Muscle Building: Do You Know What The Secret Is To Building Muscle?

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The Secret To Building Muscle Is Compound Weight Training Exercises And Short Workouts

Muscle building happens when you concentrate the bulk of your workouts on compound weight training exercises. Compound lifts are not optional, they are mandatory. Stick to squats, cleans, deadlifts, bench preses, barbell rows, pull ups, chin ups, over head presses, and dips.

Building muscle is also about healthy eating, short workouts and getting enough rest so you can recover from your workouts. Short 3-5 exercise workouts are what gets the muscle building job done.

Would you agree that muscle building and fat loss websites and articles have contributed to the bulk of the training information and misinformation today?

I don't want to be completely critical, but I am sure you would agree that the majority of mainstream muscle building and fat loss literature caters to the genetically gifted or to the drug user - which leaves the rest of us wandering.

Are you ready to learn some simple steps that will teach you how to build muscle safely and effectively?

Welcome to the No Nonsense Muscle Building Zone.

Are you sick and tired of everyone telling you a different way to build muscle?

Are you unhappy with how you look in the mirror?

Are you frusturated with your slow progress in the gym?

Do you know what it really takes to build muscle? Do you think it's as simple as buying a gym membership, training each body once per week, slamming back some protein shakes and trying to eat as much chicken and tuna possible?

I am going to repeat myself here. Muscle Building Rule # 1

If you ever hope to build muscle then compound lifts are not optional, they are mandatory. Stick to squats, leg presses, deadlifts, bench preses, barbell rows, pull ups, chin ups, over head presses, and dips

Building Muscle Without Getting Fat

21 Day's To Gain 5 - 10 - 15 Pounds Of Pure Muscle

type=textBuilding Muscle Without Getting Fat Strategies That Are based On Sceince

Let's face it: ANYBODY can build muscle (that's easy), but the question is can you do it WITHOUT piling on a bunch
of unattractive fat and ruining your health and physique in the process?

Most experts would say "Gaining fat is a necessary evil to building muscle..."

Wrong! Unless you're using ELEMENTARY methods.

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5 Unique To Build Muscle Without Getting Fat

By Vince and Lee (shared with their permission)

#1 - Reprime your body every 2 weeks to prevent spillage:

Even if your muscle gain diet is PERFECT, every time you overeat for muscle size, your body will store excess food as fat and
the longer you overeat, the more fat that accumulates on your stomach. By dropping 1-week lower calorie diets into
our program you can quickly strip off any fat you gained and then go back to overeating without losing any muscle
you originally gained.

#2 - Your best muscle gains come in the first two weeks:

Think about the last time you tried to gain size? I bet the majority of the gains occurred almost immediately. And then
it appears someone turned your muscle-building switch to the permanent off position. Well someone did! Research shows
that your bodies anabolic growth hormones peak after 14 days, at which point "diminishing returns" set in and any additional
gains come at the expense of ugly fat. So, yes, you certainly need to overeat to gain muscle but to what degree? Two week
high calorie cycling instead of months on end is your first step to staying lean and muscular 365-days a year.

#3 - Never eat fats 1 hour before your workout:

Why? Because we're about to spike your insulin with a workout drink that contains sugar and if you eat a fatty steak or nuts 1 hour
before your insulin goes high, get ready for fat storage.

Another tip - always eat a fast digesting protein like white fish 1 hour before you train. You'll have an influx of amino acids in your muscles while training... very ANABOLIC!

#4 - Cardio will NOT "strip" off your muscle:

you should value your heart and lung system to the point that your appearance never comes before your health. You should ALWAYS do at least
three cardio sessions a week for at least 30-35 minutes ALL year long. What intensity? As long as you're sweating and your
heart is pumping 130-150 beats per minutes, you're good. Now, if you start doing more than our recommendations, YES, you'll
compromise your muscle gains.

#5 - Break your training and diet into mini 21-days cycles:

I never plan my training longer than 21 days at a time. Why? It's too hard to focus any longer beyond that. Let's focus on NAILING our workouts and DIALING in our diets 21-days at a time. I honestly think people who plan out 12 months of workouts down to the letter are stupid. What a waste of time.

Have a rough road map of the future but only zoom in on the details of the next 21 days. Smaller and shorter programs lead to bigger and faster results.

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5 Tricks For Fast Muscle Gains

type=textVince Del Monte's 5 Key's To Follow To Build Muscle As Fast As Possible

Building muscle it is NOT about stuffing your face and eating until you are ready to puke. It's NOT simply "Lifting Big To Get Big". These are old out-dated concepts that ONLY work for genetic freaks and steroid abusers

In fact if you have ever tried this kind of approach yourself, chances are you just ended up looking fat and bloated. Rather than Lean and Muscular.

