Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Yes, a Skinny Guy Can Build Muscle with These Tips

By Billy Meredith


If you are a man, you probably share something in common with most other members of you gender. You are constantly on the hunt for any way to boost the size of your chest muscles. Apply the ideas and advice in the following paragraphs and you can see your chest chisel into the beefy mass you have always craved in no time at all.

Get your rest. You may think that it is impossible to sleep for a long time as an adult; after all, you have work, your social life, and your gym life to tend to. However, you need sleep more than you realize. You may not know this, but sleep is when your body restores itself from the beating you gave it while working out. If your body does not get this time to repair itself, you will not be able to keep up the high intensity workouts you want to do.

Investigate supplements and vitamins. You need your body to be in a peak state before it starts building muscle. Get a blood workup from your doctor, and ask him about taking supplements. Let your doctor guide you toward the nutrition and supplements you need to build muscle safely.

If you're going to be muscle building, you're going to need a good schedule planned out. You need to have this because it has everything to do with you building muscle properly. You can't just workout whenever you want and do whatever you want and expect the correct results. That's not how muscle building works. You need to know what exercises you are going to do each day, and you need to have a set schedule of workout days and times. Of course, you can change this up from time to time, especially if you need to because of another engagement. No one said you have to be a Nazi about it. However, you must make you you stay organized and keep a schedule with your workout journal.

You also need to be eating plenty of carbohydrates and not just protein. Of course, your diet needs to be balanced, but when muscle building, there is an emphasis put on carbohydrates and protein that isn't there when you're not muscle building.

You also want to make sure that your muscle-building plan has a reasonable balance between resistance training and cardiovascular exercise. When you want to build muscle mass, resistance work is where you're going to make progress towards your goals. Neglecting cardio exercise is never a good idea, though. Besides keeping your metabolism tuned up, cardio workouts improve your balance and make it easier for you to complete your strength training.

It's possible to invest a lot of time, thought and money into a fitness program designed to improve your muscle mass. However, getting one started is something you can do without too many resources. After all, the real key is planning, and there's nothing stopping you from making your plans right now!




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