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Monday, May 17th, 2010
Skinny guys gain muscle if they know their body type and know how it can inhibit muscle growth. Skinny guys gain muscle if they have a plan and a change of lifestyle to gain the muscular ripped body they want. Skinny guys DO NOT gain muscle if they read bodybuilding magazines and follow the advice of other guys who do not have a skinny body type because things are different for you because of your high metabolism.
Let me explain.
Genetically you have a metabolism that burns through energy created by food so fast that is powers the body and mind just fine but leaves nothing left that will be stored as fat cells; this is why you are so skinny. It also means that the same process leaves nothing left to feed, repair and grow your muscles and that is why regular bodybuilding information is bad for you because it rarely take this into account.
So what information do you need so skinny guys gain muscle?
Firstly you know how your body works in regards to metabolism so now you need to work around it. You can do this by eating more and putting more calories in your body because if you have more calories that it is used to your metabolism can not burn it fast enough so there will be leftovers that if you do not exercise will become fat but if you hit the gym and lift weights will be diverted to the muscles in need to increase that muscle mass and make you stronger and better looking.
You also need to know how to work out because less extreme body types gain muscle even if they work out badly but you need to do it the right way every time to pack on the pounds. This involves shorter, high intensity, high weight, low reps, total body workouts to stress the muscles all over to a high degree which promotes growth not just muscle tone which you are naturally good at.
This can get you started on your quest for a better body but for all the information on how skinny guys gain muscle from a former skinny guy who knows every secret including diet, exercise and the poorly understood requirement for good rest click below.
http://Skinny-Muscles.1001-solutions.info
James Mclain http://www.articlesbase.com/bodybuilding-articles/skinny-guys-gain-muscle-poorly-without-this-information-748422.html
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Hard gainers have it rough in the sport of bodybuilding. We find it terribly difficult to pack on the pounds like our mesomorphic friends. But building muscle, even for the hard gainer, is easy if you know how.
Think of your bodybuilding lifestyle as a barstool: It’s got three legs. If one leg is missing or is longer or shorter than the other two, you’ve got problems. The same goes for muscle-building.
The three components of your regimen are your weight training routines, your meal plans (including proper supplementation), and your relaxation and recovery programs.
Shortchange any one of these three parts and you’re in for little to zero gains. You may even lose weight if you’re not careful.
In brief, I’ll lay out the conceptual framework for the three prongs.
Exercise You need to train infrequently, at most 3 times per week, with each body part getting no more than 2 workouts per week. This is how I do it: Legs and arms on day A, torso on day B. Each day is separated by at least one day and you alternate day A and day B. Something like this: Monday — day A, Wednesday — day B, Friday — day A, then the following week you do Monday — day B, Wednesday — day A, Friday — day B.
Continue alternating like this for up to 8 weeks. Let your body be your guide.
This may sound like an easy exercise plan. It’s not!
It’s designed to work hand-in-hand with your Rest and Recovery portion of the program. You see, most hard gainers follow conventional advice as espoused by professional bodybuilders, who are genetically gifted, may be taking steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, and whose sole job is to bodybuild.
Most of us aren’t like professional bodybuilders in any way, shape, or form.
Reducing the workout frequency will give you the rest and recovery time necessary to explode your muscle growth. However, you must lift using High Intensity Training (HIT) techniques. Go heavy, do 6-10 reps for the upper body and 10-15 reps for your legs, with as much weight as possible (the last two reps should be killers). Use cheating, forced reps, and negatives to add even more intensity. Use super sets and pre-exhaust techniques to further up the ante.
Nutrition You have to consume more calories than you expend. Follow a high protein, moderate to low carb diet. Don’t worry about fat. Eat plenty of eggs (4-8 a day, I’m not kidding), dairy, and beef. Chicken and fish are also great sources of protein.
In fact, if you just concentrate on getting 2 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight, using the food sources above, you’ll be on the right track.
Supplement with high-quality protein powders, growth-hormone-inducing amino acids like arginine and ornithine, and dessicated liver tablets. Also ensure you’re laying a sound nutritional foundation by ingesting a mega-pak or two per day of a vitamin/mineral supplement (you can buy them in 30-packs at GNC).
Eat frequently, up to eight times per day: Three “squares” with snacks in between. On workout days, take in 20-30 grams of protein before and after your weight training.
