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Friday, April 17, 2009

The Only Thing You Need To Know About Building Muscle

By Danny Gutierrez

Forget about everything you've read in all of those advertisements you've seen about building and packing on muscle. The fact is that most people are pretty clueless about what it actually takes to build and pack on muscle in a hurry. Read this article if you want to know what it actually takes to build muscle.

The biggest mistake a lot of gym goers make when working out is thinking or believing that the process of building muscle is over when you leave the gym. Folks in the know already know that in order to build muscle you have to feed your body the right nutrients and you have to allow your body to rest if you really want to build some muscle.

If you want to build muscle you have to consume protein. Without enough protein your muscles will not grow period. Most bodybuilding experts agree that you need to consume about one to two grams of protein in order to put your body in a position to grow. So if your target body weight is one hundred and fifty pounds you should be consuming anywhere between one hundred and fifty to three hundred grams of protein

There are several good sources of protein and some of them include poultry products most notably chicken breast. There's also lean cuts of red meat. There's always the bodybuilding staple of fish and tuna is always a good option if you're on a budget. Milk is another good source of protein. Protein shakes and cottage cheese round out this list of good sources of protein.

Ok so you already know what you're supposed to be eating if you want to grow muscles now let's talk about some of the most important times to be consuming your protein and ore importantly the most important times to be consuming your nutritional supplements. First thing in the morning when you wake up and immediately following your workout are two timers you should definitely be taking your protein supplements.

The post workout window of opportunity is the 30-60 minutes immediately following one of your gym training sessions. The post workout window of opportunity is known by bodybuilders as the one time during the day you need to be taking protein if your goal is to build muscle. If you take anything from this article and you want to build muscle then supplement with protein immediately following your workouts.

It's also very important to allow your body sufficient time to rest and recuperate from your workouts. You should be sleeping at least eight hours per night to allow your body enough time to start rebuilding your muscles.Something else to take note of is that if you really want to build muscle quickly then you should try to curtail or eliminate other physically strenuous activities outside of the gym.

So as you can see there really shouldn't be any kind of mystery as to what is really required for building muscle and doing it quickly. You need to wok out. You need to consume lots of protein and you need to rest. Do that and you'll have people in the gym whispering behind your back! - 17269

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