Muscle Building Workouts
Success At Last!
Let's face it; there is no shortage of muscle building workouts available to trainees looking to increase muscular development.
The sheer number of exercises, sets, reps, rest periods, loading sequences, strategies and so on means that there is quite literally MILLIONS available to you!
However, finding muscle building routines that deliver fast and effective results naturally can be like looking for a needle in a haystack!
But fear not, help is at hand, right here in the form of this two piece article!
In Part One of this two part article I will cover the 4 fundamental principles that ALL effective muscle building workouts should have, namely: -
1) They are simple in design
2) They are progressive in nature
3) Workouts are goal orientated
4) Periodisation is implemented
Many trainees think that building muscle needs to be a complex affair, but by making workouts complex it gets more difficult to monitor progress. Stick to a handful of very effective exercises performed regularly, for set rep schemes and progressive weights and that’s all you need! 
The human body is a remarkable organism. It can adapt to all sorts of extreme environments and stresses placed upon it.
With that in mind ALL of the workouts MUST be progressive in nature.
If the stress (weight or reps) does not increase, our bodies have no requirement to adapt which equals a big fat zero in building muscle terms.
Goal setting also plays a huge role in the effectiveness of muscle building workouts.
If you don’t set goals – how can you aim for something, or know when you get there?
Goal setting is also important in identifying what works and what doesn’t and can potentially save you wasted time!
Periodisation
If You Dont You Should!
One of the BIGGEST mistakes when trying to build muscle is to train with the same intensity, week in week out, invariably to the point of momentary muscular failure.
Let me tell you, that’s a one way trip – to over training!!
To really maximise muscle growth it is ESSENTIAL that workout intensity is cycled, where by some weeks are easier than others. REMEMBER, muscle grows when recovering - NOT when it’s being TORN to SHREDS!
The second part of this article entitled
Workouts for Building Muscle Mass
detail why you shouldn't be training for more than 3 hours weekly (YES you did read right!)and which are the best exercises for building muscle fast!
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