Personal Trainer & a
Firefighter. He has written his experiences of how he was
able to take his body weight from a skinny 150 pounds to
over 220, without supplements or steroids. Check out what
he has to say ---> http://www.FromSkinnyToMuscular.com
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