Is It Hard To Prevent Fat Gain While Growing Muscle?
Many who are into bodybuilding will try to bulk up and get as big as they can but what happens much of the time is that they also add on extra padding with their muscle. Especially for those who want those cuts for a special event or competition. They will try to work frantically prior to the event to get rid of the fat. The key is to not gain that fat in the first place because what happens is that while fat is being lost, muscle is also being lost. Here is a simple strategy to gain muscle without adding that extra weight you don't want.
First realize that you should be gaining, at most, a pound of muscle every couple of weeks. More than that and it's most likely some fat that you are adding. If you see that you are gaining weight too rapidly, take a close look at the amount of food that you are eating. Make sure that you are eating the right amounts of the right foods for your particular workout routine. There are exceptions to every rule but just make sure by checking everything out that you are truly an exception, if you are gaining more rapidly.
Maintaining the right type of diet will assist you in reaching your goals as far as your bodybuilding goes. This is easy to make into a boring routine though. You change out your workouts; you can also vary your diet. The right routine to build your muscles has days where you rest your body and allow your muscles to be able to repair themselves from the tearing up they get in your workouts. Let your body also rest on these days from your strict diet requirements that you keep it on most days. Rest is good for you mentally; this is the same with taking off a day or two from the rigid diet too. A good schedule is 5 days sticking to the diet and then give yourself 2 days off, if you do this right you can have the weekends off and have a bit of fun food wise, and also your body will thank you.
You should also be eating 5 times per day at least. Your body will be getting a constant supply of the fuel it needs and won't have the need to store it like it would if you were starving it. Also, follow the rule that you should have a diet that is one part healthy fat (monounsaturated), two parts protein (you can't build muscle without it) and three parts carbohydrates (you need this to give you energy for your workouts).
The other thing you need to build your muscle without packing on fat as well, is developing the correct workout program. Start by performing 10 to 15 minutes of some activity that is aerobic before you do your actual workout. It is good for warming you up for your workout, for burning fat and it will make your heart healthier. It can backfire on you to do too much aerobic activity though as far as you trying to gain muscle mass.
Extended aerobic sessions may help if you are training for a marathon but it will not build muscle. The more muscle you have helps you burn more calories. You need to stretch a little while after you do the aerobics and prior to starting the main section of your workout for building muscle.
Your workout routine needs to be documented in a journal and each day you should repeat a workout of a particular muscle group. You need to push yourself to go a notch further each workout. Keeping up with this journal will help you do that. For your workout, concentrate on a different body group Monday through Thursday with a "mixed bag" of workouts on Friday where every muscle group gets worked.
With your workout, pyramid the sets and make the one in the middle have more weight than the first and last ones. You need push your body. With the first set you prepare the body for the heavier set of #2 and then with the third set you cool your body down. You can also pyramid your reps within the sets too. The first rep do the most, the middle you make them harder but fewer, and then the third one is the cool down where you do the same reps as the first.
If you use these tips to come up with your workout regimen by honing it to your particular body needs, you will soon see that this is the best method for adding muscle minus gaining the fat. - 17269
First realize that you should be gaining, at most, a pound of muscle every couple of weeks. More than that and it's most likely some fat that you are adding. If you see that you are gaining weight too rapidly, take a close look at the amount of food that you are eating. Make sure that you are eating the right amounts of the right foods for your particular workout routine. There are exceptions to every rule but just make sure by checking everything out that you are truly an exception, if you are gaining more rapidly.
Maintaining the right type of diet will assist you in reaching your goals as far as your bodybuilding goes. This is easy to make into a boring routine though. You change out your workouts; you can also vary your diet. The right routine to build your muscles has days where you rest your body and allow your muscles to be able to repair themselves from the tearing up they get in your workouts. Let your body also rest on these days from your strict diet requirements that you keep it on most days. Rest is good for you mentally; this is the same with taking off a day or two from the rigid diet too. A good schedule is 5 days sticking to the diet and then give yourself 2 days off, if you do this right you can have the weekends off and have a bit of fun food wise, and also your body will thank you.
You should also be eating 5 times per day at least. Your body will be getting a constant supply of the fuel it needs and won't have the need to store it like it would if you were starving it. Also, follow the rule that you should have a diet that is one part healthy fat (monounsaturated), two parts protein (you can't build muscle without it) and three parts carbohydrates (you need this to give you energy for your workouts).
The other thing you need to build your muscle without packing on fat as well, is developing the correct workout program. Start by performing 10 to 15 minutes of some activity that is aerobic before you do your actual workout. It is good for warming you up for your workout, for burning fat and it will make your heart healthier. It can backfire on you to do too much aerobic activity though as far as you trying to gain muscle mass.
Extended aerobic sessions may help if you are training for a marathon but it will not build muscle. The more muscle you have helps you burn more calories. You need to stretch a little while after you do the aerobics and prior to starting the main section of your workout for building muscle.
Your workout routine needs to be documented in a journal and each day you should repeat a workout of a particular muscle group. You need to push yourself to go a notch further each workout. Keeping up with this journal will help you do that. For your workout, concentrate on a different body group Monday through Thursday with a "mixed bag" of workouts on Friday where every muscle group gets worked.
With your workout, pyramid the sets and make the one in the middle have more weight than the first and last ones. You need push your body. With the first set you prepare the body for the heavier set of #2 and then with the third set you cool your body down. You can also pyramid your reps within the sets too. The first rep do the most, the middle you make them harder but fewer, and then the third one is the cool down where you do the same reps as the first.
If you use these tips to come up with your workout regimen by honing it to your particular body needs, you will soon see that this is the best method for adding muscle minus gaining the fat. - 17269
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