Sunday, January 25, 2009

Build Bigger Muscle at Home

By Wakelin Smith

When superslim body shapes are in, it may seem strange to those wanting to lose weight, to find some people work for a body builder look. To build bigger muscle is not for the sole intention of looking good, but rather to have a healthy and energetic body.

The surest way of getting the results you want would be to go on a full time body building program. These programs though are geared towards weight gain first then will be revised for muscle toning and building. The programs include weight training, nutrition, supplementing, and proper procedures to fend off injuries. The steps are quite routine but fun to follow. If you have a trainer be sure that he or she is a certified professional since there are a lot of people out there who say that they are trainers but would prolong the program than necessary.

As most people believe, sometimes the best panacea to your woes is found at home. The same thing applies to losing weight and forming muscles, per se. Now even in the premises of your home, you can have the best muscle building strategies in private. You won't have to bear complying strictly to a personal trainer and the rigor of a fitness gym atmosphere. There are some common exercises you can do at home like calisthenics. You can work on your stamina through pushups, pull ups, and reverse crunches. It will even give you great benefits when you do it with lifting weights that starts off from empty bars towards heavier weights. The greatest benefit you can get from it is your privacy and comfort.

You can also increase the strength, firmness and tone of your muscles by using free weights. Barbells are suitable for heavy lifting and can give the desired muscle stress level. The higher the stress level means you can build bigger muscle. Dumbbells can be used for maintenance exercises instead of being for main lifts.

When you want to have a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger's, you have to start from step 1 and work fast. For a good start, you have to work on all of your muscles by doing compound exercises. When you've built a strong base, that's when you go into isolation exercises. That's why it's called a one step at a time process.

One thing a person should remember when he wants to be a muscle builder is to have regular squats for leg training. He has to do it as frequently as 1.5 times his body weight. When he does the squat he should do it with his hips lower than his knees. Some people who like to form muscles are working for brawns more than health, but even so, there are reasons why body builders are called health enthusiasts. These people know it by heart that rest, balanced diet, sleep, and drinking enough fresh water are great help in muscle formation than sheer tedious physical exercise without the right sustenance.

The easiest and best muscle building technique is to work on gaining weight through eating a lot of prescribed foods. You might think it's heaven to do so, only that you have to double the dose of protein-rich foods in your diet. Those who don't eat breakfast to trim fats have no room in any muscle building initiative. So don't skip breakfast. Eat some fiber rich carbs. You have one major thing to think about to build bigger muscle, and that is persistence. Sometimes when lifting weights is like asking for death, think about being clad in your sexy swimwear out in the sand of some fabulous beach with the full attention of every guy and gal on the beach.

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