Muscle Building, Weight Training Program for Beginners

September 5, 2008 · Filed Under Training 
by Ricardo d Argence

Are you moving poundages on your squat, deadlift, bench press, row (and every other major compound exercise) that all feel substantially heavy for your body? Are your clothes fitting significantly tighter? Are you generally beginning to gain a reputation as a muscular guy that people aspire to look like?

Worrying about the smaller details of your physique is a waste of time if you didn’t easily answer “yes” to all of the above outlined questions.

If you’re still in “youth” bodybuilding stage and the muscle mass, does not grow despite your efforts, then take these kinds of queries and take it out of your mind until you do.

Why? It’s because diverting your focus onto these small and trivial issues will only serve to distract you from the most important and immediate task at hand. And what is the most important and immediate task a hand? It is to pack as much raw muscle size and strength onto your frame as humanly possible!

That’s right; forget about the nitty-gritty details of whether your biceps match your triceps or whether your chest is on par with your back. These are issues that you can worry about later on, but until you’ve thickened up your entire body as a whole to a significant degree, it’s simply not worth worrying about.

There is not need to obsess over details if you’re still a beginner and have been consistent in your training for less than a year. Alternatively, focus on the basic apparent issues at hand. In order to be successful in weight training, you must give yourself a realistic schedule and be consistent.

While lifting, continually add extra weight with as much effort and you can scrounge from deep within you and record every exercise you have performed. Finish the most difficult exercises and blast your way through the discomfort zones with energy.

Go to your kitchen and eat as many as six well balanced meals full of muscle building foods each day for a year.

To stay and feel healthy be sure to drink water, rest and take nutrition supplements. Expressed In Different Ways: PAY YOUR DUES FIRST!

If you’re in this for the long haul (and you should be, as there are no temporary fixes to be had here), then get yourself on to the most efficient path possible. And the most efficient path possible is the one that focuses on the fundamentals first and the details later.

You must bring this mentality into your bodybuilding program. You don’t want to attempt to fine-tune and balance your physique until you have a considerable muscle foundation to work with. You can’t play that awesome guitar solo before you know basic chords, after all.

Building muscle is not rocket-science, but it is a task that requires consistent willpower and determination. And until you’ve been “in the trenches” and have earned yourself an impressive and muscular body. Stop over-analyzing. Get into the gym and train!

About the Author:

Comments

Leave a Reply