The REAL KEY to building a lean muscular body is by working in alignment with your body's natural growth, and recovery systems. Because when things are working properly, the results happen AUTOMATICALLY!

So instead of beating your head against the wall and trying to FORCE your muscles to grow, which is exactly what most frustrated hardgainers do, we're going to share 5 killer tricks that you can start using immediately that will make the whole muscle building process a lot easier.

Fast Mass Building Trick # 1
Break Down Your Large Goals Into Smaller Chunks!


One of the main problems that I see over and over again with novice muscle building enthusiasts is that they get overwhelmed with the entire process of building muscle. They think it will take months or even years before they can see any progress. And due to having this mentality they give up before they even start.

Even for folks who are already working out consistently, they often think in terms of following a set workout for several months, bulking up for several months, cutting for several months, etc. When you take such a long-term view on things it's hard to buckle down and channel your efforts towards making some fast muscle gains.

So when it comes to your muscle building goals, set some short-term deadlines to get things done. Rather then giving yourself 6 months to "bulk up". Break it down into a smaller goal of gaining 10 pounds this month.

Trust me you'll make much faster progress by repeatedly setting and achieving smaller short-term goals, rather than having 1 big long-term goal.

And just in case you think gaining 10 pounds of muscular bodyweight in just 1 month is impossible. It's not!

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Fast Mass Building Trick # 2
Smaller Training Cycles = Bigger Muscle Gains!


To go along with the previous tip of breaking down your larger muscle building goals into smaller goals. You can break down your larger workout training cycles into smaller training cycles and make better overall gains.

Whenever you start a new workout program you can usually make fantastic progress for the first few weeks. But after that, the body starts to adjust to the new program and the results come to a plateau.

The body is very good at adapting to changes in our environment. So the rapid progress that you make whenever you change your training program is your body adapting and growing in response to the changes made.

You see the key thing you need to realize when it comes to building muscle is that:
Everything Works, But Nothing Works Forever.

You can't stick to the same training program forever and continue making progress. Eventually your body will adapt and your progress will level off. So you need to provide unique muscle stimulation in order to keep things progressing forwards over the long term.

Now when most people first here about this they think:

"I'll Just Keep Changing Things Up All The Time."

That's the basis for the muscle confusion theory. And a lot of people mistakenly think that if they keep changing their programs all the time, they'll keep making progress all the time. But they are neglecting one key element.

Adaptation!

In order for significant muscle growth to occur you have to give your body time to adapt and grow from the program you are currently following before changing it to something else.

So while change is good, you can't be haphazard about it either. You need to have a planned system and structure in place so that your body adapts and grows from your current training program before you change things and move on to another complementary program. And for most people this adaptation process occurs within a 3-week time span. After 3 weeks progress usually slows down and you'll be ready both mentally and physically for some new unique muscle stimulation.

So that's the first 2 tricks to gain muscle I will post the other 3 tomorrow If you are in a hurry you can go here====>Building A Lean Muscular Body The 5 Keys For the entire article and the video that goes with it.

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The Anabolic Amplifier Effect sounds like steroids or some fancy supplement stack Is It? NO!

The most anabolic substance known to man is "food".

All the training, drugs, and supplements in the world won't build an ounce of muscle mass without proper nutrition and adequate food intake. In fact when you get right down to it, the food you eat is the only real

"Anabolic Component" of your entire muscle-building regimen.

Going to the gym and working out is NOT anabolic. The workout itself is actually catabolic and breaks down muscle tissue. Now granted it's the stress of working out that triggers the adaptation response within the muscles so that they get the signal to become bigger and stronger.

But it's the building muscle food you eat that actually goes towards building muscle.

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Muscle Building - The Wrong Way

Have You Been Trying To Build Muscle With Little Success?

How would you feel if you discovered that almost everything you were doing with building muscle was dead wrong?

Here's a question for you. How much time do you spend training your biceps and triceps?

That much huh? Yeah that's not unusual. Go to any gym and you see it all the time guys and girls doing rep after rep and set after set of curls.

What they fail to realize is that for maximum muscle growth and strength, the biceps and triceps require very little direct stimulation!

You want to build muscle right? you want bigger arm muscles? Knock off all the curls. Spend that time getting stronger on your compound lifts.

You want bigger biceps? Work up to heavy sets of Barbell Rows, Pull-ups and Chins.

Bigger triceps? Bench Presses, Dips and Overhead Presses.

It's worth repeating because if you want any hope of building muscle.

"If you ever hope to build big muscles then compound lifts are not optional, they are mandatory."

