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No Nonsense Muscle Building Facts

Written by admin on Best of the Web – 5:35 pm -

Quick, what are the three most-cited obstacles to building the muscle mass that you want?

Not enough time to workout properly
Poor genetics and a physical inability to gain muscle
Not enough money for all of the outrageous recommended supplements

All of those can be overcome. Quite easily, in fact.

Scientific fact: you can get the exact same biochemical muscular changes from workouts that are 25 percent of the length of your current workouts. That's the same benefit in one-quarter time. You just need the right workout.

Hardgainers rejoice: everyone can pack on mass, it's just a question of how much mass. Regardless of genetics, you can pack on mass -- you just need the right workout.

Scientific fact: with the right workout, 90 percent of strength trainers don't need supplements.

So if you're looking to pack on mass quickly and you're pressed for time, even if you don't think that you can even build mass, there's hope.

There are countless programs available, but two stand head and shoulders above the rest. They're both reviewed here and they both have their strengths, but my favorite program is Vince Delmonte's No-Nonsense Muscle Building.

First, it's packed with SOLID information. My pet peeve is the latest hot workout trend pushed by folks who are clueless about safety and long-term gains. Vince knows his stuff, and his articles are published in respected men's health journals. It will take you a lot of time to get through all of the content that comes in this course. If you're an information consumer, you'll have everything you need. If you just want to get right to the workouts, they are very well laid out, so you should be up and running in no time.

Second, and most importantly, IT WORKS. But that should also serve as a warning to anyone who is not committed to building muscle: these methods require effort and intensity. Don't expect to just show up for workouts and get the benefits. You've got to focus and bring the intensity with each workout. Personally, I find it easy to workout hard because I know that in under 2 hours total per week, my strength workouts are done.

Another point to note: although the sales copy claims 90 minutes per week, expect at least 2 hours, or maybe even closer to 2 hours and 15 minutes. When I use a stopwatch, I find with the warm-up, cool down, and the increased sets in the more advanced workouts, each workout pushes 45 minutes. I also add a 10 to 15 minute circuit routine to the backend of this for an additional cardio kick.

Give this workout a shot. I'm 36 and have been strength training for 20 years, primarily to keep in shape, not to build mass. But even with that mindset, I dropped 2.2% body fat and gained 4 pounds of lean body mass (as measured by my home scale, so take that with a pinch of salt) in eight weeks. What's remarkable about that is that I didn't change by diet at all, and I actually decreased my total workout time.

This stuff works. So get the program, bring the intensity, and you will get results. Vince's No-Nonsense Muscle Building gets my highest marks. It's total quality, through-in-through.

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Strength Workouts - How to Choose The Correct Type

Written by JT on February 20, 2009 – 11:33 am -

When first starting with a strength workout there will be important things to consider to achieve success. There is possibly more than you think that needs taking into account when considering various strength workouts.

So you need to find out a bit more before starting your muscle building workout.

Firstly, a strength workout should never be considered on its own, it should always be part of a well thought out health and fitness program. To avoid limited success and eventually quitting you need to ensure this is done.

So, if you want the best chance to reach your strength training goals, you have got to be clear what they really are. Better strength, obviously, but is it just strength or are you looking to build huge muscles? Or are you looking for the lean and ripped,modern look while still becoming stronger.

What about muscle endurance and stamina? Rapid muscle burn out can be a problem if you do not improve stamina when building huge muscles. Occasionally people build large muscles but have low stamina or muscle endurance.

While strength is important, a lot of sports require a high level of endurance as well.

So, as you can see, there is a lot to consider before starting muscle building workouts.

With any workout it is best to start slowly and build up but you should still get expert advice. This is important with strength workouts to avoid injury, you will need to push your muscle hard to go beyond what they are normally used to. Other important factors include diet, nutrition and adequate rest time. When the body has not got the correct nutrients or the time to build or repair muscle, only poor results will follow.

A variety of different exercises in strength workouts will make sure that all muscle groups are worked on. For example, chest workouts and bicep workouts amongst others.

You should always start with a warm up, which may be some light cardio or small weights, then move on to the real strength exercises for the larger muscle groups first. Finally you might target specific smaller muscle groups, followed by a warm down session.

Unless you are quite experienced in correct exercise techniques and how many reps, sets and how to choose the amount of weight, you will need expert guidance to get decent results.

The exercises will normally include lat pull downs, par bar dips, seated rows, bench presses, dumbbell presses and also dead lifts, these all require the use of some form of fitness equipment and could involve joining a gym or buying equipment for use in the home.

Push ups, lunges, squats and pull ups can all be completed without exercise equipment. When starting strength training it can be good to start with some of these, results may be quite limited and remember that you should always get professional advice before starting.

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