Rest and Relaxation Get 8-10 hours of sleep every night and use a set schedule for going to sleep and waking up. Nothing is more important than this for this prong of your training program.
If you can do it, take naps after your workouts. You grow when you sleep. A 30-minute nap is better than nothing. On your off-days, try to do something that’s relaxing, like reading, surfing the internet, or fishing. Something that sets your mind at ease. Many hard gainers who have success have found that meditation is helpful. Yoga works, too. It’s NOT easy, but in a very strange way, it’s grueling and relaxing at the same time.
There you have it. Three equal but different prongs for building muscle and gaining weight. Best of luck to you!
Don’t forget to check out Muscle-Build.com and Hard Gainer’s Manifesto for more helpful tips and training techniques for building muscle, gaining weight, and packing on the mass.
Muscle Build http://www.articlesbase.com/muscle-building-articles/building-muscle-for-the-hardgainer-701573.html
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Friday, May 7th, 2010
Most people who want to burn their excess fat and tighten and tone their bodies simply don’t have two hours each day to spend in the gym, doing the bodybuilding workouts that most fitness experts recommend. Machine and strength training are the best choice according to the fitness experts. But one need not have to make the gym one’s home for many hours every day just to see slow, barely noticeable results.
It is not about training two hours a day or doing hours of high intensity weight training or an hour and half of cardio, unless that’s called for to reach a certain goal or unless that’s what one enjoys. It is also not about lifting weights every day. One needs recovery time from intense terms of training.
What you need to do is some moderate exercises enough to break into a sweat, get your breathing heavy and bring your heart rate up-almost every day of the week, most of the year. It could be the popular six-day program alternating weights and cardio every other day with Sundays off. You must choose what you love to do-‘Just do something everyday’ this must be the rule. You should include both strength training and aerobic training each day.
Research says that for fat loss, five days a week for 30 minutes is much superior to three days weekly at 40 minutes even though the total weekly time of the three day exercise is an hour longer. In order to keep the metabolic rate churning, frequent exercise is the key.
Daily exercise is essential to losing weight! It is also very effective at changing a sluggish metabolism into a super-charged metabolism. Ultimately, the amount of exercise you need is the amount it takes to give you the results you want.
Remember the below two points to get success in your weight loss goal:
• One need not be in a gym for hours, body building and intense weight training to stay trim and fit. • Consistent, regular, daily exercise is needed for weight loss. Turbulence Training workout program is one of the most efficient and highly recommended workout program. This program comes with a set of bonus workouts specifically for muscle building, bodyweight only exercises, and advanced fat loss workouts.
Disclaimer: This article is not meant to provide health advice and is for general information only. Always seek the insights of a qualified health professional before embarking on any health program.
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Nick Mutt http://www.articlesbase.com/diseases-and-conditions-articles/the-most-efficient-workout-program-to-gain-muscle-707942.html
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
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Great routine for shoulder definition. After a few weeks of this you are really going to see a difference in your shoulder development. Great routine for women too.
