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Cutting Cholesterol Naturally
When most people think of cholesterol, they think of the waxy fat-like substance that is found in many of the foods we eat. Often feared, the truth is that cholesterol is needed by the body for a number of different things. For example it is used in...
Does Creatine Really Help Build Muscle?
If you are a gym rat or bodybuilder or simply interested in beginning an exercise program you have probably heard a lot about creatine and the muscle miracles it performs. Unfortunately, most people believe that creatine helps build muscle and it...
Getting Fit With A Smooth Treadmill
Treadmills are one of the most popular fitness machines available today, viewed consistently as a straightforward piece of equipment that can provide a good workout for everyone, regardless of their fitness level. And though treadmill workouts are...
Have You Reached Your Full Human Potential?
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Health Is Internal Beauty
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Managing hepatitis the herbal way
Question : I HAVE a sibling with Hepatitis B and am looking for natural and safe remedies for him. Kindly advise. Answer : HEPATITIS is an inflammation of the liver commonly due to five hepatitis viruses - A, B, C, D or E. In its early stages, the...
Movement That Matters: Exercise With a Greater Purpose
You've seen the commercials Ive fallen and I cant get up! While this has been a topic of many jokes and late-night comedy skits, the reality is falling is a very real danger for many people. Too often falls can lead to broken bones,...
Supplements: Know more about Supplements
At times, due to your busy and fast life, we tend to miss out on the essential nutrients such as protein, vitamins and minerals which are responsible for our good health. Good nutrition is the most important factor in achieving optimal health. If...
The Ayurvedic Approach to Menopause and Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy
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The Key to Building Muscle and Burning Fat at the Same Time
Doesn't weight training build muscle and increase your metabolic
rate and therefore the increase in your metabolic rate reduces
fat? And if so, then doesn't this mean that you have gained
muscle and lost fat at the same time?
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The One Thing You Need To Build Muscle
One of the most important things you can do in your attempts to
build muscle is to have patience. Most people I talk to in the
gym, especially beginners, want to gain muscle overnight.
But the truth is, building muscle only comes from persistent,
hard training. There are no shortcuts and it isn't easy. But if
you stay the course and have patience, you're bound to continue
doing what you need to do in order to gain muscle.
Besides, building muscle is a never-ending process. The most
popular bodybuilders spend years of consistent, dedicated
training before they even consider competing.
The way to make consistent gains is to strive to get better each
workout. Try to get one more rep than you were able to get last
workout.
Or try to add 2.5 pound plates to each side each week. If you do
this, the amount of weight you lift after a few months will be
much more than if you didn't use small, incremental gains.
And the amount of muscle mass that comes with these small
increases will be staggering.
Now, for you to build muscle, you have to follow the essential
principle of progressive overload. Progressive overload means
that you consistently increase the amount of weight you use in
an exercise.
And this takes time. It can't be done overnight, it takes years.
That's why patience is so important when trying to build muscle.
Without it, you're going to give up way too soon.
Muscle gains always follow significant improvements in strength.
So the key to quality muscle mass is to focus on becoming
stronger, particularly in lifts like the bench press, squat and
deadlift.
Young or old, the only way to make big improvements to your
physique is to focus on becoming stronger in these key lifts.
When a
bodybuilder makes steady gains in strength the muscle
mass is sure to follow.
Truly impressive strength doesn't happen by accident. Most of us
have to work at it if the goal is a noticable strength increase.
Many people use the same amount of weight in an exercise for
weeks, months or even years. And they soon realize that after a
certain length of time, the muscle and strength gains just don't
happen.
To keep the gains coming, you have to use progressive overload.
Big gains are made with small steps. You need to keep making
improvements in strength, in very small increments.
Most gyms have one-pound or 2.5 pound weights. These are the
tools of progressive overload and the true secret to massive
strength and muscle mass.
Just imagine, if you manage to add a one-pound weight to each
end of the barbell, every week. After one year of training
you'll be benching 104 more pounds than you were at the
beginning of the year!
And the muscle mass gains that come with this strength increase
will be amazing. And it all happened from a one-pound increase,
performed consistently!
Small persistent gains are the foundation of progressive
overload and the foundation of building muscle.
So have patience when it comes to building muscle and take
small, persistence steps to reach your goals. I can guarantee,
the longer you stick with your training, the more muscular and
stronger you'll be.
About the author:
Discover a proven, step-by-step training and nutrition program
that's currently being used by over 15,000 in 68 countries.
Learn more about Shawn Lebrun's "Simple Steps To Get Huge And
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To Get Huge And Shredded"
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