Muscle Building Workout Tips

Here are a few tips that will help you when doing your muscle-building workouts:

Never do your workouts for more than an hour or hour and a half. If you go any longer, you risk going into a catabolic state due to the release of stress hormones. It is better to keep your workouts intense and short. If you prolong your workouts for too long, your body will then require long amounts of time for recovery, and you won’t be able to hit the gym on a regular basis.

I know you have heard about Arnold’s marathonian weight-lifting routines, but let’s face it, Arnold took steroids, and if you are a natural trainer, you will probably die after taking up one of Arnold’s routines!

Another tip is to cut down on rest times so as to obtain both muscle mass and lose fat. If you reduce your rest times, your heart will be beating faster, thereby revving up your metabolism, and burning more fat. Consider this a “power-cardio” session where you do both cardio and resistance training together.

The key here is to for maximum work in the minimum amount of time. For instance, let’s say that it takes you to 30 minutes 5 sets of 5 reps of both squats and deadlifts. Next time try to do it in 25 minutes. Later on as you get stronger and have more endurance, do it in 20 minutes. You get the idea.

Now comes one of the most important and often overlooked tips: mindset. Try to reduce the amount of nervous activity in your life; this includes worrying, fidgeting, getting angry, and other things that excite you. To build muscle you need to be in a relaxed and positive state of mind. Make sure that you let go of all your daily worries before you go to the gym.

As for eating, eat something before doing a workout that will give you energy without burdening your digestive system. Don’t eat heavy meals because they will interefere with your workouts. Fruits are ideal because they give you energy without bloating your stomach.

During the workout, make sure to drink water at least, but preferably drink some energy drink that can supply your muscles with glycogen to keep up the intensity of the workout.

Of course, don’t forget to replenish right after a workout with protein, carbs, and fat. Protein will help to repair the structural damage done to your muscle during the workout, and the carbs and fat will provide the energy for this repair to occur.

If you take these tips to heart, you will see how you will be more efficient in your muscle-building endeavors.