Muscle Building Screw Up

Are You Making this Mistake In Your Muscle Building Efforts?

Focusing On Getting A Pump!

The 'muscle pump' is described as when you put your
muscles under an extended period of constant tension. As your muscles stretch and contract they become gorged with blood that makes them feel tighter and fuller.

Getting a muscle pump is not necessarily what causes
the muscle to grow. Doing 100 reps with a light weight will create a huge pump - but does this make a muscle grow?

Of course not! Distance runners get a pump in their legs when they sprint uphill and do they get big muscles? Heck, no!

Most bodybuilders swear by the 'pump' and preach that you are shuttling more nutrients into the muscle - but is that what is really happening?

Now if you are lifting extremely heavy weights and achieving a pump,then this is a very good indication that you are making the muscle fibers work fully.

Anybody that tells you that getting that pump is a must to building muscle has no clue.

The problem with trying to build muscle is following all the misinformation (as in getting the magical pump)is what hold's most of us back from building muscle.

Wnat to know what else you may be doing wrong in your muscle building efforts?

More Muscle Building Screw-Ups

Optimize Your Muscle Building Training Split

This article covers some rules to help you put each muscle group in the best possible position to optimize muscle growth
Optimize Your Muscle Building
The purpose of this article is to understand that today's muscle building success is based on what you did yesterday and tomorrow's muscle growth is based on what you do today

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Muscle Buildings Dirty Little Lies

Building Muscle Doesn't Come In A Pill, Powder Or A Bottle!

"The body of your dreams is locked inside this liquid... this powder... or these pills."

According to the "experts" reviewing products in magazines, the latest scam - ah... I mean supplement is "the one" that's going to perform magic on your body.

It's "the one that is designed especially for guys like you. There's only one problem. This new supplement designed just for you, has the same crap in it that the last supplement had in it.

These "experts" are nothing more than pumped up salesmen. And how do you know when a salesman is lying to you? His lips are moving!

Ask yourself this: Did the last product you were sold deliver what it promised?

I already know the answer. You're here, aren't you?

The Truth
Every major fitness magazine is owned and operated by a supplement company. The bulk of their income doesn't come from magazine subscriptions or newsstand sales, but from the pills and powders they use to pump cash out of your pocket.

Let me repeat that again... The bulk of their money is made by selling you crap!

And here is the kicker...

Supplement companies actually give out false training information on purpose!

Let me be more specific...

The majority of the bodybuilding information written by "the experts" is complete and total nonsense designed to make you fail, so that you'll continue to rely on their products for results.

Results that will never come!

How much faith would you have in a restaurant review if it was written by that restaurant's chef? Supplement companies are the chef... the waiter... the busboy and the owner.

Learn the honest truth to Building Muscle

Blow Past Your Muscle Building Potential

Do You Have Limited Or Unlimited Potential? By Vince Del Monte

Muscle Building * Attention To Anyone Sick Of Being Stuck In A Rut *

If you've ever looked in the mirror and said, "Why am I not growing fast enough?" or "Why have I stopped growing even though I'm training my butt off?" then the next 10 days is completely dedicated to YOU.

Between April 6th-8th, 2010, I'll be releasing my brand new masterpiece - Blow Beyond Your Genetic Potential. It's been a project I've been creating for you for the past 12 months and it's 6-days away. It's the same system that has helped me climb from 190-lbs (which was my old plateau) to 210-lbs this past 2-years.

Note: Blow Beyond Your Genetic Potential is primarily geared towards intermediate and advanced bodybuilders, which is any male or female, young or old who has at least 1-4 years of weight training experience. Stay involved in the conversation if you're goals are fat burning or you're a beginner because this information will help you maximize 2010 either way.

After yesterday's video, I received a disturbing response to my video:

"Vince, we are limited being and I think your story is inspiring but not everyone can be like you and if they try you're setting a lot of people up for disappointment"

My stomach is sick just typing this.

I disagree.

We are unlimited being.

When you arrived into this world, you were given unlimited potential and unlimited possibilities.

Just like any world champion or successor of any pursuit, we all live in a physical body that has a mind that can trigger brain cells to create vivid images for our mind.

There is something absolutely special about you.

You are a walking, talking, living, breathing, creative being.

What are you going to build great with your potential?

Build a house, build a business, build a career, build a relationship or build the greatest body ever or build a new life. Whatever it is, start today!

Refuse to be an spectator and watch from others live the life of their dreams while you observe from the side lines. The world has enough spectators and we need more people actually playing in the game of life.

The Power Of Pursuing The "Impossible"

When you decide to do something great in life, others watch and become inspired. Some will follow you and you'll play a part in changing someones life. Your decision to test your limits will motivate a family member, close friend or colleague.

