How would you feel if you discovered that almost everything you were doing with
building muscle was dead wrong? Imagine all the time, money and effort
you have spent in the gym was contributing to building muscle -
the wrong
way! Everything you have read on
building muscle has left you
with little to show for your hard earned efforts...
There are dozens of muscle building mistakes that we all fall victim to which results
in bringing you progress to a complete halt. Don't be too hard on yourself, because
like all things in life, building muscle is a learning process. That does not mean
you must forfeit years of personal
trail and error when we can learn the
mistakes of seasoned trainers who walked before us.
If Your Still Stuck With The Same Weak and Skinny Body...
It's Not Your Fault
You have been mislead and down right lied to by some of the most successful
masters
of deception alive today. You are probably not even aware that the bodybuilding
industry is robbing you of your hard-earned efforts, it's embarrassing your commitment
and motivation, and most importantly, it's stealing your money, and crushing the
results you should be getting at the gym.
In my search for honest, unbiased, time-tested
muscle building information
I discovered some hard-to-accept information. Looking back, I now realize that this
information was a major turning point in my journey to building muscle
the right
way. BUT...I had to reprogram my belief system.
Here are the first three biggest and baddest ways to
building muscle
the wrong way. Erase these mistakes from your thought process and you will
be one step closer to earning
beach body worthy status:
Building Muscle The
Wrong Way
#1 - Skipping Out On Your Cardio...
Before you disagree take note that I was once a long distance triathlon and running
champion so my cardiovascular standards and perceptions of 'fit' are much higher
than your local trainers or expert bodybuilding author. It drives me crazy when
I hear fitness experts preaching that weight training is just as good for keeping
your heart and lungs in prime condition. Who are they kidding?
Weight training, designed for bodybuilding, is almost useless for stimulating your
cardiovascular system. Bodybuilding style weight training for your cardio is just
about as good as spending the day playing video games. Sure, I know your leg training
workouts and super sets make you feel like you sprinted up the street for 100 m
but this is far cry from a optimal cardio system.
Do not buy into the latest fad that cardio will
kill any chance of building
muscle. Cardio must be in your program even if your goal is maximal muscle gain
and you are the skinniest of skinny. Aerobics plays a vital role in building muscle
and has been shown to speed up recovery from weight training by transporting oxygen
and blood flow to the muscles.
The circulatory system is developed because more oxygen is pushed through your blood
resulting in a greater number and size of blood vessels. Since there is a greater
cardiovascular density of blood vessels, your circulatory system has more 'supply
routes' to shuttle oxygen and nutrients to the body tissues, including muscles,
and shuttle away waste products that can slow muscle growth, repair and recovery.
In the end, this means you will create a more optimal environment for
building muscle!
Building Muscle The
Wrong Way
#2 - Overtraining The Biceps And Triceps
I'll bet any money that you would do
almost anything for a set of
sleeve-stretching
set of arms. Any money that you would do
almost anything for a pair
of bulging biceps and rock-hard triceps!
Interestingly, every time I 'm at my gym, I see small and weak dudes spending a
full hour doing every bicep and tricep exercise imaginable. They do set-after-set,
week-after-week with nothing to show but the same skinny noodle arms. What they
fail to realize is that
for maximum muscle growth and strength, the biceps and triceps
require very little direct stimulation!
Do me a favor and take a close close at the size of your thigh. Now compare the
size of your thigh to the size of your bicep. Does it make sense to spend the same
amount of time training arms versus your legs when your legs are over four times
as big? Of course not! Now compare the overall size of your back to the overall
size of your arms. Now compare the size of your overall chest to the size of your
overall arms. You should now realize that a larger muscle group should be trained
differently than a smaller muscle group.