Fantastic Growth Potential With Muscle Tissue Building Programs To Fit Your Lifestyle
With all the strict muscle gaining programs out there, it can seem pretty overwhelming. Isn’t it frustrating to want to gain some solid muscle mass, only to find that you need extensive gym equipment just to perform these strenuous muscle building programs? Perhaps the plan calls for squats, and you have damaged knees. Why don’t we look at some BETTER options in muscle building programs!
The Type of Resistance Doesn’t Matter as Much as Many Would Suggest
There is a large percentage of trainers who feel that free weights are the only way to build muscle. Not necessarily. Although free weights HAVE contributed there share of big dudes, they are NOT some MAGICAL tool that is any better than body weight or gym equipment! Although MANY bodybuilders swear by free weights, there have also been MANY who have used Arthur Jones’ Nautilus equipment to REALLY bulk up! So stop focusing on the “how” part of the resistance training, and concentrate on the “DOING” part of it! As long as you are challenging you muscles with resistance you will be fine.
“How should I divide up my workouts?”
Breaking it up into four workouts a week, two a week, or even cramming your whole body exercise program into ONE DAY can be effective. A lot of how you split up muscle groups between workouts depends upon how many days per week you can devote to training and how long each workout session will last. The only additional benefit to a total-body workout done in a single day is that you ONLY have to do it ONCE a week. But that’s not to say that you can’t still get some great benefits from muscle building programs tailored to fit into one day a week. You’re basically trading longer hours for less days. Personally, 4 days a week works great for me. It’s no better or worse than any other way, just “how I roll!” The key is finding what works for YOU!
“Is there any benefit to less vs. more reps?”
Again, there’s really NO right or wrong answer here. The best way to put it is, if your looking to gain SIZE as fast as possible, it’s HIGH REPS! It’s know as sarcoplasmic muscle growth, and it’s AWESOME for bulking up. On the other hand, if the “Hollywood look” is your goal, along with overall strength, then you want less reps. So for large dense muscles it pays to do high reps for a while followed by low reps for a while.
Working out a certain hours of the day won’t really change your overall results, either.
The nice thing about training in the morning is that you get it out the way. On the other hand, morning exercise CAN increase the potential for injury if you do not warm up first. But as long as you’re careful, there’s really NO wrong time! I am of the belief that getting up before 5:30AM is only acceptable if I am going on vacation or a road trip, but many people swear by early morning workouts.
So hopefully this lets people know they cab be flexible when designing their muscle building routines.