It is individuals like you who have the opportunity to make the world a better place.

Has anyone told you lately that YOU ARE MEANT FOR GREATNESS?!

Has it ever dawned on you that this greatness is awaiting recognition from you?

You have untapped and uncommon potential and you owe it to yourself to challenge that potential. Direct that potential to building the greatest body you've ever revealed to the world.

I have pushing my potential ever since I was 16-years old and so have millions of others. If we didn't push the bounds of our limits and risked failure then we would still be living as caveman.

Here's What Pains Me

I believe that you have unlimited potential inside of you so it pains me when I see people living below their potential. Please do not let past failures, bad habits or negative thinking lead you to a defeated mentality.

The secret to turning the corner starts with SELF-BELIEF.

Self-belief can change lives.

The thoughts of your mind have the ability to transform yourself and shape you into whatever you desire.

You can follow the perfect diet, get the world's best coach, use a high intensity training program, but if your mind and belief are not positive or that of a champion, no matter what you do, you won't get results.

Your mind is where it all begins if you wish to Blow Beyond Your Genetic Potential.
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No Nonsense Muscle Building

Build Muscle In 4 Simple Steps

Learn How To Build Muscle In 4 Simple Steps

By Vince DelMonte

Are you sick and tired of everyone telling you a different way to build muscle? Are you unhappy with how you look in the mirror? Are you frusturated with your slow progress in the gym? Are you ready to learn five simple steps that will teach you how to build muscle 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 building 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

Committ 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 occuring 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

Focus on eating at least 5-7x a day with balanced meals from carbohydrates, proteins and fats. If your goal is to build muscle than you should be eating at least 15-18 x your current body weight. 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 replacment shakes.

Step #3

You should focus on stretching at least half the amount that you lift weights. One of the biggest mistkakes 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 big 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 a injury screaming to happen.

Step #4

Avoid supplements that have not been around for longer than 3 years. I learned this phisophy 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 with out: 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 Vince DelMonte Fitness

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

© 2006-2008, Vince DelMonte Fitness. All rights in all media reserved. You may reprint this article so long as the article and author bio are reprinted intake and all links are made live. This article may never be sold individually or as part of a package.

7 Keys To A Muscle Building Diet

Thanks to Vince Del Monte For The Muscle Building Diet Guide

A muscle building diet is not your normal diet.

It's designed to help you gain weight using a lot of protein rich foods (which are not always cheap food sources).

Yes, muscle building diets are not normal.

Note: The proper definition of a diet refers to the food choices you make on a daily basis. Whether it's soda, tuna or bread. That is your diet. Often people refer to the word diet with fat loss, starvation and pain, which is incorrect use of the word diet.

The Goals Of A Muscle Building Diet:
To add quality muscle mass to your frame without adding fat.
Here is a 7-point plan to achieve the amount of muscle mass you need to shock your friends when you rip your shirt off at the next pool party.

1. Stick To A Muscle Building Diet Year Round

I remember asking my Skinny Guy Savior (the ex-pro bodybuilder) what his secret to adding mass without fat and he says, "I stick to my diet year round. I eat the same foods in my offseason that I eat when I'm getting ready for a show."

The exceptions were the use of certain condiments and sauces with his meats in the on-season, but he still used organic and quality cuts of meat in the offseason. He didn't flip from chicken to sausages, or from eggs to bacon even though he enjoyed the fattier options.

I stress that young bodybuilders still exercise discipline and cut back on unhealthy foods that are not on their regular muscle building diet during their offseason.

The best way to deal with your favorite (unhealthy) foods is to include them on your treat days (I use the word treat instead of cheat).

A muscle building diet is much better served by eating larger quantities of food that are clean rather than from junk calories.

2. "Where's The Protein?"

Think of the memorable quote from Chazz Reinhold (Will Ferrell) in the movie Wedding Crashers when he yells, "You hungry? Ma, can we get some meatloaf!"

That is the first thing you should consider before preparing your meal, but more accurately, "Where's the protein?"

I suggest at least 1.5 to 2 grams of protein for every pound of lean muscle mass. So if you're 200 lbs and 10% fat then you have 180 lbs (200 x .20)of lean muscle on your body, which would be a minimum of 270 grams of protein a day (180 x 1.5).

I endorse a wide variety of protein consumption and to not stick to bland and boring chicken breast all the time. On top of chicken your body needs low-fat fish, fatty fish, lean cuts of steak, eggs, nuts and seeds, beans and mixture of dairy products.