Complete 3x with no rest between exercises
Lateral Raises x 10 reps
Front Raises x 10 reps
Arnold Presses x 10 reps
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
I’m not looking for fast results, because I know they don’t exist. I am just looking for a bodybuilding workout that will help increase my muscle building gains. I am currently using this workout http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/workout2.php?name=DEISEL+IN+DAYS&description=THIS+PROGRAM+IF+DONE+PROPERLY+SHOULD+HELP+TO+TRANSFORM+EVEN+THE+MOST+STUBORN+BODIES.&type=Split&different=4&goal=Build+Muscle&days=5&schedule1=N&schedule2on=2&schedule2off=1&person=STYLE&email=WWW.CHAMPBOUND@BODYBUILDING.COM&E1[]=INCLINE+PRESS(ALT+BETWEEN+DB+AND+BB)&R1[]=6-8&S1[]=4&E1[]=INCLINE+FLYES&R1[]=10&S1[]=3&E1[]=DECLINE+PRESS+(DB+OR+BB)&R1[]=6-8&S1[]=4&E1[]=DECLINE+FLYES&R1[]=10&S1[]=3&E1[]=BENCH+PRESS&R1[]=6-8&S1[]=5&sy1[]=dayon11&E2[]=DB+OR+EZ+BAR+CURL&R2[]=6-8&S2[]=4&E2[]=DB+HAMMERS+OR+ALT+CURLS&R2[]=8-10&S2[]=4&E2[]=DB+PREACHER+CURL+OR+CONC.+CURL&R2[]=10-12&S2[]=3&E2[]=OVERHEAD+DB+EXT&R2[]=10&S2[]=3&E2[]=SKULL+CRUSHERS+OR+LYING+DOWN+DB+EXT.&R2[]=8-10&S2[]=4&E2[]=DB+KICKBACKS&R2[]=10&S2[]=2&E2[]=CLOSE+GRIP+PRESSES+OR+DIPS&R2[]=10-12&S2[]=4&sy2[]=dayon12&E3[]=ARNOLD+PRESS+OR+SHOULDER+PRESS&R3[]=10&S3[]=3&E3[]=LAT+RAISES&R3[]=8-10&S3[]=2&E3[]=REV+FLYES&R3[]=10&S3[]=3&E3[]=UPRIGHT+ROWS&R3[]=8-10&S3[]=4&E3[]=SHRUGS&R3[]=10-12&S3[]=4&E3[]=DB+ROWS&R3[]=10-12&S3[]=3&E3[]=BENT+OVER+ROWS&R3[]=8-10&S3[]=3&E3[]=DEADLIFTS&R3[]=6-8&S3[]=3&sy3[]=dayon21&E4[]=SQUATS&R4[]=10-12&S4[]=5&E4[]=LEG+EXT&R4[]=12&S4[]=5&E4[]=HAMSTRING+EXT&R4[]=8-10&S4[]=4&E4[]=CALVE+RAISES&R4[]=10-12&S4[]=3&E4[]=SEATED+CALVE+RAISES&R4[]=10-12&S4[]=3&sy4[]=dayon22&exercount=25&s2r=2
It is pretty intense, but that is what I like. I just need a new one. Any help is appreciated.
Wtf? Don’t listen to the first guy. The workout you’re doing now has all the basic things, and that’s what many of your workouts will boil down to unless you want to try something completely different. The 666 Workout by Scivation is different and if you do it right you’ll definitely feel it the next day.
Oh, and if you want to stick with the general idea of your current workout try going through the exercise database on bodybuilding.com and just switch out a few or maybe switch the order you do things or even change your rest time. There are many variables to switch up a workout.
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
In recent years, there has been a visible increase in interest in bodybuilding, not only in the usual age bracket of twenty above, but also, surprisingly in the younger age brackets. Children as young as seven have been known to engage in weight training under the guidance of trained professionals, who were either former athletes or graduates of sports science or other related disciplines.
In this sense, we can see that the popularity of the sport and lifestyle is catching on even in the ages that have not been part of the larger picture when the sport began some decades ago.
Although some parents are comfortable with the idea of their children engaging in weight training, there still remains a significant portion of adults who think that the sport itself, or the discipline might be doing more harm than good.
There is nothing wrong with other exercises or other sports, for that matter. But the fact remains that weight training, if done with the proper guidance, is equally beneficial as the other sports.
Stunted growth, weight training and some myths
The following are some of the main concerns of adults when younger children engage in weight training:
1. Stunted growth- stunted growth is just one of the issues thrown against weight training. Other accusations include the possibility of lesser bone density, susceptibility to fractures and other equally alarming conditions. Truth be told, the adults who believed these couldn’t have been more wrong.
According to recent medical studies completed in the United States, with proper guidance, weight training does not cause children to stop growing. Weight training isn’t about lifting two hundred percent of your body weight- this is farthest from the case. Weight training is finding that optimum level of resistance- the point at which the body can begin to build muscle and increase its endurance and strength.
As for bone density, weight training does not cause bones to weaken. Contrary to popular belief, weight training can in fact cause bones to become stronger. The distribution of resistance through regular workouts can cause higher levels of calcium and other minerals to be transported to the long bones of the body, causing the bones to further harden.
The reason why the human body can survive applications of the progressive overload principle is that it can adapt to make lifting weights a normal activity.
The body adapts well, especially to exercise. The body was not built by nature to sit around and watch television. One would be surprised if you find out just how much potential the human body truly has in terms of strength, speed, agility and flexibility.
