Sunday, November 30, 2008

Bodybuilding Workout Progams for Hardgainers

By Mark Dale

There are countless oridinary men and women that regularly go to a gym in order to increase lean body mass. They strive for a much improved body shape but all too seldom they do not accomplish their goals.

As the months pass by they become ever more irritated with their shortage of mass gains.

This can be a regular problem for anyone expessing a desire to improve their body shape, which is why many people quit, thinking that they are by some means unable to add body mass.

So why does this occur to so many people and what can you do to resolve it?

From my knowledge, those of us who do not make good muscle gains in the gym make the same mistakes time after time.

Read on below to see if you are making these everyday mistakes, with solutions for every problem.

Some people choose the completely wrong workout program to achieve their aims, often following professional workouts from bodybuilding books.

This is no good for the typical guy or girl, and in particular for hardgainers.

To build mass you must train for around forty five minutes with heavy weights, doing 2 or 3 sets for each exercise. Keep your sets at between 8-15 sets per weight training visit.

There is no benefit doing 20 or more sets and spending many hours in the gym.

Doing the same bodybuilding training routine week after week, even though they have not made any obvious muscle mass gains.

To be able to increase lean muscle mass you must completely alter your routine every 8-12 weeks. Our body's have a kind of muscle memory so it very quickly gets used to the same muscle program you do again and again each week.

You must shock your muscles by altering your body building workouts routinely.

Not having days off from weight training.

I take 1 week off half way through every weight training program.

This gives my muscles time off to recover and recharge. I've done this for several years now and I haven't had a bad injury while doing so..

Another benefit is that I often see increased strength after I've taken days off.

Bodybuilding training on successive days.

Doing body building programs that involve lifting heavy weights puts a lot of strain on your muscles. It can even take up to 24 hours to restore your glycogen energy reserves. Therefore, ensure you train no more than 2 days in a row. This allows your body will re-nourish itself, resulting in optimum energy when you train at the gym.

You depend on bodybuilding supplements to compensate for a incorrect diet.

Many bodybuilding supplements are not anything more than costly marketing gimmicks. They empty your income of hard earned money and do zilch to increase muscle fast. If you spent $75 a week on muscle building supplements, it would make no more than 10% difference to your muscle size.

All workout routines should be structured around a stable dietary plan.

You have got to make certain that you nourish your muscles with the nutrients it needs in order to develop solid muscle mass.

Putting it all together

In order to increase muscle faster than you have ever achieved previously, you must forget the traditional body building methods that you have picked up in the past from pro body builders in muscle magazines.

Slow gainers in particular should adjust their muscle building training routines and stop repeating the common mistakes I've mentioned above. Do this and could see some amazing results! - 16752

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