Fitness & Muscle Building Know How for Hard Gainers Written by Indy Stewart
Hard gainers are individuals who train equally hard as other people but somehow fail to make any gains comparable to others. They need a lot more than hard training. Hard gainers need to incorporate many different principles in order to achieve their muscle building ambitions and goals. Many bodybuilders get to discover this through hard way of personal experience, which results in wasted time, energy and money.Majority of bodybuilding aspirants go to gym with a well set belief that there is no such thing as training too often, too much nor too long. They do not bother to spend respectable amount of time in constructing an effective training regimen for themselves. Then there is this myth that if some is good, more would definitely be better. This misconception is driving force behind most youngsters and hard gainers who weight train for stamina, strength and size. Training on these principles ultimately, results in lack of muscle growth and to counter this problem they put in more training and results go from bad to worse. Therefore it is good time to face truth. In sport of bodybuilding; effort and effect do not show any evidence of a linear relationship. On contrary, our bodies are fuel burning entities which are very complex and depend upon delicate balances. Improper and excessive training breaks downs these balances. Simply put, if you burn your energy reserves faster than they get replenished, you'll deplete entire mechanism of strength, stamina and ability to recuperate. In case you are a beginner bodybuilder, you must get your body conditioned to handle increased levels of stress rather that jump into drive to achieve your goals quickly. It is wise for beginners to keep their workout schedule to a maximum of three days per week, training whole body in each workout and training each muscle group with a maximum of three sets per exercise. Each set should be taken to total failure, not mental failure but physical failure. In other words, don't quit mentally before your body says by itself to quit.
| | A Schedule for Healthy EatingWritten by Ryan Cote
For most of your life, you probably have eaten breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now depending on your eating habits, this may be OK...but for vast majority of people, it's not. You skip breakfast because you don't have time, you have an OK lunch and then a huge dinner. Avoid this at all costs...When you wake up, your body is screaming for food...it needs it! By skipping breakfast you're depriving your body of nutrients and forcing it to go into hiberation mode, thus slowing down your metabolism. Dinner should be your lightest meal of day because your metabolism is at its slowest...yet for most people, it's their largest. That being said... The ideal eating schedule is to have a small, healthy meal every 2-3 hours (healthy sandwich, protein shakes, fruit, healthy fats, whole grains, etc). Your body isn't wired for digesting huge portions of foods. By eating small meals every 2-3 hours, you keep your metabolism at top speed. And it really isn't all that difficult. Go out and buy nutrition bars (but pay close attention to ingredients)...buy good fat like peanut butter and almonds...fruit like apples and berries, whole grains breads- these are all foods you can bring to work with you. It's what I do every day so I know it's possible.
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