Every system in the body can be honed by training to work extra-efficiently- and one can begin this honing at a young age.
2. Weight training causes one’s IQ to drop- this nasty misconception has been circulating since the early nineties. Weight training does not cause drop in IQ level. In fact, scientific studies show that any form of physical exercise, as long as it’s substantial enough to provide benefits for the human body, actually help sustain or even increase the IQ of a person.
Benedict Smythe http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/bodybuilding-growth-and-common-misconceptions-681391.html
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
opinions please this is very important.
how can we save bodybuilding for its death if so and bodybuilders now dont get much respect that they deserve people no longer cares about bodybuilders and the hard work.
Anony dont disrepect them.If you are stronger good for you.its nothing to brag about.Bodybuilding is not about strength its about how you look.It doesnt matter if you can lift just 400lbs if you have got good size and definition.
nice answer sonni thats what i wanted to hear.good.
nice do your thing chris and i am glad that there are some people on yahoo answers that support bodybuilding not some idiots who gives counter arguments to every one of the question and call a show off when you post videos or progress pictures.I will continue to train until i win a major bodybuilding title if it is possible or till i die.
nowadays
the television makes people think that if you do roids, youll look like ronnie coleman
so, they think that being a bodybuilder is easy also that it is gross
YET theyve never tried it. mostly because its expensive as hell, its hard as hell and its tiring as hell so they dont do it and call us lazy…because most people take roids
and even though most noobs give up, it doesnt gets the respect bodybuilders deserve that actually make it far in this little "game"…
and also nowadays, people respect anorexics and guys with 6 packs and they think THAT is hard work, getting a 6 pack…when
you just loose a few pounds of fat, voila you got a 6 pack
also i wish if you did take roids i can look like ronnie coleman
id be sitting here eating icecream…then go to the gym and deadlift 800 pounds for a few sets
maybe leg press 2300 pounds a few times
then go walk outside and scare people
but whatever, its the media, and its not as hyped as it used to be
plus people are to lazy to train hardcore so they stick with the little prissy workouts like
2 sets of dumbell curls with 10 reps, not till failure
then go home and eat a yogurt
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Im thinking about starting to bodybuild, im 16 yrs old and im quite fat. where do i begin?
I want to lose weight and gain muscle so that in time i will have a 6-pack.
what workouts would i need to do in order to lose weight and to gain muscle?
should i take protein shakes?
cycling, swimming, lifting weights, sit-ups
eat 5 fruits/vegetables per day, exercise for at least 1 hour.
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
Skinny? Build muscle the right way for your body type with these three tips for skinny guy bodybuilding that can have you turning your slim frame into slabs of rock hard muscle.
- Eat More – If you are a skinny guy there you have to know that your metabolism, the process in your body that converts food into energy and nutrients is very high compared to other people. This is what keeps you so skinny because it burns through energy so fast that there is very rarely anything left to store in fat cells like others with slower metabolisms do. This means that you also have very little energy left to feed your muscles most of the time so when you workout the work you do is not capitalized on as well as it should. Try to eat foods that are small in size but do not fill you and have a high amount of calories and protein such as: Whole eggs, Avocado, Tuna and Salmon in olive oil, rice and pasta.
- Quality not Quantity – This is in relation to your workouts. Doing lots of reps will not stress your muscles and force them to react and grow accordingly. It may increase your muscle endurance but if you are aiming on increasing mass to stop looking so damned skinny then you need to lift heavier weights and really challenge yourself … within reason of course. Fewer reps, heavier weights and even shorter sessions if you do it right because over exercising can be a trap many people who are ultra keen to start fall into and waste time and energy that could be used for…
- Rest for Repair – Recovery is an important part of building muscles for a skinny guy especially. If you do not rest enough your body does not have enough time and energy to repair your muscles which is what makes them bigger. If you hit the gym every day you are actually inhibiting the processes in your body that will make you stronger and add mass as long as you eat the right diet and have exercised correctly.
This can get you only so far though, if you really want to know how to pack on the pounds and get ripped really fast you need a complete plan made BY a former skinny guy FOR skinny guys because what you read in the bodybuilding magazines is a scam … click below to find out more.
http://skinny-muscles.1001-solutions.info
James Mclain http://www.articlesbase.com/bodybuilding-articles/are-you-skinny-build-muscle-the-right-way-748165.html
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