7 MISTAKES THAT ARE KILLING YOUR MUSCLE GAINS
I gotta be honest. I see far too many people claiming to...
A) Workout out like the Devil;
B) Commenting "#goals" on pics of MUSCULAR friends; yet all the while...
C) Looking exactly the same year after year.
So either "#goals" is a flat out lie, or they are just not sure how to build muscle. If looking the same is your goal, and you just enjoy working out for the sake of working out (yikes!), you can stop reading right meow.
Inconsistency
You make it to the gym a couple times a week. You workout hard! Then, the next week, life gets in the way, and you don't make it at all. Then, you make it FIVE times the next week! Yay, you! But then, only 2 times the next week...
See what I'm getting at here? That's like trying to become a good bowler on an every-other-week league (it ain't gonna happen - trust me LOL).
But on the flip side:
Never taking a rest day
Rest is when we grow. If you're breaking down your muscles with heavy, intense lifting sessions; they need time to recover!
Not enough protein
At least 1g per pound of body weight. Especially when dieting.
Not taking creatine monohydrate
Legal, common, easy to take, cheap.
Too much cardio
It's ok to enjoy doing cardio. It's even ok to DO cardio. But if you don't learn how to use it, when to use and how often to use it; along with the nutrition/diet needed for building muscle, that cardio is just going to eat away at any chance you have to build muscle.
Not Pushing Yourself/Progressing
There's a saying: "Nothing changes if nothing changes." This applies perfectly to building muscle. You have to push yourself to places you didn't know you could even go. Places of pain and burning and soreness. Not every workout has to be epic; but you should TRY to make it epic. You have to continue to lift heavier, occasionally fail, try again; do one more rep; one more set...
Constantly Dieting/Cutting/Eating at a Deficit
First, your metabolism will be dead in the water. Second, you will not have the energy you need for intense lifting sessions. Third, you can't grow if you're eating at a deficit.
If your #goals include building a lean, muscular physique:
Be consistent (day-in/day-out; year-after-year)
Take rest days
Get your protein
Take your creatine
Don't "cardio away" all of your efforts
Push yourself
Eat, eat, eat!
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