Finding the right muscle building program for you.
Finding a muscle building program that suits you is essential if you want to build lean muscle or even lose a few pounds. By following the latest workout from a pro body builder in your favorite fitness magazine is not the answer. Those guys have been training for years and have worked their way to their physiques and did not start with the workout they are showing you.
You need to find a program tailored to your needs, if you are a beginner look for a program that was designed by someone who was once in your position. If you are skinny look for someone who started skinny and the same if you are carrying a lot of excess body fat. That way you can relate to what they are teaching you. They have been through it and they know the hurdles you will face.
Building muscle is not rocket science. You can easily put on 30 pounds of lean muscle in 8 months if you follow a few simple guidelines and your program should reflect that.
You definitely should look for a program that uses Progressive Overload as one of its base fundamentals. Muscles grow when they are forced to work harder than they are used to. By increasing the intensity of every workout you force the muscles beyond what they did the session before, making them work harder and growing bigger with every workout. That is the basics of progressive overload.
You can increase the intensity by changing the weight you are lifting and the number of sets and reps. Be sure to record what you do in every session and look to better it at the next one. Even by adding a pound you can keep progressing and stimulating growth.
Like I said, it’s not rocket science. However you can easily mess it up. So look for a program that suits you and where you are coming from and if you really want to build muscle fast then you need a program that teaches progressive overload as its core fundamental.
