Manageable Muscle Building Programs For Maximal Muscle Gains
With all the strict muscle building 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? What if the program requires dead lifts but you are recovering from a back injury. Instead, here we’ll go into some muscle building programs that can be molded specifically for YOU!
First of all, the method with which you do your resistance training isn’t NEARLY as important as you’ve been led to believe.
There is a large percentage of trainers who feel that free weights are the only way to build muscle. The ESSENTIAL POINT is that you are DOING the resistance training. It really makes NO difference whether you’re getting it from free weights, body weight, or gym equipment. Arthur Jones the inventor of the Nautilus machines trained quite a few successful bodybuilders to get improve their physiques using his machines. Don’t get hung up on machines vs free weights vs body weight. As long as you are challenging you muscles with resistance you will be fine.
Combining certain muscle groups together, or separating one from another, isn’t really that important, either.
You can do a 2 days split, a 3 days split, or train your entire body in one workout if you like. The essential focal point here isn’t so much the grouping of each body part, as it is the TIME each day will be working out. 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. I prefer the 2 day split and like to train 4 times per week. But this is only MY choice, not necessarily a recommendation. Make sure and pick a split routine that makes sense for your schedule.
Low Reps Make Sense, As Do Higher Reps
Again, there’s really NO right or wrong answer here. Well my answer to that is that higher reps are great if you want to increase sarcoplasmic muscle growth. It’s know as sarcoplasmic muscle growth, and it’s AWESOME for bulking up. Lower reps are better for gaining strength and increasing the density of a muscle. For the best of both worlds, try doing more reps for a period, then switch to less reps for a time afterwards.
“Is it better to workout first thing in the morning?” Only if you’re a MORNING person!
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. Really, either way works well. 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.
Anyway, I really hope this has shed some light on some common misconceptions regarding muscle building programs. The bottom line is that you truly CAN see outstanding muscle gains with muscle building programs to fit your lifestyle!