A social blog for bodybuilders: November 2014

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Bodybuilders are great athletes. They are fitness personified. That’s evident in how they transformed their bodies into the massive hunk of muscles that they are. And we know that getting to that state is definitely not easy, so we know that their words of wisdom have truth in them. They know the difference between good carbs vs bad carbs, post workout nutrition, whether you really need cardio, and much, much more.

Stimulate the muscle, don't annihilate it

The difference between having a well-developed physique or looking like a guy that 'works out once in a while' is in your applied training knowledge. Here are 6 training secrets from the best. Apply these and see if they work for you!

In my earliest days of being an aspiring bodybuilder, I trained too often and too hard. Believe you me; I trained harder than most top bodybuilding stars. I'm not saying this to brag about myself; in fact it's quite the opposite.
I'm saying this to point out how ignorant I was when it came to applying real life training methods that actually build muscle and not just tear it down.

The difference between having a muscular, well-developed physique or looking like a guy that "works out once in a while" is in your applied training knowledge. At first I reasoned that going to the gym 5 or 6 times a week was a sure path to building an outstanding physique.

After a few fruitless years of weight training at the university of futile methods, I discovered 6 powerful muscle-building secrets from the WORLD'S BEST BODYBUILDERS. Once I applied this scientifically sound training knowledge to my bodybuilding lifestyle, in 12 month's time I built more muscle size and strength than in the previous 3 years.
Check and see how many of these 6 secrets you're applying to your bodybuilding lifestyle!

This has to be the granddaddy secret of them all. If I had just a dime for every person who gave up weight training because of over-training, I would quite possibly be the richest man in the world. I learned this secret from Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman.

8 Time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman.

Here was one of the best bodybuilders that ever lived, and I was doing more sets and reps in my weight training than he was. Ronnie Coleman believes that you should strive to,

"Stimulate the muscle, don't annihilate it."

Once a muscle has been thoroughly stimulated, more sets and reps will just retard growth.

Great bodybuilders like Ronnie Coleman limit the number of sets and reps per workout, this make's it easier to target your specified muscle and enhance its overall potential. Too many bodybuilders are guilty of "over-training." Most weight lifters just go into the gym and do countless exercises per muscle group and never give a thought to what-or-why they train the way they do.

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It's that type of approach to training that leads to insignificant gains in muscle mass and overall fitness. To stimulate muscle growth pick 1 or 2 basic exercises per muscle group and perform 4 to 6 all out hard work sets for each exercise. Rep range should be between 6 to 20 reps with all the weight you can safely handle.

Mistakes That Kills Your Gains

Consuming a large amount of calories is a must if you want to pack on muscle mass for a larger, stronger, more powerful frame. However, food alone won't get you to the promised land. To achieve this sought-after balance of muscular harmony, you need to build quality muscle mass through a combination of diet and exercise.
Combined with the right nutritional approach

Mistake 1: Not Listening to Your Body

You're scheduled to hit the gym for a big chest day today, but your triceps and front delts still ache from your last shoulder workout. You had mediocre sleep last night that left you feeling far less than energized. What do you do?
Many dedicated gym-goers will hit the gym anyway. They say there are some days you just have to push through. Which is true—to a point. There comes a time, though, when you're only stacking abuse on top of abuse.
You need to listen to your body and what it's asking—or screaming at you. Maybe it's saying that a day or two of straight-up, no-strings-attached rest is necessary.
Or perhaps it's telling you that knocking against the ceiling of your abilities every day isn't the way to go, and that a program with more built-in periodization is a better fit for your abilities and lifestyle.
Athletes learn and improve. You know who doesn't? Injured athletes. Muscle tears, strains, and systemic overtraining will all cost you time and muscle mass. Don't give up performance in the name of ego!