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Learn How To Build Muscles In 4 Simple Steps

25 May 2009 1,169 views 2 Comments

Are you sick and tired of everyone telling you a different way to build muscles? Are you unhappy with how you look in the mirror? Are you frustrated with your slow progress in the gym? Are you ready to learn four simple steps that will teach you how to build muscle mass safely and effectively?

There is a good chance that you are not maximizing one of these four steps. Your problem and solution lies in correcting these essential steps before you have any chance of having a muscular and lean physique.

Get read to learn how to build muscle in four simple steps, in less time, without any drugs and without bogus supplements.

Step #1

Commit to lifting weights at least three to four times per week. Your goal is to stimulate your muscles with resistance (stress) which results in your muscles growing bigger to avoid the stress from occurring again. Once you go home, let the muscle heal through nutrition and rest, it will grow bigger and you will repeat this process again. Ideally you should hit your muscles once every 72 hours so you could perform 2 upper body workouts per week and 2 lower body workouts per week.

Step #2

Do you want to know the fastest way to build muscle? Focus on eating at least 5-7x a day with balanced meals from carbohydrates, proteins and fats. If your goal is to build muscle then you should be eating at least 15-18 x your current body weight in calories. Your carbohydrates should equate about 45% of your intake, your proteins should equate about 35% of your intake and your fat should be the remaining 20% of your intake. You should focus on over half of those meals being solid whole food meals and the remainder can be liquid meal replacement shakes.

Step #3

You should focus on stretching at least half the amount that you lift weights. One of the biggest mistakes I see is people training, training and training with out any stretching. Stretching helps restore normal length to the tissue and if you are constantly training, your muscle tissues will shorten and begin to perform weaker and slower and have a higher incidence of injuries. So if you are lifting weights 4 hours in the week, at least an additional 2 hours should be dedicated to stretching. You must counteract the shortening of the muscle tissues that occurs with weights or else you are an injury screaming to happen.

Step #4

Avoid muscle building supplements that have not been around for longer than 3 years. I learned this philosophy from an Australian strength coach who recommended not trying any supplement until it has been around at least 3 years to pass the test of time. This will make your life much easier and help you avoid all the marketing hoopla in the latest fitness and bodybuilding magazine. If you follow this rule, you will discover only a small handful of supplements still standing. Here are the ones you should not go without: a high quality multi-vitamin, fish oil capsules, powdered creatine and a protein powder. These products will cover your nutritional basis for health, healthy body composition, strength and muscle mass.

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About the Author:

Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found at http://www.FreeMuscleBuildingSecrets.com/vince

He specializes in teaching skinny guys how to build muscle and gain weight quickly without drugs, supplements and training less than before.

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2 Comments »

  • TC said:

    I AM A SCRAWNY LITTLE WEAKLING. I MEAN I AM NOW 22 BUT HAVE LITERALLY “ZERO MUSCLE” I MEAN I CANT EVEN DO A SIMPLE PUSH UP. I WEIGH ABOUT 200 POUNDS BUT REALLY NEED TO GET IN SHAPE. I ALTERED MY EATING HABITS TWICE IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. FIRST I FIGURED, THE MORE I EAT, THE LARGER I WILL GET. WHAT HAPPENED I STARTED TO BUILD A “FLAB BULGE” IN MY STOMACH. THEN THE FOLLOWING MONTH I DECIDED TO EAT ONLY TWICE A DAY. BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING. THEN EXERCISE FOR ABOUT 2-3 HOURS. THEN HAVE DINNER AROUND 7:30. I WOULDN’T SAY THAT HELPED OR FAILED EITHER BUT I SAW SOMETHING ONLINE TODAY, THAT A TECHNIQUE USED TO HELP BUILD MUSCLE IS TO EAT 4-6 TIMES PER DAY. SO WHICH WAY SHOULD I ACT IN MY NUTRITION INTAKE? I MEAN WHEN I WAS 18 I WAS A MEMBER OF THE GYM FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, TO HELP ME BUILD UP SPEED FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM. IT HELPED, BUT ONCE THE SEASON ENDED, AS DID MY MEMBERSHIP. SO PLEASE INFORM ME OF WHAT I SHOULD DO THE BUILD SOME “REAL MUSCLE.”
    THANK YOU

  • Jason (author) said:

    Check out this article, it will point you in the right direction – http://freemusclebuildingsecrets.com/2009/05/no-more-excuses-diet-and-nutritional-planning/

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