During busy times it's okay to get your protein consumption from high protein supplements such as Blue Star Nutrition's Iso-Smooth (use the code "maximize" if you order to get a free shaker bottle).

Iso-Smooth delivers the majority of it's calories from protein, so it's a perfect choice when you're having trouble getting all your protein needs from whole foods.

If you're having a hard time getting all your calories, combine Iso-Smooth with some ice cream, frozen fruit, and whole milk and this will young bodybuilders without appetities make some big gains.

A typical breakfast could consist of whole eggs and egg whites.
A mid morning snack could consist of a chicken breast.
Lunch could consist of some turkey breast.
A pre workout meal could consist of cottage cheese and almonds.
A post workout meal could consist of a whey isolate protein like Iso-Smooth from Blue Star Nutrition.
Dinner could consist of a lean steak or fatty fish like salmon.
A pre bedtime snack could be cottage cheese and nuts or hard boiled eggs.

To continue reading please go to Muscle Building Nutrition

Go from Skinny To Rock Hard A Special Guarantee from Vince

"You know the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results."

Think about this... taking bodybuilding advice from bodybuilders with incredible genetics is like taking money advice from someone who inherited a fortune. Why would you take muscle building advice who has no idea what it's like to have a Lamborghini style metabolism and muscle unfriendly genes? He can't relate to your problem.

And when it comes to the supplement industry, you're not going to be scammed again. You know the guys who give glowing reviews about these bogus pills and powders... work for the companies who make the crap! How in the world can you EVER trust the supplement industry again?

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A Muscle Building Recipe

Easy-To-Make Muscle Building Growth Recipes

By Vince DelMonte

Think putting yourself on a muscle building diet has to be a painful process? Whether your goal is fat loss or muscle building, getting proper nutrition is at least 80% of the game. If you don't have that figured out, you are going to be a long time away from seeing results.

The good news is that your tastebuds don't have to suffer if you don't want them to. There are plenty of ways to get in your proper nutrition while keeping things interesting. If you think gaining muscle means suffering through can of tuna after can of tuna or pounding back a protein shake as fast as humanly possible, you need to think again.

Give one of these recipes a try and you'll be surprised just how easy it is to eat right, achieve your goals and actually ENJOY your food at the same time.

Protein Fudge Nuggets

These are great to take to the gym as a post-workout treat or just for a snack to eat between meals. When you are trying to gain weight many of you really need to packing in the calories so you need calorie dense foods. These chocolate treats have it all.

8 scoops chocolate protein powder

1 cup oatmeal (can be ground depending on the consistency you'd like)

1/3 cup natural peanut butter

3 tbsp honey

½ cup milk

3 tbsp crushed peanuts

First mix together the protein powder, oatmeal, peanut butter, honey and milk. Form into small balls and then roll in the crushed peanuts to finish. Note that these can easily be frozen in plastic bags and consumed on a later date.

Nutritional Info (1/10 of the recipe)

234 calories

6.7 grams fat

18 grams carbohydrates

25 grams protein

Building Muscle The Wrong Way

Avoid Building Muscle The Wrong Way! Part 1

By Vince DelMonte

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.

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 favour 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 4x 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.

Focus the majority of your training on the large muscle groups - that is chest, back, shoulders and legs. Focus on increasing the strength and size in these big muscle groups and rest assured, building muscle in your arms will become easier.

Now hear me out. I'm not saying that direct arm training is a waste. I'm simply leading you to discover that less is often more when training small muscle groups such as your bi's and tri's.

Building Muscle The Wrong Way #3 - Not Focusing On Getting Stronger

I can't count how many times I have down a fitness consultation with a young new trainee and bring up the idea of including a strength cycle early in the program and he instantly fires back, "But I don't care about how much I can lift, I just want to get ripped and muscular."

I get his short attention span back by stating, "Building muscle will almost always follow if you simply focus on getting stronger, I mean getting really stronger." Unfortunately, training to get stronger seems to no longer be apart of the average trainees training regime.

Since the fitness industry has become more commercialized with balls, balance pads, fancy selectorized equipment and ridiculous infomercials, people have neglected the necessary time building requirements to build a solid foundation for long term success. Including bodybuilders.

Consider that the stronger you become the more sets and reps you will be able to lift for more specialized movements. The better your technique. The faster your recovery. The longer and harder you will be able to train. And rest assured, when you get stronger from week to week, the muscle mass will follow!

Don't believe me? Next time you go to your gym check out who the biggest guys are. Don't be surprised if they are also the strongest. Have you ever seen anybody will a small frame who can deadlift four plates, squat three plates, bench press two plates or curl 1 plate (per side respectively). I didn't think so.

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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 www.VinceDelMonteFitness.com

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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