Does Less Training Mean More Muscle?
I’m sure that you’re aware that many people (including me at one point in my quest to build muscle) make the
mistake of working out too frequently in the hope of stimulating more muscle growth.
Well here’s an interesting fact for you, ‘training too frequently actually sends your muscles into ‘survival
mode’ or something better known as ‘catabolism’. This is actually the breakdown of muscle tissue, so quite
obviously you’re not building muscle when this happens as the tissue is actually getting smaller!
Never Lift Too Heavy Or Too Frequently!
I still find it amusing to go to the gym and see these guys lifting weights that are far too heavy for them,
thinking that that’s the way to get lean, ripped and build muscle mass. Well lifting heavy weights is correct to
stimulate muscular growth, but not weights that are too heavy and that are usually lifted with poor form. You have
to lift the right weights along with the right number of reps to stimulate muscle growth.
Also these guys tend to work the same muscles on a daily basis on the premise that they will gain more muscle
size. Wrong!
You Must Recover From Your Workouts
The key to getting lean, ripped and shredded is to let your muscles fully recover from each workout, this is
done with the right amount of rest and correct nutrition. This is the ONLY way that you will build muscle.
Remember that your muscles actually do their growing during your recovery period’s, the only muscle size you see
during and after your workouts will be ‘the pump’. This is where blood is flushed to the working muscles creating a
temporary increase in size.
The pump is still really great for you though as it stimulates increases in anabolic hormone that help develop
muscle size during rest (and we also look good in the mirror….right guys!), but you also need correct nutrition,
rest and quality sleep after your workouts. These are the real keys to developing long term muscle size.
For those of you who want to know how to really build muscle mass in the most time effective way, I have just
tried and reviewed Vince Delmonte’s No Nonsense Muscle Building program and he really gets it.
Remember, you are unique. No one person is the same and most muscle building programs usually only cater for one
type of person. No Nonsense Muscle Building provides tried and tested workouts that meet your specific, individual
body needs.
It’s also really time effective, and this is another vital key because training for too long again creates that
muscle wasting catabolic effect. Vince Delmonte understands this and this means that you lift weights for no more
than 3 days per week but the specific training techniques gear you up to grow!
Does It Get My Thumbs Up?
Of all the programs I have tried this is the one that has put more lean muscle on me the fastest and in the most
time effective way. I was a 69 kg super skinny Ironman Triathlete who is now an even faster, but leaner and more
muscular 80 kg Ironman Triathlete. I’m in and out of the gym in 25 -30 minutes after a great workout, straight into
my post workout nutrition and I’m primed ready to grow.
The best part of my research into this was that I am now the one who looks ‘ripped’ and when I go to the pool
for swim training I’m the one with the six pack abs being chatted up by the ladies!
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