ive been talking to a few friends who have told me that to build muscle successfully first you must put on a considerable ammount of weightin fat. is this true????
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Not at all mate. Never eat crap just to put on fat!!! The key is to provide your body with the right amount of nutrient to feed exercise induced inflamed muscle tissue to make it bigger. Make no mistake that the both parts are equally as important as each other;
1.Training your muscles progressively harder within the limits & bounds of safety.
2. Feeding your body the right amount of nutrient so as they get the right balance of “stuff’” for growth & repair.
4. Aiming to get it down to a fine art and stay as lean as possible.
Quite simply nutrient availability needs to be nearly constantly available, the idea is to keep the body supplied with just the right amount of fresh ready to use nutrients which fuel us and build on the foundations that are already there.
That means have six meals a day. Have a protein shake if you can’t manage a proper meal. Get the meal size where you are hungry just before your next meal. Listen to your mom and eat your vegs!
The key is eat a decent, balanced amount of healthy protein and carbs. Make sure you eat plenty of starchy carbs on workout days (potatos, pasta etc).
Heavier weights build muscle, no dount about it. As you are still growing, you are definately better off sticking to a higher rep range for the next couple of years. You can lower your rep range more safely at 18 or so. If you are impatient, then try a high to low to high rep routine. Say, 20, 12, 6, 20 for your basic exercises. Try to hit failure around 10 on your second set and around 16 on your last. The first set is half the weight of your max weight set (3rd). Drop the wieght right back on the last set. This covers all your bases and gives you a good warm up with your first set. Injury will set you way back and may hold you back later in life.
Variety is the spice of life. You will get make better growth if you mix it up and do something sightly different in the gym. The reason everyone has a different opinion is that they are all right. Each rep range has its pros and cons, but when you change your routine on a regular basis your body never rests - it grows! Make sense?
Body weight excercises are awesome. Go for heaps of push ups, pull ups, sit ups, one legged sqats etc on your non training days, or if you can’t make it to the gym. This will improve your pump and make your muscles harder (increase the size of your blood vessels so you look like a hard mofo, not just pumped up like an old tyre).
Do plenty of differnt sports and plenty of them!!!!!
October 30, 2007 at 12:34 am
Not at all mate. Never eat crap just to put on fat!!! The key is to provide your body with the right amount of nutrient to feed exercise induced inflamed muscle tissue to make it bigger. Make no mistake that the both parts are equally as important as each other;
1.Training your muscles progressively harder within the limits & bounds of safety.
2. Feeding your body the right amount of nutrient so as they get the right balance of “stuff’” for growth & repair.
4. Aiming to get it down to a fine art and stay as lean as possible.
Quite simply nutrient availability needs to be nearly constantly available, the idea is to keep the body supplied with just the right amount of fresh ready to use nutrients which fuel us and build on the foundations that are already there.
That means have six meals a day. Have a protein shake if you can’t manage a proper meal. Get the meal size where you are hungry just before your next meal. Listen to your mom and eat your vegs!
The key is eat a decent, balanced amount of healthy protein and carbs. Make sure you eat plenty of starchy carbs on workout days (potatos, pasta etc).
Heavier weights build muscle, no dount about it. As you are still growing, you are definately better off sticking to a higher rep range for the next couple of years. You can lower your rep range more safely at 18 or so. If you are impatient, then try a high to low to high rep routine. Say, 20, 12, 6, 20 for your basic exercises. Try to hit failure around 10 on your second set and around 16 on your last. The first set is half the weight of your max weight set (3rd). Drop the wieght right back on the last set. This covers all your bases and gives you a good warm up with your first set. Injury will set you way back and may hold you back later in life.
Variety is the spice of life. You will get make better growth if you mix it up and do something sightly different in the gym. The reason everyone has a different opinion is that they are all right. Each rep range has its pros and cons, but when you change your routine on a regular basis your body never rests - it grows! Make sense?
Body weight excercises are awesome. Go for heaps of push ups, pull ups, sit ups, one legged sqats etc on your non training days, or if you can’t make it to the gym. This will improve your pump and make your muscles harder (increase the size of your blood vessels so you look like a hard mofo, not just pumped up like an old tyre).
Do plenty of differnt sports and plenty of them!!!!!
That’s my 2 cents worth. Good luck!