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Gaining Muscle
on Sunday, October 11, 2009in Muscle & Bodybuilding
Have you been lifting weights for a while and find your still not gaining muscle? Here is a little something you can add into your workout routines if you want to improve your results. Often this will be over looked by new gym goers, as they turn to the pros for answers. Unfortunately that approach doesn’t work, as you still need to get the basics right. Yes, even lifting weights has “basics” and until you can get these right and train this way, there is no point attempting the more advanced stuff…Compound Exercises
These are exercises that involve many muscle groups in the process of large movements such as barbell squats, bench press, inverted rows, etc. You see, its not just one muscle being trained like it is in an isolation exercise, such as a Barbell Curl. By training numerous muscle groups from the start of your gym life, you are much more likely to build a good foundation of muscular strength and stability for when your ready to move on to the more advanced stuff.
And I know what you must be thinking right now…”But how will IÂ build up my massive guns?”
Think of it like this. Your muscles during exercise are like a piece string under tension. The string will only ever break at its thinnest point, much like how ur smallest muscles will always fatigue first. (Think of how sore your forearms get!)
So its important to know that during compound exercises your always working ALL the muscles involved in that movement. Even your abs!
Once you get some good stability and strength behind you, then its time to look towards the advanced exercises for creating muscular symmetry and proportion.
This style of training is a great way for building muscle mass and just getting to know your way around the gym.
About Lance 
Lance is a personal trainer, mixed martial artist and fitness writer for WorkoutBOX.com. He brings with him a unique approach towards health and fitness and encourages everyone to find a style of training that works for them. Related posts
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1 responses to “Gaining Muscle”
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Weight training to gain mass typically means lifting heavy weights with a slow and controlled movement. If your goal is to also increase strength and speed then you will want to look into incorporating bodyweight exercises into your weight training routine. Exercises such as push-ups, chin-ups, and dips will help improve your strength and stamina if performed in quick intervals in a circuit training routine and will allow you to lift heavier so you can build more muscle.
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David October 20th, 2009 at 22:44