fbpx
A healthy exercise routine should include weight training to build healthy muscles, even if you are not a bodybuilder. Your reason for working out may be to get healthy or to improve muscle definition. Whatever your motivation, these tips will help you to achieve your aims.
Picture of Lyen Wong, same as in German Wikipe...
Image via Wikipedia

A healthy exercise routine should include weight training to build healthy muscles, even if you are not a bodybuilder. Your reason for working out may be to get healthy or to improve muscle definition. Whatever your motivation, these tips will help you to achieve your aims.

Protein is necessary in order to build muscle, if you do not have enough protein you could go on lifting weights forever and still not build any new muscles. However, the question has always been how much is enough? Bad news are: protein sources like red meat and milk are high in fat. And fat is not desired in bodybuilding.

The basic rule for serious bodybuilders is to consume at least a single gram of protein for each pound of body weight. That means if you weight 170 pounds you should be eating 170 grams of protein every day in order to build muscle mass. If you're worried about that fat content, choose skim milk and low-fat protein sources such as fish and chicken over red meat.

Some exercise and weight lifting buffs almost become addicted to working out. You can see them in the gym almost daily doing their routines. While that dedication may seem impressive, they could be doing their bodies more harm than good. The reason is that medical research is showing that building muscle isn't all about the exercise.

You also have to give your muscles a chance to recover after straining them in this way. That recovery includes taking days off between training sessions, replacing fluids after workouts, and eating well-balanced meals with sufficient nutrients.

Adequate sleep is essential to your weight lifting routine if you want to increase your muscle mass. During the night, many of your bodily processes take place. Your body can redirect energy resources to these other tasks because it's not being used for anything else, that's the reason.

One of those processes is protein synthesis which is necessary for muscle development. If you're only sleeping a few hours every night, you're not giving your body enough time to do the work it needs to complete. Make sure to sleep for at least eight hours every night.

Lifting weights and other compound movements help build muscle more effectively than other types of exercises that focus on only one part of the body. Nevertheless, you require knowing how to carry correctly to get the accelerated muscle building paybacks.

It's very simple, select weights that are appropriately heavy for you to lift. But you don't have to choose the heaviest one, either! It tells that you are required to sense the muscles response when you carry that weight if you really want to gain from your hard work. For example, 20 pounds could be enough for you (if you are a rookie); some weeks later you'll surely want to move on to the next weight on the rack.

About the Author:
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

James Hicks

James is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of HicksNewMedia, a Digital Publishing and Technology Consulting team providing effective and relevant solutions to individuals and businesses looking to more effective utilize the social interweb. Follow him on Twitter and on Facebook.

View all posts

1 comment

Leave a Reply!

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

James Hicks

James is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of HicksNewMedia, a Digital Publishing and Technology Consulting team providing effective and relevant solutions to individuals and businesses looking to more effective utilize the social interweb. Follow him on Twitter and on Facebook.

Get The Newsletter

Enter your email address to subscribe to ITN and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Instagram

Instagram has returned empty data. Please authorize your Instagram account in the plugin settings .

Book Recommendations

Brilliantly

SAFE!

2022

Categories